The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-28
I CHAPTER Xxx

| OF PerndndOA lO01neo up tnTOuBH Siio
ihhxe before them. @
"1ookl',, exclaimed Madeleine. az she
stood with y1tkmorris, gazing out over
the summer SEQ. : Sec how the noun.
tains rise tier upon tier from the coast. =.
EFT Is an enchanted seu, ilo replied
TAT one moment there ID nothing within
sight but d Blue outline, ana then sud.
denly, out Of q clear sky, almost, you
soc the hills covered With palms and al
Kinds Of rich vegetation before YOU.
shalt mover forget my first view Of Mo M
i tencgro. s II, E ,5 II ii AZ M
''Do You w1sh you were back. Cover.
nor7" che asked with q coquettish,
/ glance that made the EnglBhmanB blood
! tingle. sli5E
3...Ah, you would betray mo into Al, i'm, I.
polite speech. Miss Grent. And yet,
j truthfully,8I do not. The love OF ndven.
/ |turo the desire 70 try the untried, the
thirst for lost treasure Is strong In the
hearts OF all mon, and especially IN that
1 Of a poor man like myself" sj
s"And you think that gold is the best
\ thing! in life 7'''Ns siio looked at him with
a quiet, searching glance, but his gaze A
| was far away, s.cs Nj Il III III "a
mo" he answered slowly! mo, not
Eold Itself but what It brings Without
it, the hand OF q man OF ambition Is tee q,
/
something OF lilmself' = ss 55
AZ en- have done great things without 'ud
It." she replied. 35S s
''True but they were great men. am
| snot!' He laughed O. bitter little laugh
and turned toward u her. You cannot
understand the feelings OF g man in my
position Miss Brent. nm expected to
| keep UP certain position, to live In n
certain way because the people OF my
class, my equals have done so @do 80
now. II cannot bo done on my income
and sometimes am tempted to cut It
1 all and start nfresll-but them 5 q
l'sVhy do you not try
..yyhat are you two incoming about7'
said the voice OF Brent, as he Joined
them. t"Iherc Is the Island, Iltzmorrls,
i and soon we shall make tho point where
/ tho fort stands. and the entrance to he
1 harbor. There is the mountain back o.
lEit right ahead" sss M .s,a si,s
"Are you sure?' exclaimed the Eng
lishman, at once all excitement. and for
i getting HIS good resolutions and plans
Il for O. fresh start IN life.i 55ii u
"As sure ns a man can be tina knows
i the points OF the compass and who has
ewes. That chart. thanks to our re-=
spected great-grandfathera. IL pparent-
! Nv correct, for we have followed its
bearings, \, and here we are coming Into
the land Just aR 1t states that we should !"
#"But that was a map Of this Island
1 alone. !" "a PA III - % .if45
lT"You did not look Mt the back. my
man, Il! gives tho sailing directions from
4 your island OF Montego and also from
1 Panama Your part filled In what was
i wanted z, and Il have followed It to the
i letter., II y. 5a "a I:e
q am afraid that must be very stu.
I Epid..' II Il 4 III d .ss !,
s,.Not at ALL You arc a landsma'1. !
i am n sailor. that Is the difference.
i have to know how to read a chart while
i YOU have only to follow n road there
i you have IT,
4 H"Ah Ii. Well, we all have our sins Now.
i have had that old lunatio on my
And you have done 1t we'll. II II had
i not been Tor you ana your nowledges OF
i Elndoostanee we should have had q
4 warm time with her. Between your ma
4 the Hindu you have mar1aged her nnely.a.
II little thought when ] studied that
4 Language at Aldershot, and later spoke
i .it In. india, that I should have to put II
Ito such a peculiar use"
\ CHAPTER XXI.
As they nenred the shore there was
\ no sIrn OF "a harbor visible. Tho thick
voretatlon ran down to the waters edge
4 FOR miles except where now and then q
! bit OF volcanic rock thrust to head out
as though to get all. Az s5 N Is i, /, 81
\ IT sce no place whore we can run the
/ shin In" said Fltzmorris, gazing up ana
down the coast. 55
,,Walt a bit. ana you may have a sur
prise party" replied Brent &''Thla spot
i Is not unlike another ono OF the islands,
u i fancy You know st, Thomas OF
i course r. Bf84t !ig-5 e
Eyes; we stopped there on our way out
i on tho Pallas. gSGg n
"D Do, You not recall the fact that YOU
4 saw no harbor til you were almost IN
4 it7' s5ssy Z
ITO DO sure s DO. now that : you speak
,of it, -.
,.yyell, II imagine that this Is quite the
i same He took out the old chart from
hIs pocket, ana turned to tho back Of It.
"steor SIZE on approaching the island
+ from tho north. Whom tho two peaks on
fla highest mountains come In range.
steer SCI by S 1-2 8 atright for tho shore.
4 when within about 100 yards you VIII
see the harbor. Hug the eastern shore,
aa there Is plenty Of deep water. no. cur'
rent. The fort Is on the starboard haha.
200 yards inside the passage II you
havo to attack It, a pathway will be
found $50 yards TO the snorthward N Q
4 small bay. which will lead easily to the
I TOP OF the low cliffs In the roar OF II The
ground is soft and can easily be dug IN
Z to II It Is desired to mine the walls
'vrhe old gentlemen seem TO have
thought out the programme IN al us
possibilities. said Irtzmorrs, ai.l
eyes Indeed; but IN those days tney
had no explosive shells nor maga 9! =, Y
Rides II that fort = manned =, t tSnas
fellows Il It is necessary to Dc. So.
"Does II say anything about the s !, 9 :,
or sze Of the fort7'' asked the s'Sns-
E lshman. n. - 3. ,,,,,,t ,,non
three sides OF IA hexagon, ana .ls apou,
three hundred feet across me r rea l are
t tm e ombras ures on the front face ana
ono IN each side The walls are elgnl
e eeet biuhnan eight feet thick, The guns
tee' m,sr IN .i 90 FOUNDERS and are not OF
not a. ptte nn,,, e e1 ,and r pa
AN nshor re- easily and safely, the rocks are
s sbnrp and treacherous, and would be
almost impossible to climb unless the