The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-12
CHAPTER XVIII.
tathewe Advises and the, Admiral
DisClo~s.S

DiscioSeS.
oi1e day they dropped anchor in tn q
| sapphire bay Of Funchal in the sum
! lner calm, hot and glaring; Funchal
win It's dense tropical growth. its
/ ud-Wreathed mountains its anne
thystine sisters in the faded southeast
ana Tor TWO days while Captain Elan
asah reeoated, they played Ike chill
| uFen' jolting round in the low bullock
carts, climbing the mountains or
humping down the corduroy road. 1t
/ Was the strangest treasure hunt that
ever left home port. 1t was more
tlke a page ont of "a boys froHc than
u sober quest by grown-ups, That
danger, menace and death hid in COW
ei1 "ooia nave appealed to them
! tthose who knew as ridiculous i'm
possible, obsolete. The story of cut
lass and pistol and highboots had been
mo'ding In archives these eiRhty-odd
years. Dangers From whom. from
what direction? No one suggested the
possibility, even ia jest; and the only
man who could have advanced, with
reasonable assurance, that danger
real ana serious, existed was too busy
apparently with his butterfly net. Still
no had not yet been consulted. he
was not supposed TO know that this
cruise was weighted with something
more than pleasure
fitzgerald waited with an impa-
tiehce which often choked him.
secret agent had not So adroitiy Join
ca thia expedition for the pleasure OF
seeing treasure dug up from some
reluctant grave. What was he after"
IT indeed Breitmann was directly con-
tefned, II he knew OF the treasures
existence. OF what benefit now would
be his knowledge a share In the
! n yfFr At "a
3Asa N he Wa9 conditioned of. such Easy.
stuff that he would rather be sure
ana share than TO strike out for all
the treasure and all the risks The
more he gave his thought to Brett
mann the more that gentleman re-
tracted into the fog. as IL were. on
several occasions he had noticed
signs of preoccupation, Of suppress
ed excitement. Of silence and morose-
ness Fitzgerald could join certain
squares Of the puzzle. but this led for
ward scarce step. Breitmann had
entered the employ Of the admiral
FOR the very purpose for which NJ.
terraud had journeyed sundrily into
the cellar and beaten futilely on the
chimney 1t resolved to one thing
ana that was, the secretary had ar
rived too late. He was sure that
Breitmann had no suspicion regard
ing M. Ferraud. But for a casual
glance at he little mans hands. neith-
er would he have had any. He de-
termined to prod NJ Ferraud lie wa.
well trained In repression; so while he
often lost patience. there was never
any external sign Of It. Besides. there
was another affair which overshadow-
ed II and at times engufed 1t.
Love. The cross-tides of sense and
sentiment made a pretty disturbance.
And still further, there was another
counter tide. Love does not necessa-
rily make young man keen-sighted,
bat 1t generally highly develops his
-alent for suspicion. BY subtle grada-
.ions, Breitnann had shifted In Fitz-
seratd's mind from a possible friend
o probable rival. Breitmann did
lot now court his society when the
'fnoking bouts came round. or when
he steward brought the whiskey and |
'oda after the ladies had retired. |
3reitmann was moody. and whatever !
his moods had, they retained |
he gray tone. This Fitzgerald saw
nd dilated upon. and 1t ranked when I
he thought that this Hypothetical ad- |
'enturer had rights, level and equal /
o hts, always supposing he had any.
In this state or mind he dropped |
dly over the rail as the yacht drew
nj Of the bay. the evening az the Sec
nd day, The, gLories of the southern
unset fingered and vanished. a-beg-
ing. without his senses being reused I
" them. and long after the sea. cha
1elion- like. changed from rose to law
nder. from lavdender to gray, the
yet jealously chung to their
ivid aureolas Of phantom gold Fitz-
eraid saw nothing but writing on the
'ater,
Well, my bay said Cathewe,
affectionately against Fitz-
erald. here we are, rolled over
gain"
4'What?">
Cathewe described circle with his
niger lazily 4
oh" said Fitzgerald, listless. "An-
Their day more or less, crowded into
ne past doesn't matter"
ITO be Continued.l
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