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Certainly. Why not7 Weren't
these islands for nearly three centu-
ries the stamping ground Of all the
pirates Of the Spanish Main? Morgan
was here. Blackboard was here. The
very governors themselves were little
better than pirates. This room we are
sitting In was the den Of one of the
biggest rogues Of them all-John Tin
ker-the governor when Bruce was
here building Fort Montague at the
east end yonder; building 1t against
pirates, and little else but pirates at
the Government house all the time. A
great old time Tinker gave the poor
Fellow. You can read all about 1t in
his Memoirs Nassau was the rem
devious for all the cutthroats Of the
Caribbean sea. Here they came in
with their loot, their doubloons and
pieces Of eight" and Johns eyes twin.
kled with enjoyment of the rich old
romantic words, as though they were
old port.
Here they squandered much of it,
no doubt, but they couldn't squander it
all. Some Of them were thrifty knaves,
too, and these, looking around for
some place of safety. would naturally
think Of the bush. The niggers keep
their little boards there to this day."
ut is their form Of stocking" put in
Charlie Webster.
Precisely. Well, as I was saying,
those old fellows would bury their
boards In some cave or other, and then
go off-and get hanged. Their ghosts
perhaps came back. But their money
Is still here, lots of it, you bet your
life"
do they ever make any flnds?" 1
asked.
Nothing big that know of. A jug
full Of old coins now and then. l
found one year or two ago in my
garden here-buried down among the
roots Of that old fig tree"
"Then," put in Charlie, "there was
that mysterious stranger over at North
Cay. He's supposed to have got away
with quite pile"
'Tell me about him." said I.
swell, there used to be an old &C.
centric character in the town here-a
halfbreed by the name of Andrews.
John will remember him
John nodded.
HE used to go around all the time
with big umbrella. and muttering to
himself. We used to think him half
crazy. Gone so broodlng over this
very subject Of buried treasure. Bet
ter look out, young man !''-smiling at
me. HE used to be always grubbing
about in the bush. Well. several years
ago there came a visitor from New
York, and he got thick with the old
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the secretary of the treasury. So John
rose.
II must get to work now. boys. We
can talk 1t over tonight" And then,
handing me the manuscript: "Take
it home with you, If you like, and
look it over at your leisure"
AS Charlie Webster and I passed
out into the street noticed the fell
low of the sinister pockmarked visage
standing near the window of the in
ner Office. The window was open, and
anyone standing outside could easily
have heard everything that passed
inside. AS the fellow caught my eye
he smiled unpleasantly and skunk off
down the street.
"Who is that fellow?" I asked Char
lie. 'He's a queer-looking specimen"
"Yes! he's no good. Yet he's more
half-witted than bad, perhaps. His
face is against him, poor devil"
And we went our ways till the eve
ming, to post home to the further
study Of the narrative. There, seated
on the pleasant veranda, 1 went over
1t carefully, sentence by sentence.
While was reading. someone called
me indoors. put down the manu-
script on the little bamboo table at
my side and went in. When 1 re-
turned a few moments afterward the
manuscript was gone!
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Good morning, Mr.. Saunders" said
an unpleasantly soft and cringing
voice.
Good morning." said John, some
what grumpily. "what is 1t you want?"
1t was some detail of account, which
being dispatched, the man shuffied of
with evident reluctance, casting a
long. inqulsitive look at us seated at
the desk. and John, taking up the man.
uscript once more. resumed:
half dollars-buried at a cay known as
Dead Mems Shoes, near Nassau, in the
Bahama islands. About fifty feet GO ft)
south Of this Dead Mems Shoes is a rock
on which we cut the form of a compass
And twenty feet GO it, East from the cay
Is another rock on which we cut a cross
Cx). Under this rock 1t Is buried four feet
a IT, deep.
The other is a sum of one million dollars
(Sl.ooo.ooO. It is buried on what was
known as Short Shrift island; on the
highest point Of this Short Shrift island
Is large cabbage wood stump and twenty
feet GO it, south of that stump Is the
treasure. buried five feet (5 ft.) deep and
can be found without difficulty. Short
Shrift island Is a place where passing
distance from Nassau, SO 1t can be easily
found.
The first pod was taken from Spanish
merchant and 1t is In Spanish silver
dollars.
The other on Short Shrift island is In
different kinds of money. taken from DIFF
ferent ships Of different nations-it Is all
good money.
Now friends. have told you all that is
necessary for you to know to recover
these treasures and I leave It in your
hands and 1t is my request that when
you read this, you will at once take steps
to recover 1t. and when you get it, It 10
my wish that you use 1t in a way most
good to yourself and others. This Ia all l
ask.
am, truly your friend,
HENRY P. TOBIAS
"Henry P. Tobias?" said Charlie
Webster. "Never heard of him. Did
you. John?"
"Never."
And then there was stir in the
outer office. Someone was asking for
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"Those Old Fellows Would Bur!
Thai.

"Those Old Fellows Would Bury
Their Hoards."
fellow. They used to go about lot
together, and were often off on So
called fishing trips for days on end.
Actually, 1t is believed, they were
after something on North Cay. At all
events some months afterward the
New Yorker disappeared as he had
come and has not been heard from
since. But since then they have found
a sort Of brick vault over there which
has evidently been excavated. I have
seen 1t myself. A sort of walled cham
ber. There, it's supposed the New
Yorker found something or other.
That's the story for what It's WORTH"
As Charlie finished John slapped his
knee.
"The very thing for you'll" he said |;
"why have I never thought Of 1t be-
fore2"
"what do you mean. john" we both
asked.
"Why down at the office I've. got the
very thing. A pity l haven't got 1t
here. You must come In and see 1t
tomorrow"
'What on earth is it7 Why do you
keep us guessingf"
"Why, it's an old manuscript that
came into my hands short time ago.
Charlie, you remember old Wicks.-old
Billy Wlcks-'Wrecker' Wlcks. they
called him"
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EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
At Chicago,


Chicago. - Hogs : Heavy. S15.5O@
$780,: medium, s16.50 1900; light
S16.75 1900; light light, $3.50 @ 1880;
packing sows, smooth, S14.75 a 1925;
packing sows, rough, $4,000 1850;
pigs. $16.5091S.00.
Cattle-Beef steers, medium and
heavy weight choice and prime. s15.75
4l7.50; medium and good, S1l.00G
1850; common. sS.75@11.00: light
weight. good and choice, S13.75 1915,
% Sutnher cattle ah ed heifers ss5S y9 q i5s9
cows. $6.25 Q13.50. Gamers and cut.
tors. $1,000 6.25. Veal calves light and
handy weight. S20.009 21.00. Feeder
steers, s760Q125O. Stocker steers,
$6.25 a 1000. Western range beef steers,
$500 a 1900; cows and heifers. S6.250 "a
1880.
Sheep-Lambs 81 pounds down
$13.50@15.75: culls and common. $500
013.75. Yearling wethers. S10.5O@
1925. Ewes. medium. good and choice,
$7.00@S.50; culls and common, s2.250
0,l0
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LOVE AND ADVENTURE

"PIeess Of Eighth" immedl-
atsIy the Imagination begins tts
magic work. Thoughts fly to tho
old pirate days Of the West In.
dlss-ths days Of the buccaneers,
Of fighting, adventure and treas
ure. "Pleees Of EIoht"-spanIsh
dollars bearing the figure g.
mean to the Imagination great,
dark, steeI-bound chests, with
their puzzle-locks and mysterious
riches Of gold and gems. They
mean pirate loot buried and lost
to their pirate owners-and still
waiting through the years a
lucky finder.
They mean, too, tropIo cIlmes
where II 10 always green and
frost 10 q thing unthInkabIe-
where fruit Is ready to the hand
and clothing IL an ornament and
the sun comes up like thunder,"
and blue skies and crystal waters
run the gamut Of all that ls love.
Iy In color.
Richard le Galllenne 10 a lit
erary craftsman. Poetry and
prose como equally to his pen.
So, In addition to Interest Of
plot, we have In "Pieees Of
Eight" the charm Of tho written
word.
Love- adventure, mystery,
buried treasure amid scenes far
from tho ordInary-what moro
can the reader ask In entertain
ment2
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II should say do. A wonderful old
villain"
"But the document, for heavens
sake" said. 1.-THE document first
the story will keep"
"Well, they were pulling down
Wicks' own house Just lately. and out
Of the rafters there fell roll of pa
per-now I'm coming to tia roll of
paper, purporting to be the account of
the burying Of certain treasure, tell
Ing the place where 1t Is buried, and
giving directions for finding it"
Charlie and I exclaimed together
and John continued, with tantalizing
deliberation:
TITS a statement purporting to be
made by some fellow on his death
bed-some fellow dying out In Texas
a quondam pirate, anxious to make
his peace at the end and to give his
friends the benefit of his knowledge"
"Oh. Johnl" said I, II shan't sleep
wink tonight"
II don't take much stock in it." said
John. "Tm inclined to think it's u
hoax. Someone trying to fool the old
fellow. -. But, boys. it's bed
time. anyhow. Come down to the
office in the morning and we'll look
1t over"
So our meeting broke up for the
time being, and taking my candle I
went upstairs, to dream Of caves over
flowing with goldpieces, and John Tin
ker. fierce and mustachIoed. standing
over me. cutlass between his teeth
and a revolver in each hand.
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Book !.
CHAPTER I.

introduces the Secretary Of the Treas
ury Of His Britannia MaJestys Gov
ernment at Nassau, New Provl.
denee, Bahama Islands.
During the summer Of 1908 was
paying what must have seemed like an
intermlnable visit to my old friend
John Saunders, who at that time filed
with becoming dignity the high-sound-
Ing office Of secretary Of the treasury
OF his majesty's government, in the
quaint little town Of Nassau, In the
island Of New Providence. one of
those Bahama islands that lie half
lost to the world to the southeast of
the Caribbean sea and form a some
what neglected portion of the British
West Indies.
Time was when they had sounding
name for themselves in the world !;
when the now sleepy little harbor
gave shelter to rousing freebooters
and tarry pirates, tearing in there un-
der full sail with their loot from the
Spanish Main.
But those heroic days are gone, and
Nassau is given up to sleepy trade
In sponges and tortoise shell, and
peace is no name for the drowsy tenor
OF the days under the palm trees and
the scarlet pOincianas.
Here handful of Englishmen,
clothed In the white linen suits of
the tropics. carry on the government
after the traditional manner Of Brit
ish colonies from time immemorial,
each of them, like my friend, not with
out an English smile at the humor of
the thing. supporting the dignity Of
offices with impressive names-lord
chief justice, attorney general, speak
er OF the house, lord high admiral,
colonial secretary and SO forth.
My friend the secretary of the
treasury is man possessing In an un-
common degree that rare and most at
tractive of human qualities compan-
condolences. AS we sit together in the
hush OF his snuggery of an evening,
surrounded by guns, fishing lines and
oio prints, there are times when we
scarcely exchange a dozen words be-
tween dinner and bedtime, and yet
we have all the time keen and sat
isrying sense Of companlonshlp. 1t is
1ohn Saunders gift. Companlonship
seems quietly to ooze out of him,
without the need of words.
And occasionally we have as third
IN those evening conclaves big, slow
smiling broad-faced young merchant
OF the same kidney. In he drops with
u nod and smile, and takes his plnce
IN the smoke cloud of our medltations,
Iaaiatlng without the effort of speech
that good thing-humanlty though
one must not forget the one subject
On which now and again the good
oharlie Webster achieves eloquence
IN spite of himself-duck shooting.
John Saunders subject Is shark
l,Snihg Duck shooting and shark
hshlng. 1t is enough. Here. for SEN
s'oie men, is a sufficient basis for life
long friendship. and unwearying, in
eNhaustlble compasionship.
IL was In this peace Of John Saun-
uers' snuggery one July evening in
iooa' the three Of us being duly met
ano ensconced In our respective arm
chairs, that we got onto the subject
y, buried treasure. It was who start
sd us of by asking John what he
knew about buried treasure.
Al this John laughed his funny little
qulet laugh. Buried treasured" he
sald; well, I have little doubt that
.ne Islands are full Of it--if one only
knew how to get at IT," ,-.S
seriously1" asked.
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Love Enduret., All Things.

Love beareth all things, believeth
all things, endureth all things. Peo-
pie we love sometimes disappoint' us.
They do things we never dreamed they
could do. If we love them. we shall
not abandon them because they have
faults. We shall just believe that one
day they will put away their faults,
cease to do evil, and learn to do well.
Love never despairs of anyone. Love
never fAileth.
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OF Ono RELIGION.

All humble, meek, merciful, just,
pious. and devout souls. are every
where Of one religion. and when death
has taken off the mask they will know
one another, though the divers liver
les they wear make them Strangers
Penn.
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When IL eeoln Kind Act..

A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this.
that when the injury hogan on his part,
the kindness should begin on ours.-
Tillotson.
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METAL MARKETS.

Bar silver, sl.12ha.
Copper, pound, 224 24c.
Lead. $500.
Spelter. 1920.
Tungsten, per unit, s7.5O412.O0.
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A million and a half dol
lars buried on Dead Mans
Shoes and a million on Short
Shrift isIand-What no!
Wanted Masculine Touch.
(TO BE CCNTINUED.l

"aHeeu mascUIIHo OUCH.
Bobby was small boy, but he OBJ
jected vigorously to a little waist that
had big collar and cuffs with a mar.
row ruffle around the edge. When
asked the reason he said be didn't
like the "girl" IN Il.
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XeycfulllcH.
Flour and sugar.

Flour and Sugar.
(Wholesale Prices by U. S. Bureau of
Markets.)
Wheat flour (in quarters.
per cwt. s55O@5.65
per cEt .................s ~ .s4.2o94s
Sugar. granulated per cwt.. 1906
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ChIcako Produce.

Chicago. = Butter = Creamery. 470
54hc.
Eggs-Market unchanged.
Poultry-Alive. springs, 2Sc; fowls,
26931c.
Potatoes-Minnesota Early Ohios
sacked and bulk. field run, carlots
$2.so9 OSLO cwt. Minnesota round
whites. sacked. United States grade
and white varieties. sacked, cariots,
t2.76 02.90 cwt.; Idaho round whites,
partly graded sales to jobbers. $500
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Western Newspaper Union News 5
DENVER MARKETS.
ws Servlc.
Hogs.
Sheep.

Lambs. fat, good to CHI. sl4.50 a 1925
Lambs. fat. fair to good. 1880 q $50
Lambs, feeders .. 1i.5Cd12.75
Yearlings .......... 9.506p10.O0
Ewes, fat. good to choice 1909 7.75
Ewes fat fair to good. 1909 7.25
Breeding ewes .... 7.5Ug 600
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Cash Grain In Chicago.
Chicago.-Corn-No. 2 mixed. 1850
oats-No. white. SEX @71c; No.
white. SIN 070ko.
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Fruit.

Apples new ..........S2 So .00I 300
Apples, Colo box ..... .9002.25
Apricots crate ...... 2.U0u2.50
Black raspberries. crate -. 800
Cantaloupes, Rocky Ford,
standard crates .......... 2.nnn 2.hu
Cantaloupes, pony crates.... 1.25 OILS
Cherries, crate ....-.....-.. 3.UJ q J.I1
Peaches Colo box....... rs "a 1.S5
Raspberries. crate ... .2543.50
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DreHsetI Poultry.
DFtNNtu VHEN1y'
lllowing prices on dressed pouI
Live Poultry.
Itlittcr

ESEs. strictly fresh. case
count ....,............ 81 SO a 12.lU
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Creameries. eX.
Creameries. I'd
Process butter
Packing stock
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BY Richard lie GaIIienne

Copyright By Doubl

'oubleday, Page q Company.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-02-14
COUNCIL TO FORCE
HUN COMPLIANCE
SCREWS TO BE TiGHTENEO TO
COMPEL GERMANY TO Full
FILL HER OBLIGATIONS.
Premier Clemenceau Declares That
While Germany Has Been Beaten,
There Is Yet Many Problems
Before Final Peace.

Paris.-The supreme war council is
reported TO have reached decision
at Saturdays meeting that it was
necessary to impose more severe con-
ditions' upon Germany for the renewal
of the arInistice, because of Germany's
attitude toward the fulfillment of her
obligations Decisions are also said
to have been reached for the control
of German rehabilitation and of the
production of plants formerly engaged
in producing war material.
1t is expected that the means for
securing the execution Of the condi-
lions laid down will be reached at
Mondays session of the council.
while l have said that the war has
been won, it would perhaps be more
accurate to say that there is a lull in
the Storm" said Georges Clemenceau,
the French premier, in the course OF
an interview Sunday. "At least" he
added, at is as well to face squarely
all the possibilities"
Although Germany had been beaten
militarily and had been largely dis
armed, there still remained. the pre-
mier pointed out, chaotic, but fruit
full, Russia from which great help may
be drawn by the Teutons."
There would be danger, he thought
/ of ''reopening of the military de-
1 bate" if it We're not for the assurance
President Wilson had voiced recently
that whenever France or any Other
free peoples was menaced the whole
world would be ready to vindicate 'its
liberty"
In the society of nations, said the
premier, each nation must be willing
to renounce its traditional aloones'
and be willing to employ the natona
strength outside its own country boil
in war and in peace.
Premier Clemenceau warmly praiset
the hei,l the American troops ha'
, given in winning the war for de
: lmocracy
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-02-14
NATION HoNoRs ROOSEVELT.
Many Cities Join in Memorial Service
for Famous American.

Washington.-1n almost every city
and hamlet Of the land Americans
gathered ON February Q and paid trib-
ute to the memory of Theodore Roose-
Welt acclaimed one of the greatest
world figures of his time.
In the house Of representatives the
officials of the three branches Of the
government Joined with the ENJOYS of
foreign nations in honor of the man
who achieved the greatest personal fol-
lowing in the countrg's history and left
Il lasting impression on the develop
ment of the American republic,
The simplicity that characterized the
great citizens was reflected in the cere-
monies. The only Grafton was delivered
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, who in accents betray-
! ing the intensity and ardor of his feel
lings, reviewed the life and analysed
| The qualities of his lifelong friend. The
voice of the venerable statesman broke
as he concluded his eulogy with these
words from the pilgrims Progress"
$50 valiant-for-Truth passed over
and all the trumpets sounded for him
On the other side"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-02-14
GIGANTIC TAX BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
MEASURE GOES THROUGH BY
VOTE OF $40 TO II, AFTER
LONG DEBATE.
Party Leaders Join in Prophesyine
That the Bills Tax levies Are Too
Low, and Predict That Higher
Taxes Must Be Provided.

Waslington.-The house on Satur-
day, February s. concluded its work
on the mountaineering war revenue
bill by adopting. 80 to IL, after six
hours discussion. the conferees' agree
ment on the measure. 1t now goes to
the senate for final approval, which
Is expected in a few days.
The conference report, which pro-
poses to raise six billion dollars in
taxes this year and more than four
billions annually until repealed, will
be taken up by the senate Immediately
after disposal of the woman suffrage
resolution. Its adoption by the senate
and approval by President Wilson are
regarded as assured
During debate in the house Satur-
day, Democratic and Republican lead
ers joined in declaring that the bills
tax levies were too low, both for this
year and 1920, and predicted that high
err taxes must be provided by the next
congress.
Opposition to the report was not
bdSt', hbWtNti, oil It's ttiA iiilIloNtS, bht
TO minor amendments, particularly the
child labor legislation.
Besides the child labor provision,
several house members criticised as a
''pittance" the $50 pay bonus provided
for persons discharged from military
service.
Representative Kitchin, Democratic
| leader, made the principal address
| commencing the bill as whole, but
| declaring 1t should have imposed
higher taxes and that it would not
meet future requirements. He ex
pressed the belief that expenditures
this year would total $20,000,000 ant
| 0,000,000,000 in 1920, and that b!
the end of the next fiscal year the
bonds outstanding would aggregate
$4,000, 100000 He explained, how
ever, that to enact the bill and TAKE
| $1,70O, 100000 more than under exist
ing law from 'profteers," charged
with conducting propaganda agains
it's passage, the house conferees wer
compelled to give and take.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-02-14
EBERT DECLARES
OLD ORDER GONE
APPEALS FOF. UNITY IN ADDRESS
BEFORE THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY.
Declares People Are Determined to
Rule Themselves and That Allies
Must Not Push Conquered
Nations Too Hard.

Wemai'.--The old order in Germany
has gone beyond recall and the people
are now determined to rule themselves.
declared Friedrich Ebert, the chancel.
cellor, calling the national assembly
to order here Friday afternoon
1--WE will call on the old German
spirit of Weimar," he said. Eve will
be au empire of justice and truth"
The chancellor opened the proceed.
ings of the assembly at 3:15 o'clock
He was received with applause as he
advanced for the ceremonies. In open
trg, he addressed the assemblage as
ladies and gentlemen"-a form of
address never before heard in Ger
man legislative body.
The chancellors speech was AN earn
est appeal for unity and untiring labor.
Herr Ebert said he hailed the deci-
sion Of German Austria to bring about
that national unity of the German
race which alone can afford guaran-
tee of tlourishing and economic life. y
'rhe assembly, 397 members of which
were present, adopted the old standing
orders of the reichstag as temporary
rules of procedure.
I, Need the chancellor continued, de.
livered Germany to her enemies, but
he protested against being slave tC
Germanys enemies for thirty, forty OF
sixty years.