The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-28
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
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 Now, it rose in my mind to shoot him then and there, murderous brute that | he was If I had been alone perhaps would have done it without reckon ing the consequences to myself, but had another to think of. Unless craft stood me in good stead her case was hopeless. And bad as Gheby was, Pimbal1 was. the chief villain.
 Serves him right!' broke out with [ we'll simulated heat. ''He disrates me and locks me up here just for stealing a kiss from a maid, and''-
 Spoken like man of spirit, Mister Hampdon!' cried GIibby. What did I tell ye, mates; he's with usr'
 with you!'' said I, loosen1ng my hold on the pistol, but taking good care to keep ready. 'I am with you, all right. What do you propose? am sick of Sthe treatment I received, and''-
 .ewe want that treasure for our Belves.''
 .And you shall have it. provided get my share with the other men, answered, scarcely startled by their words, for this had expected
 ~we will share and share alike fn] eyerything,'' answered GIibby. "Am] right, mates2'' HRight you arel'' came from the deep] i voices of the @nen. ] How I lo5 fed to clutch him by hisI ] throat and choke him! My temper rose again, but this time, as before. : I managed to keep it down, but with immense difficulty, as you may sus- pect.<
 Come into the cabin, Mister, ,Hamp- don," said G1ibby, land we will talk it 2vers
 mand of youT
 "Why, Mister PimbaIl, the bo's'n,' g i answered Glibby.
 seVery good" said I. 'I must talk with him about the future. Do you go on deck, GIibby, and send Pimbali below, and he and I with the rest of tyou will soon settle this natter
 'AIl right answered the boat swain's mate, turning to the compan- ionway. "Pimban can talk; him and you can come to terms, I make no deubt."
 Now I couldn't allow myself to hesi- tate for the thousandth part of a second. Ostentatiously. I showed one pistol into the belt that hung at my right side, the other I dropped care lessly into the pocket. of my coat, and dS OAlDDy c1uLL0IGu up tue 1dO0OIS ! walked fearlessly, to all appearances, out of the berth and into the cabin, the men giving back respectfully enough to leave me gangway.
 "Nov, what is it that you propose. Master Bo's'n?'' I began, sitting down at the cabin table, while the rest ranged themselves about it, some standing, some sitting on the transoms at the sides, as PimbaH came lumber ing into the cabin.
 "We know,'' began Pimball insolent- ly, without further preliminaries, that this ships cruisin' for treasure We know all we'll git out of the cruise is what we signed for an nothin' else. We've made a good guess that the treasure is hereabouts, and we mean to have more than our wages. We're goin' to have our share of whatevers found that we're after.'
 t'So you shaH,'' I said, EI am with you in that I want something more than my wages too.''
 'sWhat's this woman anyway?'' broke out another. 'eWhy should she get it all? She's a mere gir1''
 t'You have said right, mate; who and why indeed?' answered smooth ly, marking him down for my ven geance when my turn came. f'Now, what are your plans?''
 we want that there map or chart that you have been seen readin' in your cabin,'' said Ptmban.
 It was in a little bag around my neck. I reached down, pulled out the bag, took the torn parchment from il and threw it on the table. There was not the least use in my pretending ig norance or in refusing to give it up They could kill me and take it any way.
 ''There,'' said coolly, you have it. ,
 PimbaI1 picked it up. "I can make but little out of it, he said, and doubted if he could read.
 You can at least see the latitude and longitude on it in the upper cor ners, can't you?p I asked, hardly sup pressing my contempt for the man.
 t'Aye, that's plain enough" he an swered dubiously.
 And you see that little wavy line that runs up from the lagoon over the top of what looks like a wall to ar opening in the side?" I continued, de ternining suddenly to inf1ame theil minds with the treasure so that they would give less heed to other things more important to me.
 ssYes, can make that out too.'
 ..Xou see that. little cross there?"