The Pulaskian., 1919-11-28
CHAPTER lII--continued

only child"
aVery stranger" I said, 1--WE met a
whimsical lad in our travels whom I
would have sworn was her brother"
@That's oddl" said the "king'' imper-
iurbably, "but no! I have no son :"
4 and he seemed to say it with a certain
sadness.
Then Calypso came in TO join my
q audience, having, meanwhile, taken
i he opportunity of twining a scarlet
hibiscus among her luxuriant dark
urls. I should certainly have told the
0ory better without her, yet I was
n gad-how glad Ito have her seat
4 Cd there, an attentive presence in d
4 simple gown, white as the sea foam
4 rom which, there was no further
doubt in my mind, she had magically
sprung.
gave them the whole story, much
. as l had told it in John Saunders
snuggery-John P. Tobias, Jr.; dear
old Tom and his sucking fish, his
ghosts, sharks, skeletons, and all and
i when l had finished, l found that the
Interest of my story was once more
chiefly conferred in my poek-marked
friend Of "the wonderful works of
lGod."
u should like to meet your peck
marked friend" said King Aleinous,
and have a notion that, with you as
Il bait, shall not long be denied the
Pleasure 81
II am inclined to think that I have
seen him already" said Calypso, using
her honey-golden voice for the base
purpose Of mentioning him.
Impossible p I cried; The is long
aance safe in Nassau Jail.
"0h. not lately" she answered to
sMr interrogatiye surprise, and giving
i swift embarrassed look at her ia
ther, which l at once connected with
The secret of the doubloons.
Seriously, Calypso?" asked her IA
Their, with certain stern affection, as
thinking Of her safety. "On one of
your errands to town."
And then, turning to me, he said:
"Sir Ulysses, you have spoken well,
and your speech has been that free,
Open-hearted speech that wins it's way
alike among the Hyperboreans that
dwell in frozen twilight near the
northern star, and those dwarfed and
swarthy intelligenees that blacken in
the fierce sunlight of that fearful axle
We call the equator. Therefore, l will
make return to you of speech no less
frank and true -
He took a puff at his cigar, and then
continued:
II should not risk this confession,
out that it is easy to see that you be-
long to the race of Eternal Children,
70 which, you may have realized, my
laughter and I also belong. This adj
venture of yours after buried treasure
has not seriously been for the dou-
blooms and pieces Of eight, the million
dollars, and the million and a half dol
ars themselves, but for the fun of going
after them, sailing the unknown seas,
coral islands, and all that sort of
blessed moonshine. Well, Calypso and
are just like that, and am going to
lel you something exeiting-we too
nave our buried treasure. 1t is moth
ing like so magnificent in amount as
yours, or your Henry 2. Tobias'-and
Where it is at this particular moment
Know as little as yourself. In fact 1t
y Calypso's secret
looked across at Calypso, but her
yves were far beyond capture, in I'M
Qummeted seas.
~ will show you presently where
l0und it, among the ROCKS near by
now haunt of wild bees.
Can you ever forget that passage in
NE Georges? 1t makes the honey
laste sweeter to me every time / taste
y We must have some of 1t for din
aer, by the way, Calypso"
could not help laughing, and so,
lOr moment, breaking up the story.
Inc dear fellowi Was there any bust
aess OF human Importance from which
ae could not be diverted by q quotation
rom Homer or Virgil or Shakespeare?
0ut he was soon in the saddle again.
Well" he resumed, zone day, some
even years ago, in little cave below
ae orange trees, grubbing about as
" fond of doing, came upon beau
aiul old box of beaten copper, sunk
'eep among the roots of q fig tree. It
vas strong, but it seemed too dainty
" @ pirate-some great lady's jewel
w more Hkely-Calypso shall show it
= Us presently. On opening it-what
y you think? Tt spilled over with
'0luen doubloons-among which were
! uomerged some fine jewels, such as
a's lie ring you see me wearing. Ac-
1t was no great treasure, at
a"Aetary calculation-certainly no for
] ane-but from our romantic point OF
'ew, as belonging to the race of Eter-
- Children, it was Eel Dorado, Alad-
vi 5 hmm 1t1irac NJ Dar.x tho