The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11

nearer, neither, did they go much further
awpy Tazzuchi full Il enth by s1 for hi;
done In noise by the cackle Of Laughter which
slo that the eve could trace II. SO short was
It's journey and SO curved its trajectory that II
came. very near to hitting one of the bouts of
We'll" thought Kettle. these are pretty
cool hands Tor dagos. anyway, In going to
That night he had still further taste Of
dhows closed In again and recommenced their
snipIpg, They kept under weigh, and SC, IT
liashes. But Tazzuchi, with half dozen keen
spirits got down into one OF the boats with
s sher rs Snd kyes and 6sp * rN
There was silence for quite half an hour,
and the suspense, on the lnchored steamer was
these Italian artiicers and merchant seamen
seemed to take it as cooly as though such sor-
end OF that time there was splutter OF shots,
Il few faint sQueals, and than q bonfire lighted
n and ID hs IN s heart f Sa19 EW
dhow with human figures on It. With pronpt
ness every man on the steamer emptied, his
till the dhow was. deserted
Taazuchi and his friends, returned in the
night the little salvage steamer, w9s LEFT in
duietude. With the next daybrehk the Divers
ssYes To nSo kee as be- watched Te ws
amazed, to, see the energy they put into t.
Certainly they seemed keen enough to Ce, the
I4ticnl plans they had got made up were evil
IDENTIFY for aftcrward
the treasure was brought to the surface. he
began TO modify this origina! opinion Tnz;
S the cause the delay the Of
the sea floor. The heavy chests had sunk
deep into the ouze. and directly a spadeiml OF
the horrible slime wac dug away more slid In
to fiji the zap. OF course this might he true.
hut suspicion had got so deep nold, On Capt
for some ne method by which the Italians could
serve their purpose. He put himself supposi.
ea tReores BY the score Nest s of them he had
to dismiss after examination as impracticabls.
hut.hnally. one stood ont beyond ell the rest.
rants. only the actual divers and Tazzuchi
himself For another, it would no. brand the
but. properly managed. would make them rich
without any advertised stigma or stain. ~
6oNes must BE- ' Temoved FROM o%S her orens
close at hand The friendly slime would bury
''un get AT. able" would he adhered TO- and
finally the steamer would give up further sal.
to port. There Tazzuchi and his friends
would charter small vessel OF their own and
90 K sass SF ali an a6masinatve mans
scheme and began to think next upon the
proofs before he commenced to Illustrate it,
Chance seemed TO make Tazzuchi play into
da s aged by the rife Guet had been menS S
by the steamers engineers. and as theirs were
feSre his OF
ing descent in person to inspect the progress.
didn't do 1t before sr.sl 6Gssus; ddn want
of in the boat with me. Captain. and hand my
"I'ii borrow one Of those spare dresses and
share the pump with you" said Kettle,
Taz,uchii was visibly startled. What do
The pump will give, air for two. and I'm
coming down with You"
But YOU, know nothinR about diving. and
you might have an accident"
oh II risk that. You must nurs'rymaid
me rSzg Sit; ,ov.rsd hi, voice TO tell the
truth. I'm going t9, pay 9 surprise visit, I
want to make sure those CHAPS below are do;
Es the new ana sHRF I thsE f5sa NeFe
H M said Kettle i've gctn use for
"r NV aSs R Rns Put at
and If II comes to any one cutting my air tube
you'll md can us. It pretty misch ,ki
Tazzuchi. persuasively
Tn going TO- anyway"
I'm going down merely because it's nv
That's the very same reason that's taking
me. Captain. l must ask you not to make any
Changes his mind once it's made up'S never
Whereupon Tazzuchi shrugged his shout
'F now o1 N thought 5 Kettle to himself, that
mans made up his mind to, Kill mo II he gets
to ket mped oa. ths wh
Capt. owen Kettles nerve aud indomitable
courage were ne YER more severely tried than in
this voluntary descent in the diving dress.
The world beneath the waters was strange and
against whom he held tho blacklist suspicion:
the men at the pump whose language he did
not understand might at any moment cut oily
mir auuplv and pnVp him to drown like "a
Weights Weight over his chest and back. and Tas;
and sisnsedI with poteaess, , ,A you" H.
Of sight Kettle followed. The chill Of tho
Hss eD en nnd Of the
rope. and when he reached the bottom he sank
up to his knees in impalpablo mud. He could
for him. and he went MP to him at once. II the
men IN the boat, acting on orders. cut his air
Tazzuchi's also with promrtness.
However. everything went peacefully Just
then: The Italian Sc. 9f down track in the
1t was terrible work making q passage through
that white. Glutinous ooze. but they came to
rusted flank. stood beside a great shallow pit.
where two weird-looking gray sea monsters
showed in dim outline through tho dense fog
The two newcomers stood for long enough
before the two workers observed them. hut
ono CHANGED to look up and see them Watching
and logged the other with his spade and then
both:frantically beckoned the visitors to come
down into the pit Tazzuchi led and Kettle
followed. waliowinE down the slopes OF slime.
and there. at the bottom, in the dim. milky
light, one OF the professional divers slipped
a shovel into his hand and thrust it downward.
till II Jared against something solid under
foot.
II was clear that they had come upon the
gold boxes. and they wished to impress upon
the visitors. 10 under water dumb show OF tri-
umph that the find had only been made that
very minute. Ponderously booted feet did a
dance OF ecstasy in three feet Of gluey mud.
And meanwhile Kettle with a hand on tho
hiatt Of his knife. edged away from this un-
canny demonstration lest some should
slit his air tube before ne could prevent It.
He had seen what he wanted. He had no
reason to wait longer The gold boxes were
there. and II they, were not brought TO the
surface and carried honestly to Sue2 the mat
ter would have to he fought out above in Gods
open mir. and not in that horrible. choking
Quagmre OF slime and wafer And so. stiIl
guarding himself ,canniy. he got back again
to the boat. and almost had 1t in him TO shake
hands, with the men who eased him of that in
toerable helmet.
Now far be it from me TO raise even a sus-
picion-that Capt. Owen Kettle resented the
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