The Springdale news., 1909-05-28

VI sure they had killed him and
 J taken the chest l had little expectation of finding him, dead ot alive None after l saw the stream or lava pouring into the sea One saves his own life by instinct. 1 suppose There l was had to live. II did not matter much, but l continued to do 1t by various shifts. That last day on tue headiand the fumes nearly got me You may have noted the rather excited scrawI in the back of the ledger les. 1 thought 1 was gone that tine, but l got to the cave Ii was low tide. Then the earthquake, and 1 Was walled in. Mir Barnetts very accurate explosives Slade's lnsistenee your risl1ing your lives as you did. mites OH the crust of t redhot cheese hope you know how feel about il all. One can't thank man properly for the life
 ''Oh. the pirates. Necessarily It must be matter of theory, but think We have 1t right. Slade and l built It up For what it's worth here il Is Let me see. you sighted the glow on the night of the od Next day came the desert. ed ship IL must have puzzled you oHtrageously.
 Tt did" said Captain Parkinson dryly
 Not all easy problem even with all the data at hand. You, of course. had none On Slade's showing, Handy Sol omon and his worthy associates thought they had Il chest full of riches when
 
 lieved they owned the machinery for making diamonds or gold or what not of ready to hand wealth It's fair to assume certain eagerness on their part Disturbed weather keeps them busy until they're well out from the island Then 10 the chest Opening Il isn't SD easy. l had the key you know" He brought q curious aud delieateiy wrought skeleton from his pocket Tipped with platinum. he observed. Rather q gem of d key. | think You see, there must have been some action even through the keyhele or he wouldn't have used Il metal Of this kind But the crew WAS rich i'll certain qualities, 1t seems. (Which l failed stupidly to recognize ih my acs auaintanee with them. Both Puz and Perdosa appear to have been handy men where locks were concerned First Pnlz sneaks down and has his turn at the chest He gets 1t open Small profit for him ill that He next Ne know of him he Is seandalizihg Handy Solomon by having fit On tile deck That Is what couldn't figure out to save my life said Sfade eagerly
 If you reeolleet l told you of the professors plunge i'll the cold spring in a sort of paroxysIn one day, said DarroW That WAS the physiological action of tue eelestium Al other times 1 have seen him come out aud deliberately roll in the creek, head uD der Once he explained that the 1ne dium he worked i'll caused a kind or uncomfortable longing for water, some thing having none ot the qualities Of burning UT thirst. but au irresistible temporary mania II worried him a good deal He didn't understand it That, then, was what ailed Puiz When he opened the chest there was, as sunuise, trihing quantity of this stun lying in the Inner lid II wasn't the eelestiuu itself, as inl agine. but u sort of byproduet with the physiological and radiant effects of the real thing, and II had been set there on guard, Encouragement h tue spirit of investigation. as it were. Se when the top was lifted our little guardian gets ill is work, prodneine the light phenomenon that So puzzled Shade and inspiring Pulz with pas sion for the rolling wave, which Is only interrupted by Handy Solomou's tac kIng him As he fled he must havs pulled down the cover"
 He did" said Slade Il heard tn, clang But saw the radiance on tht clouds and the whole thickness of ! solid oak deck was in between the six, and the chest"
 "Oh, Il little thing like m oak decl wouldn't interrupt the kind ot rays tn, doctor used. He had his own method of screening, you understand How ever, this ineonsiderahle guardian af fair must have used itself up, whiei true NtutdI UdNt doHt So when Perdosa sets his genius fo lock picking to the task the inner box full of the genuine article has a' warning sigupost, so to speak. Every things peaceful antil they raise th' compound filled hollow layer of the in ner cover, which serves to interrnp the action Then comes the genera l.. ,4iyc
 That's when the rays ran througl the ship" said Shade Tt seemed l. follow the deck lines
 The stuff had strange affinity fo tar' said Darrow T told you of tn circle of fire about Professor Schermer horns waist the day lie gave me suel Il scare. That was the celestium work ing on the tarred rope he wore for belt It made livid circle oil hi skin Did l tell you of his expert ments with pitch? II doesn't matter Where was I?'
 "At the place where We all jumped said Siade.
 .Oh. yes And you dove into tn small boat, trying to reach the Wa ter'
 Wait a bit" said Barnett If tha was the exhibition of radiance " saw. il died out in few minutes How was that? Did they close tn chest before they ran =
 Probably not" replied Darrow ''SIade spoke of Pnjz taking To th maIntop and being shaken out by tn sudden riupck of ' wave, That ma have been volcanic pillow. Wha, ever its~as, 1t undoubtedly heeled th shin .al1fas.irnfle 4tS brfi,g down hot