Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27

pearl aud tho moon. II was fhe very
Secret Rose OF Romance: and. also,
mark you. II was some money--oh,
perhaps, all told. II might be sDme five
thousand gulneas, or--what would you
sayf--twenty.f odd thousand dol.
lars Calypso. knows better than I. and
she. as I said, alone knows where II In
now Lid. and how much Of II now re-
mains"
He paused TO relight his cigar. while
Calypso and l. Well. he began again /:
snow my dnughter and l." and he
pausetkto look nc her fondly. though
OF the rice OF Eternal Children, are
not without some OF the innocent wis
dom which Holy Writ eountenances No
the self-protectlon OF the Innocent
Calypso, may say, Is particularly en-
lowed with this quality. needing II M
she does especially for tho guardian.
ship for her foolish laxative old IA
ther, who. by the way. is almost at the
end of his tale.NSo, when this old chest
flashed Its bewIldering dazzle upon US,
we, being poor folk. were not more
dazzled than afraid. For--like tho
poor man In the fable-such good for
tune was all too likely to be our IN
doing. should IL come TO the ears or
the great. or the INDECENT criminal
The great In our thought was, ! am
ashamed to say, the sacred British
treasury, by an ancient law OF which,
forty per cent of nil 'treasure-trove'
belongs to his majesty tho king. The
INDECENT criminal was represented by
well, our colorcd (and not 80 very
much coloredD nelghbors. OF course
we ought to have sent the whole treas
ure 10 your friend, John Saunders of
his Britannia majesty's government at
Nassau, but Well. de didn't. Some
day.. perhaps. you will put In word
for US with him. US you drink his old
port, In the snuggery. Meanwhile, we
hati an idea. Calypso and L"
He paused--for Calypso had invol-
unfairly made a gesture. as though
pleading TO be spared the whole reve-
lation--and then with u smile. contin-
ued:
1--WE determined to hide away our
little hoard where 1t would be safe
from our neighbors, and dispose OF II
according to our needs with O certain
tradesman In the town whom we
thought we could trust-a tradesman,
who, by the way. quite naturally levies
a little tax upon us for his security
No blame to himl have lived far toe
long to be hard on human nature"
"John Sweeney" / asked, looking
over ut Calypso with eyes that dared
at last to smile.
1.-THE very same, my Lord Ulysses
answered my friend.
And so I came to understand that
Mr.. Sweeney's reluctance in selling me
that doubloon was not so sinister as II
had, at the moment. appeared; that II
had in fact come Of loyalty which
was already for me the most precious
of l0yalties.
"Then," said I, 'as fitting conclu
sion to the confidence you have re
posed In me. my Lord Alcinous, II Miss
Calypso would have the kindness te
let us have sight OF that chest OF
beaten copper OF which you spoke.
would like to restore this, that was
once a part Of fits contents, wherever
the rest of them" (and ! confess
that paused a moment) may be ir
hiding"
And I took from my pocket the sa
cred doubloon that I had bought from
John Sweeney--may Heaven have
mercy upon his soul for sixteen dol
lars and seventy-hve cents, on that Inn
mortal evening.
ITO Be Continued.)