Show w g err 1 V Vr r h ro Th urs ay a e 1 Millar t as 9 r 14 14 1910 the P t Utah unde t o orR AUTHENTIC IC NARRATIVE OF rR El l uG U RE DISCOVERED IN N THE BAHAM i r I 9 G GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC t per cur r Richard ie Gall r BYO l 1 DEAD MENS MEN'S SHOES Synopsis The Synopsis The man who tells tens this story story call call him the hero for short- short is visiting his friend John Saunders British official In Nassau Bahama Islands Charlie Webster a a. local merchant completes the trio of ot friends Conversation turning turning- upon burled buried pirate treasure Saunders produces a 0 written document purporting purporting purporting pur pur- porting to be the death-bed death statement statement state state- ment of ot Henry P. P Tobias a n successful successful successful success success- ful pirate made by him In 1859 1839 It gives two spots where two millions and a n half halt of or treasure were burled b by him and his companions The conversation of or the tho three friends Is overheard b by a stranger whoso whose face Is d deeply pitted b by small pox pov The document disappears Saunders Saunders Saunders ders however has a copy of or it The hero determines to go In search of ot the pirate treasure and charters the Maggie Darling a trim two- two masted schooner Tine The pock-marked pock man is s taken on board as a passenger passenger passenger pas pas- bound for tor Spanish Wells Old Tom catches a sucking fish of or great cat virtue as a mascot In con con- with the seeking of burled buried pirate treasure CHAPTER V. V 3 3 In Which We Begin to Understand Our Unwelcome Passenger As I I yawned and looked out of m my y soon after dawn n about 1 43 30 next morning there was no wind a anil at atall t all nil and no hope of wind As I stood out of the cabin hatch however there was enough breeze t to o Hutter a piece of paper that had been bee n caught in the mainsail halyard it fluttered flut fiut- fluttered there lonely in the morning Nothing else was astir but it and I I. I and I took It up In my hand Idly As AsI I did so George reared 1 his head f Morning George I said I guess gues s weve we've got to run on gasoline to today There aint no gasoline sir It Its It's run out In the night The tanks were filled fined when w ve we weI I started weren't they I asked Yes sir We cant can't have used them up s so sosoon sosoon soon u uNo No sir sir but but someone has hns turned the cocks I stood dazed for a moment wonderIng wonderIng wonder- wonder Ing how this could have happened happened- then a a thought slowly dawned upon me Who has hns charge of them I said George looked a little stupid 1 then defiant I see I said and suddenly without without with with- out remembering Charlie Websters Webster's advice advice advice ad ad- vice not to lose your temper with a n negro ne ne- gro I gro-I I realized that this was no accident accident accident acci acci- dent but a deliberate trick something In indeed ee 1 In the nature of a miniature mutiny That fluttering paper I had picked from the hal halyard lay near my mr breakfast table I ha had 1 only half read it Now its Import came to me with full force I ha had 1 no firearms with me Having a quick temper I have ma made It Ita ita ita a habit all nIl m my life never to carry a gun because they go off so easily Butone Butone But Butone one most essential part of a gentleman's gentleman's gentleman's gentle gentle- mans man's education had been mine so I applied It Instantly on George with the result that a wen well directed blow under the peak peal of the jaw sent him sprawling an and 1 for awhile p JW In the cockpit No gasoline I said IJ 1 An And 1 then then m my t give him credit for the courage courage pu up his hea head 1 and t called o u p x xI I protest against that its it's t a n cowardly cowardly cow cow- ardly outrage You woul wouldn't dare t to todo todo 0 do It to a white man Oh I see I rejoined So you ar arthe are e the author of this precious paper here are you you Come over here and find talk i it t over if youve you've the courage Ive got the courage he answered in a shaking voice All AH right I said youre safe fo for forthe forthe r the present and present and George who Is s so o fond of sleep will take quite a nap fo fou for fora foru r u a while I think You English brute I he said You English brute I he had said and the words had Impelled me to Invite invite in In- vite Tite him aft for I cannot deny a n certaIn certain tain thin n admiration for him him that had mys ms mysteriously grown own up UI In me Come here I said for your lif life is safe for the time being I woul would d 1 ike to discuss this paper with you lie came and we read It together fluttering as I had seen It flutter In ht his a fingers as ns he rea read 1 It forar 1 to the engineer engineer en en- and to the deckhand It began Think how many we are ure Think Thin k what we lve could coul 1 do It isn't either that we e haven't intelligence Intelligence-If if only w we e were to use it We Ye dont don't lack lenders leaders s we we dont don't lack courage courage we we dont don't lac lack k martyrs all are ready ready I stopped rea reading Wh Why dont don't you OU start then then thel 1 I asked Were waiting for Jamaica he answered answered an an- 1 almost rea ready It sounds a pretty prett goo good 1 I idea t to tome tome o me I remarked e 1 from your our point o of ot f view From Prom your our point Joint of ot view remember remember remember re re- member I T r said but you ou mustn't think thin k that yours Is mine not mine not for one moment momentO mo mo- anent O ment O dear no On the contrary my wy lint of Jt view Is that c. c cf td the gov IOV- of Nassau or hi quite nearby at Hart Harl 1 It t My Iy pock marked fri green as I said 1 this We have sails still George an and andare andare 1 are ale not everything nn anything of a wind 1 w Harbour island 1 an andin andin and and- 1 in m my hand It t would l I think yourself TheMy The TheMy My Mv friend grew gr seemed 1 to to tobe be think making resolutions tl tI which I didn't under but the Immediate rest rem resia rema a R graciousness of manot ma mn manot not entirely deceive e m mOh mOh mOlt Oh Olt he said I I quite mean menn that Yoi Yot as when you ou hit that there ther there Well Yell I observed treat you OU better than y Ill I'll sa say nothing about t I pointing to the manu the wind h holds df put yo O row at Spanish Wells Yells spite of myself Is ItOn it itOn On this we parted an aril with a n certain friend friendy sl sides There was no sailing was nothing to do 10 but were all nil da day I spent min m min mn in n my cabin reading a n after nine I fell asleep mind unaccountably tru I suppose that I hay hai about three hours who by a n tremendous sailor who always s 's slop slept on the cockpit with a n r I paws his aws his jaws at nt the I called him off oft and samy sa sn my ny pock-marked pock friend hand land extended 1 In the coc co 0 volver a n few inches arc awi far ar as I knew it was theon the on n the ship Lets get first first Sailor I sal said 1 an nn Into nto m my hip pocket Wake up Tom I call callup up p captain 1 l the revolver from my hi hig g il r- r I r It Jt Was Sailor Sailor His His Jaws Throat held It over the man I grow more and more sorry Weve not only got aboard I tol told 1 the captain got treason to the British Do you ou want to stand fo foshall foshall foi shall I put you ou ashore wit Unruffled 1 as usual he l 1 to say hey le beyond on and 1 Ay ny oy sir 1 Take this cord then him and Tom nn and 1 bind an and 1 feet of ot this pock pock-ma ma mamun man mun here also of Georg an and 1 also of Theodore th Bind them well An And 1 tiro the dingy with a 0 bottle apiece and a loaf of brea well we'll have some wind 1 an our way woy to Harbour Islam Islain Ill I'll have a little talk witman wit man mandant And as I ordered all wn wa and I rowe rowed 1 the dingy ashe three captives bound boun 1 like fowls and presently t ashore with precious Then we got back to the ling with imprecations I f Ji and particularly the pron pock pock marked rebel who an nn certainty of our mooting meeting a n nor Of or course we threats but I confess that thai down to my cabin and had pi pl |