Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-08-28

/ helped. Jn4A was q mlknLY Interest
ing packet. II held . map, a daacrsp-
don Of a route, and good big Pack.
hee OF I guess you know what. and 4
statement that there was about fortv
mIlIlon dollars more where Il came
from. That interested me still more
seel ! wanted that forty million dol.
lars. The map was OF an island. but
Il didn't say where the island waa
But guessed your mother knew So
sent her copy Of the map. with
er-some changes. and watched. sure
nun she plked straight down 70 the
docks and interviewed our friend the
captain here and took passage Tor the
whole family and an extra lot q ae
sorted freaks-r
MY mofiier7 Is she here7y Nel-
Hes eyes grew big.
"Well! Here or hereabOuts. MOI
She aln't aboard. but she ain't far on.
She and her friends oil came down
here with the ship. And and my
friends came along. TOO. This morn
ing your mothers friends ali wenf
ashore. following the map sent EN-.
sent lot Of grub along. SOS they
wouldn't suffer while they was waItIn'
for ship. Then just as 1 thought /
had everything lovely. found out
somebody'd swlped my map-my own
map. y understand. Course losing Il
don't do me any real harm. because
reckon could draw II over again Just
from memory. but hate TO be stuns
that way. Besides. It's just possible
that might need Il. 80 I starts 70
ask the cap'n what he knows about Il,
when all Of 3 sudden somebody With
your crowd begins 10 wigwaR from the
top; and the mate starts 70
answer him; and sO-nOt knowing
What he's saying tells the boys 70
AXE posseaslon and comes 10 here
Undertakes possession, too. The
.aptain says he don't know nothing
lbout any map OF mine"
Il DON'T" Captain Bunker cut IN
Iharply.
"weIl. who IN thunder does, them
those people that went ashore didn't
ave It. or they'd have gone 70 the
light place instead Of the wrong one.
( you amt got Il. who hasT" Very
Price was trying TO make
is auditors think that he set very lit
le store by the map. But he was not
ucceedlng.
Captain Bunker shrugged hIs shout
ers. III I'd had II you'd have been
D irons now. and my passengers
Tould be safe on board. And while
m talking. I'll Just warn Miss Arch
ian that you're q freacherous hound.
nd not 70 be believed on oath.
ont know what your game l.. but
cure not foollng me one ounce You
aven't told more than half the truth.
GU haven't told Of robbIng my safe
nd opening my sealed orders or OF
rowing bottles over the side with
essages for your consort. or OF burn
lg that fare on the taffrall last
lRht"
Price was listening curiously. -Not
le." he said finally. entirely disregard
lg the captains excoriatIon. mot
Ie. didn't know your papers has
zen swlped. and never heard about
ny bottles. As for the farewell.
want me or mine that burned Il.
hairs straight. But I'll give you a
D. II was guessln'. I'd charge all
lose things up to one or two Of those
passengers OF yours. A steward gets
to OF chances to hear things. and I've
zen hearing OF 'em. Maybe me and
y friends have double-crossed you.
It unless / mIss my guess. the Al.
ged Brltisher and that governesa
i've been getting ready to triple-cross +
". However. that's all over now.
he man never was Of much impoF-
nee. and don't give q whoop for
now. except to make q clean Job.
ve got Miss Archman instead, and
les better than dozen maps.s
ST." Nellie had finished with the
,onge and was binding up the cap
Inns head.
"Sursl I'VE explained things SOS
,u'd understand-that all I want is
le money. that don't want to hurt
,u. seef Nobody's going to hurt you.
you act proper. and know you're
going TO-"
gro IN coNrrNUnDl