, 1912-03-07

DER chimney. cOnnueut mar uu one
would ever find the treasure since he
alone possessed the KEY to II. having
buried 1t himself SO passed The great
est Caesar of them ull. the most bril-
liant empire. the bravesi arinv An.
had the king Of Rome lived Had
there been some direct Napolponir
blood to take up the work. Vain
drea ms. The great mans brothers
had been knaves and fools
And so tonight" the narrator end.
ed. 81 bury the casket in the chimney.
Within 1t my hopes and few trinkets
of the past. Of which | am an Integral
part. Goodby. little glove: goodby.
brave old medal! ! am sending a
dra wing Of the chimney TO the good
Able lie Fanu. He will outlive me
He lives on forty centimes the day
The treasures mean nothing to him
His cry. his eternal cry is always Of
the people. He will probably tear II
up. The brig will never come again.
So best. Death will come soon. And
I shall die unknown. unloved. forgot
ten. Good night"
Mr.. Donovan alone remained in nor
NAL state of mind. Twas all faradid-
die, this talk of finding treasures The
old Frenchman had been only half
baked. He dumped his tools into his
bag and with the wisdom of his kind
departed. There would be another job
tomorrow. putting the bricks back.
The others. however. were for the
dime but children, and like children
they all talked at once, and there was
laughter and humping Of fists and
clapping of hands. The admiral had
a new plan every five minutes. BE
would do this or he would do that.
and Fitzgerald would shake his head
or Breitmann would point out the un-
feasibility of the plan. Above all. he
urged. there must be no publicity
with a fash toward Fitzgerald. The
world must know nothing till the
treasure was in their hands. Other
wise there would surely be piracy on
the high seas. Two million francs was
. prize. even in these days. There
were plenty Of men and plenty of
tramp ships. Even when they found
the gold secrecy would be best. There
might be some difficulty with France.
Close lips. then. till they returned to
America. After that Mr.. Fitzgerald
the exploit.
Il confess that for all my excite
ment." said Fitzgerald. II am some
what skeptical. Still. your sugges
ton. Mr.. Breitmann, is good"
DO you mean to say you doubt the
existence of the treasurer" cried b
admiral. something impatient.
"Oh. no doubt it once existed. But
seventy-ive or eighty years! There
we're others besides this refugee
F%renchman. Who knows into what
hands similar documents may have
fallen?"
And the unknown man who worke
in the chimney" put in the girl quietly
That simply proves what | say.
He knows that this treasure once ex'
listed. but where. Now. 1t is per
fectly logical that some other man
years ago might have discovered the
same key as we have. he may have
got away with it. The man might
law ~ hhat AS eot
made the money somewhere. The
sum is not SO large as to create any
wide comment"
"Ah, my boy. your father had more
enthusiasm than that The admiral
looked reproachful. {.
MY dear admiral"-and Fitzgerald
laughed in that light hearted way OF
his-"I would go into the heart of
China on a treasure hunt for the mere
fun of it. Enthusiasm! Nothing
would crafty me more than to strike
a shovel into the spot where this
treasure-this pot Of gold-is supposed
to lie. 1t will be great sport: nothing
like 1t. l was merely s%upposing. |
have never heard of or come into con
tact with a man who has found a hid
den treasure. | IN putting up these
doubts because we are never sure of
anything. Why. Mr.. Breitmann
knows. Isn't it more fun to find n
dollar in an old suit of clothes than to
know you have ten in the suit you are
wearing? It's not 10Y much. It's the
finding that gives the pleasure"
That is true" echoed Breitmann
generously. He fingered the papers
with a touch that was almost a caress.
"a pity that you will go to the arctic
instead"
Il am not quite sure that l shall
CO." replied Fitzgerald. That this
man had deliberately lied to him rem
dered him indecisive. For the pres
emit he could not do or say anything,
but he nae a great desire to be on
hand to watch.
"You are not your fathers son If you
refuse to go with us And the admir-
al sent home this charge with fist
against palm.