The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-02
A sUNKEN TREASURE.

The Treasure Trail. BY Frank R. Pollock.
With q Frontispieee IN Color by Louis D.
fSis book deals with the predatory elc-
men, OF the population; the get-rich quick
soJIows who take chances on gambling
on any shady enterprises. |, opens with q
horse eback ride: a young rnsn and a young
woman Of Lincoln. Nebraska, are the char
,etcrs a sudden hail storm overtakcs them
and they take refuge in box car, where
the young woman gives the young man
Good deal of good, solid advice, after learn
losses from time 10 time that seem TO her,
and which are, wild speculation and gam
bling ventures. He agreed 10 follow this
sdvice. after just one more venture. He
aid her all about himself. and she told him
sbont herself. and how her father was
loved and venerated missionary in the fhr
he is stealing ride. bound for Baltimore.
Uo gets as far the Missouri river, runs
scross another young man, who has beaten
his way from Seattle, and they both mako
conductor find them and ptu them of; they
get on again however, but are agoin caught
and the other young man is put OF the
train at the point OF pistol breaks leg,
and is laid up in the ST. Louis hospital for
long time But he puts Elliott, the first
sdyoniurer, on tho path Of great scheme
that has been stolen by the Transvaal Gov
eminent from some OF the mining companies
ON the Rand This had been put aboard OF
ship and the ship was deliberately run on
a reef in the Mozambique Channel by the
brutal mate. This man. Bennett. was on tho
ship and was rescued, but had no means OF
finding out whether any one else was rescued
or not, and he had means OF identifying
the reef upon which this treasure ship had
been run But he gave Elliott q letter to
some confederstes OF his mt Nashville, and
on Elliott going TO that city he found them,
bu. the whole crowd hadn't enough money
10 get 20 the next town. But they pooled
their pile and let one Of them play roulette
and win ten thousand dollars. which gave
Africa TO get ship TO 20 over and find tho
treasure; but Elliott was detailed TO so TO
Bombay and find the mate. the party in the
meantime having found TINT the mate was
rescued. Elliott goes 20 Bombay, doesn't
have much luck but all at once hits o clue
that the mate hns gone TO Hong Kong, where
named Sewer meets Elliott on shipboard be-
fore he gets 20 Bombay. follows to Hong
Kong and it turns out that he is on the
same quest. Elliott in the meantime has got
fhcro and comes across a morally infrm and
weak k-principed old rascal who is stalking his
last money in gambling joint Mt the Por-
tugeuse resort, Macao, below Hong Kong
This old fellow turns out 10 be the father
OF Margaret, the girl that Elliott had his
ride with in Nebraska, md Elliott finds that
she is duo on the next steamer, her father
having sent for her, Sho comes and the
plot chickens. Sewer finds out that this old
preacher is the mnn who escaped from the
vessel, and was supposed 20 be tho mate.
He wns not, however, but Sewer gets hold
of him and with confederate tortures him
in order TO make him tell where the ship WAS
beached lie protests that he does not
know, but finally under torture, gives them
a location. Elliott had been trussed up and
saw this whole business; then he was given
potion and shipped TO San Francisco
by Sewer TO get him out OF the way. When
he esmo to himself he sent a letter by
meeting steamer, TO Margaret, telling her to
TO San Francisco after him, which
she does. She gets there and he finds that
she not only knows all about tho sunken
tion whore it was beached. There is great
anxiety between him and BENEFIT, however.
who has in the meantime recovered and
reached San Francisco, lest they bo late in
getting to South Africa on their quest. as
SEWER had SO much the start OF them. They
tried TO get the map away from Margaret.
but she insisted that she must 60 along, too,
and would not give il up, so she goes along,
and when they get to South Africa, the
other members of the party try to bluff her
of. She tells them that they cannot find
them see tho map until they get out to sea
An turns out we'll; they find the place and
get the gold but just they are finishing
SEWER Sewer comes r along along with big party and
tremendous fight, but our party wins, gets
the gold, and takes il TO South Africa. But
Margaret finds out that il is gold that prob
ably belongs 10 the British Government as q
prize Of war. and declines 10 take her share
and Elliott, who has proposed TO her a time
two in the meantime, declares he won't
take his. either. Then the other members
Of tho party point out TO them that il they
do not want 20 take the gold they can turn
il over TO the British Government and get
good per cent for salvage, which they decide
10 do and retire in blaze OF glory and
happiness with about 100000 apiece in
coin, enough TO insure their happiness ever
after unless they should begin again on some
speculative deals. The story is told with
a good deal Of vivacity and go, and is very
good reading.