Charlevoix county herald., 1916-06-02

There was long silence. F1naliy
Tyler broke II saying:
There's one thing promise my
self. After we get away from here II
won't be long before I'm back Il
square accounts with that young
TYLER swore wickedly. mo man can
do what he did to me and live!"
How'll you do it?" asked Bill.
"Tn Just lay out Of sight of the Is
land until night, then pll lay in close
and row ashore and get him while he
is asleep"
THAT'S your business, Tyler
don't want any part Of It," said Bill
Tyler flared up.
"Nobody wants you to you big hunk
II you'd "a had any life about you
we'd "a had that schooner now. In
stead Of that. they made you look like
a couple Of slobs."
IL don't see no cigars named after
you, neither" growled Bill. "You
looked pretty, you did, with that little
fellow jumping on your belly"
"You black livered skunk!' bel
lowed Tyler. "You-"
He got no further. Hawkins stuck
out a hamlike hand and almost COW
cred Tyler's face with 1t.
ERE, ERE" he pleaded softly, don't
raise the ole bloody 'ouse. Yer talkin'
a bit too loud Tyler This amt no
time for fightin', yer know. Bill, don't
cross i'm tonight, / arsk yer"
There were some low grumblings,
and then silence fell. Lent lay quietly
thinking. So they were going to steal
the schooner were they? Well, he
guessed not Lucky he sneaked down
and overheard their plot.
Going to slip the cable, warp the
schooner out through the inlet and
sail away to leave them there to per-
ish-maybe? Fine chance. Came here
with a rotten old hulk and going
away with yacht and all that's in
her!
Suddenly the cold sweat broke out.
Lent's thoughts ran wild for a mo-
ment.
"All that's In herr he murmured.
Yes, there was considerable in her.
Hemenway's heavy boxes, for exam
pie. A hundred times since he helped
Hemenway move those boxes he had
mentally figured the value Of their
contents. There. were thousands and
thousands of dollars, he was sure. He
wished they were his. Why not? The
question set his brian whirling again.
Then he calmly thought II all out
He knew the treasure was In the fore
hold. The three desperadoes did not
know it. They were bad company,
these three villains; but he would risk
it. He would trust to his wits to secure
the treasure, once away from the Is.
land.
How could he work it? Well, for
one thing, he would secretly empty
one of the boxes, fill it up with sand.
and tell the three sailors, when he
opened the box before their eyes, that
the boxes contained specimens Of
South Sea Island sand that Hemen-
way had been collecting to use in ex-
periments in glass blowing.
"Ha, ha! fine idea," Lent thought.
For half an hour or more Lent's
thoughts ran along in pleasant chan
nels. At last Tyler stirred and spoke.
"Time we shook a leg" he said in
a low tone. bill you crawl off down
the beach about hundred feet and
wait there. If we hear nothing from
the house Wen join you in five min
utes. Then we will all follow the
beach around to the lagoon and paddle
out to the schooner. Move along now,
and don't let me hear a sound out Of
you.'
AYE, aye" answered Bill, and
without another word he began to
creep away.
"Stay where you are; don't move
an inch!" ordered Lent In low, tense
voice.
Bill rolled over on his side in aston
ishment. The others remained mo-
tionless. Tyler's subdued but heart
felt swearing reached the ears of Lent.
Keep quiet now and listen to what
say" Lent spoke just loud enough
for them to hear him. II have you
covered with a gun, so don't try any
tricks. l heard all your talk about
stealing the schooner and IL l wanted
to, all would have to do Is to yell or
fire this gun and the whole house full
would be down here on top of you.
But / won't do 1t.
"Ill let you get away with the
schooner, because I'm going with you.
expression of thanks on the part of
my own. The only thing / insist on
is that must be protected in case you
make a mess of il or anything goes
wrong. l must appear to have been
captured by you. Do you under
stand?"
Did they understand? 1t was
wasted question. But there was no
expression of thanks on the part OF
the three, nor were there any prom
Uses. Bill and Hawkins let Tyler do the
talking, and all Tyler said was, "aIl
right"
Follow the beach around to the
dingey," said Lent, land the three OF
you keep together. I'll meet you at