American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-11-25
SPANISH DOUBLOONS
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sibiIity of it soon enough.

aunt jane, IrooplnSs udu ueeu leu
away to the cabin by Miss Higglesby-
Browne. You now heard the voice
of Violet in exhortation, mingled with
Aunt James sobS. | seemed to see
that an ear of Mr.. Tubbs was cooked
attentively Ia that direction. he had
indeed erred Ia the very w~antonneSS
of triumph, for a single glance would
nave kept Aunt Jane loyal and prodi-
gal of excuses for him in the face of
any treachery> Not even Violet could
have clapped the lid on the up-welling
font of sentiment In u James heart.
Only the cold c~ontemning eye of ii. ID.
himself had CONCEALED that tepld how.
The morning wore on with ever-in-
creasing heat, and as nothing nap
pened / began to find my watchful
waiting dull. Crusoe, worn out per-
haps by some private nocturnal pig
hunt, slept heavily where the drip Oh
the spring over the brim OF OLD
Heintz's kettle cooled the air. l be-
gan to consider whether 1t would not
be well to take a walk with Cuthbert
Vane and discover the tombstone all
over again. l knew nothing, of course,
of Mr.. Tubb's drastic measures with
the celebrated landmark. AS to Cuth-
,bert's interrupted courtship, l depend
ed on the vast excitement of discoV-
'ering the cave to distract his mind
from 1t. For that was the Idea, or
course-Cuthbert Vane and / would
explore the cave, and then whenever
l liked l could prick the bubble of Mr.
. Tubbs' ambitions, without relating the
whole strange story of the diary and
the Island Queen.
But meanwhile the cave drew Ue
like a magnet l j~ealcusly desired TO
be the first to see it, 10 snatch from
Mr.. Tubbs the honor of discovery. And
/ wanted to know about poor Peter
and the doubloons that he had gone
back to fetch.
But already Captain Magnus had
p forsaken the post of duty and depart
ed on an unknown errand. Gould ask
Cuthbert Vane to do 1t, too2 And
then l smiled a smile that was half
proud. l might ask him-but he would
refuse me. In Outhbert's simple code,
certain things were dome" certain
others not. Among the nets was to
fail in standing by a friend. And just
now Cuthbert was standing by Dugald
Shaw. Therefore mods and becks and
wreathed snlles were vain In Cuth-
bert's quiet, ,e~asy-mannered, thick
headed way he could turn his back
calmly on the face of love INT follow
the harsh call of duty even to death
1t would nat occur to him not to
And he never would suspect himself
Of being a bere-that would be quite
the incest part of 1t.
And yet / knew poor oOnthbert wa
an exploded superstition, an anachro
anism, part of a vanishing order OF
1ssings, and that the ideal which was
replacing him was a boilerplated mon
ster with elOckwork heart and brain
named Efficiency. And that Cuthber
must go, along with his Jaoebean ma
nor, and his family ghost, and the
oaks in the park, n everything else
tina couldn't prove its right to live
except by being fine and lovely anC
full of garnered sweetness of the
past
AT this point in my meditations the
door Of the cabin opened and Mis-:
Browne came out, looking sternly res
olute. Aunt Jane followed, very pinl
about the eyes and nose. With
commanding gesture Miss Browne sig
nailed the rest to approach. Mr.. Tubbl
bounced up with alacrity. Mr.. Shaw
and Cuthbert obeyed less promptly
but they obeyed. Meanwhile viole
waited, looking im%placable as fate.
And where is Captain Magnus7
she demanded, CHANGING about her.
But no one knew what had becom.
of Captain Magnus.
As for myself, l continued to sit IL
the shade and tat. But could hea
with ease all that was said.
"Mr. Tubbs," began Miss Browne
your recent claims have been matte
of prolonged consideration betweei
Miss Harding and myself. We feel
we cannot but feel-that there was
harshness in your announcement O
them, an apparent concentration G
your own interests, Ill BETTING a men
Der of this expedition. Also, that 1
actual substance, they were excessive
Not half, Mr.. Tubbs; oh, 20, not half
But one-quarter, Miss Harding an
myself, as the joint heads of the Hare
ing-Browne expedition, are incline
TO think no more than the rewar
which is your due. We suggest, ther'
fore, a simple way out of the diff
Guilty. Mr.. Dugald Shaw was engage
on liberal terms to find the treasur
He has not found the treasure. II
has not found the slightest clue to II
present whereabouts. Mr.. Tubbs, Q
the contrary, has found a clue. II
a clue of the first importance. II
equivalent almost to the actual disco
cry OF the chest. Therefore let NJ
Shaw, convinced l am sure 2 tn
calm presentation Of the matter Of Il
'ust!ee Of such a course, resign h
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