The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-27

but tumbled into the long boat and
rowed madly for the shore. The boats
of the man-of-war at once gave chase.
Capt Summers and his first mate
were left alone on the brig and the
former determined to make an effort
to save the money which was in the
chest below. So he told Henderson
briefly of the existence OF the treasure
and offered him half of it If he would
help him convey it to a place of safety.
Henderson jumped at the offer. They
quickly lowered a small boat over the
side of the brig away from the man.
of-war. In this they placed the chest,
and then rowed quietly ashore, with
out being discovered by the man-of'
wars crew. who We're intent on the
pursuit of the long boat. AS soon as
they reached the shore they pulled
their boat up into the underbrush,
seized the chest between them and
made of into the woods; nor did they
stop until they had placed several
miles between themselves and the
cove They concealed the chest and
themselves remained in hiding until the
next day when they ventured to creep
down to the cove,
LEFT ON AN ISLAND.
There was no sign of the man-of-
war, but the Lark had been scuttled
and sunk in the cove and the long boat
in which the crew had landed was
smashed to pieces. Their own small
boat had not been discovered and was
intact. An exploration of the island
| showed them that none of the crew of
the Lark had been left upon it. and
hence they concluded that they had all
been taken prisoners. The island was
small one and was uninhabited. Sum
mers and Henderson concluded that
the best thing for them to do was to
try to reach one of the larger islands
of the group in their boat. They We're
unwilling, however to risk the chest in
| the small boat for fear some accident
might happen it, and so determined to
| leave it behind. They had found Il
natural cove in the course of their
| wanderings about the island and in this
| they buried the chest, marking the
place with a pile of stones. Then they
| rugged a small sail on their boat and
soon reached one of the larger islands,
which was uninhabited. Here Capt.
| Summers was stricken with smallpox
! and died, leaving Henderson the sole
possessor OF the Secret.
| Henderson knew no one on the iS-
! lands whom he could trust, and at last
| determined to return home and fit no
an expedition to go after the treasure.
After a weary period OF waiting, he fin
| ally secured passage on ship bound
| for the Cape Colony, and it was not
until three years later that he reached
| his old home at Jackson. Here he en-
| deavored to secure the money neces-
sary to fit out an expedition to go after
the treasure, but his friends laughed
at the story and thought Henderson
was a madman. He could find no one
who was willing to advance the money
needed, and so at last in despair Hen
derson determined to return to his old
trade as a sailor and earn enough
money to fit out a vessel How he ate
his heart out during those weary years,
how he saved every cent and how at
the end of fifteen years he found he
had enough money can be passed over.
RETURNS FOR THE TREASURE,
He bought the Laura Is, Fine at
Philadelphia in 1885 and started for the
| south Atlantic, But off Cape Hatteras
the vessel ran into "A terrible gale and
was foundered, the crew being saved
with the utmost difficulty. With the
Laura X. Fine, every cent Henderson
had in the world went to the bottom of
the ocean, and he was compelled to
start in again at the bottom of the
| ladder.
1t was not until last year that Hen
derson found himself again i'm position
to start for the treasure. He went Ia
New Orleans and bought the stanch
little vessel Frolic, belonging to the
Southern Yacht club. He had her