The Jasper news., 1919-08-14

n treasure on the Gulf of Mexico, and
the only key to its location is chart nag
he divided among six mates. Polly ana
Dick have one piece and Scarface sec
ond He kills Pollys father and gets her
flag and starts after the treasure. Dick
and Polly are Joined by other holders and
they pursue Scarface to the CUR. he
Beeks to escape on Il schooner There Is
u battle and all OF Dicks men are hurled
into the sea. Polly is left dashed to
mast.
The sudden plunge into the sea left
Dick and his companions for the mo-
ment floundering with no thought ex-
cept to keep their heads above water.
Their easily achieved victory of the
moment before had been changed into
sudden and ignominious defeat by
Scarface, and they now found them
selves devoid of all further plans save
the preserving of their own lives.
Tee, who was not Il good swimmer,
was making bad way Of 1t, and Dick
was compelled to swim to his side and
support him with one arm while he
padded vigorously with the other.
How it all would have ended it is hard
TO tell had not Chu's sharp eyes espied
an object that promised them tempor-
ary support.
Me seeum big blank over there.
Come on, you fellows, and we cntchum
plenty quick" Strengthened anew by
the discovery of the Chinaman they
began swimming vigorously and in Il
short time had reached the plank and
were clinging about it with their heads
we'll above water.
"Scarface will have TO find some
thing besides fire and water TO get
u.s." grinncd Dick at his companions.
"When 1t comes to killing us he
seems to he all out of luck. l have
told you men all along that we are
going to play the last hand in this
game, and ! am going to make my
reputation as n prophet out of it. l
only wish Polly was along with us.
I'd Il thousand TIMES rather have her
here in the sea with the chance Of
her being grabbed up by Il shark than
back there in the clutches of that
pack Of hyenas."
Don't you worry about your wife,
Dick" gnSped Teel as his breath came
back to him. "rhat girl is Il host in
herself, and I'll bet she will find Il
way TO take care of herself against
all the Scarfaces and Scrcwcyes this
side of Tophet"
"She heap brave girl. She maium
fine wife for Chinaman mandarin"
said Chu. "Polly velly fine good fell
low"
While Dick and his companions
were struggling for their lives in the
sea, whence they had been cast by
Scarface and his outlaw companions
on the schooner, and We're IN ignOr-
ance of Polly's brave defiance and her
flight TO the Top Of the mast, they
heard her shoot and saw the body of
Scarface hurled through the air. Then
above them fell the shadow of the
airplane, an anchor caught firmly the
plank on which they We're clingine
and they were drawn through the
water away from the pirate craft.
When Scarface fell from the mast
unhurt, however, by Polly's shot, the
outlaws rushed to the rail to aid
him, forgetting for the time Polly
still up in the mast Seeing her chance
she quickly slid to the deck and run
ming aft, covered Lopez with her ps
tol and took possession of the wheel
BY this time, Scarface had been res
cued by the outlaws.
"Wc've got her now, men," cried
Scarface seeing that the girl was
alone and apparently at their mercy
1.-TWO or three times she has foilet
us, but we will tame her now in
hurry. But we had better captur,
her In our possession we've got thC
trump card. All we will have to dc
will be to hold her in reserve agains
Van Brunt and his party, and If i
ever comes TO another case of show
down we can play her and take The
trick. They would give up the treas
IRE in the shake of lambs tail rather
than see anything happen to her"
That's the ticket" said Roper
Lets all rush her at once before sh
can jump overheard or do anything
desperate" In n body the gang bor
down upon her.
But Polly was not one of the kin,
to be intimidated even by as desper
ate gang as was Scurface and hi
followers. Finding herself all alon
and with her safety dependent upol
her own resources she met them with
out flinching. Drawing her revolve
she hrocp1 nm ngninSt the rOil an