Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-07-05

haan for that sucSn nsAs ~
v,nldu't be here now.
.n didn't save me from pre'.S =.
,sod one oa the head, Tom anu ".
40 sar. but that was just i'-u
&, bsd,,.t been Tor that knock on the
bso5 nulling you down Just lhat MN.
"a nat thar p0ckmarked tei'o"
,ronl5 have got you. As ii was. ne
s,s-a5 YOUR cheek and got one ot nj
avn men killed by mistake-the very
fellow that hit you. There ne 's-
over there" q. r
And who's that other, Tony |
asked. pointing to another dark nsu'e
a few yards away.
That's the captain, Sar,'
~The captain? on, I'm sorry lot
that Cod knows I'm sorry for iha''
eYes. ssr. he was ohe OF the nnes'
pentlemes I ever knOwed was Cap
taln Tamllnsen: brave man and a
good navigator. And he'd taken pow
erful fsuey to yen. for when you got
that crack On the head he picked up
yourSun and began blazing away with
words | shsuld never have expected
from a religious man. The others eA-
cent eur special friend"
0Iets call him Tobias from now on
Tom" iaterposed.
well. aim. Sar, kept his nerve but
the ethers ran for the boats as II the
devil was after them; but the cap
tsln's gun was quicker. and only fouI
Of them got to the Susan B. The other
two fell en- their faces, as II some
thing had tripped them up, in couple
Of feet OF water But just then Tobias
hit the captain In the heart; oh Il
only he had enc Of those skins-but h'
always laughed on such things as su
perStitisus.
"There was only me and TObla'
then, aRd the dog. for the enginee
hoy had gene on his knees to the Su
san B. fellsws at the first crack, ant
( begged theu to take him away will
them. There was no one left but nC
bias aud the dog and me, and | va
sure nay cad was not far OF, for va
never much Of shot.
"As Gsd Is my witness sar, | wa
ready to die, and there was mOmen
when | thought that the time ha
come; but Tebias suddenly wake
away to thS top Of the blutf an
called out TO the Susan B., that wa
| Just running up her sails. At hi
wS'd they put out boat for him, an
while he waited he came down the hi
toward me and the dog, that stoo
growing over you; and for sure
thought it was the end. But he said
Tell that fellow there that I'm nc
going 10 kill a defenseless man. II
might have killed me once but b
didn't. It's bound to be one of u
some day or other but, desplse me a
he likes-I'm not such carrlon as h
thinks me and II he only likes to kee
out Of my way I'm willing to keep oil
of his. Tell him when he wakes u
that as long as he gives up going aftC
what belongs to me--fOr II was m
grandfather's-he is safe, but the mil
ute he sets bis foot or hand on whs
Is mine, it's either his life or mine
And then he turned away and Wa
rowed to the Susan B., and they 500
sailed away"
with the black flag at the peak,
suppose, Tom" said |. "Well. tina
was fine speech, quite a fight of orr
tory, and I'm sure I'm obliged TO hlr
for the life that's still worth having. /
spite Of this ungodly aching in m
head. But how about the poor car
tain there Where does all his elC
quence come in thereH He can't cal
1t self-defense. They were waitln
ready to murder us, as you saw. II
afraid the captain and the law bt
tween them are all that is necessar
TO cook the goose of our friend Henr
r Tobias, Jr., without any help fron
me--though, as the captain died 70
me, | should prefer they allowed m
to make 1t a personal matter"
ITS the beginning of the price,
said Tom.
"The beginning of the prlce?'
ITS the dead hand, +" continued Tom
Il told you, you'll remember that wher
ever treasure is there's a ghost of a deaf
man keeping guard and waiting I'll
another dead man comes along TO tax,
up sentry duty so to say. The ghos
is getting busy. And 1t makes m,
think that we're coming pretty neal
TO the treasure, or we wouldn't hav,
had all this happen. Mark me. tn,
treasures near by-Or the ghost
wouldn't be so malicious"
And then. looking around where tbe
captain and the engineer and Siny
Theodore lay, I said:
The first thing we've got to do Is Ia
1ury these poor fellows; but where "
added are the other two that fell
in the water9"
oh" said Tom, "a couple of sharks
got them just before you woke up