The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-15
CHAPTER XII.-Continued.
CLARENCE HERBERT NEW.

Copyright. 1897. by B. Lippincot Col
CHAPTER XII.-Continued.
"Oh! begin to catch the idea. Pack
the treasure inside of them at night
and let it lie in those innccent-iooking
copra bags until you come back. eh?
BY Jove, old chap. that beats my
ghost-haunted assure all hollow.
Wen call that settled. / guess we've
covered everything likely to come up
before you get back. Now. what day
shall look for you?"
"This is Sunday, the 10Th. I'll get
away from here by Tuesday morning
at the latest-the 21st. Two weeks
from that would be May sand four
days more? You can look for the steam
er of Orote Saturday morning, May
o, about sunrise. And be mighty care
full you don't let anyone suspect she's
coming before the middle of July; not
even Senorita Dorotea. By the way,
what are you going to do about that
young lady?"
For instance?''
"Oh. shucks, Harry! don't beat about
the bush. If that girl continues to help
you as she has. and keeps her mouth
shut, she's trump. Are you going to
sail away and leave her at the end of
the world with merely a conventional
promise to call If you ever happen to be
in Spain when she's living there?"
mo. I'm not, old one. When the
Countess of Devon change owners. it Is
possible that Senorita Dorotea may
have an interest in her. My mind has
been pretty well occupied with this
speculation of ours for the past two
weeks. but-well- How's Gracia?"
you'll see for yourself when we go
below for breakfast. She thinks good
deal of Senior Enriquito-tells me all
the time that don't half appreciate his
friendship for me: SO you're welcome
to be as brotherly or cousinly as you
please with her, especially as she's likely
to sail with US on the Hong-Kong voy-
age"
Really? Good! The girls ought to
be very chummy together. But. say,
suppose anything should happen to me,
or, through some unforeseen misfor-
tune, ! should lose the stuff? If you'd
contracted to buy the ship, and support
wife in the bargain. you'd be in a good
deal of hole. After all. Dick, it's a
frightful big gamble. And don't know
thatyou're justified in taking chances"
"Oh, boshl Id like to know what
chances I've taken. or am likely TO
take, compared with yours. I've got
$4,000 in gold; right here on this table,
to do with rs see fit; could get mar
cd -
couldn't 1? And I'm likely to sit up
nights worrying about a partner who
went under water for me in mid ocean,
bottled up in diving suit, who tum bled
of submarine precipice and man
aged 10 get Oh top again, who's been
proving about with ghosts and skele-
tons, aud who hill an island. $50 miles
away. with a proa, as plumb as if he'd
had it fast to a cable; ain't /? Why,
man. you've got more lives than Kill
kenny ca,l / reckon can stand the
chances if you can"
''Well. we'll Go our level best and hope
that everything'll come out all right.
I'm not particularly interested in zap.
so I'll start back in an hour or two
and get down TO. business
NOT mucn you won l. IL was pretty
good navigating to make the island as
you did. running before the wind; but
going back is another matter. You'd
have to make a reach of 4UU miles nor.
nor'-wes' before you could put about
for Guajan, and you couldn't go As
hours without sleep. Of course. you
could get the sun aud figure about
where you were; but It might take a
week. standing of and on; and we can I
afford either the risk or the time. As il
happens. there are two Pony nipefe
Spaniards aboard whe wan, to reach
Agana this voyage; but under the cir
cumstances Id run you up there re-
CARELESS of consequences. reckon that
letters from Sebastiano and De Garma
will smooth over the irregularities 0i
this trip, and when we own the Court-
ess can do as please with her.
Here the conversation was drowned
BY the whistle as we signaled for a
pilot OF Tomb bay; and by six belts
we were anchored opposite Rul. inside
the reefs The. cura juan was almost
m IN vxad when I Shook hahslS wif n