American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-12-09

mood.
Why should the frequent and nat
ural phenomena Of tears produce such
panic In the male breast? "It's heen
too much for herr" exclaimed the once
dour Scot In tones OF anguish. "Hur-
ry, lad-we must lind her some wa.
ter"
Nonsense" | lnterposed. winking
rapidly. "Just think Of some way to
calm those creatures, so that | shan;
see them In my dreams, begging and
beseechlng-" For | had not forgot
ten the immensely of my debt 10 Tony.
So a note vas written on a leaf
torn from a pockethook and thrown
over the cliff weighted with a stone.
The captives swooped upon II. Fol-
lowed Their a vivid pantomime by
Tony, expressive Of eased II unrepent-
n minds, while Mr.. Tubbs, by GEES
lures, indicated that though sadly mis-
understood. old IL. II. was still our
friend and b~enefactor.
II was an attentive group to which
on III return TO camp | related the
circumstances which had made possi-
BILE our late exploit of lmprisoning the
pirates in the cave. The tale OF my
achievements, though recounted with
due modesty, seemed to put the finish
ing touch TO the extinction OF Violet,
for she wilted finally and forever, and
was henceforth even bullled by Aunt
Jane. The diary of Peter vas pro
duced, and passed about with awe
from hand to hand. Yesterdays DIS
coyery in the ave mad n out
the history of Peter TO Il melancholy
completion. But though we knew the
end we guessed In vain at the begin
ming, at Peters name, at that OF the
old grandfather whose thrifty piety
had brought him TO Havana and to the
acquaintance of the dying mate OF
the Bonny Lass, at the whereabouts or
the old New England farm which had
heen mortgaged To buy the Island
Queen, at the Identity Of Helen, who
waited still. perhaps, for the lover
who never would return.
But even our regrets for Peter dld
not chill the exultation with which we
thought of the trensure-chest waiting
there under the sand In the cabin or
the Island Queen.
All afternoon we talked Of 1t. That,
for the present. was all we could do.
There were the two prisoners In camp
to be guarded-and they had present.
ly awakened and made remarks of a
strongly personal and unpleasant
trend on discovering their situation
There was Crusoe invalided, and need
ing petting, and getting 1t from every
body OH the score of his %ronuntic past
as Benny as well as of his present vir-
tues. The broken leg had been clever
ly set by Dugald-somehow In the late
upheaval Miss and Mister had dropped
quite out of our vocabularies-with
Cuthbert as surgeons assistant and
me holding the chloroform to the pa
TENTS nose. There was the fatigue
and reaction from excitement which
everybody felt, and Peters diary to b'
read, and golden dreams to be In
dulged. And there was the delicate
question to be discussed, Of how th'
treasure should be divided.
"Why, 1t ali belongs to Virginia, o
course said Cuthbert, opening hi
eyes at the thought Of any other view
being taken but this obvious one.
Nonsense 7" | hastily I~nterposed
my finding the diary was just an &C
cident; Ill take u share OF lt-nl
more"
Here Miss Browne murmured some
thing half lnaudible about "-confine,
to members OF the expedition" bu
subsidized for lack Of encouragement.
Il suggest" said Dugald, that, ou
numbers having most fortunately d
mlnIshed and there being, OF the basi
OF Peters calculations, enough TO en-
rich us all, we should share an
I share alike" And this proposal wa
: received with acclnmatiOns, as was
second from the same source, devO
ing a certain percentage Of each shar
: to Cookie, TO whom the news OF hi
? good fortune was to come later as
: great surprise.
= Shortly before shutdown Cuthbei
= and Cookie were dispatched by Dugal
Shaw to the cliff above the ave wit
= supplies for the inhumed pirate
: These were let down by rope. A moi
: was brought up on the rope, signed b
: Mr.. Tubbs, and containing strangeI
. jumbled exhortatlons, prayers an
. threats. A second descent Of the r0I
u elected another misslve, neatly fOlde
and addressed In the same hand
y Miss Jane Harding. Cuthbert ga'
y this privately to Inc but lis cOnten
i must forever be unknown. for II wen
: unread. into Cookies fire. I had I
c mind t. find Aunt Jane, with her Ut
: brella as u parachute, vanishing Oy'
IL the cliffs 10 seek the arms Of a repen
ant Tubs.
= The fly IN the ointment Of our sat-
y faction, and the one remaining obst
u Gle 10 u possession Of the treasur
" was the presence OF the i've pirat
" In our midst. They we're rot nice
rates. They were quite the lea
~ .T.4a. - fN. g.fT.ast.. ltIrf. s.E.