Evening star., 1918-01-13

It was there that found waiting Tor
.Sne the above message by wireless from
fhe Star in New York.
San Juan was, as we had anticipated
4 thoroughly Americanized city, and
lost NO time in getting around at once
ito the Office of the leading newspaper.
f4ne Colonial News. The editor. Ken
more, proved to be former New York
reporter who had come out in answer
10 an advertisement by the proprietors
pf the paper.
whats the big story here now?" I
asked. by way of preface.
what the big story?" repeated Ken.
more. ssWell, I'm not superstitious. but
q honeymoon spent in trying to break
into Dayy Jones locker for sunken
treasureI guess that's a good story.
Isn't it?"
I showed him my message. and he
smiled You see, was right" he ex-
claimed. They're searching now at
the Cay d'or-the Golden Key, one OF
the southernmost of the Bahamas. l
suppose you would call it. I wish I
was like you. I'd like to get away long
enough to get the story"
He puffed absently on fragrant ma
were here. before they started he re-
sumed, reminiscently. 1T was certain
" picturesque outfit-three college
ChumS, one OF Inem on MY HOHeyihoou,
and the couple chaperoninE the brides
sister There was one of the college
hoysHa fellow named Gage-who fairly
made news"
aHow was that?" inquired Kennedy,
who had accompanied me.
''Oh. don't know that 1t was his
fault-aitogether," replied Kenmore.
'Theres young lady here in the city.
the daughter Of a pilot-Dolores Cutie
ras She had been friend of some
one in the expedition, / believe. I sup
> pose that's how Gage met her. l don't
think either of them really cared for
S each other. Perhaps she was bit jeal-
GUS of the ladies of the party. I don't
know anything much about it: only
remember one might in the cafe of the
Palace Hotel I thought Gage and an
until Everson dropped in and patched
the affair up, and the next day his
yacht left for Golden Key.
II wish I'd been here to go with
them.@ I considered How do you sup
pose TIL be able to get out there?"
You might be able to hire a tug"
shrugged Kenmore The only one I
know of is that of Capt. Guiteras- He's
shout"
Guiteras proved to be man of about
4fty. sturdy, muscular fellow. his face
bfonzed by the tropical sun.
had scarcely broached the purpose
of my visit when his restless brown
eyes seemed literally to flash.
No. sir" he exclaimed. emphaticallv
~Yoa. cannot get me to go on any suc,
f1fst and tried to hire my tug.
vouIdn't do it. He, sir. had to get one
from Havana Why, the whole thing
,5 Y pnlueksmhoo.dooed' a. Ky. 70 you call it
But" demonstrated. II am not ask
snf yoa to Join the expedition. We are
49, me; mo-. !. he interrupted Il will not
ne cut short his remarks as a young
Woman. radiant in her Latin American
beauty. opened the door. We did not
nssd TO be told that this was Dolores:
whom kenmore's rumor had credited
With almost wrecking Everson's expe-
ditIon at the start see
They say" Guiteras continued slow
II. ms features drawn sharply. that
there was loot of Mexican churches on
that ship-the jewels of Our Lady Of
ths Rosary at Puebla. That ship was
e4rAed I tell your,
No one was lost on it, though" I
suppose You never heard the story
~ the Anti1lesT he inquired, turning
swiftly toward me. ..She had just SAIL
eeFea sEea ea san her Juan before to Ns she aas
ftpm Vera Cruz. with several hundred
Aex4can refugees. Treasure? Yes, pep
1aps millions: money that belonged to
wealthy families in Mexico, and some
that had the curse on it. You asked
. moment ago if everybody was res
cued Well. everybody was rescued
from the wreck except Capt. briggs. I
don't know what happened No one
knows. The fire had got into the en-
< CINE room and the ship was sinking
1ast Passengers saw him. pale, like
= ghost. some said. Others say there
When the last boat load left they
couldn't find him. They had to put of
without him"
sRnedy. much interested.
NO one knows that, either" answer
- Guiferas. shaking his head slowly.
think u must have been smoldering
covered. I've heard many people tall.
Of tt and Of the treasure. No, sir, you
xou!dnt get me to touch 1t. Maybe
E9pM call 1t superstitution. but
wont have anything to do with it."
There seemed to be nothing for us
70 do but wait until some other way
turned up to get out to the expedition
was early the next morning that
young lady, very much perturbed
caued on us at our hotel, scarcely
waiting even until we had received her
plainly engraved card bearing the
name Miss Norma Sanford
Perhaps you know of my sister.
Asia Sanford. Mrs. Orrin Everson," she
began. Were down here on Asta's
noneymoon IN orrin's yacht. the Belle
Adventure" Craig and I exchanged
glances. but she did not give us
chance to interrupt.
all seems SO sudden, SO terrible
She cried, in a burst of wild. jncoher-
ent feeling. Yesterday Bertram Tray-
nor died. and We've put back to San
Juan with his body. I'm so worried
over orrin and my sister. / heard you
were here. Prof. Kennedy. and Z
couldn't rest until saw you"
don't quite understand" inter
posed Kennedy, with an effort to calm
her. why do You fear for your sister
and Mr.. Eyerson? Was there some
1ninE-suspicious-a the death of
MT. Traynor?"
Indeed. I think there was" she re-
piled quickly. None of US has any
IDEA how it happened Let me tell YOU
about our party You see. there are
three college chums, Orrin and two
friends, Bertram Traynor and Donald
Gage. They were all on cruise down
here last winter. the year after they
graduated. 1t was in San Juan that
Orrin Hrst met Mr.. Dominick, who was
the purser OF the Antilles. you know
that big steamer Of the Gulf line that
was burned last year and went down
with $7.008,000 aboard"
Kennedy nodded to the implied query
And she went on: "Ir Dominica was
among those saved, but Capt. Dripgs
was lost with his ship. Mr.. Dominiek
had been trying to interest some one
here to seek the treasure They knew
khout where the Antilles went down.
and the hrst thing he wanted to do was
70 locate the wreck exactly. After that
was done, Of course Mr. Dominick knew
ahput the location of the ships strong
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