Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-09

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 zltlEed The caSEet ~0a '-rE cTmlhlei the vruod lI my hands, 70 could nee open the lCck. The edge cZ ny ax, however proved potc-t ke-, and at last forced 1t apart. and -5 did SO out fell little heap -f -E-. 7 judged to be rrccicug stones. Ttsr1 . were green, red. blue and ws'.g o--. among them many pearls sadly dtgc1-, Ored and valueless. The stones El-, tened with an almost living e-o--7. My mistress was more familiar -7itt these things than I. and rrcEc-tsL 2 handful to her.
 Why, they are precious stones" she cried in an awe struck whiCpz-. "Look!' She held mp diamond ss big as her thumb nail It sparkIed like s sun in the candlelight And there is an emerald" she cried. picking up one of the green stones. This blue one is a sapphire: this a ruby. Why she exclaimed. here Is fortune alone These jewels must be of fabulous val ue. The gold and silver we nigh. leave behind. hut these we can carry with us.'
 Tn my heart was sorry we had found them. yet had the grace i'm mediateIy to say:
 Il am glad for that We must gather them up. but where shall We put tIIem?''
 Tn tine pockets of your coat for the present" she answered.
 Now there were not so many of them-pcrha three or four handfuls- not nearly enough 10 fill the casket. I figured that it had been jewel box with little trays or drawers and that the stones bad been wrapped separate ly. but had all fallen together when the partitions routed away. easily found room for them in the capacious side pockets of my coat. and then We turned back to the outer room. Pass ing by the hideOuS altar. We gained the light. It was now late in the after noon. we found to our surprise.
 We had spent hours over the treas ure and we had just time to retrace our steps and get back to the boat on the beach and partake of our evening meal when night fell As we Sat by tie fire that night l made little bags out of piece Of canvas taken from Ii bread bag and we put the jewels into them. dividing them into equal parts. One bag she wore constantly thereaf- ter on her person and the other. She insisted that the rough and ready divi- sion we had made was permanent: that the bag 1 carried belonged to me and the bag she carried belonged to her. But l refused to have lt so in spite of her argument. and there we left it.
 During the next two or three days We leisurely explored the island There was nothing else on it to see which merits any particular description. We did not again visit the central hill. nor did We enter any other cave We did not even go near the treasure cave again. On the contrary. We kept to the open. We chose to live near the sen on the beach, which was high above all tides and which was remOv- cd from the charnel spots which made mockery Of the sylvan groves with in the walls. The island was well pro vided with tropical fruits. many being good for food. as ! knew. We caught fish in the lagoon and turtle on the sand. We lacked nothing to make us comfortable. even happy. except the means of escape.
 We spent our days in trying to de- wise some means Of getting across the reef and back home again-that is. when l was not idly lying at the feet or following the footsteps of the wo- man owed. I didn't want to get away. so far as l was concerned. didn't care whether we ever got away. l had wit enough not to let her see. not to let her suspect that for mo- ment. however. and tried to convince Der by my conduct toward her thst my Kissing her on the ship had beeh bot momentnry madness. hut learned lat- CT that failed amentabls She says -'NF tHeab ~ baDf NSuih 5tF tttats ' ffte7 dying for her, and l suppose t is trus. but ai least didn't say anything Aft CT that outbreaK in the cave I kept. si- iencc. ii. F t.S t " ga{ Ii.lIrate one afternoon we stood sttSe pead of the stairs, Looking sea~ari- We had come from . long ranllse threughoas tue cnp of the isIand, and ss wa stood op the top our gaze Rs iuSnal instinctlyely turned towand the sea, pefbars seeking for the sail of some rescuing ship The whter was black with great savage war canops-s
 'Sireat God cried: Hook yonder7' T see. ] see." she cried in turn. "Whpcar they be?r Essi.itif #s
 Jewellers from the other islands to the westward" answered. q !. They could not see us yet. fortunate .iy; but after all, that mattered little