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call them, and there we were able to
dig him a fairly respectable grave.
Tom and Sailor and l were now, to
the best Of our belief, alone on the
island, and a lnesomer spot it would
be hard to imagine, or one touched at
certain hours with a fairer beauty
a beauty wraithlike and. like a sea
shell. haunted with the marvel Of the
sea.
First we went over u stores, and,
thanks to those Door dead mouths that
did not need to be reckoned with any
more, we had plenty Of everything tc
last us for at least n month, not to
speak OF fishing, at which Tom was an
expert.
When, however. We turned to our
plans for the treasure hunting we
soon came to a dead stop. The indi-
cations given by Tobias seemed, in the
face of such a terrain, naive to- a de-
gree. Possibly the land had changed
since his day. Some little, of course,
it must have done. Tom aud | went
over Tobias directions again and
there was the compass carved on the
rock, and the cross. There was some
thing Notwithstanding which, II 1t
was ever there at all, was there still
for in that climate the weather leaves
things impoverished almost as in Egypt.
Sitting on the highest bluff we could
find, Tom and / looked around.
THAT compass Is somewhere among
| these internal rocks-if it ever was
carved there at all-that's II thing
certain, Tom; but look at the rocks!'
Over twenty miles of rocks north
and south, and from two to six from
east to west. A more hopeless job the
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CHAPTER YIN.
An Unfinished Game of Cards.

An Unfinished Game OF CARDS.
One evening as l returned to the
ship unusually worn out and disheart-
ened / asked Tom how the stores were
holding out. He answered cheerfully
leave us enough TO get hoEle.
"Well, shall we stick out the other
week CT not. Tom? I don't want to
kill you, and | confess I'm nearly all
in myself"
MAY as we'll stick it out. ar, now
We've gone so far. Then Wen have
done all we can and there's a certain
satisfaction in doing that. sar."
SO next morning we went at II
again, and the next, and the next
again. and then on the fourth day,
when our week was drawing to its
close, something at last happened to
change the grim monotony of our days.
It was shortly after the lunch hour
Tom and /. who We're now working too
far apart to hear each others hallOos
had fired our revolvers once or twice
to show that all was right with us.
But, for no reason l can give, l sud,
denly got a feeling that all was not
right with the old man, so l fired my
revolver and gave him time for a re.
ply. But there was no nswer Again
| fred. Still no answer. l was on the
point of firing again when / heard
something coming through the brush
behind me. 1t was Sailor racing
toward me over the jagged rocks
Evidently there was something wrong
"Something wrong with old Tom.
Sailor?" l asked, as though he could
answer me. And indeed he did answer
as plainly as dog could do. wagginG
his tail and whining and turning to go
back with me in the direction whence
he had ONE
"Of we go. then. old chap" and as
as l could.
It took me the best part Of an hour
to get to where Tom had been work
Ing. Sailor brushed his way ahead,
pushing through the scrub with canine
Importance. Presently, at the top OF
a Slight tlCNjiiti, 4 tdlEc dIlioiiS llic
bushes to a softer spot where the soil
had given way, and saw that it was
the mouth Of a shaft like a wide chin.
ney f1ue. the earth Of which had evil
IDENTIFY fallen in. Here Sailor stopped
and whined, paving the earth, and at
the same time l heard a moaning un-
%derneath.
IT'S that you, Tom? I called. Thank
God, the old chap was not dead at all
events.
"Thank the Lord, it's you, sar," he
cried. I'm all right, but I've had a
bad falkland l can't seem able to
move"
"Hold on and keep up your heart
I'll be with you in a minute" I called
down to him.
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mind Of man could not conceive. Tom
shook his head, and scratched his
CRAVING wool.
81 60 most by the ghost, sar," he
said. "All these men had never been
killed If the ghost hadn't been some
where near. Mark me, IL we find the
treasure it'll be by the ghost"
THAT'S all very WELL" l laughed.
"But how are we going to get the
ghost to show his hand? Hes got
such bloodthirsty ways with him."
'Thcy always have, sar," said Tom,
no doubt with some ancestral shudder
Of yoodoo worship in his blood. yes,
sar, they always cry out for blood. It's
all they've got to live on. They drink
it like you and me drink coffee or
rum. It's terrible to hear them in the
night"
swell. Tom" I remarked. you may
be right, but of one thing I'm certain;
If the ghosts going to get any one, it
sha'n't be you."
"We've both got one good chance
against them" Tom was beginning.
"Don't tell me again about that old
sucking fish"
"Mind you keep it safe, for all that"
said Tom graveiy. II wouldn't lose
mine for a thousand pounds"
swell. oil right, but let's forget the
damned cid ghosts for the present"
We decided to try a plan that was
really no plan at all that is to say, to
seek more or less at random, till we
consumed oil u stores except just
enough to take us home. Meanwhile
we would, each of us, every day, cut q
sort of radiating swathe, working sim
gle-handed, from the COW entrance.
Thus we would prospect as much of
the country as possible In a sort Of
fan, both Of us keeping our eyes open
for a compass carved on q rock. In
this way we might hope to no in
considerable stretch OF the country in
the three weeks, and, moreover, the
country most likely to give some re-
suits, as being that lying In a semicir-
Gle from the little harbor where the
ships would have lain. It wasn't much
Of q plan perhaps, but 1t seemed the
most possible among the impossibles.
Harder work than we had UNDER
taken no men have ever set their hands
to. It would have broken the back Of
the most able-bodied navy and when
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CHAPTER VII.
In Which Tom and ! Attend Several
Funerals,

Funerals.
When Tom and l came to look over
the ground with a view to finding a
burial place for the dead l realized
with grim emphasis the truth OF
Charlie Webster's remarks-in those
snuggery nights that seemed so re-
mote and far away-On the nature Of
the soil which would have to be gone
yer In quest Of my treasure. No won
der he had spoken Of dynamite.
"Why, Tom." 1 said, "there isn't a
w~heelbarrow load Of real soil in a
square mile. We couldn't dig a grave
for a dog In stuff like this" and, as I
spoke, the pewterlike rock under my
feet changed and echoed with a metal
lie sound.
"Come along, Tom, l can't stand any
more Of this. Well have to leave our
funerals till tomorrow, and get aboard
for the night"-for the Maggie Darling
was still floating there %serenely, as
though men and their violence had no
existence on the planet.
WED better cover them up, against
the turkey %buzzards," said Tom, two
Of those unsavory birds rising in the
air rs we returned to the shore. We
did this as well as We We're able with
rocks and the wreckage of an old
boat strewn on the beach.
l don't think two men were ever SO
glad of the morning, driving before it
the haunted night. After breakfast
our first thought was naturally to the
sad and disagreeable business before
us.
II tell you what I've been thinking,
sar," said Tom, as we rowed ashore,
and ! managed to pull down a turkey
buzzard that 0 ut our approach
happily our coverings had proved fair
" effective-"Tve been thinking that
the only one OF the three that really
matters Is the captain, and we can
find sufficient soil for him in one of
those big holes"
"How about the others?"
"Well, to tell the truth, I was think
ing that sharks are good enough for
them"
"They deserve no better, Tom. and
I think we may as well get rid Of them
first"
So 1t was done IS WI said, and car
rying them by the feet and shoulders
to the edge Of the blun-George, and
Silly Theodore. and the nameless giant
who had knocked me down SO oppor-
tunely-we skillfully flung them In.
and they glided or with scarce q
splash.
Then We turned to the poor captain
and carried him AZ gently rs we could
over the rough ground to the biggest
Of the banana holes, ~ the natives
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TO Il sHARksl

Eynopsis-The man who tells this
story-call him the hero, for short
Is visiting his friend, John Saun-
ders. British official in Nassau.
Bahama Islands. Charlie Webster,
q local merchant, completes n
trio OF friends. Conversation turn
ing upon buried treasure, Saunders
produces a written document pur-
porting to be the death-bed state
ment OF Henry p. Tobias, a suc-
cessful pirate, made by him In 1859.
1t gives two spots where two mil
lions and a half OF treasure were
buried by him and his companions.
The conversation OF the three
friends is overheard by a pock-
marked stranger. The document
disappears. Saunders, however. has
q copy. The hero. determined to
seek the buried treasure. charters
the auxiliary schooner Maggie OAR
ling. The pock-marked mar is
taken on as a passenger for Span
ish Wells. Negro Tom catches and
cures a sucking fish" as a mascot
for the hero; It has the virtue Of
keeping off the ghost Of the pirate
who always guards pirate treasure.
On the voyage somebody empties
the gasoline tank and the hero
starts things. He and the passen-
ger clash. He lands the passenger,
who leaves a manifesto bearing the
signature, Henry p. Tobias. Jr."
With q new crew. the Maggie OAR
ling sails and is passed by another
schooner, the Susan b. The hero
lands on Dead Mems Shoes.
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CHAPTER Vi-Continued.

II can't afford to give you that,
Theodore"
"I'd die for dat" he declared.
''Take this handkerchief instead"
but, meanwhile, my eyes were open
Ing. stake this instead, Theodore" l
suggested.
I'D die for dat he repeated, touch
ing the tie.
His voice and touch made me sick
and afraid. just as people in a iunatic
asylum make n afraid.
"LOok out !" murmured Tom at my
elbow.
And Just then / noticed hiding In
some bushes Of seven-year apple trees.
two faces I had good reason to know.
l had barely time to pull out the
commandant's revolver from my
pocket. I knew 1t was to be either
the pockmarked genius or the engi-
neer. But for the moment l was not
to be sure which one l had hit. For,
as my gun vent off, something heavy
came down ON my head. and fer the
time / was shut off from whatever else
was going on.
(which did I hit. TomT" were my
first words as l came back to the
glory cf the world; but I didn't say
them for q long time, and, from what
Tom told me, it was a wonder l ever
said them at all.
'sThere he Is, sar." said Tom. point
ing to a long, dark figure stretched
out near by. I'm afraid he's not the
man you were looking for"
"Poor fellow" l said ; 1t was George,
the engineer; "I'm sorry-but l saw
the muzzles of their guns sticking out
Of the bush there. 1t was they or
me-"
'sThat no lie, sar, and IL It hadn't
been for Int suckin' fish's skin you
wouldn't be here now"
ut didn't save me from a pretty
good one on the head, Tom, did it!'
mo, sar. but that was just it-if
It hadn't been for that knock on the
head, pulling you down just that min
ute, that thar pockmarked fellow
would have got you. AS 1t was, he
grazed your cheek and got n Of his
own men killed by mistake-the very
fellow that hit you. There he is
Over there"
"And who's that other. Tom?" I
asked, pointing to another dark figure
q few yards away.
That's the captain, sar.'
ssThe captain? Oh. TIM sorry for
that. God knows Tn sorry for that"
Eyes. sar, he was one Of the finest
gentlemen l ever knowed was Cap
tain Tomlinson /; q brave man and a
good navigator. And he'd taken a pow
erful fancy to you. for when you got
that crack on the head he picked up
your gun and began blazing away. with
words I should never have expected
from q religious man. The others, ex-
cept our special friend"
Let's call him Tobias from now on,
Tom," I interposed.
well, him, ar, kept his nerve, but
the others ran for the boats as II the
devil was after them; but the cap
tain's gun was quicker. and only four
Of them got to the Susan B. The other
two fell on their faces. as II some
thing had tripped them up. In a couple
0f feet Of water. But just then Tobias
III the captain In tho heart: an II
yonly be had one Of those skins-but he
a1rays laughed on such things as su-
perstiticass
There was only me and Tobias
M&A4FR##f4%## - a##f@8A - "
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Two East Takers.

Oklahoma produces two Of the fast
est takers in the national house of
representatives. The expert official ste-
~nographers Of the lowed body say that
Representatives Scott and Ferris ana
Charley Carter-the latter with a trace
Of Indian blood IN his veinS-can spin
out words faster than possibly any.
body else in public life. Their dictior
and enunciatio,i are good, however
ard they are easier to report steno-
graphically than Il slow-talking speak.
er who gets his sentences all "balled
up" and has not terminal facilities
when he gets Involved with nounS adj
j%ectives, verbs and adverbS. The fell
low who starts a sentence and never
puts Il verb III it is the pest of repor-
tOrial experience.
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A cave, a pirates bones,
a chest and
(TO BE ~CONTINUED.)
Cure for rheumatism,

A certain variety Of seaweed, known
In Ireland as "tope." has been recon-
mended by a famous physician as q
cure for rheumatism and throat affec.
lions il eaten hot, whilst in some parts
Of England and Wales q variety Of
seaweed. known as ~'laver," has been
In demand for years as a vegetable.
Served with roast meats 1t Is said to
be extremely palatable.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-19
Critic Coins New Word.

Tired Of the hackneyed phrase. .
gripping" story originated by some
weary critic and eagerly snatched up
BY book advertisers. 1t has remained
tor = Boston dramatic critic to dis
cover q new term. He has found q
play that u '.rtveting'' In it, tntsnaits
e interest.
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HoN'S This ?

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on the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 76c. Testimonials free.
z. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
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The result Of their 80 years experience
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NOW RAISES
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could scarcely do my
work, and as l live
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six hundred
chickens e year
it made it very hard
for me.
II saw the Com.
pound advertised in
our paper, and tried
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Prudence in women should be an in
stinct, not Il Nirtue.-Talieyrand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
DO YOU YAWN AT CONCERTS?
IL So, There Is a Reason, Which Is
Thus Explained by Modern :
Song Writer.

If a person yaWnS during a SYM
phony concert and twists his program
instead Of being absorbed in classical
music it may not be his fault. It may
be due to an undeve1oped pituitary
body, which is located in the brain,
back of the temples.
This is according to Cyril Scott, the
song writer, in his 1.-THE Philosophy
of Modernism in Connection With
Music Mr. Scott says that this pitu-
itary body is highly susceptible to mu-
steal vibrations, if normally developed.
In other words, it is the seat of the
emotions. He goes further and adds
that it is the seat of the astral or sub
limal self. This is in keeping with
the theory of the ancients that this
gland is the seat of the soul.
In commenting on Mr.. SCOTS state
ment, Medicine and Surgery MRg2Eine
says:
AT time like this when the pitu-
itary body is the paramount topic OF
conversation in medical circles on ac-
count of its influence on our under
weight or overweight, Cyril SCOTS
message in regard to it's attitude to-
ward music should give us pause. The
faulty pituitary body can be corrected,
no doubt, by treatment; made super
sensitive and vibrant; thus a person
Indifferent to music may become highly
appreciative to it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17

other men had smelled real tobacco,
they would probably have murdered
me, and could not have blamed them
for it.
That was the first and last cigarette
got in Germany, and you can be-
heve me when / say that enjoyed
it. There was not much to it, but i
smoked it until there was not enough
left to hold in my mouth, and then
used what was left and mixed it with
the bark that we made cigarettes out
of. Incidentally, this bark was great
stuff. do not know what kind of
tree it was from, but it served the
purpose. Whenever fellow wanted
to smoke and lit one OF these bark
cigarettes, few puffs were enough.
He did not want to smoke again for
some time afterward, and like as not,
he did not want to eat either. They
were therefore very valuable.
It is very hard to get matches IN
the camps, and when any prisoner
does get hold of one, 1t is made to last
a long time. Here is how we make a
match last. Some one gives up the
sleeve of his coat. and the match is
carefully lit, and the coat sleeve
burned to a crisp. Then we take
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
CHAPTER Xxx.
kuItur-the Real Stuff.


Neustrelitz was mainly for Russian
prisoners, and there were neither Brit.
1sh nor French soldiers interned there
only sailors of the merchant marine
such as the men was with. The
Russians were given far worse treat
,ment than any other prisoners. This
was for two reasons, as near as could
make out. One was that the Russian
would stand most anything, whereas
the British and French could only be
goaded to certain point, and beyond
that lay trouble. The other reason
was that the Russians sent German
prisoners to Siberia, or at least, SO the
Huns thought, and Fritz hates the
cold. So, hating the Russians, and
realizing that they were used to be-
ing under-dogs, Fritz picked on them
and bulIied them In way that the
rest of us would not have stood. We
would have rushed them and gone
west with bayonets first.
The barracks were made of spruce,
and were about ninety feet long and
twenty-five feet wide, and you can
take it from me that as carpenters,
whoever made them were fine farm
ers. There were cracks in them that
you could drive, an automobile through
When we were there. each barracks
had a stove in the center, good stove
and a big one, but at first it was of
no use to us, because the Germans
would not give US coal or wood for it.
But after shivering for while, we be-
gan ripping the boards out of the bar
racks. and taking the dividing boards
from the benches that we used for
beds.
Later, they gave each of us a mat
tress filled with wood shavings. and
blanket that was about as warm as
pane of glass. The mattresses were
placed on the ground in the barracks.
which were very damp. and after three
or four Gays, the shavings would be-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
TOOK FLING AT BOOSTERS
Visitors Suggestion Probably Did Not
Tend to Make Him Popular
in Los Angeles.

Merle Sidener, local advertising
man, recently returned from West
ern trip In which he visited the city
of Los Angeles. He was impressed
with the boosting Of the Los Angeles
citizens and said he learned that an
Oregon colonel from Portland was the
guest of honor at banquet in Los,
Angeles. The usual after-dinner
speeches were made, all boosting the
city of Los Angeles, but each speaker
regretted that Los Angeles had not
been founded on the coast. The speak
ers all said that had the city been on
the coast instead of ten miles or so
from it, the city would be the garden
spot Of the world. The visiting colo
mel was called on to speak and said:
Gentlemen, / am impressed with
your city as much as you are and be-
lieve that ! can suggest way In
which you can accomplish your WISH"
All of the citizens present leaned
forward eagerly, for this was no doubt
the solution that had long been wait
ing for. The colonel continued:
''This is what you should do. OBJ
tain large pipe, run it from the cen
ter Of your city into the ocean and if
you can suck as hard as you can blow
the ocean will soon be in your city. -
Indianapolis News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
PROPER CARE OF THE SICK
Nurses Duties Are onerous, but They
Must BE Recognized as Highly
Necessary.

1t is important that the mother or
nurse attending child with con-
tagious disease should take a long
walk in the fresh air every day. The
best way for her to arrange this is
to keep a change of clothing in the
room next to the sick room. She
should also battle before leaving the
house or in fact before she comes in
contact with anyone. If bathroom
has been set aside for quarantine. she
should use this; If not, a screen and
basin must answer. She can then slip
into the next room and change her
clothing.
She should leave the house by the
back way, or, at any rate avoid COM
ing in contact with any of The occu-
pans of the house. Once on the
street she should not use the street
cars nor enter another house and, IL
possible, should avoid touching any
one.
The fumigation of a sick room
after contagious illness is done by
the board of health upon request of
the family MISUNDERSTANDING
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
Soap Bubble Lasts for Months.

The air Of ansordinary room is fillen
with tiny particles Of matter which
fall on the airy soap bubble, alter the
surface tension, and oof-it is gone.
says the Popular Science Monthly
The effect Of these minute particles on
the stability of bubbles was first
brought to light by Sir Dewar. He
experimental in clarified air until he
was able to produce bubbles which
lasted for months. He has even pro-
dnced soap film, which was year
old recently and which seems to re-
main just as it was. So tell the chill
dren that the secret of successful soap
bubbling is to have a perfectly pure
soap solution and to blow the bub-
bles in and with air tbar is also per.
fectly pure.