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from the cabin reef and fell u Hogk.
II gas n9t, after all. . lAsanr VI Her
cal~S The cabin Was srn&il aht thu
chest iargc. watched with tie prids
u prcprsssersalp the swtiS ease vita
Which tire steel sinew~d. arms VI. tAs
Ssot nasie the eakea s@aa n.y.. Thea
TIA spade struck something which seat
back dull metallic so1ad tAroagh the
muf1lag sand
gave little sartek Cf exrisesa~nk
Hardy coaid have been taere thrilled
II had believed the chest stu TO coa.
tain the ,reasere u Which II had he~a
rAvished. II Was clled to It's brass.
bound bd with romance, " hot with
gold
Al length. kne-llns before II !
raised xisA a. sSaEi iAs Asasy lsa.
Empty. u cear~e--nc snurv brown
bags But Oh. Dugsld. had eyer girl
such a wonderful brides ehes, a. thisi
O--Ohf'
What's wrunEY"
"Ncshing. only there Is q crack In
the bottom. Manning all the way along
where II iu,ns the side
.MAsyesl A. biz L. SUPPOSE. Ma. nal
Ter, II eau be easily rvpairv,i---cratki
| say, lassis. loos her~ T.
Under the pressure u pugalts I'm.
gers tie Govr of the chest was swing,
ng upwRrd un an invisible hlnss, Re.
tween Il ard the true bottom ives g
space ~ RhoH, three inches n depth.
Ia ...,,ss,s,, se..3s sst4e,i with 9.iMyYf ~
yc. o.cd GOTTEN wnol
y fcf II ting ribt,Sn. We held cor
AsnaiA. gazing st each e4aser Witt esy-u
wk3ysl 'Rvs ~ rhe yalsys 'aUestiHh r9sn
...agalA.aslets t'"trrfrcs ef giia sglStt IL
vuttoa Ena pluckcd u away
At oucr ah t,,g hues OF the ralnhos
sprlasa IA b. ,aafAlss, ard sE&rtltEg
1st,}ty a. fsaults Wet1 fGtr' -ltEs
CREST 5aryqrs ot tfae faa5s' trAt IVA cf.rst
and lts trtasarn hal wrung frem the
hearts q men 'sapph!es, mlfrorus
lie blue ~ The trpMc SKY, sneraIhs.
green as the is'aAl ,erdure, IesFis
~iT.tr RS The MIX ~ the cocnnUts and
softly luminous ~ the phospAovscent
foam which broke 90 the beach In the
darkness Ana there were diamonds
that caught CLEANS of aii the others
beauty. and thcn aockel them with q
matchiess splendor,
Their were nine heavy bracelets. all
jewel set twenty thrive rings. eight II
them for the hand ~ man Some Of
these rings contained the finest Of the
diamonds, except for three splendid
unset stones There were numbers of
elaborate old.fAshioned earrings. two
ropr.iise chains of gold adorned with
Jewels AZ Intervals and several jew.
eled lccketa There VAS q solid xo,d
SNUFF box, engraved with . cnAt uf
arms and ornamented with seventeen
fine elneraids There wsr. hes.aes
the three diamonds eighty.two unset
stones, among them, wrapped by itself
In cotton, a ruby OF extraordinary size
aad lus,er And there was a snrt Of
corouet or tiara. sown all over with
clear white hrilliarts
Oursf Yes, for whether or not there
we're an Infection Of piracy 30 the
very air II the island. 80 that 10 seize
WITH tho high hand, to hold with tho
iroa grasp, seemed the law Of ilfe. We
decided without qpalm against the
I surrender OF our treasnre.truvr 10 sts
technical owners Trcha.ea, only f.s
os}e felt that, Ia eSsence. all talk o,
ownership ~ this man or that had
long ego hecame iiie Fats had held
I n" TREASURE In fee 10 give or 10 with
I hnla. SeHor Comrades hsh had hi,
Z chance A; the chest, and he rad missed
/ The secret AZ the hidden heard had
A"fi 4 70 I'e Forgotten uNtr the SaSd
until II sn16e troric storm II shoal8
~ ergrtc' ~ The waters os The cove
Norr tbar t'js. HAD b. not ro@. sire
/ e.acaiip RsAe nvrr 10 ne. the Island
/ Gaceu AMI ALI Tia, Il centsIneal Iais
1 VHs . Title clear rUeuEh 10 satisfy tbs
mrs, cnactjog feEmailst Ard we were
/ tot Journalists hrr inclined In any
/ au'tMlrS spirit To questtN TIA 6g-
/ crews - Far+nae. As tressars, huH,.
/ ers, Se Aal teen her dsyoees Too
4 lnrg
! NJ gs'er MI Il wss rc, mr. seorrfgl
ssep'lciTn Int the h,sh faith 81 Mss
/ HEelcshy- Browne which uas ins.laes
/ By -" event AMI Tie Hardin. B-owue
ergs-''tHu lef' tie lslapt se.l ~pasd
for its t@ls ard p*rils r'us tn. tive
bags = Aa5lhIoous whlcs uerr added
to the sgn.is, ne treasure brought IN,
a saFa 80 socsily that terp urs pa,nr
4 u, sar fear n the sgg@r,ioa ~ sssrn-
Gonzales and the Santa MArsbsa navy
! booEl!aS ~ "a tsmAsG -ss.ttr,,0n
Like tree comrades, Se eirt4e.i sAA~
I sr3 share sl!sr and 10 sure I'M, no
4 acs Gvsdsr% C'o.a&t. ne r@rv~u,s re-
/ Which each was taxed for Ass t-af Oft
Asi row J cCTs 10 tire purpose N
I Ibis sfnry.-fSr thcash vel rsx,Yx.s ~,
| u has fsa 0e froeD the beginning n
( Is ~ ~ Helen, Nb,~vwr An. whe-~ver
sae rsag ~. { stu O. this world know
u the ta;e NJ re,er, ard 10 tell hev
I .fst ahsn sN@ as1s fcr ia~a she ~ 10
have Hay rnu$t CHERISHED relics N the
/ is4A03D Feters jegrpal srs the sslv.g
I $50 ht1es u whtrh 80 senrs4 In ,sS