Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-03


amount of the treasure and the means
by which it was hoped that it might be
recovered. The extract had been copied
from the Bristol Times and Mirror into
some local West Indian paper whose
name the undergraduate could not
gather
This is clear enough, " said the mu-
latto, when he had read the cutting
through, "but are you sure, capn. that
the ketch at Piper's yonder is the saline
as this onef'
The lean negro with the burning eyes
said, eyes.
"You asked that fat lubber her name
did you?"
"Yes and he said he didn't know
and | believe he spoke the truth he
looks fool enough for anything. But it
didn't matter. | went down, night be-
fore last. to the place where they are
lying and saw everything for myself
The fools had no anchor watch set, so
didn't have TO hurry And then he
went on to give as minute "A description
of the little iron built ketch as the as
tonished eavcsdropper himself could
have furnished
And, concluded the negro captain,
Il fo>l.d her daily observations, too,
sCrawled mp in pencil on the side of The
companion, The reckoning showed that
on the way ont she had lain for 43 days
in exactly the same spot. Hand me over
the chart, George There. that's the
place where she put in the time See
IT. plain white paper; no land within
100 miles on more. You tumble to what
that means?'
"Well, cap, what does it mean? Let 5
have your idea, said one of the ne
groes.
1T means, " answered the black skip.
per slowly, "that they've got what they
went for. Those 43 days werc spent in
raising the gold from the foundered
Spanish galleon,
AT this the rabhle broke out into a
noisy chatter, but the white headed old
mulatto raised an authoritative hand
for silence.
cts no use ali Cabling at once, "
he told them. We have got to set
about making a plan, sharp, or we shall
have this haul slipping through our fin
gers. | don t suppose they II he staying
on at Piper's indefinitely Well, m
sorry for EN-, but He finished his
sentence by movement of his pipe
stem across his throat.
The tall, gaunt captain leaped to his
feet and brought his black fist down on
to the table with bang
"Nol' he shouted Not that There
may he two shippers aboard here prac-
tically when it comes to a job Of this
sort, but I'm rated master of this
schooner's books, and whatever else |
may give IN to I'll hold ont against
that, I've told you before that I'm not
overkeen on the stealing part of it,
but the air of the islands seems to have
made pirates of the whole lot of you,
and so | can help myself there But
take it AS you LIKE draw the line at
murder
At this the babel broke ont again 1t
seemed, indeed, to the anxious watcher
that the black captain had some sup
port, but it was obvious that the ma
jority was with his white headed an
tagonist
LAS for stealing" said the mulatto
fercely, "who says it's stealing at all ?
Who gave the Eurekas people the old
Spanish hulk to plundery Tell me that
They've no more right TO her treasure
room than | have In fact, if we come
to that not so much, for I've got good
Spanish blood in me OF course they
won hand over peacaahly if they can
help it, and ii seems to me that the
best plan would be to get the stuff I'M
der our own matches, quiet them for
good and then scuttle their clumsy
ketch III deep water She'll never be
inquired for If she isn't reported