The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-11-06
Bought For a Sixpence
Icoprrlrht. Ilos. bg 2. D. LewIl.I

a slxpcnce. Among them was a rude chart or drawing, and the writing was In pencil and displayed Q very poor hand It ran:
 North of Tlmor Laut about seventy three Enter north bay.
 "Bnng up line with three tall trees on highest point and in i've fathoms
 Spring of fresh water to left of big rock on port bow"
 found the chart when aboard ship.
 was mate of the schooner, and at once laid the paper before the captain. We got out a chart of the Banda sea. found Che Island Of Tlmor Laut and then measured on seventy-three miles to the north. This brought us to Pope's Island. Neither of us bad ever landed there, but understood that the island was not inhabited. The instructions were to enter the north bay and bring up at a certain spot What forl Tho existence of a spring was mentioned, but why should we go ashoreT Unless there was something Of value on or about the island why had it been noted and the writing carried around by a sallor2
 The captain and talked the matter over and oycr but could make it no palmer. It was natural under the clr- cumstanccs that our minds should run to buried treasure. Indeed we couldn't get rid Of the feeling that the sailor who had died in the hospital had planted something of value on Pope's island, und that being the case we de- clded to have a try for it What has tened our decision was a conversation overheard between two sailors who had been at Che hospital inQuiring about Kane and his effects.
 | think it was on the twenty-third day out of Sydney that we entered thel bay on the north side of Pope's islandL
 After having reached the shore we found the spring, but as we stood be side it we looked at each other anfe asked what should be the next mov q The Island was thlckly wooded, ap q we soon realized that we had bett . have hunted for a needle in a haysta Z ut home .
 The chart mentioned three tall tf' in a group and the spring. We fda | the trees standing back a quarteria r mile from the beach. with neWa a ' mark Of any sort on the trunks toir' q nlsh us a hint The spriug was Pu' S 2JO feet above high t.Gc. but nfhs .. around it furnished the clew wfer' . after. T. 7
 For a week after our arrival had every man ashore on the hup We paced or SO many paces ff the spring fin every direction and t aug z into the earth. We dug ~ the 8 roots Of the three tall trees then < at ten, twenty and thirty pat when z the tide was out, we dug uD Oeach z in a dozen places. The flu Waa S finally explored in every dbioh' Out q we had our tollsome work reward S On the afternoon of the cil any we 8 gave it up. We did not pt lne e1' istence of a treasure l' put we < were satisfied that we coA iay our 2 hands on it We pull on 'o lhe g schooner about 9 o'cloci lne uI'er' s noon, and had there ' any breeze < We should have welg ancnor ana put to sea at once, bt uuu iai'en IS dead calm, and the da''S no' one N' s,t dorrn to luncbol lwhile the Ma
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 short,ng and snloly, but we were An ,,,rn, yo,d ,,sdf Failure of 1t and h ,,.oro o,onci,lIv .Scd." Under such G c,rcYrst,nccs sop pne must be held j tIo,.aiJo Tho Tain suddenly be- Be eon to blome nj ir the biggest fool S s1ot oyor Iivod in the course Of a nul .-.,,ri, ,s ,,tl our conversation v,sssu ,,.os o cr,,t deb bttcr than the weath. lik, or We'd bokpards" a long time '"G s r.Itto,,, o ,yd3ut were now on the and noIrt of yoIf Into each other tooth ioS v. snd too mil D wild yell from the on Malays stopls' said
 "N,innod IIhark, just as expect. ali odr, gtorlJe captain as he made a aec' ,Si, dasb for fdeck followed, of fun conrso o9 reached the quarter s,..S s,aS 6ocp ord ed over the four Malays pur ,roro In ty WI. and one of them was beel bold,nc Fmething for the captains be ii ,nsDoot, I've both knew what 1t Brol ,yos bef was passed up to US. It ct ,ros oyster, and a monstrous ,,. .Pe large o'o.
 "Wbliu you una UT askeu lhe
 aOT bottom" was the answer.
 ,srbS one great bed Of them down ,,l ther
 Eglinutes later we had half a
 do lore, and Inside of an hour we ,, bs9veyed the bed and found our as as t,Je-the treasure Of John Kane's & 60 th rrart. In bringing up in Eve fatb. ai la ,nd in line with the trees we had the Fred on the center of the bed Why the ! id mentioned the spring we could Inlet ,iteal make out, unless lt might be to Be, time hunting for lt lf In want of ywhel ar. shor, 10 may have seen something in deg. ( In reference to "the great Pope W 2i ld flnd," as it was called. It was min. the largest pearl oyster bed ever des d amOun the western islands but deg