The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-04

in such a manner us this that | became
s>td Of the knowledge Of the exist
encc OF the fortune in gold that is now
eating ainlles>ly aGcu1 the southern
,E-rorcs o. the Atlantic ocean con
sealed in the hold 81 water-logged de-
relict. and without human being save
myself ,ard ycu. now that | have told
yea Of III aware O. its existence.
IL paused. Z, if eXI ac.:ng some COM
nleut from his c0mnanon but there was
none: and presently he wen1 on again:
III is not necessary that should
]. 2nticI, tho names Of those who were
originally interested in this fortune
Suffice il To >ay that there is no person
now alive who possesses. or who may
foSsess any legal claim to this amount
in gold. which is stored in 10 different
compartments of the wandering derc-
lirr. The &c mIartments were prepared
expressly for what they now contain,
and $aGU.t0G was slowed in each one of
them. | have in my possession sci Of
blueprint tracingS IF the vessel. show
ing where each Of these compartments
is located and how they may he di>cOv-
cred and made to disgor@p their treas
urcs These blue prints came into my
lD<Srs s,on in II perfectly natural way.
Tut were delayed in transmission nearly
three years. So that when / did receive
them there remained no possibility OF
fulfilling the trust that had been imposed
upon me, and. besides, there was a say
ilg clause among the documents, which
bestowed the wealth absolutely upon me
in the event of certain contingencies hap
Iening. Every one of those contingencies
had arisen before | received the docu-
n@ntS and tracngs. and in addition to
that. the vessel which contained the
treasure had never been spoken or heard
from since she started on her voyage to
New York. | say never heard from
that Is, however, not strictly true since
n part of her crew were picked up and
saved by tramp steamer hound for
China These men reported the total
wreck Of their vessel, the loss OF their
officers and half the Grew. and their uwli
narrow escape FROM death. 1t was with
great difficulty that / get trace of them
and subsequently beca1ne convinced that
the treasure ship had gone to the bottom
''NN very long ago it happened by
accident that | examined one Of the
official photographic reports. and there
| saw the nnae of this very vessel. as
describing one Of the hundreds OF deere
HctS which are floating about the seas
as constant nenaces 10 navigation.
You have thus far neglected 10 men
tom the name of this tlereliyt' inter
posed Darlington quietly. but 40. With
ont irony.
BE patient" was Tia, quick response.
''fcr since | have chosen to relate the
! story. will tell it all. She was called
the Sallie johnson. of Yarmouth When
Il II. !,
from VII h n su : q eat y sailed, laden
With gold. but ostensitly with cargo Of
fruits and spices, cOnSigned 10 my hcuSo,
If which j was at that time The he.tG.
she had been purchased ami iitte up ex-
Iressly fer Il reaslire ship. Her origi1
officers and crew were discharged WI
aid for their consent TO forego the ship
ny articles they had signed The lame
If the vesSel-She was Il ia:< VAS
changed to La Paloma. and under thai
mama she cleared for New York. alrhn,l.s.
the 1ol1nality of painting ont her former
ncmp and port Of hailing was apglectcd
and aS a derrlct, which she now Is She
l. knows by the name which shn bore
when she left the stocks and giled down
The ways of Yarmouth. Iha United
States photographic office records her as
ne Sallie Johnson Does thai nxp,ana-
ton satisfy YOU"
Quite SO. Mr.. Gregory. Your infp"Glti-
ton seems To be exact. 1t will however,
! fe difficult to locate her, if. indeed. She
still hoars. When was il, did YOU shy,
that she was last repoTted:
About SIX nlanths ago
Where was she at that tim
The capitalist too Il memorandum from
his pocket. and read aloud as follows:
= 'DereEct. Sallie johnson, reported by
Capt. Graham OF the steamer Scorpion,
bound from Ruenos Ayres to Liverlp0oi
IN the tail-end Of gale nor'cast Ivy east
still raging at number five. sighted
der lict about foaw bells in the mo ming
watch. Dec. Is. No observation except
dead reckoning for three days Locations
If derolct probably Al degrees 20 mis-
rteS W.. long. 2S degrees - minutes y
lat. Plainly saw name Salie johnson.
| Yarmouth. as she pitched i'll tho heavy
seas. -reIict headed due west but
owing tor the gale making Sternway al
most to leewarti Decks awaSh. Hull
comparatively buoyant If gale contin-
-, :. in my opinion she will MAKE the
Sara gosSa sea and disappear. There.
CaT.ain YOU have a literal copy If the
last report concerning her. l have the
photographic official tracingS of her sup
pcSad wandtrirgS since she became n
derelict, during which time she has COW
cred approximately 5000 miles over II
Zig-Zag course between the Caribbean
sea on the west. the neighborhood Of the
Azores on the east. lat IS degrees on the
north. and the margin of the Saragossa
sea on the south. Somewhere within
those boundaries | believe that we wi
find her if she is still afioat unless, in
deed. she has lost HERSELF among The
weeds and debris of the Saragossa re-
l.on And man, he exclaimed. leapile.
L his feet with more excitement than n
lad yet shown, I'VE must penetrate even
there if neEd Ike. to find her"
''IIHmph!" SAID Capt. Darlington COM
p.acently leaning hack in his chair. and
emitting volume Of smok" worthy of
the funnel of man-of-Wa Have
you any idea what the Sa"asos;*1 sea is
liket Do you know how impossible it is
10 penetrate it. or having penetrated it,
to escape again into the open sea-? II
ytrlr Sallie Johnson has found entrance
tbt re, Sa.GG0000 is too small Il price for
her deliyerance. or S500,000.000 for TINT