Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-15

on its axis. They flashed their An
terms full on II and. as II moved. they
could see disclosed huge piles ~ gnid
and silver coins and bars and orna
ments. a chest literally filled WIN
brIIIiants. set and unset. ruhies. en-
eralds. precious toncs ~ every con
ceivable variety. a cave that ~unlh
have staggered even Aladdin
For a they could merely
stand In avaricious eXultation
Painfully and slowly we managed ~
trail Long Sins footprints. unul We
came To n road where they we're iost
In the hard macadam.
Kennedy chose the most likely direc-
ton. for the trail had been AZ an angle
10 the road and Long Sin vas not ike
N 10 double back We mad not Son"
many rods before Kennedy paused a
minute and looked about IN the moon
light.
Its right Walter, nc cried. y
you recognize it,
looked about Then Y flashed aver
me This was the mack road nat 'eh
past the entrance "a the treasure vault
M Aunt Tabby =.
We went on now more quickly is
tenIng carefully 10 catch any sounds
but heard nothing Al last Kennedy
stopped. then plunged among 'hr
rocks and bushes beside the road
We were az the a y
You 20 this way. Walter. ne d.
rected. TN 70 around and down
where II caved I'm
had gone only a ward or two wnrn
II seemed as though something nad
Grasped my foot
With a great wrench managed 60
pull II loose. But che weight on my
other foot had Embedded I deeper ia
something. struggled 90 free hts
foot and cot the other caught Nv re-
volver which mad drawn was nrrod
from my hand and I'M tho effort n re-
cover n. 7 lost my balance Unable
To move a foot IN time "a catch myself
fell forward. NY hands we're nov
covered nv the slimy sticky stun aud
the more struggled the worse !
seemed 10 get cntanEled
WI and Long Sin paused only a
minute IN astonishment. Then they
literally fell upon the wealth thar ,ay
before them
Suddenly they paused = There was
the slight tinkle ri A Chinese bcil
Kennedy mad reached Aun Iabhv'a
garden. outside the roo of the snhier-
m. .k.wmEmm a.Irw. - huN teaas
way. had "a down carefully over inc
earth and rock and IN doing so mad
broken a string stretched across I'M"
p~assareWay The tinkip ~ u tell at
tached to N aroused ms attention aud
he stopped short a second. M innk
about. Wn Fang had arranged a
primitive alarm
Quickly WI and Long Sin hicU out
their lanterns while Wu gave the rock
= push. SLOWLY. ~ N had opened. W
now closed and they stood there listen
ing.
was still struggling In the bird
lime. getting myself more and more
covered with u when the reverbera-
tion ~ revolver shots reached me
WI and Long Siu had opened FIRE or
Kennedy. and Kennedy was replying
In kind I'm the cavern NJ sounded IKE
a verifahlo hnmhariment ~ they Nh.
treated. thcv camc nearer and nearer
70 me and | could See The reviewers
splitting IRE w the darkness
watched thcm fcarfulIy as thry
hoped DEITY frlm urr stone No on
other 20 avoid tho imr-lna were
gone.
Craig rrair' managed KY crv
feehly Re careful Kecp w me
stones
Stepping frnm stone Nh stone ne fOl
lowed the rctrrnfinE Cinnamon Hut
they had already reached the mouth
Of the cave and we're making their
way rapidly down ,hc road n A
bend. IN the opposite direction from
which We had come There WI 4 auto
mobile Was waiting
A momcn later Kennedy appeared.
hut thoy had made lhcir getaway
Rafnrd. IN turned and rrfracrd his
steps a. the cave
They rot avay. Walter. ~ said.
lighting \ lantern they had dropped
w ~ wv NNNfN. Z tNlWN IA NN.
tie vcNcd nat 2 had NOT hrcn able 40
intercept them You are a sight
Ito vas about nm laugh when d faint.
cd 7 can remember nofhinr until {
woke M ovor N, thc NALL mi fhc cham
Der whore H. drarrci NE
Kennedy had boon working hard wv
revive mo. and as 7 opened mt .ycs.
he Strengthened up lIis cyr suddenly
caught something WI mo rock beside
him There was n lttir slot carved
IN M and above tho slot was a peculiar
inscription
For several minutes Kennedy nuz.
7led over ~. as WI had done Then
w discovered the little cup near the
ground
The rims NV suddenly cried out
vas trr wndiled IN appreciate nm
once what NJ meant hut 2 HaH him
reach into hia fob pocket and draw
forth tAc irlnhct hitch had caused ~
much disaster A. III IN had baen cursed