The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21

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a m with vou!" exclaimed the mar.
| quls. ITO tell YOU the truth, I d like
Just one more fling, and then we IL set,
tie down and be respectable for the rest
of our Hvesn
g ask no more-I exnect no less. -
relolned Cortice. ''This trip should
put me on Easy street
When do we start'" queried
Wayne.
MAY we use the yacht,' parried
Barton.
q You We only to say the word. 4" said
the marquis.
"Ihen week ought to see us
ahoat I've already spoken to Forbes
and Dare. Let s make party of it
all hands on deck '-Retta and Lady
Blanche included The treasure is
don ~
i. Right-O!" assented Scarsdale.
The little ships at Firth, rehttine.
! We ii start from Gravesend That
ought to be good omen, by the way.
II was from Tilbury Fort, hard by,
that Queen Bcss gave Raleigh and his
bold companions her blessing when they
SO I've heard, - commented Cortce
gravcly, ''but, as it happens, was
the under dog in that febt.'
But if we pull of this last adven-
ture IT strikes me you I'll come out on
| top. after all!' exclaimed Scarsdale.
enthusiastically. Like well-trained
| hound or cavalry horse. he pricked
up his ears and shifted the coming bat
lie from afar; the adventurous blood of
! his Danish ancestors was responsible
for that innate love of adventure which
! flushed his soul at such times when
there was n prospect of something do
| ing out Of the ordinary.
At that instant dinner was an
nounced. and the twain threw away
! their half-consumed cigars and went
within to meet Retta Cortice and Lady
! Blanche The latter wore on her shape
( " arm cunningly devised serpent
| bracelet, flashing with diamonds and
emeralds, which had come to Barton
by 4 swift and silent messenger of
| Oriental manners and micn after his
| return from Beuares as token of ap.
proval from the mysterious priesthood
y...om he had so dlsiuterestodly served
III the matter of the Great Boodha ruby.
| Like a knight of old, he had promptly
| given his guerdon to the lady he loved,
| it was his sole reward for that par
ticular adventure, but when he clasped
IT upon the snowy arm of the patrlcian
Ennlishwoman who had promised 10 be-
come hIs wifc-upon certain conditions
/ that he give up his queer quests
into the past which is usually
yelled from mortal ken and mum
dane eyes-hc felt amply repaid.
Cortice had given his promise readily
enough, conditioned upon the plea that
one more expedition was to be al
lowed, after which he would close the
! books of his memory and become an
ordinary. if somewhat prosaic, member
of orthodox English society.
The pertinent conversation Just re
corded between Barton Cortice and his
! future brother-in-law took place upon
the sheltered balcony of the great apart
ment house on the Thames enbankment,
which was followed by quiet din
ner n quatre, only these two men and
their fiaucees, Rctta Cortlce and Lady
Blanche, being present. After which
explanatory prelude, / am ablo to re-
count the events leading thereto which
| form the theme Of the last great ad-
venture of "The Man Who Remem.
! bered. -
As a member of the expedition, /
can speak by the card both before and
| after, for Cortce had consulted not
doubling Thomas I had become
wondering devotec. although to this
| day, despite the fact that my bank
| account tells the story, / am unable
to divine how he did it Perhaps the
| simplest explanation is the best-that
/ he really recalled those past reIncar.
nations of his, so wildly redoleDt OF
! bygone ages.
This. then. is the story OF the Ar
mada Galeon, and how wo salved her
! rich treasure on the desoate Salvages
! in mid Atlantic ] will give you the
story as Cortico told it TO me when he
first broached the project. Said he
! by way of apology:
~ should be sorry to have you
think that all these rccollections of
mine are connected solely with mere
filthy loot. Some there arc which have
10 DO with vastly different and higher
things. But inasmuch as ! was n poor
man. IL is perhaps natural that tho
most vivid episodes which can recall
have TO do with money. And. If You
come 10 think Of il, could the sum
total of all the lost treasure in the
world s history be recalled. lis present
wealth might be doubled;
This was so self-cvident a PROPOSE
tion that I could only nod acQuies
ccnce.
'If 60 happens. however, he went
an s'that / was n mere fighting man
ON that vast Spanish Armada which
set out To submergc and subdue Eng
land in ihe sixicanth century. The
crrcat and unwicldy feet was prepared
al several different ports, making rcn.
dcZvuus at n gwen spot: Perhaps n
yyns because we were thus composed
of a number of units. rather than Of
a composite whole. liko the English,
that led TO our rout and disaster.
nThcrc were several pav-ships. as
we d call them now, attached to tho
crcat squadron. Of which the galleon
lisniritu Santu was one. In our hold
We carried much treasure. scores Of
eases Of Spanish and Mexican silver
dollars and gold doubloons, for you may
rcnoemher that in those DAYS Spain was
ri tho zenith of her power-she com
mandcd not only the trade of the An.
tiles. buf controlled also the gold and
silver mines Of western America. II
was her absorption Of this vast new
wealth which made her monarchs so ar.