The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-12-16

Away sailed the Benny Lass, sailing
once for all out of the story. As for
Captain Sampson. there is a long gap
in his history, hazily filled by the
story of his having been lieutenant to
Benlto Bonto and one of the two
survivors when BonitO's black flag
was brought down by the British frig-
ate Espiegle. But sober history
knows nothing Of him until he reap
pears years later, an aged and broken
man, in a back street of Bristol.
Here was living q certain Hopper
down Who had been boatswaln on the
Benny Lass at the time that she so
regrettably lost her passengers over
board lie saw and recognized his old
skipper hobbling along the Bristol
quays, and perhaps from pity took the
shabby creature home with him.
HopperdOwn dealt In sailors Stops
and had a snug room or two behind
the shop. Here for while the for
mer Captain Sampson dwelt, and af-
ter swift Illness here he died, with
the hand of death upon him, his grim
lips at last gave up their secret. with
stiffening fingers he traced a rough
map, to refresh Hopperdown's mem
ory after the lapse Of time since
either had seen the wave-beaten cliffs
of Leeward island. For Captain
Sampson had never been able to re-
| turn to claim the treasure which he.
had left to Bill HalliwelrS silent
guardianship. If he had, indeed,
sailed with BOnito, he had kept his
secret from his formidable command
or. Even as he had dealt with Bill
| HalliWell. so might BonitO deal by him
or at least the Hons share must be
yielded to the pirate captain And
the passion Of Captain SIMPSONS life
had come TO be his gold-his hidden
hoard on far-off Leeward island. It
was his, nov, all his. The only Other
who knew its hiding place, his for
mer mate, had been killed In Havana
in tavern hrawl The secret of the
bright unattainable treasure was all
the captains own. He dreamed of
the doubloons, gloated over them
forged for them with ceaseless
gnawlng passion of desire And in
the end he died, in Hopperdown's lit
tie shop in the marrow Bristol by
street.
Hoppcrdown, an aging man himself
and in his humble wM contented, fell
straightway victim to the gOld-virus
lie sold all he had, and bought pas
sagc in sailing shSp for Valparaiso
trusting that once so far on the wa!
he would find means to accomplish the
rest. But the raging of the fever il
his thin old blood brought him to hi
he'd, and the ship sailed without him
Before she was midway in the Allan
tic Hopperdown was dead.
The old man died III the house of
niece. TO whom by way of legacy h
left his map. For years the map la,
among other papers IN drawer, ant
here 1t was at length discovered b,
her son. himself a sailor. He learnet
, from her its history, and having bee
in the Pacific, and heard the tales an
rumors that cling about Leewar
island like the everlasting surf Of 1t
, | encompassing seas, this granddaughter
, of old Hopperdown's, by name Davi
Jenkins, became for the rest of hi
DAVIS a follower Of the ignis fatuu:
|, All his restless, hungry life he spen
in wandering up and down the seas
ever on the watch for some dimly In
), agined chance by which he might com
al the treasure. And so at last h
! wandered into the London hospiti
, where he died.
. And to me the widest feature OF III
whole wild tale was that at the las
he should have parted with the che
ished secret Of lifetime to Mis-
:. Higglesby-
a In a general way. every one Of I
. knew his history. Even / had had a
i outline OF II from Cuthbert Van
: But so Car nobody had seen the ma
. And now we were TO see IL: the tin
= that INTERVIEWED before that gre;
d event had already dvindled to mi
"a utes, TO seconds
"A But no; for Miss Browne arose ar
Is began to make a speech. The begi
A. ming Of It dealt In a large and gene
IS alzing manner with comradeship M
: loyalty. and the necessity Of the pro
# or mental attitude in approaching u
:, business we had In hEnd. did u
n .st.a closely. Thu truth is, ! want'
70 .;ee that map. Under the spell
!, the island. | had almost begun
n. believe in the chest Of doubloons.
D: Suddenly | awoke with a start
~ the fact that Miss Brown was talkil
e, about me- Yes. !, individually, "
A the Young PerScn whose motives
hi attaching herself to the party we
r. So at variance with the amity Al
IN mutual confidence which filled all OF
or breasts. II was who had utter
vs. words that were painful and astOun
Of ing 10 one conscious OF uuimpugnat
Il motives In the days Of toll to con
- We were reminded the Young Pers
a -. lie would hava No Shai