Ellsworth American., 1913-12-31
The Treasure Of
Tu'penny Cay
Ii Wasn't Quite What
They Expected
BY cLARIssA NfAckIE

4 A@ANsEt E-a8A Af@sfFAAAA s9s*attE stAAtAN
as be sfumped into the hease one bleak
! November morning. 4 t~Aiievc I've got
cold on my lung lie uttered hol-
( low cough
~Hclnr eommentesi hls sharp tongned
wife .swhlch langy
1 Captain Charlie eoughed again. end
I ing with an alarming strange that re-
/ qulred a vigorous pounding on the
hack from the stout fists Of Mrs.
Bgnce. Incidentally Elsie appeared TO
/ derive much satisfaction from this ro-
I bust treatment of her little husband
~Avast there reared the captain at
last
smile curled her lips. Your lungs
amt suffering none she remarked
dryly as she returned to her pumpkin
pies.
BY all signs rot TO look out for
myseSf.r he said. with dignity. when
be got bis bresth. Being as there's
no one TO take no interest in my
health. can 90 and seek baimy elI-
mate all aEone."
What wild goose chase are you osT
On nowg- Elsie demanded sfernly.
Captain Charlie bsushed b his
leathery little ears. but his Inoefh was
obstinate.
I'm going TO the sunny south" be
announced dAaantiy. -You can come
along. too. II you want to-
''oh. thank you. retorted Elsie sar-
eastscally. Il guess III stay at nome
aud not 20 and catch malaria and yei-
low fever. ] might as wen be q wild
der woman as to be deserted OF and
on whenever you and Lem Peters take
II into your head TO Git out the schooner
and take a voyage
Me and Lem Peters hns earned
many dollar carrying frelghts on the
Rosy Dawn" replied Captain Charlie
This time It's more than load OF po-
tatoes or coal or oysters"
Il thought maybe ia get TO the
truth OF your lung trouble" said Elsie
dryIy. Where you OF to now?-
Given this opening. Captain Charlie
launched forth into an enthusiastic
description of certain island among
the Florida keys -Tu' penny cay 1t was
called down there-where bubhled the
traditional fountain Of youth. the one
described by Ponce de Leon. and 1t
developed that 1t was the arm ipten-
firm Of Messrz Bunce and Peters 20
sail the schooner Rosy Dawn down TO
Tu'penuy cay and dll, innumerable
bottles with the precious liquid. which
was to be brought north and sold at
fabulous price to those who desired
the boon Of eternal youth
And you believe all that trash?"
demanded Mrs. Bunce, ignoring the
fact that her pies were burning 10 a
crisp.
II certainly do. was Captain Char
lies firm reply Il got so much faith
In IL I'm willing to risk $50 on the
venture. and Lem Peters he's going to
do the same"
Good thing that LENS wife Is a
popular sireSsrnaker.~ cut ia Elsie.
Two weeks later Captain Charlie
sailed away. with Len Peters and a
negro boy as mate and crew OF the
/ Rosy Dawn The name Of the old
schooner perhaps tyPified the many
hopes cherished by her owner and
/ master. for since his retirement from
! the sea Captain Bunce had led many a
I vain search In quest of fortune.
He had not told Elsie the most incred-
/ ibie part Of his story. She heard IL
from Sadie Peters after the Rosy
| Dawn had sailed toward the south
| land.
Besides the fountain Of youth. Tu'-
| penny cay was said to be the repository
/ OF golden treasure buried by that ia
nous pirate. Black DufIy. just before
! he made his last appearance In the
sensational act Of walking the plank.
So the indignant Elsie wrote a letter
l 10 Captain Charlie-sueh a letter as
that redoubtabie sailor had never be-
/ fore received in his adventurous life
and she sent it to Savannah, which
was 70 be the Rosy Dawn's first port
I Of call
Weeks passed and no word came to
the two women. although Elsie sub
/ scribed TO the Herald and read every
word % the shipping news. Christmas
came and went. and Elsie Bunce and
Sadie Peters spent it together. IL was
not strange that the two women be-
came very intimate. for it WAS their
mutual desire to keep q secret hidden
from their neighbors In Little Bay
the secret OF their quarrels with their
respective husbands and the fact that
they did not correspond with them.
so long as they was bound to 90,
anyway. s'pose ! might as well have
let Lem 20 ia peace worried Sadie
Peters one January day.
IF didn't have great faith In
Charles seamanship I'd get worried.
remarked Elsie. her needles flashing
dizzily.
I'D go down myself IL hadn't said
whnt | did % Lem. admitted Sadie
Elsie Hfas.a Saf1 fss1thfng bs4f now