Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-23
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Mr.. Tubbs then produced a legal
looking document which / took TO b,
the original agreement OF the member
Of the expedition. Beneath their sig
natures he had inscribed a sort OF
codicil. by which / ~relinquished al
claim on any treasure recovered bJ
the party. / signed the clause In 9
bold and defiant hand, under the at.
tentive eyes of the company. A sort
of sigh went round, as though some
thing of vast mesaent had been con.
cluded. And indeed 1t had, for now
the way was clear for ylolet's map.
Coyertly / watched the faces around
me. MFR. Tubs eyes had grown
bright; he licked his dry lips. His
nose, tip-tilted and slightly dubious,
took on more than usually r0seate
hue. Captain .Magnus. who was of a
restless and jerky habit at the bes.
of times, was like a leashed animal
seeming blood. Beneath his open
shirt you saw the quick rise and fall
Of his hairy chest. His lips. drawn
back wolhshIy, displayed yellow, fang
like teeth. Under the raw crude greed
OF the mar you seemed to glimpse
something indeseribHbly vulpIne and
~ferocious.
The face of DugaId Shaw was con-
trolled, but there was a slight rigldity
in Its quiet. A pulse beat rapidly In
his cheek. All worldly good, all hope
- 49,, wAu.o~ f~I.pnrlarna htno
for him on the contents of the small
fiat package, wrapped In oil-sllk, which
Miss Browne was at this moment with
drawing from her pocket.
Only Guthbert Vane, seated next to
nae 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
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 II bears In the Adj
miralty 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
was absolutely no mark upon 1t TO
show where the treasure had been
buried.
Now for the writing on the sheet
below the map. Ii was In another
band than that which had written
Lantern bay across the face of the
cove. and which. though labored, was
precise and clear. This other was al
uneven, ~wayering scrawl:
He sed Ii is In q Cave with 2
mouths near by the grave of Bill Hal
liwelI wich was cut down for he new
10 mnch. He sed you can bring a 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.
RI. and a Cross Bones. In the Chist
Is gold Dubloons, a vast lott also a
silver Cross witch he sed leve for the
Grave for he sed Bill walks and that's
unlucky."
That was all. A fairly clear direc-
ton for any friend who had attended
the ~obsequies OF Bill and knew where
TO look for the stone marked b. H.
and a cross-bones. but to perfect
strangers 1t was vague
A blank look crept into the intent
faces about the table.
TILT don't happen to say In more
deetaIl Jest precisely where that cave
might be looked fort" inquired Mr..
Tubbs hopefully.
sIn more detaiI7v repeated Miss
Browne. chaliengingly. pray. Mr..
Tubbs, what further detail could be
rnQuired7s
s "A good deal more. / am afraid
remarked the ~Seotchman grimiy.
Miss Browne whirled upon him. In
.ker cold eye q spark had kindled.
And suddenly ! had q new vision OF
her. nav her no longer as the de-
1ndsr or Amt Jane, but ms herself the
d1n,pded. Her belief IN She treasure
11na m 6bnnnxi0n- This map WAS her
tnitsrAen, hes way Of escape from Al