New-York tribune., 1909-08-01

the lagoon marked here and there with hguTe~. ap-
parently sOundings From point on the lett of The
entrance was drawn a dotted line marked ; tatlom
no " This line intersected another drawn from a
point back from the shore and beginning at roughly
sketched face Underneath were printed the words,
'fathom 20 n. f. from Sp1nx- At the point o, IN
tersection there was a cross, with the signd. ant
word ''TreSure
The Young man slipped the roll into his pocket
then carefully replaced the brass cap the but Of
the pistol pushing the nails back into their places
This done he lighted another cigarette More than
half hour passed, and still he sat, his face deeply
thoughtful.
slipped quietly into the room and informed HIM
that lone pecy calliage waitee longside taaee
pecy gennelman alec samee lailload-
Tell YOUR mistress / wish TO see her
The boy went out and presently returnei % say,
"PieCee lady no do
Tell the lady she must do,
''All light F" The boy Shuttied out
Several minutes passed. then the door SWUNG open
and PrOserpine entered The girls face flushed,
her eyes showed traces of tears and as She stood
framed in the dark opening her guest was Strt by
the warm and vital beauty of the tableau thus made
The carriage has been waiting at the door Tor an
hour" she said coldly.
Has it: Then m afraid | must have missed the
train.
There is another in halt an hou-. Why did YOU
waltz"
For two reasons. The first was because I wished
to give YOU opportunity 10 reflect. before CON
Sdering Your refusal TO take half the money as 1-aL
She made angry gesture. 1t Is final
Very good My other reason was because / had
accidentally found something of Yours which may be
of great value, of which l doubt if YOU know the
existence When You went out YOU slammed the
door so hard that this pistol fell TO the floor
Il heard it. What about il
II picked it up and noticing that this brass plate
was loose, pulled 1t Otf-hke this Then this paper
fell out. He took the parchment from his pocket
and spread 1t on the table
THE girl stepped forward and stared az the map.
As she looked her broad forehead knitted. and
the glanCing at her the color change quickly
under her clear skin.
What Is it :. she exclaimed
1T seems TO be record of hidden --e..sure-
Where did that pistol come from"
I'm not | think that of his .-otilrS
gave it to my stepfather Do YOU really think
Il don't know what 70 think Have you .- atlas
Yes. 1t S here. The girl turned to the bookcase,
drew out large volume, and land It -ae table
Her companion turned quickly 70 the map o- Ocean
lea " Here's the place said he, away down under
the Low Archipelago
He dropped back into his chair and looked AZ The
girl, who still studying the map Presently She
glanced up at him, her face slightly pale. and her
eyes very bright
What would YOU do about it She asked
= If it were mine should go and look ,or IL The
odds are against finding anything; but II q Nh1cN-
ing big stake
What are frayles:"
'FraH is an old word for basket, USUALLY EN-
plOyed in connection with fruit He drew the paper
toward HIM and studied it attentively
Fancy Seven baskets of big pearls But " nat
IS all this about Black Art Folk of Rapa-Nu
Rapa-Nu Is doubt the name ot some iSIifi'
and the natives were probably thought t' -"'e '''
power of black magic"
And what can be meant bv SpinN
On Easter Island there a lot of huge reiicS ot
some ancient civilization There are great STONE '9'
races and huge mOnOlIthS
What thew
Big boulders. usually cut in some rvie de-
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