, 1912-04-04
CHAPTER XVI.

IA gulf Of Ajaccio. The Corsi
a mountains. their bulks in
shadowy gray. their undulating crests
threaded with yellow fire, cast their
Images upon the smooth. tideless. silver
dulled waters. Forward a blur of white
and red marked the town
Isn't 1t %glorious?" said Laura. rub
bling the dew from the teak rail And.
oh. what a time we people waste in not
getting up In the mornings with the
SUM-"
II don't know" replied Fitzgerald
Scenery an6 sleep; of the two l prefer
the latter l have always been routed
out at dawn and never allowed to turf
in till midnight You can always find
scenery. but sleep is a coy thing"
And as he looked into her clear
bright eyes he knew that before this
quest came to its end he was going
10 tell this enchanting girl that he low
ed her better than all the world" and.
moreover. he intended to tell it TO her
with the daring hope Of winning her
money or no money.
Money wasn't everything. She her
self had made that statement the first
night out. He had been afraid Of
Breitmann. but somehow that fear was
all gon nov Did she care. II ever so
little?
He veered his gaze round and won.
dered where Breitmann was Could
the man be asleep IN a morn so vital
as this? No: there he was. on the very
bowsprit itself. Fitzgerald determined.
once they touched land. never to let
him go beyond sight. 1t would not be
human for him TO surrender any part
of the treasure without making some
kind Of a fight for it. cunning or des
perate. II only the women folk re-
manned on board!
Breitmann gazed toward the town
m%otioniess
II was difficult for Fitzgerald not to
tell the great secret then and there.
hui his caution whispered w%arningly
There was no knowing what effect II
would have upon the impulsive girl al
his side And. besides. there might
have been a grain OF selfshness in
the repression All is fair In love or
war. n II would not have been polite
10 make a hero out of Breitnann.
You haven't said a word for dve
minutes" she declared How boyisb
he looked for a man of his experience
Silence is some times good for the
soul" sententiously
"Of what were you thinking?"
His heart struck hard against his
breast What IN opening. what a
moment In which to declare himself
But he said: Perhaps ! was thinking
OF breakfast. This getting up early al
ways makes me ravenous. The smell
or the captains coffee may have had
something tordo with it."
"iou were thinking Of nothing of
the treasure and this great-grandson
OF Napoleon Sometimes | feel ! only
dreamed these things. ! never read
nor heard OF such a thing"
Nor Rut there's land yonder."
he said without an answering smile
Then in an awed whisper, you
believe something Is going TO happen
there?"
One thing am certain of. but !
cannot tell you iusf at this moment
A DIT OF color came TO her cheeks
az II, reading his eyes. she did not
Know this thing he was so certain Of
should she let him tell herr
There is only one thing lacking
ms great grandson himself He VIII
De Wonder somewhere Fol the man
III the chimney was he or his agent
And aren I YOU afraidT"
o WHAT proudly
II Will moi be a comedy It Is Id
'he blood VI these Napoleons thai
nothing shall stand In the path Of
lue'r desires neither mems lives nor
woman honor"