The Washington times., 1919-08-05
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/ and plans a fishing trip. To Thonai
KEsssn. stock opers a, cones COM AIEsrs,
| he has tip on the tocation Of treasuri
buried by Morgan in the old pirate days
Regan has an IDEA.
| In pursuit OF the treasure. Upon faEdihl
| he encounters strange young woman ghe
appears to mistake him for sorpe one else
seeks safety aboard his vessel. th'
Francis learns he and Henry. the nys.
tsrious Islander. are both descendants Of
Francis discovers his resemblance tc
Henry was responsible for bis peculial
n%sresn 1 ts9atd a5.' F anG
Torres again. Francis 10 saved from death
on gallows and Henry 10 arrested IN hii
ed from Henry to Francis. The two plot
Francis. Geonica and Henry eluds thslI
TSs Lnrs f6a g S sSo1sa d6S he cast
Francis and his party decideto 50 ashore
to elude their pursuers. They came upeH
treasure. Francis and his friends again
md themselves pursued and former bat
ties with foes to enable others to escape
All members Of the party are captured.
Henry and Jene descend into pit @ Play
a strange game. Francis finds custodian
Of pirate treasure. They fall Into trap
Old Priests Chant fails TO bring key 70
fortune from Chia's ear. Francis decides
to death. Henry goes for help. Ths
friends are reunited IN the Valley Of Lost
Souls. Torres u ordered 10 tmblbe OF
the drink Of death Help comes from the
sky.
They meet the Queen. who informs
the one OF the party must become her
husband Torres comes to life again
"If anything comes up, hope IL
will be big" Concordia murmured
with equal laziness.
And upon their astonished gaze.
even as they looked. arose Up out
OF the brown depths a great white
hound. They jerked their poles up
and behind them on the bank.
threw their arms about each other.
and watched the hound gain the
shore at the lower end Of the eddy,
climb the sloping bank, pause to
shake himself, and then disappear
among the trees.
Nicoya and Concordia giggled.
Try it again." Concordia urged
mo, you this time. And see what
you can bring up"
Quite unbelieving. ConcoFdia
tossed in a clod of earth. And al
most Immediately q helmeted head
arose on the food Clutching each
other very tightly, they watched
the man under the helmet gain the
shore where the hound had landed
and disappeared into the forest.
Again the two Indian girls gig
gled; but this time, urge as they
would, neither could raise the cour-
age to throw anything into the
water.
Some time later, still giggling
over the strange occurrences, they
were espied by two young Indian
men who. were hugging the bank
as they padded their canoe Up
against the stream.
What makes you laugh?" one OF
them greeted
I'VE have been seeing things"
Nicoya gurgled down to them.
Then have you been drinking
pulque," the young man charged.
Both girls shook their heads, and
Concordia said:
1--WE don't have to drink to see
things. First, when Nicoya threw
in a banana skin we saw a dog
come up out Of the waters white
dog that was as big as a tiger Of
the mountains.
A Day of Miracles.
"And when Corcordia threw In a
clod." the other girl took up the
tale, up came a man with q head
Of iron. 1t Is magic. Coneordia
and can work magic"
Jose" one of the Indians ad-
dressed his mate, this merits a
drink
And each in turn, while the other
with his paddle held the canoe In
place. took a swig from a square
face Holland gin bottle part full Of
pulqUe.
NO" said Jose. when the girls
had begged him for a drink. One
drink Of pulque and you might see
more white dogs as big as tigers
or more iron-hesded men,"
"All right Nicoya accepted the
rebuff. Then do you throw in your
pulque bottle and see what you
will see. We draw a dog and a
man. Your prize may be the
devil
II should like to see the devil"
said Jose, taking another drain at
the bottle. The pulque Is true
fire OF bravery. | should very much
like to see the devil"
He passed the bottle to his COM
panion with a gesture to finish it.
Jose commanded.
The empty bottle struck with a
forceful splash. and the evokiRg
was realized with startling i'm
mediacy. for up to the surface float
ed the monstrous, hairy body Of thu
slain spider. Which was too much
for ordinary Indian flesh and blood,
So suddenly did both young men
recoil from the sight that they cap
sized the canoe. When their heads
emerged from the water they STRUCK
out for the swift current and were
swiftly borne away down stream,
followed more slowly by the
swamped canoe.
Nicoya and Concordia had been
too frightened to gfggle. They held
on to each other and waited, watch
ing the magic water and out Of the
tails of their eyes observing the
frightened young man capture, tow
IL to shore, and run out and hidIs on
the bank.
The afternoon sun was Getting.
low in the sky ere the girls sum-
moned courage again to evoke the
magic water. Only after Inuci dis
cussion did they agree Doth To A'ug
in clods of earth at the saUua time.
And up arose a man and a womsn--
Francis and the Queen. Fhs girls
fell over backward in the pushes.
and were themselves unobserys ! as
they watched Francis swim with
the Queen to the shore.
1T may just have hsppened-all