Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-07-12

getting me. Something should be
done about It. eh. CharlIef" he con-
tlnued.
- traltOrl" r0ared Charlie. once
more employing that BFitise adjective
And then he turned to me:
Look here. old pal. I'll make a bar
gain with you. II you like. | suppose
you're keen for that other treasure
now. ehf"
Il am" said |. rather stlfiiy. I
swell. then. I'll go after It with
y0u-on one condition. You can keep
the treasure. II yOu1l give me Tobias
II would do my heart good to get him
as you had the chance OF doing that
afternoon. Whatever were you doing
to miss hlm7"
II proposed to myself the satlsfac-
tlon Of making good that mistake
said, ION our next meeting. I feel
owe II to the poor old captain"
"SeYer mind: hand the captains
rights over to me-and I'll help you
all I know with your treasure. Be.
sides, Tobias Is a job for an English
man-eh. JohnS It's matter Of king
and country with me. With you II
would be mere private vengeance,
With me 1t will be an execution; with
you 1t would be u murder. Isn't that
so, JohnT
Exactly" John nodded
"Slnce you were away" Charlie be-
gan again. "Fve bought the prettlest
yawl you ever set eyes on-the Fla
mlngO-fOrty-hye over all, and this
time the very fastest boat in the har-
Dor. Yes she's faster even than the
Susan b. Now I've a holiday due me
In about u fortnight. Say the word,
and the Flamlngo's yours for a couple
OF months. and her captain too. !
make only that one condition"
"All right. Charlie" I agreed; she's
yours"
Whereat Charlie shot out a huge
paw like a shoulder of mutton and
grabbed my hand with as much fervor
as though / had saved his life or done
him some other unlmaglnable kind
ness. And as he did so his broad,
sweet smile came back again. He was
thinking of Tobias,
While Charlie Webster was arrang-
ing his affairs so that he might be
able to take his holiday with free
mind I busted myself with provision
ing the Flamlngo, and In casually chat
ting with one and another along the
water front. In the hope Of gathering
some hint that might guide us on our
coming expedition. thought It pos
slble, too, that chance might thus
bring me some information as to the
recent movements Of Tobias.
In this way | made the acquaintance
OF several old salts, both white and
black, one or two OF whom time and
their nelghbors had invested with a
Legendary SAVIOR of the old "wrecklng
days" which, II rumOr speaks true,
are not entirely vanished from the
remoter corners of the Islands. But
either their romantic halOs were en-.
tlrely due to imaginative gossip, OF
they themselves were too shrewd To
be drawn, for | got nothing out of
them TO my purpose.
One afternoon In the course Of these
rather fruitless If interesting investi-
cations among the picturesque ship
yards of Bay street ! had wandered
farther along that historic wuter front
than Is customary with sightseeing pc
destrians, and had come to where the
road begins 20 be left alone with the
sea. except for a few country houses
here and there among the surrounding
scrub-when my eye was caught by
little store that seemed to have
strayed away from the Others--a small
timber erection painted In blue and
white with a sort Of sea-wlldness and
loneliness about Il, and with large
naive lettering across Its Intel an
nouncing Itself as an "Emporlum" q
think that was the world "of Marine
Curi0sltles."
! pushed open the door There wai
no one there. The little store was
evidently left to take care of itself
Inside II was like an old curiosity shOI
OF the sea, every available inch Of
space. rough tables and walls lItteret
and hung with the queer and lovely
brlc-a-brac of the sea. Presently /
tiny girl came ln as 1t seemed, from
nowhere and said she would fetch hel
father. In a moment or two he came
a tall. weathered Engllshman OF thu
sailor type, brown aud lean, will
lonely blue eyes.
"You don't seem afraid Of thieves,
| remarked.
ut amt a jewelry store" he said