Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-02

Tobias; and we should be happy on
that very account. It shows that the
race of dragons is net. as / feared. ex-
tinet And as for the happy ending.
we VIII arrange il, after lunch-for
which. BY the way, you are somewhat
late"
After lunch the king resumed, but
In brief and entirely practical vein:
we are about to be besieged," he
said. "The woods, probably. are al
ready thick with spies. For the mo-
! ment we must suspend operations on
our Golconda"-his name for the ru-
ins that we were to exeavate-"and.
as our present purpOse--yours no
less than ours, friend Ulysses-is
to confuse Tobias. my suggestion is
this: that you walk with me a mile
or two to the nor'ard. There is an
entertaining mangrOve swamp should
like to show you, and also you can
give me your opinion Of an idea of
mine that you win understand all the
better when l have taken you over the
ground"
So we walked beyond the pines,
down onto a long, interminable fiat
land Of mari marshes and mangroye
/ trees-sO like that in which Charlie
Webster had shot the snake and the
wild duck-that only Charlie could
have seen any difference.
"Now," said the 'klng," "do you see
a sort of river there, Overgrown with
mangroves and palmettos?"
"Yes," 1 answered, almost
though it's so choked up it's almost
impossible to say"
'Well," said the "king," "that's the
idea; you haven't forgotten those old
ruins we are going to explore. You
remember how choked up they are.
Well, this was the covered waterway,
the secret creek, by which the pi-
rates-John Teach, or whoever II was;
perhaps John p. Tobias himself
used to land their loot. It's so over
grown nowadays that no one can find
the entrance but myself and a friend
or two: do you underestimate
We walked a little farther, and then
I at length came to the bank Of the
creek the "king" had Indicated. This
we followed for half mile or so,
till we heard the murmur of the sea.
ave needn't go any farther" said
the "king." Its the same all the
way along to the mouth-all over
grown as you see, all the way, right
out to the white water as they call
it-which is four miles Of shoal sand
that is seldom deeper than two faith
oms, and which nOr'easter Is liable to
blow dry for a week on end. Naturally
lis a hard place to find, and hard
place to get off land only two OF
three persons besides Sweeney-all of
them our friends-knOw the way in.
Tobias mny know of it; but to know
1t is one thing, to find it is another
matter. | could hardly be sure Of 1t
myself--if l were standing in from
the sea, with nothing but the long
palmetto-fringed coast line to go by.
"NOw you see 1t? / brought you
here, because words"
"Even yours, dear king" l laughed.
could not explain what l suggest
, for us to do. You are interested in
Tobias. Tobias is interested in you.
; l am interested in you both. And Ca
, lypso and have a treasure 10 guard"
81 have still treasure TO SEEK" 1
: said half to myself.
''Now, to be practical. We can as
J sumo that Tobias is on the watch. !
don't mean that he's around here just
now, for before we left l spoke TO
Samson and Erebus and they viii pass
, the word to four men blacker than
themselves; therefore we can assume
( that this square mile or so is for the
moment to ourselves But beyond
| our fence you may rely that Tobias
and his myrmidons-ls that the word?'
he asked with a concession to his nat
| ural foolishness-"are there.
$50" he went on, 81 want you to 30
down to your boat tomorrow morn
ing to say goodby to the cOmmandant,
: the parson and the postmaster; to haul
; up your sail and head for Nassau. Call
: in on Sweeney on the way, buy an
extra box Of cartridges, and say Dieu
ct mon Droit'-it is our password: he
win understand, but, II he shouldn't,
explain in your own way that you
: come from me, and that we rely upon
him to look out for our interest. Then
: head straight for Nassau: but, about
. eight o'clock, or anywhere around
; twilight, turn about and head-well
: wen map 1t out on the chart ai
{ home-anywhere up to eight miles
, along the coast till you come to light
E low down right on the edge Of the
: water As soon as you see 1t droT
anchor; then wait till m0rning-ths
+ very beginning Of dawn. As soon as
/ you can see land look out for Sam
4 son-wiihin hundred yards Of you
/ all the land win look alike to you
Only make the captain head straight
' for Samson, and just as you thInh
= you are going to run ashore Well
; you win seeP
: Continued Next Saturday.
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