The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-11-07
CHAPTER III-continued

by the way. dear king" I said, as
Stunning a casual manner. do you hap
pen to have a sOnf"
"NO!" he answered. calypso is my
only child"
"very strangei" l said. 1--WE met a
whimsical lad in our travels whom !
would have sworn was her brother"
That's Oddw said the "king" imper-
turbably. "but no! 1 have no son."
and he seemed to say it with a certain
sadness.
Then Calypso anne in to join my
the opportunity Of twining a scarlet
hibiscus among her luxuriant dark
curlA / should certainly have told the
story better without her, yet l was
glad-h0w glad Ito have her seat
ed there. an attentive presence in a
simple gown, white as the sea foam
from which, there was no further
doubt In my mind, she had magically
sprung.
I gave them the whole story, much
Ms / 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
when I had finished. I found that the
interest OF my story was once more
chiefly centered In my pOck-marked
friend Of 1.-THE wonderful works Of
God"
II should like to meet your peck
marked friend" said King AlcinOus.
''and I have a notion that, with you as
q bait, I shall not long be denied the
pleasure"
81 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" / cried; 'he Is long
since safe in Nassau jail.
"Oh, not lately" she answered to
q interrogative surprise. and giving
a swift embarrassed look at her ia
Their. which I ut once connected with
the secret OF the doubloOns.
Seriously. Calypso4" asked her ia
ther. with q certain stern affection. as
thinking Of her safety. "On q 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 its way
alike among the Hyperboreans that
dwell In frozen twilight near the
northern star. and those dwarfed and
swarthy in%telligences that blacken In
the fierce sunlight of that fearful axle
we call the equator. Therefore. | will
make return to you Of speech no less
/ frank and true 49,"
He took a pun at his cigar, and then
continued:
II should not risk this confession.
kut that 1t Is easy to see that you be-
long to the race Of Eternal Children,
to which, you may have realized. my
daughter and l also belong. This adj
venture Of yours after buried treasure
has not seriously been for the lou
blooms and pieces Of eight, the million
dollars. and the million and q half dol
lars 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
tell you something exciting-we too
have our buried treasure. 1t Is MOTH
ing like so magnificent In amount as
yours. or your Henry p. TObias-and
where 1t Is at this particular moment
I know as little as yourself. In fact 1t
Is Calypso's secret -"
looked across at Calypso. but her
eyes were far beyond capture, in I'M
| plummeted sea
II will show you presently where !
found 1t, among the rocks near by
now q haunt Of wild bees.
Can you ever forget that passage In
the Georges? 1t makes the honey
taste sweeter to me every time I taste
It. We must have some Of it for din
ner, by the way, Calypso"
I could not help laughing, and so,
for a moment. breaking up the story
The dear fellowl Was there any bust
ness OF human Importance from which
he could not be diverted by a quotation
from Homer or Virgil or Shakespeare
But he was soon In the saddle again.
"Well," he resumed. lone day, some
seven years ago. In a little cave below
the orange trees, grubbing about as ]
am fond Of doing. / came upon q beau
tiful old box Of beaten copper. sunk
deep among the roots Of q fig tree. i
was strong. but It seemed too dainty
Tor = pirate-some great lady's jewel
box more likely-Chlypso shall show Il
to us presently. On opening it-wha'
do you thinkf It spilled over witt
Gpl6on doubloons-among which were
submerged some nne Jewels. such q
~ t!e ring you e me wearing. Ac
tuolly. lt was no great treasure. at {
ncnetary calculation-certainly no for
fnna--but from our romantic point q
y1SW1ns belonging % the race Of Eter
~ Chlldren. It was y Dorado. Alad
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