The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-28


anxiety, fearing that they might be sho
at by the men in concealment. The
grass was tall and their tread soundless.
There was no dry bush or brushwood to
crackle. After they had gone a few
hundred yards in "a green twilight OF
wood, they arrived suddenly at an open
space of sunshine and grass, IN the
midst of which was tent. 1t was
little tent shaped like house and con-
trived out Of spars and spare sails. AT
the entrance stood Mr.. Burn, who yelled
when he saw the commander and his
men, then let his arms fall and stood
| like one Thunderstorm, deprived Of
speech by a stroke. The others were in
side asleep. Robert noticed plenty of
bottles and some glasses and the re-
mains of a meal. All three were secur,
ed, two of them scarcely awake wncs
they were seized. The commander asked
them to tell him where the gold waa
Oavendish grinned hideously; the thres
kept obstinately silent. They begas
to look at one another, however, whe.
Robert told him that the longboat was
captured and Trollope dead and the
balance Of the gang in irons aboard the
Queen, which, with the Wellesley, lay
out of sight upon the sea beyond the
trees. Still they would not speak, but as
they marched down to the beach, Burn,
who walked behind his two associates,
signed TO the commander and softly adj
dressed him, and Robert gathered that
he would be willing to make clean
breast of it when he was alone.
"They found the chests in the place
where Mr.. Burn had told them to look
They were in a cleft or fissure at the
foot Of hill facing east, so beautifully
and luxuriously concealed by the wild
growths of that spot of land that it was
wonderful they should have lighted
upon it. Robert told me he might have
explored the island in vain for months.
The IS cases were there intact. Burn
assured the commander they had not
been opened since the day when they
had been removed from the ships hold.
They had proposed indeed to open one
that contained dust, with the idea Of
buying a small vessel, but fell out over
this, as indeed they quarreled about
nearly everything, and the longboat
sailed away, as Robert had cleverly con-
cluded, on piratical mission to seize.
"Well, before close this letter, which
/ am sure you would not wish shorter, I
must give you a few interesting items
of news which the commander picked
N hn froi 10 xal
very freely, being evidently hopeful that
Robert would intercede for him. He
said that it was well known that a
great purchase or cargo Of gold was to
be consigned from the diggings by the
ship Queen. Trollope met him one day
in Sydney and asked him if he was
willing to join gang who meant to
sail as passengers in the ship and seize
her at sea. He went with Trollope to
the house Of one Moses Jacobs, who, it
seems, found the capital for this enter
prise, and there met Davenire, Caldwell
and others. They wanted company Of
ten. Some believed they could not do
with less, and so he introduced Masters
The brigantine that was to rendezvous
at the island was commanded by Jacobs
brother in-law. This man was brought
IN here, dead of paralysis, fortnight
ago. He lived till the vessel entered Sgd
ney harbor, so he had his wish and was
buried by the side of his child.
"On our arrival we heard that ia
,obs, for whom, as you may suppose, in
Iuiries were Immediately made, had
shortly after the brigantine
anchored. He has not yet been found.
He is the worst of the culprits, but his
loss is heavy. Robert calculated that he
Gould not have put less than co, 500 into
ibis venture! This without any other
security than the arrival of the brigan-
line at the island! This on the chance
If the men rising and successfully seiz-
ng the ship and navigating her to the
sland! This on the chance of Saunders
loyall 1 do not think that
he people Of the nation to which Mr..
Jacobs belongs are commonly great low
RS OF such loose, insecure speculations
IS this. And yet you do hear of money
enders advancing large sums on notes
II hand at crushing rates of interest
md then uselessly suing the persons to
whom the balance was advanced.
Robert and have been made much
4 here. Robert is the hero of the hour.
hundreds 60 down to the water side to
ook at the Queen. which, by the way,
DR.. Matthews will command on her
oyage home. cannot tell what the
ward will be, but as the value of the
reasure is very great, it is generally
bought that $40, 900 will be divided in
ums proportional to rating and so
orth among the people who were en-
aged in the work. How much do de-
ervep But for me the gang would have
ot off clear with the gold, letting ia
obs in. and themselves dispensing in
arious countries.
ut is not yet known how Davenire
nd his crew will be dealt with. 1t 10
elieved that all of them, excepting
'urn and another, will be sent to Nor.
ok island. That other is Mr.. Dixie Cald-
1ell, who is out of his mind and prom.
ses to be incurably insane. The rest are
ure to get life sentence. Indeed, as
sObert saws. il NAV end in tho oa1Ioxys