The evening world., 1914-03-27

all her jewelry, was stand
ing above the sea. the wind
had died away. the cormor-
ants had ceased crying. and the boom
Of the waves was the only sound be-
meath the stiffness OF tho stars.
Gsspard turned to his provision
store for supper. lie had placed the
canned meat and the biscuits close TO
one OF the tree bolcs, and tomorrow
he would have to make a cache TO
protect them from tho sun. Think
ing of this. he ate his supper without
appetite or knowing what he ate: his
mind had passed into that dazed con-
dition which comes from surfclt OF
sensation: II had. Ted full OF treasure
and now was torpid.
When he had supped he lit pipe.
but scarcely had he done so than sleep
came upon him. the pipe fell from his
mouth beside him rs he lay there on
the sands. the stars shining upon him
and the sea singing to him. marooned.
ragged. without "A roof to shelter him.
and with the wealth Of empcrors at
his elbow.
Hours passed and the great moving
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II began To move and struggle and
cry out; one might have fancied II
attacked by some unseen enemy. II
was.
Scarcely had the deep unconscious
ness Of the first sleep lifted. admitting
the mind into dreamland. than Gas
paru iouhu hlnlse't surrounded by MS
enemies ie was passing through
horrlpie nack streets ana men were
roiiowlhg nun 10 ron MN. yves. Sa-
Sesse and the chief engineer OF the
khone were among them
Then the dream changed and he
was standing In "a bur with Yves.
showing him the treasure. and. be-
hold. the rubies and diamonds had
changed TO pieces OF glass and the
rest to sea shells and rubbish--he had
not even the price Of "A drink and no
had brought Yves In To stand him a
bottle Of wine, brought him In arm In
arm. boasting OF his wealth,
Then ne was coming on board at
tho docks OF MarseiIlcs, Joining the
ship with the treasure in his pucket
the beautiful spirit OF unrca sonab bile :
nAss who prcsides over the affairs OF
Drcamland did not hint to h,m OF the
absurdity OF the situation. his obf,,s-
Gated reasppiny seca,ty sns engaged
In trying Ia solve tho problem before
him -t.ie problem Of how To- hide u
millions worth of gems and act as
stoker on n transatlantic steamer mt
the same time. To increase the aim
Guilty he had placed the snake OF gold
under the mufYler hs wore round his
neck-but it refused to be hidden: and
then. all at once, no was back again
in the docks In u tavern, fighting In
"a corner with his back 10 tho wall.
while Malays from tho y. a. q. boats,
Dagoes armed with sheath knives
and Chinaman--a hatchet man such
as he had heard tell OF amidst tho
stokcrs attacked him for MS treas
ure lie awoke gasping and stiIl
fighting his yiewless enemies After
"a while he fell asleep again, only tp
continue his experiences la Dream.
land. awaking finally, JlIst as tho
suns rim was rising above the sea.
Tho wind was blowing now from r.
$. r., and the sea had lost Is waves
and had fallen back into Quietudo
and long lapses Of swell-the gulls
were back
Not the cormorantS and f!iga'e
birds OF the northern beach. hut the
fishing gulls. the familiar spirits of
the island. whose voices had once ter
rified Gaspard. They had returned
during the night. but they did not
terrify him now. Nothing could ter
rify him now except. perhaps. the
Idea OF rObbcr
II was extraordinary. the effect OF
thus FORUM" on this imaginative mind.
stiffening aud strengthening II against
all imaginary fears save the fear OF
material enemies. The man who
breads burglars has no time To dream
OF ghosts.
immediately on waking he turned
and placed his hand upon the treas
ure. then ne sat up FACING the brave.
bright morning: ~ was all true. linen.
despite hls dreams and his VISIONARY
enemies. he was stlll IN possession or
this incredible and fantastic wealth -,
his NINA, clear now ana strengthened
by sleep. could grasp tn. matter In
lts lruc proportions; IN" SUN "aS hls
10y all ilehl, he was llntaI h"lr by ~"
llgh' or labor ana suHtrlhs 10 IN"
fortune that Sag"Asie had taken from
the hand of Chance,
"" could go 10 NJ S"tuln WIN a
tl'ir conscience" ana ASK iln 10 htlp
IN IN" disposal or theS. thlhss'
lie rose up ana walked dlDng tne