American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-10-28
SPANISH
DOUBLOoNS
By
CAMILLA KENYON
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Jane Harding. respect
able and conservative old spinster-but
never too old to think of m~arriage-wtth
more money than brains, is invei9led by
estrong-minded spiuster, Miss Higglesby~
browne, into financing an expedition to
island. Her niece, Virginia Harding, UNI
dertaking to stop her, gets on the vessel
engaged for the hunt, and in the confu-
sion is unwfllinK1y carried along.
CHAPTER H.-By no means concealing
hAr distaste for the expedition and her
contempt for its members, Virginia makes
the acquaintance of the Honorable Cuth-
bert gane, and Ia somewhat impressed.
CHAPTER uL-Talking with Dugald
Shaw. the leader of the expedition, Vir-
s1nia very frankly expresses her views.
practically accusing Shaw and the Other
members OF ihe party, including a soma
III uncertain parsonage, Captain Mag
nus, and q shady ~"hnancier," Hamilton
II: Tnbbs. Of being in a conspiracy to de-
fraud Miss Jane Harding. Their relations,
naturally, are somewhat strained.
CHAPTER Iv.-LandinE on the island
70 a matter Of some difficulty, Virginia
sslqs y esrgie d q ss4 SIs In sas ssms rS Of G isas-
ing. however, W safely effected.
: CHAPTER V.-Led by Miss Higglesby-
Browne, the party draws up an agree
msat whereby Virginia Harding is barred
expedition. Believing the whole thing to
be a fraud, Virginia Is not greatly wor-
RED. Cuthbert .Vane alone votes against
the exclusion OF Virginia.
r. ~
the Sand. and - 'cooki e,sS the colored
member of the party, insists he has seen
a "hant." in the form OF a white pig;
During a walk Virginia meets the "hant,a
IL Iat1 Anrrtar and nElIIh1V DTlnkA
".'' "s'' u, iii 9ns
CHAPTER vII.-on the island is the
hut of a copra gatherer, and the presence
of the dog, named "Crusoe" by virginia,
is thus Accounted for Rambling about
s as2hb bSgii " th nsyI sSBad fI{S}6 70 y ri S5mss
upon a sand-imbedded sloop, the Island
Queen. Returning to the camp, she Is
intercepted by Captain Magnus, who &C
: costs her unpleasantly. She escapes him,
with the aid of "Crusoe."
| wished l could visit the place in
darkness. 1t would be thrice as mys-
terious. filled with It's hollow whis-
pering echoes, as In the day. From
the ledge far above my head led off
those narrow, teasing %crevices in which
the three explorers did their unre-
warded %burrowing. / could see the
strands of a rope ladder lying colled
at the edge of the shelf, where it was
secured by spikes. The men dragged
down the ladder with a boat-hook when
they wanted to ascend. looked about
with a hope that perhaps they had left
the boat-hook somewhere.
/ found no boat-hook, but instead
spade, which had been driven deep into
the sand and left, too firmly imbeddet
for the tide to bear away. At once {
burning hope that l, alone and unas
sisted, might bring to light the treas
ure of the Bonny Lass seethed In m!
veins. | jerked the spade loose anC
fell to.
10Y discovered the great truth tina
digging for treasure is the most thrill
ing and absorbing occupation know
to man. Time ceased to be, and tn
weight of the damp and close-packet
sand seemed that of feathers. Thi
temporary state of exaltation passed
to be sure, and the sand got yer,
heavy, and my back ached, but still
dug. Crusoe began to fuss about an,
bark. He came and tugged at m.
skirt, uttering an uneasy whine.
BE quiet, Crusoe !" l commanded
threatening him with my spade. Tn
madness of the tre~asure-lust possesse