The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-01-30

Served the rat jolly well right" he
said.
One of the others commenced to ply
his pick to the ground. The soil was
soft, and he threw aside the pick and
grasped shovel; then the others join
ed him. There was no further comment
on the killing. but the men worked in
better frame of mind than they had
since Snipes had assumed command.
When they had a trench of ample
size to bury the chest Tarrant suggest
ed that they enlarge it and inter
Snipes' body on top of the chest.
'It might 'elp fool any as 'appened
to be diggin' 'erabouts." he explained.
The others saw the cunning of the
suggestion. and so the trench was
heightened to accommodate the corpse.
and in the center a deeper hole was
excavated for the box. which was first
wrapped in sailcloth and then low
cred to its place. which brought its
top about "a foot below the bottom of
the grave. Earth was shoveled in and
tamped down about the chest until
the bottom of the grave showed level
and uniform.
Two of the men then rolled the rat
faced corpse unceremOniously into the
grave after first stripping it of it's
weapons and various other articles
which the several members of the
party coveted.
They then filed the grave with earth
and tramped upon it until it would
hold no more.
The balance of the loose earth was
thrown far and wide and a mass Of
dead underground spread in as natural
a manner as possible over the new
made grave to obliterate all signs Of
the ground having been disturbed.
Their work done. the sailors returned
to the small boat and pulled off rapidly
toward the Arrow.
The breeze had increased consider
ably. and as the smoke upon the hori-
ION was now plainly discernible in
considerable volume the mutineers lost
no time in getting under full sail and
bearing away toward the southwest.
Tarzan wondered what the chest
they had buried contained. If they
did not wish it why did they not mere
~ throw it into the water? That would
have been much easier.
All, he thought. but they do wish 1t.
They have hidden it here because they
intend returning for it later.
He dropped to the ground and CON-
menced to examine the earth about the
excavation. He was looking to see if
these creatures had dropped anything
which he might like to own. Soon he
discovered a spade hidden by the I'M
derbrush which they had laid upon the
grave.
He seized it and attempted to use it
as he had seen the sailors do. 1t was
awkward work and hurt his bare feet.
but he persevered until he had partial
" uncovered the body. This he drag
ged from the grave and laid to one
side.
Then he continued digging until he
had unearthed the chest. This also he
Then he filed in the smaller hole be-
low the grave. replaced the body and
| the earth around and above it, covered
it over with underbrush and returned
| to the chest.
! Four sailors had sweated beneath
the burden of its weight. Tarzan Of
| the apes picked it up as though it had
been empty and. with the spade slung
to his back by piece of rope. carried
| it off into the densest part of the jun
| GLE
He could not well negotiate the trees
with his awkward burden. but he kept
| to the trails and so made fairly good
time.
For several hours he Travelled until
he came to an impenetrable wall OF
matted and tangled vegetation. Then
he took to the lower branches, and in
another fifteen minutes he emerged
into the amphitheater Of the apes.
where they met in council or to cele-
brate the rites Of the dumdum.
Near the center Of the clearing and
not far from the drum. or altar. he
commenced to dig. This was harder
work than turning up the freshly ex-
cavated earth at the grave. but TarZan
of the apes was persevering. and SO he
kept at his labor until he was reward
ed by seeing hole sufficiently deep to
receive the chest and effectually hide
it from view.
Now the natural curiosity. which is
as common to men as to apes, prompt
ed Tarzan to open the chest and exam
inc its contents. but the heavy lock
and massive iron bands baffied both
his cunning and his immense strength,
so that he was compelled to bury the
chest without having his curiosity sat
isfed
By the time TarZan had hunted his
way back to the vicinity of the cabin.
feeding as he went, it was quite dark.
Within the little building light was
burning, for Clayton had found an IN
opened tin of oil which had stood in
tact for twenty years. The lamps also
were still disable.
AS Tarzan approached the window
nearest the door he saw that the cabin
| had baen divided into two rooms by q