Arizona republican., 1899-02-10
CHAPTER V,

CT than my fear; for I could not remain where I was. but crept back to the bank again, whence, sheltering my i head behind bush of broom, 1 ight command the road before the door. I was scarcely in position ere my en- emies began to arrive, seven or eight of them. running hard. their feet beating out of time along the road, and the man with the lantern some paces in front. Three men ran together, hand in hand, and I made out, even through the mist, that the middle man of this trio was the blind beggar. The next moment his voice showed me that I was right.
 Down with the dcor!" he cried.
 'Ay, ay, sir answered two or three; and rush was made upon the Ad- miral Benbow the lantern bearer fol- lowing; and then I could see them pause, and hear speeches passed in a lower key, as if they were surprised to find the door open. But the pause was brief, and the blind man again issued his commands. His voice sounded louder and higher, as if he were afire with cager1 and rage.
 Tn, in, in!" he shouted, and cursed mem TOT tnelr delay.
 Four or five of them obeyed at cnce, two remaining on the road with the formidable beggar. There was a pause. then q cry of surprise, and then a voice shouting from the house: . Bills dee-1 5
 But the blind man swore at them again for their delay.
 Search him, some of you shirking 1ubbers, and the rest of you aloft and get the chest" he cried.
 I could hear their feet rattling up our old stairs, so that the house must have shaken with it. Promptly afterward, fresh sounds Of astonishment arose: the window of the captains room was thrown open with q siam and q jingle of broken glass; and man leaned out into the moonlight, head and shoG, ders, and addressed the blind beggar on the road below him.
 Pew he cried. "they've been be fore us. Some ones turned the chest outalow and aloft.''
 ''Is it therea'' reared Pew.
 ''The mcney's there"
 Tie blind man cursed the money.
 "Flirt's fist, mean" he cried.
 We don't see it here nohow," re turned the man.
 Here. you below here, is it on Bill?" cried the blind man again.
 At that another f,S.ow, probably he who had remained bts.ow to search the captains body, came to the door of the inn. "BiE's been overhauIed a'ready'' said he, ''nothin' left"
 Its these people of the inn-it's ha+ ic6 F ie out!" cried the blind man, Pew "They were here TO time ago--they had the door bolted when I tried it. Scatter, 1 lads, and find 'cnl."
 Sure enough. they left their glim here. ' said the fellow from the window.
 Scatter and find 'em! Rout the house out" reiterated Pew, striking with his stick upon the road.
 Then there followed great to-do through all cur old inn, heavy feet pounding to and fro, furniture all thrown over, doors kicked in, until the very rocks rCechoed, and the men came out again, one after another, on the road, and dec,ared that we were no- where to he found. And just then the same whistle ttat had alarmed my mother and myself over the dead cap- tain's money was once more clearly audible through the night. bat this time twice repeated. I had thought it to be the blind mans trumpet, so to . speak. slanmoning his crew to the. as sault but I HOW found that it was a i signal from the hillside toward the hamlet, and from it's effect upon the buccaneers, a signal to warn them of approaching danger.
 There's Dirk again. said one. ''Twieet We'll have to budge, mates"
 ''Budgc, you skuIk!" cried Pew. "Dirll was q fool and coward from the frst-you wouldn't mind him. They must be close by; they can't be far; you have your hands on it. Scatter and lock for them, dogs. Oh. shiver my soul he cried, eff had eyes!"
 This appeal seemed to, produce some effect, for two of the fellows began to lcoll here and there among the lumber but half heartedly, I thought, and with half an eye 10 their own danger all the time, while the rest stood irresolute on the road.
 You have your hands on thousands you fools, and you hang a leg! You'd : be as rich as kings if you could find it. and you know it's here, and you stand there malingering. There wasn't one of you dared face Bill. and did fla