The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
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The ghostfy whispers confirmed him In the belief that . great fortune was waiting for him and that it lay In tho bottom of the sea.
 One day furious gale burstson him suddenly while he was dredging on the beach where he. had found the little lump of gold. So nightly did the sea rise and 90 veIiemeht was the blast that whistied from the piilared rocks that he had to seek refuge He rAnsto cavern near by. ssss Thh cavern. whieiitths natives know as the Cavern sof steenfoll. was really. . subterranean sea-passage. The huge vault opened into the open ocean at each. end and gave the waves free they poured through the blrck hole. roaring. and lathering tiemseivesi white against the gleaming rock.
 The cavern Of Eteenfoii could be entered only through . fissurs in the top. Few dared to try 1t. Tn addition to the real dangers of the infsrnai place there was the fear of upearthiy things. for the cavern had bad repu. tation among the supersrftious fisher- men,. s as9 z .s v " l
 Wilm let himself down by sa rope and found a resting place about twelve feet below on a flat platform Of stone that jutted out from under the overh. hanging rock. t, Below his feet the waves whirisd and raced. fantssticaiiy white in the darkness. Overhead the gale seemed to shake the solid land.
 Perhaps wilm Fake was the only man in the islands who have dared to stay in the weird place; but 1t seemed to him the very spot for Ms ireams. ForKetfut of the constant shock of the surges against the hissfnr rocks 1t his feet .forgstful of the ravingsoS the tempest. he became entirely oblivious' of the great darlness around him and fell to thinking again of wrecked ships. What ship was 1t that sent me the gcldfF he demanded fiercsiy. as he had demanded 1t constantiy ever since the waves had tossei it to htyn.
 He had sought information from every old man in the islands. He had asked pilots and. fishermen. None could, remember anything of any yss- sel that had sunk near that spet.
 How long he sat there he. did not know. He awoke tp hls senses with q start to find that the storm had passeI. He scrambled to ,iils feet. Then sud denly from the blackness ana the depth below him there sounded q voice! s,sasf. "A ss s ~lss
 It was only one word that was ut tered. The word ssChrmiihan.T s9
 Affrighted he staggereI 10 the edge
 
 ''Great God z he screamed .srhe wordt The word that hae pursued me through my drea nsss What does t meany
 .tCarmilhani'' came . great, dying groan from the water. ~ V ss Scarcely able to climb for fright. wilm Fake scrambled up the rope and ran in wild panic to the hut. sr Fear could control his einfatuation and his avarice only a short while. Ts,,nn iasa tI,.af radotslslan hv fha nive. teriops uttsrance of the nayststious word. he repaired again to the shore. Tt was midnight when he threw sout his dredge opposite one Of the en- frances to the great cavern The sea was high and his boat was being hurled about dixziiy, but he tuggeds at his irsdge as if.he were fsshing on . placid lake. < (. s \ sss
 The forbidding mouth of thea cavern was illuminated i. by the moon and Fake was looking at iNwith an in- voluntary shudder, when his dFedge held fast to the bottom. He pulled with all his sinewy body. but the i'm piement would not move.
 A wind arose and whipped ever the sea 4 black cloud swept oyer the moons The boat dipped and chreened. threatening to capsize. Wflm Falite set his teeth and hauled with. desperate fury. ! All at once everything gave way so suddenly that he Imagined that his lipe had broken. Bnt just as the last bit of moonlight was Jisappearihg behtnd the fleeing cloudya round. black mass appeared on the tossing surface. He thrust his arm forth to seize it. Through the waiiing of the wind and over the roaring of the waves he imagined that he heard the word ''Carmilhan'' otter once more. The next moment the mass vanished and black darkness hid the sea. The wind seemed to throw itself on. the ocean Pillows began to spout In all direc- tions' as If Wnm Faike's sacrliegicus hand had unseaied the, sea. He. barely l managed to win the shore before the ocean was boiling waste, Z.
 He threw himself down among the rocks and slept. dreaming again all the adventure of the night and tortured by theg loss of the fortune that had Seemed within his hand. ?. When he awoke it was dawn and tho light fell on quiet sea. He launched his boat to begin his dredging at once. when he saw something coming toward shore It was boat and In it was q human figure, but 1t moved without sail or oar. -sisi 1t stopped alohgside of his own craft wiim Balike. saw . little, Wltuere0 ol0 tlAu, hLtiN1uI HI ~ ss9oAsSsw canvas. while on his head he had af red night cap. whose peaked top stood
 The old man sat with closed eyes. as motionless as dried corpse. Wiim Fake spoke to him without avail. Then he shouted. but the man paid no attention. He leaned over to fasten' his line to the boat and tow it ashore, Scarcely had he laid his hand on the boat before the man opened his eyes and began to rnove--but In way that filled even the reckless Falk with an unnameable dread. ~
 "where am IT. asked the old man in Dutch, after deep siels. ft
 sFaike. who had learned their lam Ruage from the herring catchers Of Holland; told ham the name of the fs- land and asked him whence ana how he hal come,
 T come" replied the old man, inf a hoarse voice. "to search for the Car milhan.' A5 stt
 "The carmlhanr. .screamed wilm Fake. unable to control himself. Speak In. heavens name what Is the Carmilhan?" l5S r
 T viii not answer questions that are put in that way replied the old man with visible terror. ;ss.'. 4 <.
 '"weiI. then" roared Fake. what Is the Carmilhan?" 7 kr 2 aThe Carmilhan." replied the yellow figure. 'fs nothing now. Once 'ittwas q flair ship. laden with more gold than ever was carried by any other vessel that sailed the seas" f-s1t' g Where did 1t sink and wheng" de- manded Fake. -ff YS
 Tt was Q hundred years ago Where