Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-21

4 Something was at the door trying to
enter.
D'Arnot reached for the loaded car
bine and placed it to his shoulder,
ready for any emergency that might
arise.
Gently the door opened until a thin
crack showed something standing just
without.
D'Arnot sighted along the blue
barrel at the crack Of the door and
then pulled the trigger.
When the expedition returned, fol-
lowing their fruitless endeavor to sue
cor DArnot Captain Dufranne was
anxious to steam away as quickly as
possible, and all save Jane Porter had
acquiesced. =.
NO." she said determinedly. II shall
not go, nor should you, for there are
two friends in that jungle who will
come out Of it some day expecting to
find us awaiting them"
But poor D'Arnot's uniform and all
his belongings were found in that viii
lage, Miss Porter" argued the captain.
1.-The natives showed great excitement
when questioned as to the white mans
fate"
But they did not admit that he was
dead. AS for his clothes and accout-
erments being in their possession,
more civilized peoples than these
poor savage negroes strip their
prisoners of every article of value
whether they intend killing them or
not"
Possibly your forest man was cap
tured or killed by the savages," sug-
gested Captain Dufranne.
The girl laughed.
You do not know him." she re-
piled, little thrill Of pride setting
her nerves a-tingle at the thought that
she spoke Of her own.
II admit that he would be worth
waiting for. this superman of yours"
laughed the captain. II most certainly
should like to see him. The cruiser
shall wait few days longer"
I'VE can utilize the morrow in re-
covering the chest, professor" sug-
gested Mr.. Philander.
quite so, quite so, Mr.. Philander.
had almost forgotten the treasured"
exclaimed Professor Porter. Possibly
we can borrow some men to assist us
and some Of the prisoners to point out
the location Of the chest"
Most assuredly, my dear professor.
We are all yours to command" said
the captain.
1t was arranged that on the next day
Lieutenant Charpentier was to take
detail of ten men and one Of tho mutt
neers Of the Arrow as guide and un-
earth the treasure; also that the crui-
ser would remain for a full week in
the little harbor. At the end Of that
time it was to be assumed that D'Ar-
not was truly dead and that the forest
man would not return while they re-
manned. Then the two vessels were to
leave with all the party.
Professor Porter did not accompany
the treasure seekers on the following
day, but when he saw them return
ing empty handed toward noon he has
| tened forward to meet them, his usual
pre-occupied indifference entirely van
ished, and in its place a nervous and
exciting manner.
Where is the treasurer" he cried
to Clayton while yet a hundred feet
| separated him.
Clayton shook his head.
Gone" he said as he neared the
professor.
Gone! 1t cannot be. Who could
have taken it," cried Professor Por-
| ter.
| Heavens only knows, professor"
replied Clayton. I'VE might have
lying about the location, but his sur
prise and CONSERVATION on finding no
chest beneath the body Of Snipes were
too real to be feigned.
And then our spades showed us
that something had been buried be-
meath the corpse, for hole had been
there, and it had been filled with loose
EARTH"
But who could have taken it?" re-
peated Professor Porter.
Suspicion might naturally fall on
the man Of the cruiser" said Lieuten-
ant Charpentier, but for the fact that
Sublieutenant Janviers here assures
that none has been on shore since we
anchored here except under command
Of an officer"
1T would never have occurred to
me to suspect the men to whom we
owe so much" replied Professor Por-
ter. Il would as soon suspect my dear
Clayton here or Mr.. Philander."
There must have been several in
the party" said Jane Porter, who had
joined them. You remember that it
took four men to carry it."
by Jove!" cried Clayton. That's
right 1t must have been done by
party Of blacks. Probably one of them
saw the men bury the chest and then
returned Immediately after with a
party of his friends and carried it off. 4"
Speculation is futile" said Profes-
sor Porter sadly. 1.-The chest is gore.
We shall never see it more nor the
treasure that was in it,
| Only Jane Porter knew what the
loss meant to her father, and none
there knew what it meant to her.
Six days later Captain Dufranne an
nounced that they would sail early on
the morrow.
Jane Porter would have begged for
a further reprieve had it not been that
she, too, had begun to believe that her
forest lover would return no more.
1t was she who suggested that arms,
ammunition, supplies and comforts be
left behind in the cabin, ostensibly
for that intangible personality who
had signed himself Tarzan of the apes
and for D'Arnot should he still be
living, but really, she hoped for her