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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-01

Lfvestoek-Cows. a &c; calves
Sh @9o; hogs, St6 % &c; sheep.
4 a sc; lambs, a SC.
Butter and Eggs-Ran. n but
ter. rs q use; strictly fresh ranch
eggs, 33&34c.
Poultry Hons, 12c0 ifcs
broilers, 23025c; ducks. 100:
squads, So; rabbits, SO 1Oc.
Jobbfng Quotations.
The following prices are far
nished the Times daily By leading
firms engaged In the various
lines 70 fruit, produce, meats. pro-
visions. etc. These prices are pail
by the retailers to the commits
sion mens
Cheese = Wash. lee; Tilis-
mock. lie.
Eegs-Fresh ranch, $40 $50.
Butter-WashinRt creamery.
3 u 34c; Oregon, ale.
Fresh Meats-eteer. 1874 %
I3Hc; cows, live; heifers.
12c; hogs. trimmed sides
i7kc: do, combination. 17c.
whole. lac; small veal. 100
lie; heavy veal. 400 lac;
ewes. 9kc; mutton, wethers.
.1OHc; lamb, 12@13c.
Fruits-Native apples. 75c0
81 Bananas, a 40 Id. Pine
apples, &c dog. Lemons, choice,
S94g.5O. Peaches, $50 zoe boz
Watermelons, 75c ewt. Burbank
plums, 75c crate. TRACED prunes.
75c box. Bartlett pears. csc q 81.
Peach plums. 75c 81. Grapes.
Malaga. crate. s1.25. Huckie-
berries. Sc ID. Catalogues.
Rocky Ford, 81.
VegetabIes---0reen ontons. 10o
doz.; Walla WaIla, 1 &c. Let
tuce: Leaf. 81 box; head. seq
4Oc doz. Turnips. 81; Carrots.
$3.50; retail. ID. 25e. Potatoes
Netted Gem, u c Id. CueumbsFs,
Island. doz-, 500 500. Cabbage.
ID, INC. Caulifiower, 81. Pars-
nips. s1.z5 sack Chill peppers.
loo ID. Tomatoes. box. 20 q sec;
green corn. doz.s zoe; summer
squash, &C 10. Spinach. ID. 5cs
wax beans. Sc. Sweet potatoes.
4 c ID.
Hops, 1915 crop. 100 17cl
1914 contracts. 1S01she.
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Quinn had kept it as q fixed pur-
pose to return to the scene of his
crime and possess himself OF the
wealth.
But that would take money.
and he had none. So. before he
died, he gave his favorite Wallace
a package wrapped In oilcloth-
In this was the map Of Doub-
loon Spit.
Robert Wallace engaged in
business. forsook his vagabond
habits and In course of time
married.
The package was found by his
executor sealed In a safety de-
post box. Hs left instruction
that It was to be opened by his
daughter upon her twenty-first
birthday.
A week before the events told
I'm the first chapter she had
reached her majority. In the
presence of Boris Boutwell,,
whom she had lately met for the
first time. the oiicloth package
had been opened.
He had agreed to finance the
expedition to Doubloon Spit ana
she had come to San Francisco
with her aunt to make the voy-
age with him. Meanwhile. letters
had reached her from Scotland
which made clear the true char
acter of Boutwell,.
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CHAPTER VII.
Aboard the Argos.

Blythe and l had agreed that
an attempt would be made to re-
lieve us of the map while we were
carrying IL from the safety-deposit
vault to the ship.
So we took every precaution.
but nothing happened, except our
safe arrival at the Argos. Miss
Wallace and her aunt were on
deck to welcome us.
l retired to my cabin to dispose
of a certain document.
AS soon as | entered | switched
on the light and passed into the
bath room. At that moment a
sound came to me from my bed
room. l turned quickly. to see a
diminutive figure roll from the
back of the bed.
"Please. I'm awful sick, Mr..
Sedgwiek," a voice lugubrioUfBly
groaned.
| stood staring at the little vel
low face. The forlorn urchin was
our office boy, Jimmie Wei n.
"You young cub, what are you
doing here7" I demanded.
"I'm a stoaway," he groaned.
Like the Boy Pirate, you know.
But, by crickey, | wouldn't come
IL I'd a known IL would be like
this. Golly I'm sickl I'm going
to die"
1 didn't blow him up just then.
Instead l hurriedly offered first
aid to the seasick. He felt little
better after that.
81 told Mr.. Mott you had sent
me on an errand. He thought I'D
gone ashore again, mebbe."
By reason of Jimmie / reached
the dinner table as the soup was
being removed. Only four of us
messed in the cabin.
Late already. my boy. This
won't do. Ships discipline, you
know. Make a report and clear
yourself" Blythe called out as l
entered.
"a stowaway," I answered.
"Who?" Blythe asked quickly.
.ltsgames A. Garfield WEIGH. 1
found him tucked away in my
berth. very much the worse for
wear"
"Poor feIIowI" Evelyn ex-
claimed. "f daresay he wanted
to come as badly as we did"
HE happens to have q mother,
L said dryiy. She's no doubt
worrying her life out about the
young pirate.
dPoor womanl Isn't there any
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A stranger to me was sitting
opposite Blythe. My friend intro
duced him as Mr.. Yeager, known
all over Arizona as Tom Yeager.
II appeared that he had come to
the coast with a couple of car
loads of steers. having disposed
of which, time was hanging heavy
on his hands.
l gathered from their talk that
Blythe and bs-had served together
In the Rough Riders during the
Spanish War. They were ex-
changing reminiseeDees and Jim
nte WEIGH was listening open
mouthed to their conversation.
fCouffpuad Ten, r t.s~s., !
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CHAPTER Nv.
We Find a Ship

For two days l tramped the
streets Of San Francisco and
haunted the offices of capitalists
without profit to our enterprise.
On the afternoon of the third
/ retired, temporarily defeated.
to my club, the Golden Gate.
In the billiard room ran
across Samuel Blythe. Possessed
of more money than he knew
what to do with, he spent a great
deal of time exploring unknown
corners of the earth. Within the
week he had return to San
Francisco from an attempt to
Kinley.
He was knocking balls about
aimlessly. "Shoot you a game of
pool, Sedgwick," he proposed.
Then | had an inspiration. 81
can give you more fun for your
money another way. Come into
the library. blythe"
There / told him the whole
story.
Its a queer yarn" he said at
last. Let me see your map"
had made another copy of 1t.
with the latitude and longitude
omitted. This l handed to him.
While he examined 1t his eyes
shone. by Jove, this is lark.
You can have the old tub IL you
want it."
He was referring to his splen-
did steam yacht the Argos.
81 haven't the price to outfit
her and pay your crew." ex-
planned.
81 have. But say, Sedgwick,
you'll need a sailing master.
You're not a seaman"
Our eyes met. could Sam
Blythe be persuaded to take the
placer"
could ~" He got up and
wrung my hand.
MY dear fellow, you've saved
my life. i was beginning to get
bored to extinction. This will be
a bully picnic"
How long will II take you to
get the yacht ready?"
"Give me a week to pick a crew
and get supplies aboard"
was eager to have him and
Miss Wallace meet, and / made
arrangements to bring him up
after dinner to the private hotel
where she and her aunt were
stopping. They took to each other
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CONTINUED From Yesterday

CONTINUED From Yesterday
At this proposal the men broke
into flat rebellian. But Evans had
made his preparations. The Of
ficers. Lobardi, Quinn, and two
other sailors who sided with the
> chief villains were grouped to-
gether. all of them heavily armed.
In the struggle that followed the
victory lay with the organized
party.
Evans selected Quinn, Lobardi,
and a sailor named Wall to go
with him ashore to bury the gold.
Those on board watched the boat
Pull away with the gold. To the
fury of all of them the boat
rounded a point of land and dis
appeared from sight.
Evans had broken his agree
ment to bury the treasure in the
sight of all. Even Captain Rogers
Joined in the imprecations of the
men. He ordered the long boat
lowered for a pursuit, but even
as he gave the order shot
pumped iato the Santa Theresa
and ship and crew went to the
bottom. All except one-as we
learned so many years later.
Meanwhile, the boat with the
treasure, which had rounded the
point before the ship which fired
the fatal shot had appeared, had
@been beaehed on the spit and the
chests dragged ashore. Evans was
burying the boxes when the shot
fell upon his ears.
At the sound of the explosion
the desperadoes looked at each
other. They ran to the nearest
hill and saw the destruction oi
their companions.
Evans looked at Quinn and
gave a signal. The double muir.
d1sr was done with knives. Where
there had been four, now only
two remained.
Evans and Quinn finished bury
ing the treasure. A map was
drawn by Quinn.
Six weeks later a living skele-
ton crawled out of the fever-laden
swamps of Panama and staggered
down to a little village on the
Gulf of Uraba. The man was
Nat Quinn.
Somewhere in the dark tangle
of forest behind him lay the body
of Bully Evans.
This was the story Quinn told
Robert Wallace one night in g
grog shop at San Francisco near.
ly forty years after the events had
taken place.
During all those forty years
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A NOVEL A WEEK
NEXT WEEK
The Tanning OF Red
Butte Western.
by Frsncis I.yn<ie.
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CHAPTER Nv.
The Missing Corner.

Blythe and 1 had agreed that
Boutwell, would not let us get
away without first making an eff
FORT to get hold of the original
map of Doubloon Spit.
One the evening of the third
day before we we're due to sail,
Blythe and l took Miss Berry and
her niece to the opera.
1t was well past midnight when
we reached the ladies' rooms. Miss
Wallace had no sooner flung open
the door than she gave an excla-
nation of amazement.
The room had been fairly turn
ed upside down. A thorough, sys-
tematic examination had been
made of every square inch of the
apartment.
"A burglarl" gasped Miss
Berry.
Lets give him a name. Will
Captain Boris Boutwell, dot"
asked of Blythe.
Blythe Nodded.
Over a cigar in my rooms
Blythe and 1 talked the matter
out.
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at once.
If We have a good run and the
proper luck well be back to you
with the treasure inside OF
month, Miss Wallace" Blythe
promised as he rose to leave.
Back TO me-" She looked
first at him and then at me. You
don't think that I'm not going
too. do your"
Both Blythe and I were embar-
TO go IL she insisted. l appealed
to her aunt.
"Don't you think. Miss Berry,
that IL would be better to wait
here for us?"
Miss Berry gave a little shrug
of her shoulders.
"oh. I'd as soon stay here. but
EVE will have her way"
"Of course 1 will. This is a
matter OF business" Miss Wallace
triumphantly insisted.
And so IL was settled. The
ladies were TO go too.
Blythe was fortunately able to
secure his sailing master, Mott,
and one of the crew that had
sailed with him before, a man
name Williams. His valet, Nor
gan, went as steward. For the
rest, we had to be content with
such men as we could get hur-
riedly together.
Two brothers named Fleming
were secured as engineers, a little
cockney for cook. He answered to
Il. A Inc.
Game, the boatswain, was a sinis-
ter-looking fellow, but he knew
his business. Taken as a whole,
the crew appeared to average well
enough.
l had resigned my place with
Kester & Wilcox, but was still
spending a good deal of time in
the office cleaning up some mat
tiers.
Since l was giving my time to
the firm without pay l took the
liberty of using Jimmie to run err
rands for me. Journeying back
and forth to the wharf with mes
sages and packages, he naturally
worked up a feverish interest In
our cruise, even though he did not
know the object of it. When he
came out point-blank one morning
with a request to go with us as
cabin boy / was not surprised.
Nothing doing, Mr.. James A.
Garfield WEIGH"
you've gotter have a kid 70
run errands for youse, Mr.. Sedg-
wick" he Pleaded.
mo use talking, Jimmie. YOU re
not going" e,
"All right" be aequiesced
meekly. -
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CHAPTER VI.
In the Fog.

~ tatC - Vs.
The day before we sailed l spent
an hour aboard the Argos ar
ranging my things in my cabin.
While returning in one of the
yachts boats caught sight
through the fog of two figures
standing on the wharf.
! had a momentary impression
that one of these was our chief
engineer, George Fleming, but
when 1 scrambled ashore only one
of the two was in sight. The one
/ had taken to be our engineer
had sheered off into the fog.
"A pleasant evening IL one
doesn't object to fog, Mr.. Sedg-
wick" saidthe other man, lifting
his hat.
tits you, is it?" / answered,
coolIy enough.
Thought I'd drop down and
see how you are getting along.
You sail tomorrow, L understand.
We were standing on the edge
of the wharf. shut out from the
world by a fog bank that left as
to all intents alone. II was an
uncanny place to meet ones dear
t5t ChOAh9s
Our eyes met straight as a
plummet falls. Each of us had
his right hand in his overcoat
pocket. l can't swear to what was
in his fingers, but | felt a good
deal safer for what was In mine.
The captain gave me bis friend
Hest smile.
Hope you'll have a pleasant
trip"
Thanks. No doubt you'll be
starting on a little jaunt of your
own soon?"
Yes, tomorrow. too, as IL hap
pens. Perhaps we may meet
again. It's a small world after
all, Mr.. Sedgwick."
"Going uptown, captain? If not
I'll say good evening"
had been increasing the dis
lance between us. Now l turned
sharply on my heel and walked
away almost at a run, for did not
like the idea of taking with me a
bullet in the small of my back.
At the end of the wharf a fig
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SEATTLE, Sept. 1.-John n.
F'rink, closely identified With
Seatt1e's progress in both pri-
xate and public capacities Tor ;
years. died of heart faiinre xss-
ferdaF ut his summer home ~
Cory Cove acress Lake Washing
ton. He was the founder aad
president 81 the WsehinEfo1
-run WIZ.
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Argos, Mott being the first.

We put into San Pedro in the
early morning. Blythe and | ran
up to Los Angeles on the electric.
taking Jimmie WEIGH with us.
After / had wired Mrs. Welch,
/ spent the morning executing
com missions for the ladies.
We had..made an appointment
to lunch together. / went out of
my way to the telegraph office to
get the answer from Mrs. WEIGH.
for which reason | was a few
minutes late to luncheon.
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ePirateofP anama'
by w.M .eIeo R.i.s. opyr4s @

Ii was then that an idea popped
into my head.
Il say. Let's play this out
with Captain Boris his own way. /"
Meaning"
My eyes danced. I'm as good
a burglar as he IL, and 50 are you.
sagemsnt-to ransack the cap
tain's rooms."
What for7"
ITO get that corner of q map
he stole from his cousin. Part of
the directions for finding the
treasure are on it."
Next day ! borrowed Jimmie
from the firm and the little gsmin
kept tab on Boutwell,.
The captain did not leave his
room until nearly midday, but as
soon as he had turned the corner
next to his hotel, Jimmie lodged
in at the side entrance and slipped
up to room AT.
With him he had a great bunch
of keys. One after another he
tried these. At last Jimmie found
a key which turned In the socket.
That was all he wanted.
1t was after we had seen Both
we'll leave his hotel that evening
that Blythe and let ourselves in
to Bothwells room with Jimmie's
key.
If there was a nook or corner
within these four walls we did not
examine l do not know where 1t
could have been.
At last l found our precious
document. 1t was in the waste
paper basket. Boutwell, shrewdly
guessed a waste-paper basket the
last place one would likely look
for a valuable chart.
To deprive him of It seemed a
pity, so we merely made a copy
and left the original where he had
hidden il.
1t was now between one and
two o'clock. Since Boutwell,
might now be back at any time.
we started back to my rooms On
the way we learned by heart the
torn fragment of directions.
This did not take long, for there
was nothing on the faded corner
but these letters and words:
VIII
IL
Take
Forked
till Tong of
west to Big Rock
MY rooms were a sight. Some
one-and / could put a name to
him-had devastated them as q
cyclone does a town In the middle
west. -tas
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ure brushed past me. Night had
begun to fall, and I'm the gray
dusk | could not make sure, but
again I was oddly struck by its
resemblance to our engineer,
Fleming.
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

John Sedgwick, a young San
Francisco lawyer, while waiting
for q street ear one morning,
picks up a scrap of paper which
flutsers % his feet from the hand
of . woman I'm a seeond-stOry win
dow. Sedgwtck sees q man also
tn the window I'm the act Of hav-
ing tried to snatch the paper from
the girl. Later both man and girl
trace him out, and he finds that
: Che girl Is a Miss Evelyn Wallace,
and the man her cousin, Capt.
Boris Boutwell,.
~ Miss Wallace tells Sedgwick
that Boutwell, is trying TO steal
the paper from her because IL Is
n map telling the location of bur-
led treasure. The map was given
to the girls deceased father by
one Nat Quinn, a former pirate.
whose life Wallace once saved.
Accompanying the map was the
following story told by Quinn:
After having boarded the treas
ure ship under the captaincy of
''Bully" Evans, the pirates fled
20 Panama; Evans fearing pursuit
decided 60 bury the treasure ON
o small deserted island.
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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09
Notice of Forfeiture

To Henry Seymour and Thomas
 Lynch, their heirs, administrators,
 andsto all who it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that I have expended $300.00 on the Association claim No. 1, Association claim No. 2 and Association claim No. 3, located on the Chistochina river at the mouth of Slate creek, in the Copper Center recording precinct, Territory of Alas ka, the location certificates of said claims being of record in the U. s. commissioners office at Copper Cen ter, Alaska. Said expenditure was made in order to hold said claims un- der the provisions of the laws of the United States and of this territory, and was made in the year 1913.
 And If you fail or refuse to pay your proportion (s100.00 each) with in 95 days after the completion of the publication of this notice your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under Section 2324, Re vised Stautes of the United States. w. K. MORTON. First publication June IS, 1914.
 Last publication September IS, 1914
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09

Bill Gelineau is in town from thu Pinochle property.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09

If you want all the news all the time. read the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09

L. Barry is in town from Ellamar. Suits pressed for $1OO at Silver mans the tailor. Telephone 198.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09

Duck hunting season has opened and c. c. Rudolph has just received a shipment of shot shells direct from the factory, which were loaded to or der, therefore the freshest and most powerful that could be procured. k13
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09

Hesitation waltz at the Moose hal tonight and other late dances.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09
For Sale.

For SaIe.
 Library table, curtains and hang ings, bedding, baby carriage. baby sled, high chair, coffee percolator, hand painted china, cut glass ware. Rogers silverware, kitchen utensils, 2 burner gasolene stove, 3-Quart ice cream freezer. hand saw, cross-cut saw 3 1.2 foot.
 If E. B. STEERS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09
Northwestern League.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

L. Barry is in town from Ellamar.
 Suits pressed for $1.OO at Silver mans the tailor. Telephone 198.
 Bill Gelineau is in town from the Pinochle property.
 If you want all the news all the time. read the Prospector.
 Hesitation waltz at the Moose hall tonight and other late dances.
 Interesting weekly and comic pie lures at the Orpheum tonight
 M. T. Anderson arrived in town to- day from Fairbanks
 Excellent pictures and music at the Orpheum tonight.
 c. P. Topliff has returned to town mining property.
 FOR SALE-One new, ready to run 3h horse power Fulton engine. Con- plete equipment. No wires; no batteries. Enquire at this office.
 Jack Curley returned to town from trip to his mining property near Valdez glacier last evening.
 Raincoat left at U. s. Commission CTS office. Call and pay cost of this notice.
 G. o. Reinke, the watchmaker and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co. All work guaranteed.
 The mystery of the Yellow Aster Mine in two reels at the Orpheum tonight.
 Suits pressed for $1.OO at Silver mans the tailor. Tel phone 19S.
 The Jewels of Sacrifice at the Or pheum tonight and good orchestra music.
 Having secured first-class baker, we are now prepared to sell bread and pastry at reasonable prices. Del monico Grill in Senare building If
 Ben Howell is up from Bettles bay, where he has been developing min ing property.
 Large three-room flat TOT rent at Crawford Block. Running water, telephone and lights furnished all for $20.00 month.
 Miss Studler, who has been visiting her sister in Seattle for several months, is a passenger on the North western for Valdez. WANTFD-A woman for general housework. Apply at Valdez Iron Works. If Duck hunting season has opened l and c. c. Rudolph has just received 8 shipment of shot shells direct from the factory, which were loaded to or der, therefore the freshest and most l powerful that could be procured. k13
 Launch for Sale. For sale for cash. the launch Me- I,,1o ann,,irn 4f Dn~~on 4r A
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09
BASE BALL SCORES
Games Played September 8, 1914.
National League.

Games Played September s, 1914.
 National League. Boston 8, New York 3. Pitchers James; Marquard, Frommme, Wiltse Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 4. Pitch res-Mayer; Reulbach. Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3. Pitchers Lavender, Zabel; Douglas.
 American League. Washington 2, Philadelphia 0 Pitchers-Shaw, Shore; Bush. Second game. Washington i, Phil adelphia g. Pitchers-Johnson; Wye koff
 New York 5, Boston 6. Pitchers Fisher, Warhop; Gregg. Detroit 8, Chicago 1. Pitchers Oldham; Cicotte.
 Northwestern League. Spokane 5, Seattle 3. Pitchers Noyes Kelly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-09
Launch for Sale.

For sale for cash, the launch Me- bula, enquire of c. E. Bunnell or A. J. Wendler, administrator of the es. tate of D. H. Sleem. If