The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-12-23

ffludy. LduleS, am one llldt III
clined to boast, but jest want to
warn you not to be too astonished
when II. II. makes acquaintance with
Bill Halliwell's tombstone, which I'm
willIn to lay he does yet"
"Well, good luck to YOU" said the
grim Scot, "and let me likewise warn
all hands not to be too astonished II
we find that the treasure is not in the
cave. But I'll admit ii is as good
place as any for beginning the search"
The cave which was now the center
Of our hopes--I say our, because some
how or other l found myself hoping
and fearing along with the rest,
though carefully concealing it-ran
under the point at its farther end.
The distance was about sixty feet
from mouth to mouth, and back OF
this transverse passage great
vaulted chamber stretched far under
the land. The walls of the chamber
rose sheer to a height of fifteen feet
or more, when broad ledge broke
their smo0thness. At high water the
sea flooded the cavern to its farthest
extremity and beat upon the walls.
Now and again, it was to prove, even
the water-worn pavement between the
two archways was left bare, and one
could walk dry-shOd along the rocks
under the high land Of the point from
the beach to tie cave. But this was
at the very bottom Of the ebb. Most
" the lower end Of the cave was
flooded and the explorers went back
and forth in the boat.
A certain drawback to boating In
our island waters was the presence
of hungry hordes Of sharks. You
might forget them for moment and
sit happily trailing your fingers over
board and then huge moving shadow
would darken the water, and you saw
the ripple cut by a darting fin and
the flash of llvid belly as the mon.
ster rolled over, ready for his mouth
full
What with the genius Of Cookie and
the fruitfulness of our island, not t
speak of supplies from the Army ant
Navy stores, we lived like sybarltes
There were fish from stream and sea
coconuts and bananas and oranges
from the trees in the clearing. hat
/ hopes of yams and breadfruit also, bu
| If they grew on Leeward none o.
us had a speaking acquaintance witt
| them. Cookie did wonders with tn
I pigs that were shot and brought II
. to him, though never could sit dow
: with appetite to massacred infap
served up on platter, which Is jus
, what little pigs look like.
"Jes' yo' cas- yo' eye on dis we're IL
y nahcent," Cookie would request, as h
E placed the sucking before Mr.. Tubb'
!. 'Tendah as a newton babe, he an
[ Jes' lax he been tucked up to sleep b
his nanny. Sho' now, how yo' 81
d de heart to stick de knife in him, Mil
d tab TubbsT
It 1t was significant that Mr.. Tubb
e after occupying for day or two a
e undlstinguished middle place at IN
d board, had somehow slid into III
o carvers post at the head of the tabl
d Thanking him were the two ladie
Everybody else had sense Of 81
~ ting In outer darkness, particularly
n whom fate had placed opposite Ca
"a tain Masnus. Since landing on Il
island, Captain Magnus had TO
= sworn the effeminacy Of forks. Loa
ed to the hiIt. his knife would a
proach his cavernous mouth and oil
appear in 1t. Yet when 1t emerge
A Captain Magnus was alive. Whe
III did it go? This was a question TIL
n agitated me daily.
i. The history Of Captain Magnus WI
obscure. 1t was certain that he h;
NJ his captains papers, though how
a had mastered the science of navigate
y sufficiently to obtain them was pro
lem. Though he held British MAJ
gators license, he did not appear
= be an Englishman.
E The captain. as Mr.. Nane had
81 marked. was Miss Brownies own fin
VA Before the objections of Mr.. Shaw
VI evidently a Negative influence fro
81 the beginning-had caused her
81 abandon the scheme, Miss Browne h
q planned TO charter a vessel In N
"a York and sail around the Horn
~ the island. While nursing this pr
"a ect she had formed an extensive
IA quaintance with persons frequenti
IA the New York waterfront amo
IN whom was Captain Magnus. As
M heard her remark. he was the Q
N nautical character whom she fou
sympathetic, by which | judge q
the others were skeptical and ru
N. Being sympathetic, Captain Magr
found 1t an easy matter TO attach HI
self to the expedition-Or perhaps
ace was Violet who annexed him, l do
is: know which.
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