| Show i d iC F. F i ROY GREGORS GREGOR'S PIRA PIRATES PIRATES Part TES-P TES Part rt I. I j Roy Gregor Gregoi w was s a wee wee S 'S Scotch laddie of 10 For Roy liv lived ed in inthe the highlands or mountains of his native land about years ago His Ills father was one of the gamekeepers on the great estate of or ortI tI the e lord of Argyle l v Now it happened that the lord 01 of Argyle had an enemy not many miles away whose name was was the earl of Ramsay Ramsa But for many months there had been na nu fighting and the people who lived on on the h est estate t of the lord thought times imes would Continue to bo be e peaceful 7 One misty night nigh when h n the moon m moon on was struggling behind a bank of ot dark clark clouds Ro Roy r slipped out of or the house which stood lust above a wide lake and went down among the rocks locks 01 on the shore to find a hoe he had lost Below him was the vast sheet o of water glimmering silvery in the moonlight moon moon- light The hoe was quickly found bu but when the lad started to return he thought he Jie heard the sound of f oars and voices coming over the lake So 2 dH H a t tr r a. a he hid bid behind a a t tall ll granite rock that jutted out almost to the edge of tho the water Over the waves came a small smal boat and presently it grated on the shore right in front of the stone behind which the boy had concealed conceal d himself Out sprang four men dressed sed as la laborers laborers laborers la- la borers The men took hold bold of a a. big box all bound with brass and be began an drag dragging Ing I it upon the beach It r seemed very heavy for they pulled and grunted till tillIt tillit It Lt was right under the big stone Then the leader took a shovel out of the boat and ani began to dig We will make the hole hoJe here nere 1 l he e said as he to throw up the sand No Noone one will ever think of og looking under this rock or digging in inthis inthis this place Th They y rare hrc pirates whispered red Key Rey to himself crouching more more closely into the shadow and have come here to bury their treasures treasures-I I am sure the box Is full of ot gold and jewels it is so v vIn heavy In half haIr In an hour the men had bun buried d the tho box in the sand and thrown over wr writ It a l lot t of ot weeds The moon came ame out brightly and lighted up the shore so that the boy could see plainly just where the party h had d hidden the chest by peeking through a a crack in the stone The pJ plan n is this said the leader of ot the men en as they hey turned to go FJ Aliday All Ali Allday day tomorrow we will work as harvesters har harvesters ar- ar vesters In the lord of Argyles Argyle's fields but sharp at moonrise we and ten others meet on this spot to finish the work No ono one will suspect what we the have hidden here and it is a fine place from which to begin our work Then the men got Into the boat and were were soon put of sight in the tho mists which hung ov over r mountain and lake o Roy crept out from behind the rock and ex examined the ground and arid stone stonewell wellI wellI well welI I 1 will scratch l the cross on on the face of the granite he lie said So o when I come tomo tomorrow to dig I can easily sn find the spot spot That night he dreamed of of pirates pirate of of scuttling ships ships' ships laden with silk and gold of bags of Jewels and acid j chests of rubles rubies But when he woke it was late and his his' father told him to start r it Lt t tonce once to search for foi some sheep lostin lost in Ln the mountains All day J lo long ng g this work kept him wandering wan w-m- dering over the crags and cliffs of 1 ih the h mountain and it was Ras I supper Clipper lIpp r time when ha hs hEg g got t home hom But nut as soon tas his meal was finished he crept to th the tho barn darn gut got gota guta a 3 spade and set out for tor the shore j jIn I In the starlight he went to work digging up the sand Not a a sound broke rol c the stillness of t the night eX except f pt the wind sweeping around the mountain moun- moun mountain mountain moun moun- tain pea peaks s or the rush of th thc wafer amid the reeds reed So w with Ith pale face and trembling hands the lad laddie Ue worked on feverishly till t at last his lis spade str struck cl I the lid of the chest and exposed the brass bindings to tg vl view w. w Then the boy sank upon upon his hI's knee ti and with his hands brushed as fast as ns his fingers would work the dirt and sticks fr from m off the entire covering At last it lay In the hole free the starlight starlight starlight star star- light shimmering ort on the hea heavy lock c t tand and the big nails nalls that held it together Continued tomorrow Copyright 1916 by Mc McClure lire Newspaper per Syndicate N. N NYC Y C. C Tomorrows Tomorrow's Roy Roy Gregors Gregor's Pirates Part Part II n. |
