Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-10-20
tcHAPTER Ill, Continued,

have been unable to find any stone
,msrked B. 81. on the ground above II,
but ] fear that a search after Bins
tombstone would be, hopeless. Under
circumstances such as those Of the |
mates story, It seems to me that all
the probabilities point to their con-
cealing the chest An the cave with
an opening on the bay. TO get the
boat, laden with the heavy chest,
through the surf to any OF the other
icavesif the various cracks and fis-
sures ! have seen are indeed properly
to be called caves-would be- stir
work for three menu Yes, everything
indicates the cavern under the point.
The only question Il, isn't It indicated
too clearly7 Would q smooth old
scoundrei such as this Captain Samp-
son must have been have hidden his
treasure in the very place certain to
be ransacked II the secret ever got
Out7 Unless It was deeply buried,
which It could have been only at GER
tain stages Of the tide, even old Heintz
would have been apt to: run across 1t
In the course OF his desultory re-
searches for the riches Of the buc-
cancers. And ], am certain placid old
Heintz did not mislead me. Besides,
at Panama, he was making arrange
ments to go with some other Germans
on small business venture to Samoa,
which he would not have been; likely
TODD Il he had just unearthed vast
fortune In buried treasure. Still, r
shall explore the cave thoroughly,
though with little hope. q
"oh, Helen, if I could watch these
.tropic stars with you tonight!
January 8. I think / am through
with the cave. under the point the
Cavern OF the Two Arches, I have
named It. peered into every crevice
In the walls, and sounded the sands
with drill. / suppose would have
made q more thorough Job Of II II 4
had not been convinced from the first
that the chest was not there. Shall
p ever forget the feeling that stirred
me when first ! turned the pages Of
my grandfather's diary and saw there
Din his faded writing, the story OF the;
mate Of the Bonny Lass, who died II
Havana In my grandf ather's arms!s
My grandfather had gone as supercar.
20 In his own ship. and while he did
a good stroke Of business In Havana
trust his shrewd Yankee instincts FOR
athat-he managed to combine the
service OF God with that. Of Mammon.s
Many a poor drunken sailor, taking
his fling ashore In the bright, treach-
erous plague-ridden city. found In
him q friend. as did the mate Of the
Benny Lass in his dying hour. oh,
II my good grand father had but made
sure from the mans own lips exact
W where the treasure lay! Ii ii Is
enough to make one fdncy that the
unknown Bill, who paid Nor too much
knowledge with his life, has his own
fashion Of guarding the hoard. But
7 ramble. was going to say; that
from the moment whom T learned from
my grandfather's diary Of the exist
ence Of the treasure, 4 have been driv-;
en- by an impulse more overmaster-
Ing than anything have ever expert
.enced in my life. It was, believe,
what old-fashioned pious folk would
cali al leading. All my life i had been
'1rresOlute, the sport OF circumstances,
trit1ng with this and that, unable to
set my face teadfastly toward any
goal. Yet never, since, I have trodden
this path. have & looked to right or
left. have 1ened both human opin-
Ion and the obstacles which an nm
friendly fate. has thrown In my way:
All alone. i. q sailor hitherto of pleas
urn craft among the bays and Islands!
the New England coast put forth:
Sins my little sloop for IA Syoyag ri 81
three hundred miles On the loneliest
wastes OF the eific.. All alone sssii{ts
I say! No. there was, Ben the faith
ful. His head III N \ nv knee ID II
write. He know, thinl, that his
masters mood u satls tonight Oh,
HSlen, e You ever see flhsese lines win.
ypds realize how I have longed f0 1s.s youj
~ III h6iN IL sOmetim seems that MY Ssouls
must Itself loose from ny body
andsspeed ~ you across half a world1s
~ Euar Since my last record
my time has been well filled. InE 'thsS
Island Q1eengI have been surveying
the coasts 0f my domain, sailing ~
close IL ID II dared, and taking note
OF every crevtce that might be the
mouth OF q cava. I'll, either in the.
rowboat Or bx "a bling down the
ellis, visit the Ind III ifesi boint, II IT,
/ bitterly hard abot,i b1t has III corn-