The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-05

! WELL, EARL, HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT
THE CoSr?"
| tackled by illness at Dunbars very
door. He dropped YEARLY into the seat
offered him and waved his hand in pro-
test as Dunbar advanced with his most
professional air.
Il want neither advice nor prescrip-
ton" Dunbar's heart sank again. Il
know what ails me, and l know the
end is near. | saw you standing at the
window, and l thought you had an
honest face. | want you TO recon-
| mend me to some private institution
where | will get good care till the end,
and then | want you to look after my
body when I'm gone"
Dunbar was startled at this extraor-
| binary request He saw at a glance
that the man was suffering with heart
trouble and had but Il short time to
live. He told him of various private
hospitals and incidentally administered
remedy which made the fellow more
comfortable for the time being. In the
course of their conversation it devel-
oped that the patient was sailor,
Clark by name, bad served as mate for
years and was tolerably well fixed
The two men became friendly during
the hours chat, and finally Dunbar
having nothing but time on his hands,
accompanied his odd caller to the hos
pital.
The next day he received a note from
Clark saying that his new quarters
were pleasant and begging Dunbar to
call upon him, professionally or other
wise, as suited his convenience. SO
Dunbar pushed aside all signs of anX-
iety about his own financial difficulties
and did what he could to cheer his new
found friend. Ten days after their
first meeting he received note from
the hospital, stating that Clark had
died suddenly, leaving the sum of $500
in the hands of the superintendent for
all expenses and note addressed to
Earl Dunbar, NJ. d.
With the note was a chart of the Ma
deira islands, with special reference to
a bit of land in the easternmost group,
called Deserta isle, which to this day is
uninhabited. The note was brief and
to the point:
Land ON Deserta isle at the point
marked with an y. Proceed to the
point marked with an anchor and dig
down four feet. | have no relatives
and leave you the treasure. Your
friendship has been worth much to me
In these last hours"
Dunbar was skeptical. He had read
many tales of buried treasures and
was inclined to view this tale as the
child of a dying mans disordered
brain. He would probably have CON
signed note and chart to the waste
basket but for the unexpected arrival
of his old aunt. He was not sure
whether she had come to offer him
sympathy and assistance in his hour
of need or to gloat over his failure
Before he had recovered from his sur
prise she had pounced upon the chart
When she had studied this and Clark's
note. she turned briskly to her nephew:
"Well. Earl. have you figured out the
cost of recovering this treasurer
"Of course not returned Dunbar.
1.-THE sailor may have been light in his
head. and it would be foolish to pay
attention to such visionary scheme"
"Nonspnse you're light in your head,
from not having enough to eat, / sup
pose. You find out the cost. I'll foot
the bill and take half of what you
find"
1t was hard for Earl Dunbar to be-
iievc that his old aunt had not gone
suddenly daft. but he did her bidding.
When the brig was chartered and
manned. captain and mate scoffed at
Che idea Of treasure on that island.
Dunbar made one more appeal to his
aunt to save the enormous sum she
was prepared to squander on the enter
prise, but she was obdurate.
The treasure is there, and you are
going after it, and if you attempt to
cheat me of a single penny of my share
I'll fight you through every court.
Don't imagine that because I'm seven
ty-four years old I've got to be fool
The brig reached the Madeiras and
Deserta isle in due time and came to
anchor at the point marked \ on the
chart. The searching party found the
Snnt marked on the charA with an