Charlevoix county herald., 1916-06-16
questions as Captain Bailey put 10

questions as Captain Bailey put 10
him.
Finally the skipper appeared to be
satisfied and was about to give the or
der to fill away when Hemenway star
tied him with a proposition.
"Capt'n Bailey,' he said, "I'll give
you fifty dollars day, counting from
the time you left the other island this
afternoon, payable in advance, IL you
will keep your vessel just within sight
of this island and send a man aloft
from daylight to darkness and let me
know when that other schooner leaves
Then I'll go ashore and get some
things l left there In a secret place.
After that l will pay you regular pas
sage money as long as l stay with
you"
II took considerable lying on Hem
enway's part to gain the shippers con-
sent to this proposal, but he finally
succeeded in convincing Captain Bail
ey that his party had been on scien-
tific expedition and considerable jeal-
ousy had developed. He had some val
liable specimens on shore which he
had hidden fearing a rival would des-
troy them, an so on.
At last they struck bargain. Hem
enway went below and extracted fifty
dollars in gold from Lent's pile, hand
ing the money to the skipper for the
first days pay and as an evidence Of
good faith.
For two days the o Bailey lay hull
down off to the southwestward of the
island and nothing happened, but
about noon on the third day the man
aloft with a pair of glasses reported
that the yacht was sailing away from
the islnd in a northwesterly direction.
When she had entirely disappeared
from view Captain Bailey gave orders
to make sail and stand in toward the
island.
Hemenway went ashore in the small
boat rowed by two Kanakas. They
landed little way up the inlet on the
north shore and leaving the sailers IN
the boat Hemenway hurried to the
spot where he had secretly buried his
precious boxes on the night following
their arrival on the island.
The spot he had chosen for this pur-
pose was about two hundred feet
north of the inlet and about one hun
dred feet from the western shore Of
the island. 1t was quite close TO a
clump of palms where the soil was
sandy and easily worked.
The day after the night he had
buried his treasure he had visited the
place and carefully smoothed and
swept the ground so as to leave no
indication that the soil had ever been
disturbed.
Now when Hemenway came hurry
ing to this spot he suddenly stopped
short and gazed blankly at it.
Sand was piled up high on every
side, leaving a hole big enough to con-
tain five times the number of boxes
he had originally put there.
OF course the hole was empty.
Some one had discovered his hiding
place. His treasure was gone!
A sickly feeling came over Hemen-
way and he felt so weak he Topped
down on the sand.
Finally ne arose, wiped the cold
sweat from his brow, gave one last
look at the hole, and walked to the
The door and windows were closed.
He peeked in. Everything was left
but the place was deserted,
as he expected.
Slowly Hemenway walked back to
the boat and gave the order to row out
to the schooner.
A few minutes later he was on her
deck again. The skipper gave the
word. Sheets were hauled flat, the
vessels head fell off from the wind,
and she went on about her business.
For long time Hemenway stood at
the taffrail, gazing at the receding
land, biting his nails to the quick.