Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-18

other from exile. let the pieces SID through my ail-erS-guineaS, mo"'7fe>' >' circiets of goi,. and silver, aIIuie.' and al. tie Ldtelial geE.s of the ina'- tlat.
 "iow much is tAtre: asked Mont l goi444ry.
 s,1.e,;t.rI seeAed u ponder. measu- ing ruuel.,- W.ti. his finger and cJ.-tC' , ing tne superficial area of the boxes.
 NO one ean say oi..and," said A". for the.c are the jewels, for ols t-i.l eHJ.- N...t.. are rl.!;ies. Now. ruD-'.. of t...t size -i.I.d i!e bounced upon o4H. -".,r, Aortl. little short of thoua4n poG!4,is.'
 ,. l4t,o;neGy gaped and whistle,' Let lls, i--,,..e il r0t.s.. s--os and put lI' box at 1.,. .guU. CD..le; I'll taae a De that it's u.ptier the Lark.
 Il utn lcre are the other two, sald
 true" s,,id Sheppard. He all iooNe-. at o.lt all other.
 "Go.ue. boys" ] sid, rising: let Us 2>t out of tl...s We knoW etlr Wa ani tIe treasure c.G1Iildt take itselt wings.
 l.1.uc1antly they oUeyed, and We re- t;'.se,s,i ottr $, .,5 through the eIptoarl lll.5 t4e t5fi-f,.o and thence upWarj through the courtyard and into the liN. i.3. roJms. Thr dawn wa$ ':cgtsi.te.5in& tie t.jsteru skies. pulled out my w,.5si!
 @.sftefe B." I s;sil You'd Letter se to bed There Will be nothing happen now
 - hree o'clock. echoed Sheppard in tli:si1.,utly. " ny. it is the Ye,y time for attacks and surprises. No; I'll see 1t os.t now
 Very we'll" assented. We've got to arrange eur defense, and as you are ali determined not to sso to bed we may ii3 well hold d council of war.'
 Agreed" said they. and Ne sat down to the jop without furtLel ado. We were agreed to col.,iler , ill the morn ing as the break Of day for our pur- poses, and We were h2rlly exposed to an assault before $ i!l the evening. Ihe sky Was still luminous at that hour IL was therefore plain that We must set d guard upon those internndi- ate and nocturnal hours. From s till , was Il space of nine hours. That was to determine for Us q watch of three. So far We settled the preliminaries of our dofenses But we had now to con- s!tler further. The drum towers com manded the slopes of the valley like two tail sentineis. and from the en- Lrasure of the windows d watch might be kept upon the net.."r parts of the GWent But from ore so stationed lne back of the park and the crown of tEe hill behind were quite concealed. l.! this connection it appeared that the keep would best serve us, more partir ;. ularl!' as the upper chambers were readily gained from the inhabited wing of the castle whereas the towers reared their formidable heads in isolation and led only to the corridors of the base ment and to the battlements above. Ii was in the keep, then, that our sentine must hold his silent watch. The high est chamber in the keep rose immed ately above the level of the battlements and was pierced by narrow slits in the masonry This was convenient sta tion or, better still, the roof of the tow CT, with which a flight of stairs con nected the chamber
 We explored the keep thoroughly ert we had settled this point, and by thai time it was o'clock.
 Now, you had better go and lie down. said l to the others; otherwise you will be nodding on your watches tonight. For my part, there is an houl yet to the time of safety, and I take first watch"
 Sheppard expostulated with me fol what he termed unnecessary precau ton, but held to my point, and pres ently they left me.
 Gro Be Continued)