The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-16

&curtaH his living expenses generally
hen It was that he thought Of the treas.
ure Of the Acmiral of Florence ana de.
!; it 'ar to srecoup the. fortunes OF his
anclsnt ~ house by gathering the geld and
precious stones from beneath the waves
OF Locil 81 Duan. He began to max
flaborate preparations for exploring the
wreck and his intentions in the matter
were published Widelyfin the newspapers
and formed the theme Of gossip in clup
and drawing room
81 At the same time it became widely
known that the British government. after
nearly century Of negotiations w tn
Holland, finally acquired all rights in the
wreck OF the sunken Lutine and made
contract with Lloyds to recover the
treasure which was In her when she
went down. All the details Of the loca-
ton and history OF these two famous
sunken treasure ships were published
Tar and wide and the knowledge regard
Ing them became public property.
THE YANKEE SCHEME.
Then three men, smoking their CIGARS
after dinner in a club in Philadelphia.
talked OF the golden Admiral Of Florence
ana the no less golden Lutine AS they
talked project gradually shaped itself
and so, before many days, swift steam
yacht bound for European waters passed
out by the capes of Delaware with the
three men on board Meantime the Duk
OF Argyll and Lloyds were preparing
to get to work. They were waiting for
nice, fair,-summer weather, but the men
from Philadelphia waited for? nothing.
one month ago trim, American built
yacht steamed into the harbor of Bou-
logne. Inc name on her stern was the
John Silver, and the paint of the letter.
ing was hardly dry, for it was a new
name, the old one, perhaps being too
well known: In the light Of subsequent
events the name IS significant. for John
Silver was the name of the wicked pirate
n Stevenson's story of Treasure Island
He it was who nsed to sing Of s.s-
Fifteen men on a dead mans chest,
| Vol no! and the bottle of rum,
Three Yankees CaEle ashore FROM the
John Silver. They had money and they
used it freely The yacht was
John silver, =, another. the name did
not matter. The aay after their ac-iva.
they were met by three other men, ono
Ct Wom was recognized as liysr from
|, on board and the seamel 0i the port
learned in some way that the yacht had
an elaborate plant for deep sea diving
the, John, Silver returned TO .Bou1ogne
and the three men who had :ioined hel
! there when she first visited the Port
the other two Before taking the train
to their unknown destinations one OF
them remarked that they had been
and had found it. The men lett town
the day they landed, am the John Sii.
Yer steamed out OF the llarbor as soon
as the men were ashore. ~ 81.
At the same time appeared in London
the rumor that the Americans had loot
ed the wreck of he Admiral of Florence
and the Lutine. One story IS that only
the Lutine's treasure was lifted but
the persistent rumors have been enough
to cause some anxiety both to the Duke
Of Argyll and to Lloyds. Mex. summer.
Whens work is begun on the wrecks Of
the Ln ~ and the Admiral OF Florenc.,
empty and the treasure gane? That IS
the perplexing question which is both
e Ai1, ga his grace of Argyll a,s the Lloy1s
euke and the government are row filled
with. chagrin: that their proposed treas
are nafnng ex acEat Were not kept
bruited about In the most public manner.
but 1t, rs probably too late for regrets.
II the John. Silver can be identliiei il
also. and it can be proved that they ac-
tually lifted the gold Of the Admiral
Of Florence and. the Lutine, the British
govs ,n ms and the Duke of Argyle
would undoubtedly try to recover a part
or all OF the spoils, and a very pretty
International incident might grow out OF
the cruise OF the mysterious yacht. - But
the three men from Philadelphia seem to
have t laid splanss with great skill and to
have lowered" pretty effectually their
ira cks-''brnken the trail''jas the Western
scouts used to say. In the Lutine, when
she went down, was S, 1000, 600 In bar gold.
It Is supposed that the treasure in the
Admiral OF Florence was even greater.
A London paper in an interview with
zone OF the best known American BUSH
ness men III London quotes him as say
ing: Americans have Surprised Britain
q lot already. but the British will be
simply ag1last when they finally are con.
Nneed that one OF the shrewdest tricks
ever played on them has taken place in
the last few weeks. I mean that tina
su'1ke.l treasure in Loeb Duan, which the
Duke Of Argyll is to go after, sand the
treasure off the Holland coast, which
!.ioyds ere 10 seek. will be found missing.
.Ehe facts should have. been kept secret.
but instead they were blurted to tho
world, and what mere natural than that
men OF enterprise should try to get the
treasure for themselves? s
s. Il am certain that all the treasure, or
large portion Of it., will be landed in the
! n1ted Ste ties within a week or two. 1t
was speculation to TT out the vessel
for. the work, but it paid wonderfully
we'll, II my 1nforIcation IS correct. Just
who was behind this daring hunt for gold
In the ocean cannot say nor ear
name the craft, but I do know that three
AmGri ANS from Philadelphia have fore
stalled the Duke OF Argyll and Ltoyls."
After this let all the jites about Phil
adelph1a being slow be forgotten