The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

I island stronghold. All this came In hin,
Willie inc little old man was looking MP
into his face. chucklIns. and shaking his
! hand as ii h" were one Of the must IN,
| portant and most grcatly-to- be desired
persouaeca in tho world.
| Hope there's nothing wrong, Cap n?
| he rcpcnted.
Right as a trivet here, Dad" replied
the Young man dropping tho cola hand
Bot | guess you've got the wrong party
| Who's expecting mcI'
| The old mans face wrinlSled itself in
grimacc and ono cleaning eye opened
and closed III an understanding wink
'1io. hc. ho,--of course you're not cH-
RscsS $"aE EaGou TGEro not bor snp'slGn az
mighty clever thing to do Strang
should appreciate It. The old man gave
OF inimliablc chuckles. lis that your
sloop out there he inquired, interest
| eGly
Something in the strangcncsa of the
situation began tn interest Captain Plum.
| He had planned little adventure of his
own, bur here was one that promised to
develop into something moro exciting, He
"Thais her
splendid cargo" went on the old man.
| splendid cargo, ch:'
pretty fair
Powder in good shape. ch?'
"Dry as tindcr"
And bals-lots of balls, and few
guns. chr
'Yes. VIC have q fen guns said Cap
tain Plum. Tho old man noted the om-
phasis. but the darkness that nhu last
settled about them hid the added mean
| ing that passed In il curious look over
the Others face.
odd WAY In come in, though--very
odd continued the old man, Surgling
stoned him great rncrriment, Very can
iious. Level business head. Want 10
know that things arc on tho square. CHI"
That's it, exclaimed Captain Plum
iplt at I1,.I Ssfr Inp- ,rl
ly hc was wondering when his feet would
touch bottom. Thus far he had succeed
ed in getting hut a single grip on tho
Beaver Island with powder and balls and
guns. Well, he had n certain quantity
Of these materials aboard his s!oop and
II me could make an agreeable bar
The Gid man interrupted the plan that
was siowiy forming itself in Captain
plum'S puzzled brain.
shrcwdIy. You want TO sec the color
ol the gold before you land the goods,
Who'll VII shsw s it 10 you rbdn III va pay yGn the
stuff where I tell YOU TO, Fh? Ism t
that So" He darted ahead OF Captain
Plum Plum with quick, alert mov,ement.
will YOU please follow me. Sir?"
For an instant Captain Plun's impulse
was 10 hold back. In that instant It
suddenly occurred 10 him that he was
lending himself 10 a rank imposition. At
the same time he was filed with n de-
sire to so deeper into the adventure. and
his blood thrilled with the thought Of
what IL might hold for him.
Are you coming. sir?'
The little old man had stopped a dozen
PAGES away and turned expeetantly. :,
II ten YOU again that you've got the
wrong man, Dad
Will you follow me. sir?"
We'll, If you'll have it so-damned IL
/, 7 WON'T cried Captain Plum. He felt
that he had relieved his conscience any
way. If things should develop badly for
him during the next few hours no one
could say that he had lied So he fol-
his eyes and cars alert, and his right
hand, by force OF habit. reaching under
his coat to the butt of his pistol. His
sde sad not fo anSer Sst word rn they
twisting path and stood at last on the
bald summit OF knoll from which they
could look down upon number of lights
twinkling dimly a quarter OF mile
away One Of these lights cleaned
above all the others. like a beacon set
among nreiies
His voice had changed, II was low and
soft. as though he feared TO speak above
whisper.
silently upon the scattered lights. his
heart throbbing in q sudden tumult OF
With the idea Of resting his eyes on St.
James. In its silent mystery the town
now lay at his feet.
And that light spoke the old
ward the glare that shone more power
/ fully than the others. "That light ma rks
the sacred horne OF the king His voice
had again changed, \ metallic hardness
came into IL. his words were vibrant
with = strange excitement which he
strore hard 10 conceal. 1t was still light
old mans black. beady eyes were start
lingly alive with newly aroused emotion,
You mean"
"Strangi"
there floated back TO Captain Plum the
soft notes OF his meaningless chuciie.
a dozen rods farther on his mysterious
guide turned into by-path which led
I them to another knoll. capped by good :
I sized building made OF logs. There
sounded the grating OF key In A lock.
the shooting OF bolt and door opened
/ 80 admit them
! you will pardon me il don't light
up apologized the old man as ne led
the way in. "a candle will be sufficient.
! mattcrs-alwayS En- Isn't that sou
Captain Plum followed without reply.
! Ile guessed that the cabin was made M
OF one large room. and that at the Pres
cnt time, OF least. II possessed no other
occupant than thc singular creature who
had guided him 10 Il.
IL is, just as wcH. Ion this particular
night. that no light is seen al the win
i dow continued the old man as me rum
maGed about a table for q match and a
{ candle. Il have a little corner back here
! that candle Will brighten up nicely
/ ard no one in the world will know il
T, Iio. no. hollow nice IL is 20 have a
quiet little corner sometimes! Eth, Cap
| tain Flum?
NJ the sound Of his name Captain Plum
J started as though an unexpected hand
! had suddenly been laid upon him. So he
, WAS expected, after all, and his name WAS
! known! For a moment his surprise
! robbed HIN Of the power of speech The
!. 'ittlc old man bad lighted his candle.
| and. GrinBinS back over his shoulder.
PASSED through, = narrow cut in tho valI
I that could hardly nc called n door and
/ planted his light on table that stood in
: the center Of small room. or closet.
/ not more than FIVE foct square. Then
/ ne cooly pulled Captain Plum's old letter
! irom his pocket and smoothed it out in
! the dim Hight,
''Ec scaled, Captain Plum: right over
/ thcrc--oprosto me. Sc.'
fIc continued for - moment 10 smooth
y "'it tue craascS In the letter and then
proceeded to read II with as much as
sursncG rs though ITS owner were a thou
/ and miles away instead of within arm S
! roach Of him Captain Plum was dunn
! iounicd. He felt ibe hot blood rushing
3 la his face and his FIRST impulse was 10
/ recover the crumplcd paper and dema nd