The Lamar register., 1919-10-08

course round the eastern end Of the
island. As they had approached the
cave (and here Calypso turned quiz
zical smile on me, which no one. or
course. understood but ourselves), a
sloop was seen approaching them from
the westward and here she
stopped and turned to Charlie Web
ster.
"Now." said the "king." 1--WE Shall
hear the story of Apollo-Or, let us
say. rather Ajax-the Far-Darter-he
OF the arrow that never missed Its
mark"
And Charlie Webster. more Mt home
with deeds than words. blushed and
blushed through his part Of the story,
telling how-having called at the set
tlement-he had got cur message from
Sweeney, nnS was making up The coast
for The hidden creek He had spied
what he felt sure was Tobias schOon-
er-had called on him "in the kings
name" to surrender ('1 had in my
pocket the warrant for his arrest"
said Charlie, with Innocent pride
"the id scoundrel'D but had been
answered with bullets. He had beer
terribly frightened. he owned. wher
Calypso had been brought on deck. but
she had given him courage-he paused
to beam on her, Il broad-faced admire-
tion. for which he could find no words
and. as he had never vet missed II
flying duck at-i forget how many
yards Charlie mentioned-well &.
perhaps he oughtn't to have risked 1t.
And so his story came to an end.
amid reassuring applause.
"Now." said the "king." ''for the
Story Of the Disappearing Gentleman
and the Lighted Lantern"
And then told my story as 1t is al
ready known to the reader, and / have
to confess that. when / came to the
chestful of doubloons and pieces Of
eight. had a very attentive audience.
The "king" was for starting on that
very night. But, reminded OF the diff
ficult seclusion in which the treasure
still lay, he was persuaded to wait till
the morrow.
"At dawn then" he said. tomorrow
what time, the rosy-foOted dawn
so be 1t. And now am going
to talk to Ajax the Far-Darter Of
duck shooting"
But walt !" cried. "why did Jack
Harkaway' go to Nassau1"
Calypso blushed. The ''king"
chuckled.
IL prefer not to he known in Nassau.
yet some of my business has to be
done there. Nor is II safe for beauty
like Calypso's to go unprotected. 80
from time to time. Jack Harkaway'
goes for us bothi And now enough Of
explanations and he launched into
talk OF game and sport in various
parts Of the world. to the huge delight
Of the great simple-hearted Charlie.
claimed the attention Of his other
auditors. During the flow Of his dis
course night had fallen. Calypso and
I perceived that we were forgotten
SO, by an impulse that seemed to be
one. we rose and left them there. and
stole out into the garden where the
little fountain was dancing like a
spirit under the moon, and the orange
trees gave out their perfume on she
night breeze. took her hand. and we
walked softly out into the moonlight.
and looked down at the closed loiuses
In the little pool. And then we took
courage to look into each others eyes.
Calypso" said. when are you go
Ing to show me where you keep your
doubloonsr'-and / added. In a whis-
per. "Jack-when am I going to see
you In boys clothes agalnf'
And. with that. she was in my arms.
and I felt her heart beating against
my side.
"Oh! my treasure" I said-ever SO
softly-"Cslypso. my treasure"
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