The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-08-08

Aunt James asserting voice issued
from the depths OF her handkerchief.
which was rapidly becoming so briny
and inadequate that passed her mine.
From Cuthbert Vane alone there came
a steadfast no-and the Scotchman
put a hand on the boys shoulder with
a smile which was like sudden. sum
light in a bleak sky.
Mr., Tubbs then produced q legal
looking document which / took TO be
the original agreement of the members
of the expedition. Beneath their sig
natures he had inscribed a sort of
eodicil, by which l relinquished all
claim on any treasure recovered by
the party. | signed the clause in a
bold and defiant hand, under the at
; tentive eyes of the company. A sort
Of sigh went round, as though some
thing of vast moment had been con-
GUIDED And indeed it had, for now
the way was clear for yiolet's map.
Covertly / watched the faces around
me. Mr.. Tubs eyes had grown
bright; he licked his dry lips. His
nose, tip-tilted and slightly dubious.
took on more than usually roseate
hue. Captain Magnus, who was of a
restless and jerky habit at the best
of times, was like leashed animal
seeming blood. Beneath his open
shirt you saw the quick rise and fall
OF his hairy chest. His lips. drawn
back wolfishly. displayed yellow, fang
like teeth. Under the raw crude greed
Of the man you seemed to glimpse
something indescribably vulpine and
fer0cfous
The face Of Dugald Shaw was con-
trolled, but there was a slight rightly
in its quiet. A pulse beat rapidly in
his cheek All worldly good, all hope
of place, power, independence, hung
for him on the contents of the small
nat package. wrapped in oil-silk, which
Miss Browne was at this moment with
drawing from her pocket.
Only Cuthbert Vane, seated next to
me, maintained without effort his Sc
renity. For him the whole affair be-
longed in the category known as sport
ing, where a gentleman played his
stake and accepted with equanimity
the issue.
The dead sailors legacy consisted
of a single sheet Of time-stained pa
per. Two-thirds Of the sheet was COW
cred by a roughly-drawn sketch In
faded ink, giving the outline Of the
island shores as we had, seen them
from the Rufus Smith. Here was the
cove, with the name it bears In the Ad-
mirallty charts-Lantern bay-written
In, and a dotted line indicating the
channel.
To all appearance the map was
merely to give Hopperdown his direc-
lions for entering the cove. There
show where the treasure had been
buried
Now for the writing on the sheet
below the map. 1t was In another
hand than that which had written
Lantern bay across the face OF the
) cove, and which. though labored. was
precise and clear. This other was an
uneven, wavering scrawl:
"l9e sed 1t is in a Cave with
MOUTHS near bg LIE grave VI blll 1aA-
nweH witch was cut down for he new
to Iauch. He sed you can bring boat
to the cave at the half Tide but be
ware the turn for the pull is strong
He sed to find the Grave again look
for the stone at the head marked B
81. and a Cross Bones. In the Chist
is gold DubIoons, a vast lot. also q
silver Cross witch he sed leye for the
Grave for he sed Bill walks and that's
unlncky."
That was ALL A fairly clear direc
tion for any friend who had attended
the obsequies of Bill and knew where
TO look for the stone marked B. a
and a cross-bones. but to perfeei
strangers ii was vague.
A. blank look crept into the intent