The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
THE SNAKES MARK.
nina, m Account OF the Finding of
the Lost Treasure of the Halo
well Family.

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CHAPTER VI.
,uDnritiOn of Gabriel Murrin.
r,r, while Oziel baskets despair was
,,,tsr and the more bitter because he
,,,,,e3 himself for not having taken
md against Lynch before, for allow
49,. 1rstin 10 go on the sloop, for not hav-
.a.- hooked Dixey to death that night on
,,,5s,l For all things he took the blame
himself and thought miserably of the
chime of that trust Marian had condded
bin How now could he go back ard
.-,,bo, mat her cousin whom she so loved,
...ia.t ,,f their line, was in the hands of
,,,,5,- murderers? He lay on the wet
,sbbles for long time in the night ana
,ren cot up in mad wrath and rushed
Kindly along the shore, stumbling ana
,,,.re toward the inlet. He only ex-
sd himself to no purpose, but he con-
I'D until morning came, which dis
,,arad The calm bay more clearly, but only
u,,5e more assured the fight of the adven-
,.,rsr. The day brought, however, cooler
r.,.oning. and, convinced he could DO
..+,fne and that Dixey Lynch and his
- ,,-sre now well out 10 sea, and being
,[.i5a- weak for want of sleep and FOOD,
C,ts1 y-as grateful for the sight of little
sgbing boat near the other shore, where
tba b9v greatly narrowed in width. By
- mailing he brought 1t to him. and
- its occupants stoid Dutch farmers
+o,, Long Island out for days 1shlng'
~ sneh folks Oziel could talk as one
moving their trade, and he MADE IrIehus
Of them but did nor, with remarkaole
sl-,ttolobt for him, deem it wise 10 tell
nom he had been harboring with douptlui
o1,trv The money Marian had handed
l, he had about his waist untoucned'
ond he made a bargain with the farmers
lord hin, on the other side and place
hin, on the road TO New York. mat
saaroe5 his best way to get back to or near
to1, poeton No mishap baked his pan,
and he landed at last, crossing from
Tr1o1,l,n Nights. in the town which but
fsvp Years before he had heard talked Oh
as New Amsterdam.
Pude of dress, for he was just as ne nau
come from his days hunting with ms
Cir4 bic clothes stained with salt wa
Ter and with the tar OF SHIPS Oziel iSI'
Natural reluctance to walk too Doldiy III
The streets of a strange place, but, ere ne
had nassed fairly into the town. ne De
esn IN note that very little attention was
Maid 10 him or his appearance. Inc peope
seemed excited. Some lanes were deserted
An others groups were gathered. and httle
hands of dissolute looking men passing
husternglv about, and Glad in a semi
military dress, bearing arms, seemed 10 the
dweHer of BOston's more orderly thol-
o,ebfaras an extraordinary sight in
Christian town. Oziel saw nobody of a
sufficiently unoccup.ed and peaceful ap-
pearance 10 prompt him to ask direction
for what he desired immediately-a quiet
lodging place Twice he approached pass
ersby and each time they looked upon MIN
with suspicion and evaded him. suddenly
while the New Highlander walked down the
Beaver or Broad way, a group OF men on
horseback dashed past him, reckiessiy rld-
iug and throwing mud on the citizens re-
gardlessly. A stout, bearded, safor-hke
man came first. with sash and cooked hat
and sword Gathering on his horses ribs.
The cavalcade near knocked over Ozlel
and others and men and boys skipped out
Of The road in evident fear of being over
RIDDEN These horsemen dashed up to q
gate with a coat of arms blazoned over IL,
which opened for them, and disappeared
inside a doubly palisaded fort, when the
gates were at once shut.
Helm Gott!" sp,uttered a stout old gen.
tleman who had crowded in a corner next
Ozel, as he wiped the mud from his wide
knckerbochers and his broad skirts wen
It'd sOoch things pc in de time OF de gooC
tutchmans. helm! Engfander und Leislers
und roppery und plood! 1t is tamnation."
who might that be- sir?'' Oziel asked
politely
who? Der pig repel. Leisler himself"
cried the purply indignant Dutch settler,
who vim pc specify hanged by ter neck
yen-who vas you. to ask ings? l know
holdings. l not know who you vas to ask
dings'
And Immediately he hurried away, in eV-
hent CONSERVATION at having spoken, in
ms rage, too rasnly to a stranger. Oziel
passed on through rows of stone and brick
buildings of Dutch style, and remembered
ne mad heard, even in far away Boston,
% New York city for near two years past
uehs IN state of turmoil through the
ieoelAou Of one Leisler, who had appointed
iIuiseu lieutenant governor of the prov
ilnee. This, it seemed to him, would make
1t all the more difficult for him, an I'M
Nlo"n' TO find lodging quietly, but fortune
Ieu H'In down lane in the direction of the
L'S' HNtr, which appeared a quiet and
nNeF nelshborhood. Half way down, us
Ne progressed slowly, he saw a party of
.Oue nalt-dozen rough-looking men turn
niV me street from the other end of L,
oHp make quickly for a modest shop,
"Nl0h bore above its door the swinging
ga, sN OF a snip chandler They rushed in
11' ana immediately there began a great
e~'d' IN the shop, in which woman s
'lls prcdominated. Oziers blood
S 't these shrll cries Gripping a
a ,o'l g' Gun, the only weapon he carried, ne
Il sL nasty steps in the direction OF the
W. ana reached il in time to see q
S matronly woman pushed so rude
n I'm '9'' oy one of the rufiians that she
ana 9'er IN "A corner upon a pile of rope
,5, KS and things marine. Well did
ders.1s OF the New England fathers un-
Vbl'Il the preciousness of a woman
4 will. presence alone had made the early
a fac, Dess tolerable. Oziel's broad. Smooth
In ".s"ed darkly, and his eyes glared
ana Ole air went his good stick once
urI,,"" again fair upon the pate of the
i him rogue That the stroke settled
u an " put MIN out of the way for many
rs5s. luscious minute, but he had com.
s.g5t "ou,' There were but two more IN
ro1r, lnu THESE pushed to his help. The
cd ID SIant was, however, properly warm.
'bef,,. .V'noat pitch, and he was at them
astoo,.nt uey mad time 90 recover from theii
Il begt oa llneht Neither were they in tho
Seem trim for fighting. for il was easil,