The Washington herald., 1912-06-02


men and a mate. This infuriated the
British to such an extent that the
whole feet now renewed the lombard
menf in a concerted manner.
Under cover of this hot fire, a party
of sailors and marines landed and set
FIRE to the old distillery Of the town
but the Rangers soon drove them back
to their boats II was a sharp fight,
and the English lost three dead, be-
sides many wounded, whom they car
ried away in their arms. The Ameri-
cans-on the other hand-had three
killed and one wounded. Several
smaller parties sent out by the British
had no better success than this. In one
of these a negro was captured, armed
with a British muslCet, marked with the
numerals Of the Fourteenth Regiment
and, in every attempt to get into the
town, they were able to save them
selves only by a precipitous retreat
Old Flintlock kept Jack well supplied
with news of the progress of the fight
ing, and, when peace and quiet seemed
to again be the order of the day, he
suggested that they find out more of
the character of the country. So, get
ting hold of a riverman, one day, he
brought him to where Jack was lying
in order to question him about the lay
of the land. The fellow was a sallow,
undersized, Spanish-looling boatman,
with two rings in his ears, and a face
as yellow as the sand upon the beach.
did YOU ever hear of Breast Bone
Knob ?" asked Jack, when the sailor
had seated himself upon the ground,
next to his cot.
well, / guess" answered the boat
man. "'Tisn't far below the town, Cd
the river, and just in the rear of Nor
folk Bar, which juts out kind of slant
wise from the beach"
Jack was elated, for here, it seemed,
was the very thing for which they
looked
Ever hear of Broke Spades Nests"
Nav"
"Of Sorrows Pine?"
Sure; that's just on tn short of
a little island opposite Norfolk Bar
It's big tree, well known to seamen,
who steer by it
"Well. we'll" interrupted Old Flint
lock Now would you be so kind as
ter sail me doun by thar this afternoon
an point out this here place"
The riverman grinned.
Why sartanly, sartanly," he answer
ed. "I'll be all ready fer you in my
boat by 4 o'clock, and at the cove to
the east of the town we can easily slip
below tn British feet an I'll show you
jes what you want"
As he rose to go, Priscilla seemed
much interested.
What are YOU so inquisitive about p
she asked Jack. Il never saw anyone
in my life ask such pointed questions"
Jack could not help laughing. why,
you know I have an odd opinion that
Old Flintlock and / have some luck
waiting for US down by that place"
Tell me about it
That cannot do until I have a
chance to visit it and then
And then"
And then YOU may be glad that you
ever knew me"
Why
well, that's a secret" he replied,
putting his finger to his lips, with an
came in with his face ablaZe with Satis-
faction, that evening, Jack guessed that
they were soon to know what was the
meaning of the mysterious parchment.
Mr.. Doddridge says that / will be
well enough to use my leg in a weel<,"
he said. And they"
"And then we'll do some more ex-I
plorin'," answered the trapper, with q
laugh. "Mebbe we'll find tn golden
nugget. Mebbe not At any rate, Jack,
my son, from henceforth we are two
gallant seekers after buried treasure"