The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-11-06
themselves IN crude convoiutions Of
uncouthly slowing horn.

uncOutnly swung horn.
II was impossible 10 imagine Q cay
better answering to my conchologist's
description Of Short Shrift island. Its
situation and general character, too.
bore out the surmise. On landing, also.
we found that It answered In two Inn
portant particulars to Tobias nara
tiva We found. as he had declared,
that there was good water there for
passing ships Also. we found, In adj
dition to the usual scrub, that cab
bagewood trees grew there very plen-
tifully. particularly, as be said. on the
highest part Of the island. So, having
talked It all over with Tom, I decided
that here we would stay for q time
and try our luck.
But. first. having heard from the
sponging captain that he was en- route
for Nassau, I gave him a letter to
Charlie Webster. telling him Of our
whereabouts, In case he should have
sudden need Of me with regard to To
bias.
The reader may recall that Tobias
narrative In. reference to his second
pod" Of one million dollars had run:
ION the highest point Of this Short
Shrift island is large cabbage-wood
stump. and twenty feet south of that
stump Is the treasure, buried I've feet
deep and can be found without DIM
Guilty." But which was the highest
pointi There were several hillocks
that might claim to be that-all about
equal In height.
However, as the high points Of the
island were only seven In all. 1t was
no difficult matter to try them all ont.
one Ivy one. as we had plenty Of time
and plenty Of hands for the work. For.
Of course, II would have been Idle to
attempt any concealment Of my object
from the crew. Therefore, I took them
from their shell-gathering and, having
duly measured out twenty feet south
from each promising cabbage-wood
stump. ut them to work. They worked
with q Viii. for I promised them .
generous snare Of whatever we found.
Alas! 1t was an inexpensive prom
Use. for. when we had duly turned up
the ground. not only twenty feet. but
thirty. forty and fifty feet not only
south but north, east and west Of the
various cabbage-wood stumps ON the
seven various eminences, We were
none Of rs the richer by a single piece
Of eight. Then we tried the other cab
bage-wood stumps on lower ground,
and any other likely-looking spots. till.
after working for nearly a fortnight.
we must have dug up most Of the
island.
And then Tom came to me with the
news that our provisions were begin
ming to give out. As It was he said,
before We returned to Nassau, We
should have to put In at Flying Fish
Cove-a small settlement on the lar.
ger island some Eve miles to the nor
'ard-for the purchase Of various ne
cesslties.
"An right, Tom" said. II guess the
game is upi Let's start out tomorrow
morning. You may as well have your
sucking fish back. Tom." I said,
laughing In self-disgust. II shall have
no more need Of II. am through
with treasure hunting"
'Td keep It little longer. sar," an.
swered Tom; you never know"
had made up my mind to start on
the homeward trip early the following
morning. but something happened
that very evening to change my plans.
| l had dropped into the little settle
ment's one store. to buy some tobac-
co, the only kind that Charlie Webster
declared at to smoke.
| stayed chatting with the store
keeper-a lean, astutelooking English
man. with the un-English name Of
Sweeney-who made q pretty good
thing Of selling his motley Merchandise
to the poor natives, on the good old
business principle of supplying goods
Of the poorest possible quality at the
highest possible prices.
While he was attending a little
group Of customers l had wandered to
ward the back of the store, curiously
examining the thousand and one com.
modltles which supplied the strange
needs Of humanity here In this lost
corner Of the world; and, thus 0ccu.
pied, was diverted by a voice like
sudden music, Q voice oddly rich and
laughing and confident for such grim
and sinister surroundings. It was one,
too, which l seemed to have heard be-
fore. and not 30 very long ago. When
turned in its direction I was immedi.
ately arrested. as one always IL BY
any splendor Of vitality for startling
contrast indeed-to the spiritless. fur.
tive figures that had been coming and
going hltherto-was this superb youns
creature. tall and 1.-THE. with proudly
carried head on glorious shoulders.
Her skin was . golden olive. and II
had been hard to say which was the
more intensely black-her hair, or the
proud eyes which. turning presently In
my direction. seemed to strike upon
me Is with an actual impact Of soft
fire.