Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-09

deed my bogus departure for Nassau
"a had fooled Tobias As We had hoped
But. even 50. with that lure Of Ca
: lypso's doubloon ever before aim. /
4 was too probable that be would no
. leave the neighborhood without SOM
a further investlgation-"an investlga
tion,@ the king" explained. ~whlcl
might well take the form Of a mid
night raid; murdered in our beds. aat
so forth"
That being 80. being In fact almes.
eertainty-the king spoke Is
though be would be a much alsap.
pointed man etherwise-we must Ieok
g our garrison. After sll. besides our
selves, We had but Samson and nre-
bus and their dark brethren Of douht-
fal courage while Tobias prshably
mad command Of round dszen Of
doughty desperadoes On the wAeie.
perhaps. IL might be best to avail
ourselves OF the crew sf the Flsmia-
under cover OF the dark hs re-
peated with q smile.
Z
While We had been talking Samson
had long since been on his way with
/ the word TO Sweeney to look cut fer
Webster, and as he had been sanion.
ished to hurry back Il was scarcely
noon when he returned. bringing In
exchange verbal message from
Sweeney.
The pockmarked party" ran the
message as delivered by Samson ahad
left the harbor In his sloop that morn !
Ing. Yes. sarlH
Hal hal laughed he king" turn
ing to me. $50 two can play at that
game, says Henry P. Tobias. Jr. But
II we haven't fooled him let's make
sure that he hasn't fooled US. Wen
bring up your crew all the same-what
do YOU thinkfH
Under cover of the dark" | as
sented.
The 'king's" Instructions TO me were
that was not to show my nose out
side the house, must regard myself
as a prisoner with the entire freedom
OF his study--a large airy room on
the second floor, well furnished with
all manner of books, old prints,
strange fishes in glass cases. rods.
guns, pipe racks, eurlOsltles Of every
kind from various parts Of the world.
And then I came upon photograph
hanging over the writing desk-a tall,
Spanish-lo0king young woman of re-
markable beauty. 1t needed but one
glance to realize that here was Ca
lypso's mother. and as was natural | '
stood a long time scanning the coun- ,
tenance that was so like the face
which, from my first sight of 1t, had
seemed the ioyelIest in the world. This {
was flower that had been the mother |
OF flower. II was face more primi- J
tive In its beatty, little less touched {
with race than the one loved, but {
the same fearless natural nobility .
was In 1t, and the figure had the same !
Wild grace of pose, the same 1.-THE ]
strength of carriage. s
Two or three days went by, but as
yet there was no news of either Char r
lie Webster or Tobias. Nothing fur '
Iher had been heartl of the latter IN $
The settlement, and careful patrol
Ing of the nelghborhood revealed no |!
signs Of him. Either his sailing away
vas a bona fide performance or he c
vas lying low In some other part of v
he island--which Of course would not
,e difficult thing for him to do. as II
most OF 1t was wilderness-and AZ. d
'iso, thare were one or two coves on
he deserted northern side where he e.
'ould easily bide his time. Between "
nat coast and us, however, lay some u
en- miles of scrub and mangroye II
wamps, and 1t was manifestly out ST
4 the, question to patrol them too. g
here was nothing to do but watch e
nd walt. n
at last there came n message from
'harlle Webster, another Of his Caesa- u
Ian notes: "sorry delays few days al
'nger ANY newsY'
That seemed to decide the "klnR."
What do you say, Ulysses" he
aid, IF we begin digging tomorrow
here are ten Of us-with as many
uns, four reyolvers and plenty Of Gu
achetes-not counting Calypso. who TO
an excellent shot herself"
| agreed that nothing would please
e better--so an early hour the FOL. sh
wing morning found US with the
hole garrison-excepting Samson. Il
hom Il had been thought wise to
ave at home as a bodyguard for bll
alypso-lined up at the old ruined de
ansion with picks and shoyels and ch
aehetes. ready to commence opera
ons. sal
We had worked for a week before 81
. made a clearance Of the ground hir
Dor. Then at last we came upon
'lldly built stone staircase. winding tin
,wnward. After clearing away the
'brls with which Il was ehoked to cri
'pth Of some twenty or thirty stems at
came TO a stout wooden door stud. me
d with nails. nes
The dungeon at last" said the US,
ing" ter
THE kitchens, I bet" said l. 10
After some battering the door gave das
y with a crash, moiderlng breath .
OF the grave met our nostrlls. aud VII
cloud OF bats few In our fares and ART