The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-05
INT F0lJADERED aALln)A.
By wBATH1lRY 0HEsNEY AND
ALlQf MUNRO
Copyright. lsss. by the Authorsll

Copyright. lsss. by the AuthorslI
But Of the whereabouts Of the treasure
room they could for long time form
no idea, and, although their hauls gave
them many things Of interest and some
Of value, the gold which had lured
them all across an ocean to find was
nowhere to be seen. Tons and tons Of
the fabric Of that old sea ruin, and Of
its Shiny covering, had they laboriously
dug out and overhauled. They had
found out how she lay. bitten their way
through her 'thwart-ships and then at
tackled her fore and aft.
'The treasure room must be under
the after cabin Aoor," had been Dr.
Tring's dictum when the work began
ut always lay there"
So they bored their way sternward
and found many more objects Of inter
est, mementos Of other days, tiny relics,
many,of them insignificant, but all, to
student Of the past, pregnant with
history. DR.. firing reveled among all
these treasures. working over them far
into the night. In fact, so keen was his
enthusiasm that he could hardly be
persuaded to take the rest which the
hard work Of each day made imperative.
But the store Of specie was not found
in the after part Of the galleon, though
they cut their way right through to the
sternpost before giving up the hope that
it might be there. Their midships Sec
ton had already told them that 1t did
not lie under the waist, 90 they drew
the only possible conclusion and set to
work excavating from the fore part Of
the vessel For awhile the work went
quickly, for the powder room had EVIL.
IDENTIFY been situated forward Of the
waist, and the charred rubbish gave
easily. But farther on the wood, as If
hardened by the FIRE, was the toughest
and best preserved they had come
across, and many time the scuttle Of
the grab;got obstinately damned, and
they we're forced patiently to grind
way through some sturdy obstruction
But at last the seat Of the Golconda I
was reached without their knowing 1t,
and they pumped their way up to the
surface with nearly 10, 900 worth OF
bullion lying mixed with the litter Of
Shiny mud and rotten splinters upon
their decks
'It seems an Improbable looking
bunch Of filth, T" observed Captain Cole.
pepper as he stopped to tuck his trousers
into the tops Of his sea boots. The ketch
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