Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-18
CHAPTER ,ll-cont,nusd

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"By the way, dear king I said. as
Stunning a casual manner, ''do you hap
pen to have sonf' e
..'No" he answered, Calypso is my
only child"
every stranger" I said, 1--WE met a
whimsical lad in our travels whom I
would have sworn was her brother"
'sThat's oddr" said the ''king" imper-
turbably, ''but no! ! have no sons"
and he seemed to say 1t with a certain
sadness.
Then Calypso came in to Join my
audience. having, meanwhile. taken
the opportunity Of twining a scarlet
hibiscus among her luxuriant dark
curls. should certainly have told the
story better without her, yet I was
glad-how glad!-to 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
as 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, l found that the
interest Of my story was once more
chiefly conferred in my pock-marked
friend Of ''the wonderful works Of
Cod" s
II should like to meet your pock-
marked friend" said King Alclnous,
-'and T have a notion that, with you as
q bait, shall not long be denied the
pleasure" ,a ,sag
II am inclined to think that have.
seen him already" said Calypso, using
her honey-golden voice for the base
purpose Of mentioning him.
Impossible r. cried; "he is long
since safe in Nassau jail.
"Oh, not lately" she answered to
our interrogative surprise. and giving
swift embarrassed look at her fa-
ther, which at once connected with
the secret Of the doubloons.
Seriously, Calypso?'' asked her IA
ther, with a certain stern affection, as
thinking Of her safety. ION. 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 its way
alike among the Hyperboreans that
dwell in frozen twilight near the
northern star, and those dwarfed and
swarthy intelligences that blacken in
the fierce sunlight Of that fearful axle
we call the equator. Therefore, I will
make return to you Of speech no less
frank and true -"
He took pun at his cigar, and then
continued: ..
~ should not risk this confession,
but 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 also belong. This ad-
venture Of yours after buried treasure
has not seriously been for the dou-
blooms anu pieces Of eight, the million
dollars, and the million and 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
I are just like that, and am going to
tell you something exciting-we too
have our buried treasure. It is moth
ing like 60 magnificent in amount as
yours, Or your Henry p. Tobias'-and
where 1t Is at this particular moment
/ know as little as yourself. In fact 1t
is Calypso's secret ;. ;"
I looked across at Calypso, but her
eyes were far beyond capture. In UNI
plummeted seas.
II will show you presently where I
found 1t. among the rocks near by
now haunt of wild bees.
"Can you ever forget that passage in
the Georgics7 It makes the honey
taste sweeter to me every time I taste
1t. We must have some Of 1t for din
ner, by the way. Calypso"
Icould not help laughing, and SO;
for moment, breaking up the story.
The dear fellow! Was there any bust
ness Of human Importance from which
he could not be diverted by quotation
from Homer or Virgil or Shakespeare?
But heawas soon In the saddle again.
'Well," he resumed, zone day, some
seven years ago, in a little cave below
the orange trees. grubbing about as I
am fond Of doing. came upon a beau,
tiful old box Of beaten copper. sunk
deep among the roots Of fig tree. It
was strong, but 1t seemed too dainty
for a pirate some great lady's jewel
box more likely-Calypso shall show 1t
to us presently. On opening it-what
do you think? It spilled over with
golden doubloons- which were
submerged some fine Jewels, such as
this tie ring you see me wearing. Ac-
tually, It was no great treasure, at q.
monetary calculation certainly no for
tune-but from our romantic point Of
view, as belonging to the race Of Eter-
nal Children. 1t was FL Dorado. Alad-
din's lamp. the mines Of Peru, the