The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
The Treasure Offers
By Charles Frederick HoderCopyrighted by Dodd Mead
& Co.. Publishers
CHAPTER v.-tContinued.)
The Submerged City.

The Submerged City.
LEAD snkers, by jingo!" exclaimed Captain SAM
who was the first to speak.
They had crowded eagerly the chest as
mass of objects which looked like weights
as Captain Sam had suggested lead sinkers
Not SO fast" said the professor, taking out
If thas is not gold am greatly mistaken
"And this silver said the captain, taking up
another bar cts settled, anyway" he added,
lowed by yellow flash that told of gold.
"Hurrah!' cried Ralph, we've struck it."
I'VE have, my lad" replied the captain, hardly
able to control his excitement and down his knees
he went, tossing out the bars ingots, which
others attempted to count.
In the bottom of the chest bags of coin had evil
IDENTIFY been placed The bags had long since disap-
peared, but the coins cemened together, falling
apart when touched
How much is there" asked Captain Sam the
naturalist.
But the latter did not hear him. and the treasure
had passed out of his mind. lying flat the
ground, examining with his glass peculiar coraline
growth on the box; possible new species of much
value and interest, evidently than the ingots,-
preference, which, if anything needed convinced
the old fisherman that the professor daft indeed
How much treasure they had discovered could not
determined, but it represented large proportion
of the old galeon's possessions, safely
packed away in of the Dolphin. The next
day the treasure hunters again descended to the wreck
which thew had huoved and made a further search:
but nothing found, and after the professor
had photographed Of the most striking of the sub
merged ruins and made map of the city, they sailed
away.
IT believe" scientific man. they sat
around the table that night, that at time there
a ridge of islands beginning with the Santa Bar
bara group extending far down the coast Santa
Catalina is the tip of submarine mountain
this subterranean city built by of natives
who had wandered to the islands and reproduced the
pyramids and strange stone buildings which are now
found in old Mexico"
cWhat,s this?" said Captain Sam breaking into the
conversation and pointing to the window : -
His companions turned from the map they were
porting and glancng at the window not twenty
from VIVA emad % a mass of fire \
Here's another this side!" exclaimed Ralph;
and at that moment the at the wheel telephoned
that they surrounded by school of whales which
were swimming along with them The huge creatures
could be plainly and Captain Sam sad if they
fouled the propeller all would breakfast with Davy
: Jones.
mot so bad as that, Captain SAM" returned the
professor. you probably have not my patent
boat"
Captain Sam protested his ignorance.
Well" said the professor, dragging bundle from
his locker there it is; the boat made rubber.
out fill it with air from the Dolphin, attach small
reservoirs of air, which will last each of twenty min
actual test, the rubber lifting
"And what then 2" asked Captain Sam.
"Why, if it happens far from land, shall
comfortably starve to DEATH" was the calm reply
thought" Captain Sam Cali
these livesavin notions don't amount to much in time
of trouble"
ing nearer then steering off; finally dived
them leaving great blaze Of phoSphorescen light in
it's train The next moment the Dolphin tilted slightly
the whale had risen beneath them.
"Ive had them do this often in a sailin-vessel,"
said the captain picking up his camp stool that had
fallen over "but think better try little cleo
tricity. I don't fancy see-sawng on a whales back"
Headway was stopped, and the Dolphin lay on the
surface the waves gently washing over her with mus
ripple, the looking anxously big
at the mighty animals that played about
latter large specimens of the California gray
whale sixty feet in length they undoubtedly
thought the Dolphin compan e------------
ion, and determined to force n