Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-09
The map of the island.

Wilberforce. / continued, Il have the
sailors premonition that we are on the
track of something that will greatly bet
Ter your fortunes
I'm We yeare of cure Lorde 1888 |:
Philip Wherefore, BIT, of We countie OF
Devon, being We captaine of ye good
,hippe Scourge of Malice, didde take We
crate Spanisshe Galleon Uuestra Sonora
1e la Conception, after bloudie en-
rountre, wherein mine own shippe was
sunke. Ye lading of We galleon was
worthe muche monale, miliiones of
pounds esterling. I take vt Withe mamie
iewelles and stones of price. pieces OF
eight and bullione, together with silkes
and spicerie. Being blowne to We southe
and weste mamie days in a crate tenn
peste. ye galleon was caste awaye on Ye
llande of We Staires. Wee landed we
.resor and hidde vt in ye walle. ALE my
nenne being in We ende dead We natives
came over We seas in their CRATE CANOES
and tooke me, being like madde manne.
Sodde mercifullie preserving my life. L
escaped frome themm and at last am
CONNIE safe intoe mine owne sweet lande
Of Englande once more. Toe fnde We
llonge We southe of We three Goodies on
re Altar of Skulles on We middel nile OF
re ilande. Where We line strykes We
Snicke in We VALE with We bigge pamme
tree bee three hoals. Climbe We stones.
enter We centre one. Vt is there. Lette
aim that willie seek and finde-'
/ spelt it out slowly. Mistress Lucy
pending over it and following my efforts.
md. indeed, anticipating them with her
quicker eye. When ] had finished we
,oth stopped and stared. There was
much in it, of course, that we could not
possibly understand. We could only COM
,rehend ii fully il we were lucky enough
o stand beside the stone Colds" on the
STAND itself Still the general purport
Vas sufficiently clear. Sir Philip WILDER
ID
siderable treasure there. il we could
ind IL our fortunes would be made, or
ners rather, for l swear / never thought
Of myself at all.
Think YOU" my little mistress began
1t last. her pale face flushing for the first
jme. her bosom heaving quickly. that
he treasure may still be there?
who can tell?" / answered Il am
probably as familiar with the South seas
Ind its islands as any sailor. which is
lot saying very great deal, for there
Ire thousands Of islands in those I'M
tnown seas which have never been Wis
ted by man, by white man, that is, or by
my race which preserves records. have
tever heard even a rumor of the Island of
ihe Stairs, yet il would seem to be Suffi-
.iently different from all other islands TO
lave been published abroad II il had been
discovered. Its latitude and longitude
place IL in unfrequented seas among
,thers peopled by races of savage canni-
pals i think it not at all unlikely that
may have remained unvisited since Sir
Philips day
But would treasure last so long?"
STORED in a cave gold and silver would
asst forever. Everything else would have
.otted away. probably"
1T says to the value of millions of
sounds. you notice. she repeated
:houghtfully. pointing to the parchment
igain.
Aye" / answered. there is nothing
goes of those old Spanish galleons ran
Up into the millions often. have read.
How could we get there?" she asked
IF you had a ship" said /. well COM
nanfied and founded and manned, you
Gould reach the spot without difficulty
How much would it cost?'
Well. / quickly and roughly estimated
my mind the necessary outlay. Such
vessel as she would require might be
bought for perhaps twenty-five hundred
,r three thousand pounds. provisioning
,utfittins, together with the pay of the
officers and the crew would require per
haps fifteen hundred or two thousand
pounds more. or a total of between five
md six thousand pounds And she had
but two! / was about to tell her the pro-
3ibitive truth. when the solution of the
problem suddenly came to me. In one
way or another, / had been fortunate
Yoyager. and i had saved up or earned
by trading and one or two adventures il
which I had taken part something Ovel
.our thousand pounds which was safely
edged To my credit in a London bank
. Her fortune was two thousand pounds
alone she could do nothing. together W,
could accomplish ii. l had no right Il
put the suggestion in her mind, but die
1.
II should Think I said, slowly, "tha
TWO thousand pounds would be ample t.
cover everything"
All" she said. exactly the sum tina