The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-01
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Copyfight, BY PHILLIP LITTLE.

tlOiCeu Ine BInLOA army ~ Lle ShVo d W..
rislve laugh at tho word, :. and then. In
stead Of being made an offlcer, I was
put IN as q private ana made to instruct
them Just the same. I've taught EN-
some pretty funny manoeuvres that won't
DO found III the books" He grinned at
tho group which surrounded him. \
'.'Well. to SO on with my story. ! was
locked upa But there Is d young woman
1 at the fort that had become Just q little
Interested In me; you may know what
they are down here In the tropics, like
a match to3a heap OF tinder, and she
helped me to get <out, I found that. there
vas an American boat III the harbOr, !
heardsthe shots fred ut you; I also heard
the plan OF attack for tonight. made
up my mind that. / would swim out here.
sharks or no sharks, but It was late be-
fore I got chance 10 get away. was
| almost here when you fired 1t en-, Lord,
but YOU must have moved 'em down. IA
FLOW about the fort7 Can It be taken,
do you think q asked Brent. I,
"How many men have YOU - .3it
81 ,have 10 available. and plenty Of
magazine rifles, with ammunition, besides
| the two rapfd-flre guns which were used
! this evening. y is .i.a III 4,
You can do 1t easily. ] will guide you
| to n spot where you can mako land
ing $S VI N. #5as aS s FL
About 100 yards bclow-toward the h '
Dor mouth."3s !, N I!
you know it. do you7" .ssE
II know that there is such a place,
that IS all. 3 Il.
#"Wel they don't 1t Is on my skip
per's chart and I have been there. You y.
can land there, climb the slight cliffs
| with ease, and then attack them In the
rear before they know that YOU are or.
/ there" t9 iii rs
The captain looked at Fitz'norris and n
| smi ed. ID $$E.s. ss$,, II
some one. else had a shart also" he
said. }, n HI /,
H"cur,ous 4 that there should be two"
was the reply. u .
AYE, II is odd. How much Of a chart
was this that you speak OF? BY the
way, have not asked your name and
whence you came Z"
my name Is Roger Broughton.t came
| from New Bedford I sailed on the bris
Maid Marion four years ago, bound, as
we supposed for Brazil The captain took
me into his confidence. had sailed Win
him before, 5 once as second mate, ana
| once as first, before this voyage.
"You have seen the chart, then, OF
COURSE.
s5'.Yes, many times.
i twas It a. good one r." s.3
VERY good, and very clear II gave
sailing directions both from st. Thomas
i and from other port .t.
s',Dtd It describe the position Of the
Eyes YES, sir, and gave the bearings from
| the fort"
The captain looked at Fitzmorris and
/ raised his eyebrows slightly. M
&.'Well, before we can do anything we
/ must drive those fellows from the fort. :"
i s4''You will have to do that, ca plain,
I things, with nothing but round shot OF
1 for even though those guns are old
the usual pattern they can make It
A mighty unpleasant for you They began
i to to-day did they not?'
/, Eyes. they were beginning to get pref
1 ty close to JUS before we left. l do not
i intend to give them another chance,
j can tell YOU
| @.NThe sooner that you follow up the
4 lesson OF tonight with another the bet
i ter It will be. They have no force
! that amounts to anything anywhere
l else on the island, think, from all that
! have heard and their government Is
farce. 1tpleases them, but It amounts
to nothing.
!. the morning, Broughton. Mr.. Nlarchamp,
i have a hammock allotted to this man,
and see that he Is fitted out with clothes.
/ Are you willing to join the ships COM
pany, or DO you prefer to serve as /. q
! volunteer fs sfy
l..'I will gladly join. sir: I am too poor
to miss such a chance. All my money
] and goods went down In the Maid Mar
/ ion, with the exception of the $50 which
1 II have with me yet. L have managed
/ to keep that out of sight or It would
have been stolen by those beggnrs ashore.
"FIe tapped his heel SUCCESSFULLY on the
deck''5 asjs Z
cit Is safe here. We want the money
1 that is In that old Spanish ship but we
| do not want yours, Gold and silver under
4 the sen belongs to those that can get
i IT, 3 S3
S"True for you, sir, 4and I'll help you
1 all that i can. But Il would like a shot
at some OF that black crew and especially
Mt the man they call the general. 1t
would do me good to put q bullet Sin
| him" i5 u Z, 48
7a'I hope that you win have the chance.
/ Broughton. We will supply the rifle and
| ammunition, and you can do the rest,
! Good might to YOU" a!sa5 " AZ
Good night. sir; and thank YOU" 1T
| # g6 CHAPTER XVI, .5 a. .,i
Nov how In the name OF al that Is
good and great, do you suppose that the
! captain Of that brig got hold Of a chart
OF this harbor and the whereabouts OF
/ the old gnlleon p
'T'm sure that do not know. What
! would like to know Is. how did our
respected ancestors get theirs?"
Fitzmorris lighted a cigar and sat
down on the dcckhouse near the COM
panionway. RI
you do not seem to remember that
they gotfit through mn old Spanla I'd or
ut least that 1t was his property that
was in the sunkcn vessel" aa5
| ''Oh! to be sure. It had slipped my
memory, And how did3ttey come by it,,
Z, Don't ask such foolish, not to shy try
| ing questions. The least said perhaps
| the soonest mended ut Is curious
thing, though, how these same charts
are handad down, You would find, II
you could get the information, that
there are In all probability mnnyfln OK
istence, and II lots OF old papers had
not been destroyed by careless hands,
there would be many more brought to
! light" Nj 4,
"But are they Of any use?
In the hands of Intelligent men, yes.
| There are. we know, many gnlleons
sunk In tho waters about these islands,
that must contain millions OF treasure.
Some have been found, more than we