The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-02
Captain Dreams.

mine was visited by d s-u captain Wlln whom be had served overheard much of their conversation. The Hm- doc finally died,
 The name of the captain was Dranes. \ few weeks later people were calling him Dreams lie was a good sailor. but poor iu pocket. The native had rnld him 8 secret before he died.
 The father of tho dying native had been a sepoy In the great muJtny, and when the rebellion naI been stamped out he had to go into hiding aud live hts last days In the jungle. When it became apparent that the English would conquer a move was made by all the wealthy Hindu5s tn save their fortunes. The father wuS attached Co rrp force Of the uubDb of AIyS1re and with certain others removed treasure to the amount of a million dollars from that province to the cnast and thcH'r by saUm. craft ,o our of the Larca dives. w.arc It WAS uur.eI The la ther could not tell che son what par Hcular lsIand lr was. nar 1td hr l,rs7w whether ga treasure aas recovered after the lr IIr was wounded in battle sooa after his return to the coast. and " hen peace came he became a fugitive {. save himself. The treas. ure was tak.0 ashore 0t night and de- posted In a ave.
 That was .rc story told t0 tho son, and thnt was .ho son who told t to the captain. Thu story was over twenty years old tho You will ask why tue son hadn't u.Ie 30 try for tho treas- ure. In the irst pace. for twenty years after tl. war thc English were very yigilaut rour such things. but claimed a big .harn pI whatever the natives found. Again the son was poor in pocket ul d.~trustfuI of h.s follow men. 1T 70 had had the money to 1t out an eyU ltt.ou, lc would have had to take five 70 six norsous into bis confidence. and q chance of his hn.oe murdered and dr.na.Irl was good .u- deed. Had na .r t7 yl' owner of any craft uuI O. rrI half hc wonId have hreu Iau-lr at He had simply come to the cone. ion Chat the island was one of the ]. rad.vr group. and la could not sly g. t thr treasure haI uut been removed ve1-s before. i-" simply hung uu r his secret an. waited. and ln wa. waiting yet when he was stabbed lu strna- hr1wD
 Captain Dra.ucs once determined ta try for thr tra. sure. Ua bad .o have money. and h. had ta have m"n and in this way 1t amo Jo ha known that he WIS .T a'er million. No one knew whittier was bound, hut avrrvwhera n. show .I up ho was r.It nrrrd ar1 .nug.uF E. Before ho left port he was ~naEH ol as Captain Drelms. He ru~l- d from his ship, chartered native lrt aul selected a crew to ba drpanIr. m. He fitted the craft t0 light as We aS to sail, and he gut away from N .ras lu the night ar3 WIS ont Of sfcl of tha coast next morning. Hr had l aN in tAe enter. prise. and lt was . e8sP of make "r break with hIm.
 The run down tho group was made but that was aly the beginning Some of the islands re only sand bars or rocky lslets. wh others are four or five miles iu .rcumtereuce and heavily wooded ury had to be searched iu rotation Tho craft would be anchored n t. nhauel between -v-, islands while .rrtr- landed on either to search % cave. This searching r.oE un $ af uup. At tlr -rI 9r three mouu- 1u.r eight of thr Islands had been .Np.wai, and the mon were ~aeGv f. mtay The pro
 visions were gone. md hundred df- s---r- 1f~arnotutuu ts haI soured lhr r,.nuars of tle mo. Tr.y agreed -o search rbe ninth is nG. Iut would go ra farther If u.hmg was found tt-rr rbp captain u~r head for tae coast. even if he la. to Eo iu chains.
 Fortune stands v sone me" .A strar-, ways 2 tho island had EHHIE ... ..hN N... ..'.' A.|.HN GO -... gale e.I l Frnl.n 1.9 that had oe'u llsm.s.. md aba. meJ at seo came
 l~.vru- .n Sho rurr. -Hod plenty of pr'. ..:.aas. unT Gt Na- seen that the sal g.E. 0f her cargo would give every man d good thing. treasure or no treas wc.
 The next day after tn" wreck drove ashore Captain Dreams Scr out to gath er some wild fruit In their search the men had discovered no al.ma.~ u. any sort. The captain had got gone forty
 -ods when a goat ~prang ont of the bushes anI rarrI away. lie turned at tangent to follow her and teu min arns later found umsrlr at tln base of rocky rl.u with cave entrance five
 feet above the ground # was the na- bob's treasure house. and tLa treasure
 was there. He Had a portion of it with l.m when he returned tn tla mcu. Just what the treasure sazoIu-nl to in dol lars ana cents no one outside of the treasure party ever le1~a.d, but tue cargo taken from the wreck sold for ! S4O.OO0 at the Portuguese port of Goa. Captain Dreams was ready to sail away and only waiting for the tide when a native craft with a crew of thirty fishermen and sheU gatherer5