The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-09-21

beche-le-mer. aud ether |
products--in search Of water. poultry.
and any cargo there might happen to
be In the place. Noticing the bags Of
copra under the shed. her captain Of
fcrcd the harbor master higher rate
than tha. which obtained ut Manila.
and was told that. rs the gobernador
would undoubtedly be glad to sell at
such q price. he might send ashore for
II whenever he pleased. We were just
coming In FROM sail. and saw the
schooncr's men loading some Of the
bags into q jolly-boat rs we skirted
along outside Of Apapa island. Ny
face must have been absolutely color
less, for Dorotea laid her hand upon
ms arm and exclaimed:
"Madrc de Dios, querido. what Is nr
que tiene VI"
"No tengo NADIA: but look! They are
taking away the copra in that schoon-
.rl The treasure! II Is packed away
In the bags. never dreamed they
would he disturbed until Halstead
came for them. Oh. good lord! how
on earth can stop them without Civ
ing the whole thing away?"
"Steer inside Apapa and land at the
pier. I will stop I, very quickly"
"But how? What can you say that
will not arouse suspicion ,ha, there IL
something more valuable in the bags y"
Il cannot tell until ask Of the har-
bor master why he does permit Il;
| then I will think Of om'thing. Does
ell Captain Halstead know
''Of course he does. and expects to
take them next trip"
"Then he would surely give more
than other men for them7"
"Yes, yes. So will I. Only keep the m
where they are until he CONES. Ihave
Il! Say that spoke TO you Of a new
che micai discovery which Haistead
told me about--one which increases
the value OF copra. and which made
him think of buying this lot on specu'
lation. The treasure will need chem.
icals to get the corrosion OF, any
way"
All. tha, will do. Bu, you must no,
so alarmed appear. Enriqniio. Do yor
light one OF your cigarros. Smoke a,
u II did make no difference to you
Leave the rest to me. Now--vivo-tak,
the frown from your forehead. Come
there Is el oficial-Senor Lecaspe'
Senor Legaspe. Why do los hombrc'
remove the copra7"
. "El capitano gives two dollars NOR,
than the Manila rate. serorita.
knew el goberuador would accep, sucl
: an offer, so have given him permis
sion to load"
! You have made a mistake. senior
the gobernudor will be greatly dis
pleased. The price Of copra has rise,
: very much. and the stranger capi,an,
! thinks we have not heard of II. Sto
E them instantly. I should regret Z
! see you in trouble. Senor Legaspe."
: ~ thousand apologies, senorita:
!. shall be as YOU say. knew nothing a
e the rise in values. and but thought Z
: gobernador would o- pleased to SCI
e Hola. hombres! Tie copra Is not 10
n sale. Take those bags out OF yoar boa
/ and bring them back
;. The sailors looked at one anoths
: and then grumblingiy began to do q
= they were told. Th. sehconer's cal
l. tain must have been watching throuc
II his glass. for inside of five minutes q
5 dropped another boat into the wat,
e aud came ashore as fast as his ms
= could row. ltailirg the harbor-mast,
IS in bad Spanish when he was within ca
J. shot.he asked what the devil was q,
d matter. and why his men were takir
r the stun out of the jolly-boat. l.
i, gaspe WAS smartiug n little under Il
sharp trick he thought the captain hs
rluyed upon him. and was very sho
In his reply that -the gob-ruad,
would not sell. and that was all the
about IT,"
"who says he WON'T shouted Il
captain. "I'vs had my glass on Il
shore for half an hour. aud no one b.
spoken to you but this yrllow-fac'
chap aud the girl youder. He Amt a
gobernsdor. I'll tax. my oath: and
for the girl. 7 don't allow no damn,
native women to interfere in my bu'
ness"
II took all the seif-coptrol had
keep from knocking the man dow
His cool appropriation 81 our millio
was a serious enough offense, vitho
the gratuitous insult TO the girl Z !
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