The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-10
Captain Dreams.
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much of their conversation. The Hin
doc finally died.
The name of the captain was
Dralnes. 4 few weeks later people
were calling him Dreams. He was a
good sailor, but poor In pocket. The
native had told him a secret before he
died.
The father of the dying native had
been sepoy in the great mutiny. and
when the rebellion had been stamped
out he had to so into hiding and live
his last days in the jungle. When it
became apparent that the English
would conquer q move was made BY
all the wealthy Hlndoos to save their
fortunes. The father was attached to
the force of the nabob of NIysore and
with certain others removed treasure
to the amount of million dollars from
/ that province to the coast and thence
| by sailing craft to one of the Iacca-
dives. There it was buried The ia
/ Their could not tell the son what par
! ticular island it was, nor did he know
| whether the treasure was recovered
| after the war. He was wounded in
/ battle soon after his return to the
coast, and when peace came be became
a fugitive to save himself. The treas
ure was taken ashore at night and de-
! posted in q cave.
That was the story told to the son.
and that was the son who told ii to the
captain. The story was over twenty
years old then. You will ask why the
son hadn't made a try for the treas
ure. In the first place, for twenty
years after the war the English were
very vigilant about such things, but
claimed a big share of whatever the
natives found. Again, the son was
poor in pocket and distrustful of his
fellow men. If he had had the money
to fit out an expedition, he would have
had to take five or six persons into his
confidence, and the chance of his being
murdered and despoiled was good in
deed Had he gone to the owner of
any craft and offered half he would
have been laughed at He had simply
come to the conclusion that the island
was one Of the Laccadive group, and
he could not say that the treasure had
not been removed years before. He
simply hung on to his secret and
waited, and he was waiting yet when
he was stabbed in a street brawl.
Captain Draines at once determined
to try for the treasure. He had to
have money, and he had to have men.
and in this way it came to be known
that he was off after million. No
one knew whittier he was bound, but
/ he oh hr VII
culed and laughed at. Before he left
port he was spoken of as Captain
Dreams. He resigned from his ship,
chartered a native craft and selected q
crew to be depended on. He fitted the
craft to fight as well as to sail, and he
, got away from Madras in the night
and was out Of sight of the coast next
morning He had his all in the enter
prise, and it was a case of make OF
break with him.
The run down to the group was
made. but that was only the beginning
: Some of the islands are only sand bars
or rocky islets, while others are foul
or FIVE miles in circumference an(
{ heavily wooded. They had to b,
] searched in rotation. The craft would
be anchored in the channel between
two islands while parties landed OF
{ either to search for a cave. Thii
l searching took up lots Of time. At th'
! end of three months only eight of thu
islands had been explored, and thu
men were ready for mutiny. The pro
visions were gone, and hundred diff
: ferent disappointments had soured thu
t tempers Of the men. They agreed t
j search the ninth island, but would g
: no farther If nothing was found
). there, the captain must head for tn
S coast, even If he had to go in chains.
{ Fortune stands by some men II
q strange ways. Half the island ha'
}, been explored when there came a grea
e gale, and French ship that had beef
|, dismasted and abandoned at sea CAM
q driving in. She furnished plenty Of pro
visions, and it was seen that the sal
wage of her cargo would give ever.
man a good thing, treasure or no treas
q ure.
The next day after the wreck drov'
/ ashore Captain Dreams set out TO gath
I err some wild fruit. In their search TIT
: men had discovered no animals OF an.
/ sort. The captain had not gone fort.
: rods when a goat sprang out OF tn
s bushes and raced away. He turned q
s a tangent to follow her and ten min
o utes later found himself at the base 0
a rocky cliff with a cave entrance fiv
feet above the ground. It was the na
bob's treasure house, and the treasur
was there He had portion Of 1t wit
him when he returned to the men. Jus
what the treasure amounted to in do
). lars and cents no one outside Of th
: treasure party ever learned, but th
= cargo taken from the wreck sold fo
: $4,000 at the Portuguese port Of Goa
Captain Dreams was ready to sa
away and only waiting for the It'd
when a native craft with a crew
thirty fishermen and shell gatherel