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the secretary Of the treasury. So John
rose.
II must get to work now. boys. We
can talk 1t over tonight" And then,
handing me the manuscript: Take
It home with you. II you like. and
look It over at your leisure"
As Charlie Webster and I passed
out into the street I noticed the fel.
low Of the sinister pockmarked visage
standing near the window Of the In
ner ONCE. The window was open, and
anyone standing outside could easily
have heard everything that passed
inside. Al the fellow caught my eye
he smiled unpleasantly and skunk of
down the street.
WHO is that fellowT I asked Char.
he. "He's queer-looking specimen"
"Yesi he's no good. Yet he's more
half-witted than bad, perhaps. His
face IL against him, poor devil"
And we went our ways till the eve
ming, ! to post home to the further
study Of the narrative. There, seated
on the pleasant veranda, l went over
1t carefully, sentence by sentence.
While I was reading. someone called
me Indoors. put down the manu-
script on the little bamboo table at
my side and went In. When l re-
turned few moments afterward the
manuscript was gonei
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Certainly. Why notf Weren't
these Islands for nearly three centu-
ries the stamping ground Of all the
pirates Of the Spanish Maini Morgan
was here. Blackboard was here. The
very governors themselves were little
better than pirates. This room we are
sitting In was the den Of one Of the
biggest rogues Of them all-John Tin
ker-the governor when Bruce was
here building Fort Montague at the
east end yonder; building It against
pirates. and little else but pirates at
the Government house all the time. A
great old time Tinker gave the poor
fellow. You can read all about It In
his Memoirs.' Nassau was. the rem.
devious for al the cutthroats Of the
Caribbean sea. Here they came In
with their loot, their doubloons and
pieces Of eight !" and Johns eyes twin.
kled with enjoyment Of the rich old
romantic words. a. though they were
old port.
Here they squandered much Of 1t,
no doubt. but they couldn't sQuander It
all. Some Of them were thrifty knaves,
too. and these. looking around for
some place Of safety, would naturally
think Of the bush. The niggers keep
their little. boards there to this day."
ut is their form Of stocking" put In
Charlie Webster.
Precisely. Well, as was saying.
those old fellows would bury their
boards In some cave or other, and then
60 ofr-and get hanged. Their ghosts
perhaps came back. But their money
Is still here, lots Of It. you bet your
life."
"Do they ever make any nndsr
asked.
Nothing big that know of. A jug
full Of old coins now and then.
found one year or two ago In my
garden here-buried down among the
roots Of that old hg tree"
'Then." put In Charlie, "there was
that mysterious stranger over at North
Cay. Hes supposed to have got away
with quite pile"
"Tell me about him." said ].
"Well, there used to be an old &C.
centric character In the town here-a
halfbreed by the name Of Andrews,
John will remember him"
John nodded.
"He used to 60 around all the time
with big umbrella, and muttering to
himself. We used to think him halt
crazy. Gone so broodlng over this
very subject Of buried treasure. Bet.
ter look out. young manP'-smillng at
me. HE used to be always grubbing
about In the bush. Well, several years
ago there came a visitor from New
York. and he got thick with the old
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'Thoss Old Fellows Would Bury
ThAte Aaaedan

~ SW 6WsSo WV0t0 0Wby
Their Hoardas
fellow. They used to 70 about 4 lot
together. and were often of on 90
called fishing trips for days on end.
Actually, It IL believed, they were
after something on North Cay. At all
events some months afterward the
New Yorker disappeared as he had
come and has not been heard from
since. But since then they have found
q sort Of brick vault over there which
has evidently been excavated. have
seen It myself. A sort Of walled cham
Der. There. It's supposed the New
Yorker found something or other.
That's the story for what it's worth" /"
As Charlie finished John slapped his
knee.
"The very thing for you'll" he said !;
why have never thought Of It be-
foref"
"what do you mean, John," we both
asked.
"Why down at the ONCE I've got the
very thing. A pity haven't got It
here. You must come In and see II
tomorrow"
"What on earth IL 1T Why do you
keep us guessingT'
"Why. it's an old manuscript that
came Into my hands short time ago.
Charlie, you remember old Wicks--old
Billy wicks-'Wrecker' wlcka they
called him.
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"Good morning. Mr.. Saunders" said
an unpleasantly soft and cringing
voice.
Good morning." said John, some
what grumpily. what is 1t you wantf"
1t was some detail of account, which
being dispatched, the man shuflled of,
with evident reluctance, casting a
long. lnquisitlve look at us seated at
the desk, and John, taking up the man.
uscript once more. resumed:
-. sum Of ono million and one
half dollars-buried at a cay known a.
Dead Mems Shoes, near Nassau, In the
Bahama islands. About nifty feet 80 NJ
south OF this Dead Mems Shoes 10 q rock
on which We cut the form OF q compass
And twenty feet (20 IT, East from the cay
q another rock on which we cut cross
tO. Under this rock II Ii buried four feet
q H. deep.
The other IL sum Of one million dollars
(,i.000000). II II buried on what was
known as Short Shrift island; on the
highest point Of this Short Shrift island
70 large cabbage wood stump and twenty
feet 10 IT, south Of that stump Is the
treasure. buried five feet Is ft) deep and
can be found without difficulty. Short
6hrift island 10 place where passing
vessels stop to get fresh water. No great
distance from Nassau, 30 It can be easily
found
The first pod was taken from Spanish
merchant and It IL In Spanish silver
dollars.
The other on Short Shrift island is In
different kinds Of money, taken from DIFF
ferent ships Of different nations-It il all
good money.
Now friends. have told you all that 10
necessary for you to know to recover
these treasures and I leave It In your
hands and 1t is my request that when
you read this. you will at once take steps
to recover 1t. and when you get It, II 10
my wish that you use It In . way most
good to yourself and Others This il all l
ask.
I am. truly your friend,
HENRY p. TOBIAS.
"Henry P. Toblas?" said Charlie
Webster. "Never heard Of him. Did
you. John?"
"Never."
And then there was a stir in the
outer Office. Someone was asking for
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II should say do. A wonderful old
villain"
"But the document, for heavens
sake" I said. ~The document first ;
the story will keep"
swell, they were pulling down
Wicks' own house Just lately. and out
Of the rafters there fell q roll Of pa
per-now I'm coming to it-a roll Of
paper, purporting to be the account Of
the burying Of a certain treasure, tell.
Ing the place where It Is buried. and
giving directions for finding 1t"
Charlie and I exclaimed together +;
and John continued. with tantalixing
deliberation:
"It's q statement purporting to be
made BY some fellow on his death
bed-some fellow dying out In Texas
quondam pirate, anxious to make
his peace at the end and to give his
friends the benefit Of his knowledge" /"
"0h. John |" said l. II shan't sleep
q wink tonight"
Il don't take much stock In It." said
John. I'm inclined to think it's a
hoax. Someone trying to fool the old
fellow. But, boys, it's bed
time. anyhow. Come down to the
office in the morning and wen look
It over"
So our meeting broke up for the
time being, and taking my candle
went upstairs. to dream Of caves over
flowing with goldpieces. and John Tin.
ker. fierce and mustachioed, standing
over me, a cutlass between his teeth
and q revolver In each hand.
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Book l..
CHAPTER /.
4

introduces the Secretary Of the Treas-
ury Of His Britannia MaJesty's Gov
ernment at Nassau, New Provi.
dence, Bahama Islands.
During the summer Of 1908 I was
paying what must have seemed like an
intermlnable visit to my old friend
John Saunders, who at that time filed
with becoming dignity the high-sound-
ing office Of secretary Of the treasury
Of his majesty's government, In the
quaint little town Of Nassau, In the
island Of New Providence. one Of
those Bahama islands that lie half
lost to the world to the southeast Of
the Caribbean sea and form a some
what neglected portion Of the British
West Indies.
Time was when they had sounding
name for themselves In the world !;
when the now sleepy little harbor
gave shelter to rousing freebooters
and tarry pirates. tearing In there un-
der full sail with their loot from the
Spanish Main.
But those heroic days are gone, and
Nassau Is given up to sleepy trade
In sponges and tortoise shell, and
peace is no name for the drowsy tenor
Of the days under the palm trees and
the scarlet poincianas.
Here q handful Of Englishmen,
clothed In the white linen suits Of
the tropics, carry on the government
after the traditional manner Of Brit
ish colonies from time immemorial,
each Of them, like my friend. not with
out an English smile at the humor Of
the thing, supporting the dignity Of
o6ices with impressive names-Iord
chief justice. attorney general. speak.
er Of the house. lord high admiral.
colonial secretary and 90 forth.
Ny friend the secretary Of the
treasury is q man possessing In an un-
common degree that rare and most at.
tractive Of human qualities. compan-
condolences. As we sit together in the
hush Of his muggery Of an evening,
surrounded BY guns, fishing lines and
old prints. there are times when we
scarcely exchange q dozen words be-
tween dinner and bedtime. and yet
we have all the time q keen and sat.
isfying sense Of companionship. II Is
John Saunders gift. Companionship
seems quietly to ooze out of him,
without the need Of words.
And occasionally we have a. third
In those evening conclaves q big. slow.
'sn ling. broad-faced young merchant
Of the same kidney. In he drops with
nod and smile. and takes his place
In the smoke cloud Of our medltations,
radiating without the effort of speech
that good thing-humanity; though
one must not forget the one subject
on which now and again the good
Charlie Webster achieves eloquence
In spite Of himself-duck shooting.
John Saunders subject Is shark
fishing. Duck shooting and shark
fishing. 1t is enough. Here. for SEN
sible men, Ia sufficient basis for life
long friendship, and unwearying, In
exhaustible compasionship.
It was In this peace Of John Saun-
ders' snuggery one July evening In
1908, the three Of us being duly met
and ensconced In our respective arm
chairs, that we got onto the subject
Of buried treasure. 1t was who start
ed US of by asking John what he
knew about buried treasure.
At this John laughed his funny little
quiet laugh. Buried treasure he
said; "well. I have little doubt that
the islands are full Of it-if one only
knew how to get at It."
Seriously" asked.
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Love Endureth Al rhIn0s.

Love beareth all things, believeth
all things, endureth all things. Peo-
pie We love sometimes disappolnt us.
They do things we never dreamed they
could do. II we love them. we shall
not abandon them because they have
faults. We shall just believe that one
day they will put away their faults,
cease to do evil, and learn to do well.
Love never despairs Of anyone. Love
never falleth.
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LOVE AND ADVENTURE

@Plsess Of Eighth" lmmedI-
atsiy the Imagination begins IT.
magic work. Thoughts ny to the
old pirate days ef the West In
dlss-ths days Of the hueeanssrs,
Of Sighting, adventure and treas
ure. "PIeess Of EIuhts-spanish
dollars bearing the figure g.
mean 70 the imagination great,
dark, steel-bound chests, with
their puxxIs-looles and mysterious
riches Of gold and oema They
mean pirate loot buried and lost
70 their pirate owners-and still
waiting through the years 4
lucky finder.
They mean, too. troplo eIlmss
where Il b always green and
frost 10 q thing unthinIeable-
where fruit 10 ready 70 the hand
aho ciotnin0 70 IN ornament ana
the sun "comes up like thunder"
and blue skies and crystal waters
run the oamut Of oil that 10 love-
" In color.
Richard L. 0alIlsnns 10 q IL.
srary eraftsman. Poetry and
prose come equally to HE pen.
90, In addition 70 interest ef
plot we have In "pieces Of
Eight" the charm Of the written
word.
Love- adventure, mystery,
buried treasure amid scenes far
from tho ordlnary-what more
can tho reader ask In entertain.
ment7
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that time so spent
pays the highest
dividends.
First, prayer
rings deliver
ance from danger.
When Peter was
sinking beneath
the sea he cried.
Lord. save me-"
and Immediately
he was rescued.
When Jonah came
to himself In the
belly Of the great
fish he certainly
was in danger.
but he prayed and
came forth from
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or Ono RELIGION.

All humble, meek, mercIful, just.
pious, and devout souls are every
where of one religion, and when death
has taken of the mask they viii know
one another, though the divers liver
les they wear make them Strangers
Penn,
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When IN 6eoIn Kind Acts,

A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than This,
that when the injury began on his part,
the kindness should begin on ours.-
Tillotson.
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A million and a half dol
lars buried on Dead Mans
Shoes and a million on Short
Shrlft isIand-What no!
(To BE coNTINUED.)
Wantsd Masculine Touch.

We"seu Was0utHo IoucHs
Bobby was a small boy, but he OBJ
jected vigorously to a little waist that
had big collar and cuffs with a mar
row rufie around the edge. When
asked the reason he said hs didn't
IKE The "girl" IN II
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Not by Our Elaws.

And not by our flaws shall God
Judge us; his love keeps our noblest
In sight.-Lucy Larcom.
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By Richard lie GaI1ienne


Being the Authentic Narrative Of a
Treasure Discovered I'm the Bahama
Islands In the Year 1908. Now First
Given to the Public.
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The Value Of
Prayer
By REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department. Moody Blhie
Institute. Chicago
Continue In prayer.-col "a

Time spent In prayer seems to
some to be wasted. They are unaware
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oesyrishs b Doablsday, Peg . ooapaay.
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proud to know that they had
realized what we had known for
years, that if this regiment were
let alone and permitted to fight
under their Own Race Officers
that they would charge hell with
a bucket of water and extinguish
the hottest blaze that the imps
of Hades might kindle.
Resting at Camp Clairchenes
the night of August 16 we loaded
the outfit and pulled out for an
unknown place at the Zero Hour
August 18th. "Where do we go
from here Boys" is a phrase that
will always be remembered by
the "Boys of the sth". Always
moving but Just wouldn't know
where to. 1t developed that we
were headed for Fains, 8 kilos.
from Barbecue.
Oh! Boyl what a glourious
feeling just to know that after
three months at the front where
we had seen nothing but soldiers
devastated cities, disemboweled
shell-pitted terrine, where we had
been lulled to sleep by the rata
tat-ta of the busy machine guns
and the booming and bursting of
SIS and 75's as they went
screaming, "you amt going back
to Bam"; where we never saw a
Mile, we were at last to be given
one last chance to rub up against
civilization, to stroll down the
great white way in Barbecue
and quaff the nectar of French
hospitality.
On Sunday, Sept. LIST, 900 A.
NJ, the question went the rounds
"Where do we 60 from here,
Boys" = (Cen-firie-en) it makes
no difference = was the answer
of three thousand men as they
swung and adjusted their packs,
shouldered arms and started upon
the first legs of what was destin-
ed to be the most momentous en-
gagement, and the one that was
to be crowned with victory,
wounds, privation, suffering and
death.
We arrived at Betz 4 AM
next day after having our troop
train pursued by a German bomb
ing plane as far as Chateau THE
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Imnortant Question.

A little boy Of five was travelling
south with his parents to visit an
aunt when he had never seen. He
was very curious about this relative
and asked his father and mother end
less questions concerning her. As
the journey drew to its close the 1T
tie fellow was amazed TO see many
negroes at every station Suddenly
a look Of CONSERVATION damned on his
face and turning to his mother he cried
In a voice Of alarm: Mamma. man.
ma. what color Is Aunt JenT-St
Louis GlObe-DemOcrat.
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COL. ROBERTS, TURNED OVER
HEAVEN AND HADES
An Effort to osanie the Old Eighth Regiment the Baefdd Of France
Order Prove to the World that Coored Soldiers Would not Fight
Unless They Were Controlled by White Officers or Commanders

only one in the regiment / can so
recommend" Can you beat itf
Here is a man who had been with
the regiment two months sitting
in judgment as to the efficiency
of men and officers who had been
in. the regiment twenty years.
This, contrary to the advice of
his Lieut.. Col, a man who was
absolutely impartial in judgment
when it came to military efficien-
ey one who was loved and honor
ed by the entire regiment.
Keep in mind the wording of
the message referred to as having
been sent CLIO. and remember
that 8 months after it was sent
Captain j. II. Patton returned
to his home and loved ones still
a captain, - then wake up and
draw a sensible conclusion.
Ito be Continued-)
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His Occupation.

Returning from school one day, Earl
announced that his teacher was going
to leave and that the class would not
have a new teacher. His mother In
quIred what had happened to his teach
er. and he replied: why. she Is GO
ing to get married" His mother
asked who she was going to marry.
Il don't know" he replied. 'but he
keeps q tOothache Office down the
street"
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The Beavers Memory.

For generations beavers flOurished In
the rivers Of France till killed on for
their furs. and they are now known
only on the EhOne. near Avignon.
where for three centuries there have
been no trees to cur down. The ami
mails consequently burrowed In the
banks. but when transferred to PO-
land at once resumed the tree-cuttine
habits dropped by their ancestors 300
years before.
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Cultivate confdence.

The man or woman who ventures
much. may fail often. but he will
achieve in proportion TO those very
failures because he will use each one
as a stepping stone to higher effort.
But the man or woman who bubbles.
reconsiders. hesitates and weighs ey-
cry gain against a greater loss, Is q
predestIned failure. because his very
attitude Of mind courts that condition
which he should avOid.-Exchange.
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resist the oncoming tide of Prus-
sianism.
Twas here we lost our first
man, Private Robert Lee of MIG.
Co. 2, killed in action by the
enemy July 25th, buried at Vrain
court. Yes we had lost others by
disease and accident prior to this
date, i.e., Sgt. Norman Roberts,
Co. E. being the first to make
the supreme sacrifice having died
at Bforvilla May 16, 1918, buried
at the same place. Then the spirit
of Pvt. w. Mosbey went west
from Bassaneourt June 3, buried
where he passed out.
Twas while here that Col. Ro-
berts began to pull off his dirty
work. Captain B. F. Pinckeny, a
splendid gentleman and officer
was called on the carpet by his
Commander who told him that
he feared that he (Pinckeny)
could not stand the rigors of
Trench warfare and that he had
recommended him for reclassifi-
cation at Blois - Blois, a place
of a thousand wrecked ambitions,
a nightmare, hideous and grote-
sque a place that reeked with in
justice and intrigue where a few
coffee coolers broke the spirit and
ambition of their betters where
a lot of underlings working at
the instigation of men higher up
stultified the manhood and
wrecked the future of hundreds
of splendid men - Blois, where
prejudice was as rampant as In
Rome, Ga, Capt. Ben, as he was
affectionately called, left us Au-
gust 9Th for Blois, and thus be-
gan the disintegration of the
"Old sth".
On the 18th of August without
having taken part in any import
ant engagement, we were order
ed to move forward The Germans
were falling back on a fifty mile
front and our regiment was dee
med fit to take over any sector
on the battle front. In fact the
French High Officials had given
us q clear bill of health and
declared the "8th'' to be In fine
fettle and ready for q fight of
any intensity. Of course we were
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"Well I win have an order issued
removing the guards and giving
the men free access therein. {"
This then was his first official
act and what did it meant
That his purpose was to ingra-
tate himself into the favor of the
men; this being done, according
to his reasoning, he could better
get rid of the Negro Officers at
the psychological moment.
But the wisdom of Col. Denison
and the lack of knowledge on the
part of Col. Roberts was shown
when the Cafe in question was
put "off limits" by the French
Commander upon the recommen-
dation of the Chief Surgeon of
the French Army.
IL: As PM, Sunday, July IA
will be long remembered by our
men for hell broke loose all along
the front with heavy artillery pre-
paration on the part of the Ger
mans. Monday, July Is we were
ordered to change our position
with Regimental Headquarters
and 3rd Battalion under Major
Williams at Vraincourt, Major
Chas.. Hunt (thst splendid soldier
and disciplinarian who suffered
untold humiliation at the hand
of Col. Roberts) was ordered to
take up a position with his End
Battalion ia the Argonne, being
the first Americans to hold this
position, while Major Rufus Sto-
kes, commanding the LIST Batta-
lion took up his position at Her
mont. Thus the stage was all set
and the men were on tiptoes with
eagerness to Garry on'' and
spoil Ludendorf's dream of enter
ing Paris for they were between
him and his coveted goal and de-
clared that he and his horde of
eut-throats, rayishers of women,
despoilers of homes and icono-
elasts of civilization should not
pass, and If they did it would be
only after the men Of the "Old
9Th" had reported to Jesus
Christ the reason why.
Bear in mind that as your
boys were the first American SOL
diers before St. Mihiel so also
they were the first IN this sector
of the Argonne and Verdun front
standing as q wall of granite to
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Reversing the Compliment.

A cashier Of somewhat portly build
was frowning over n statement Of &C
counts just placed before him by his
pretty typist. AS a young lady" he
said. Il admire your type. but I can't
honestly say / admire your typIng."
How funny" she replied smartIy.
I'VE are 50 different. for. though you
are Of course splendid at fgnreN no
one could say you have a splendid
figure"
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oxernorked Ward

II has been estimated by a reliable
statistician that II the printed letters
forming the word -co-operdtion were
clipped from the magazines. an me
times that they occur therein durin 3
any sin months OF the year. and PLACID
end 20 end. they would reach three
times the distance from the earth 10
the moon.