Show PLUNDER fil III libil 11 V I 1 u R hom thi IK by kid kitt if i lif i I 1 it I 1 it tiann tiA hinge jn int II 11 it XV A K N s vr I 1 in hi III friend N ir r 1 M I i id ihen their knoer tollo ln oer cro return I 1 ile il just in amit lu io lit I 1 iritts r the tr in he the bov vc III ti ait llo to in he the pot spot ind ittris I 1 lid to t pen the ilic door but llie tile file clr ii it rolled ailed thein antl chev icar ried ir or und n the reaf rear hue hoe to f i I 1 ow al braver endeavoring it tr p rot r i hermar anni itic the ack inn font to hill hi hr it iq nd iriti frAllI kAlly if f jhc he wr te e huri I 1 in miot I 1 h bit shaken up jog I 1 lucak und i little dirt the rid but hut I 1 think th thil thit it our three friend friends are done for I 1 rot one of trem ifer with will fill euti kurt and im in tire lift other NO 0 o ducr h the the next morning lie the two alg a caple prepared for the lie trip ia t i abadia abamia to take the boat for nea ne e A ork menton manion mid said goodbe a 11 lit it tearfully and about giving hii hi hl i to broad brnad lna 1 and to 0 o for the last 1 lip iop of heir their adventure and eager to begin the treasure tre aure hunt jones jotie t und and pearl paid ald goodbye to 11 the port is ai reached without that night found the tit two people aboard ship alp curiously enough both occupying only one deck chair in a dirk dark corner of the deck 41 I 1 suppose oie dear desir jones was wits say in 1 9 very funniest thing bout about all I 1 this Is mastery business of mine as 88 you call it Is the fact that my name really and truly Is jonest oh but laughed pearl that Is no my tay favorite name there theres lift jim one thing than more that needs explaining Jon csey clicy mid milt hou ho did you know when you told me to have nothing whatever to do with deering that he was uch such a bad egg well the young nun man began begin hen I 1 came from malata to new york to fee see if it I 1 could recover this treasure I 1 stole into the sub cellar of the central building to ice cc what the chances atre ere or inking sinking it shaft and aud there I 1 enly bumped into old Alk superintendent of the he ile was lust just corn com r ing up out of a deep hole bole he had dug dult and was carrying carr up some cal rious ts reaching in his pocket he drew out three enormous was so surprised that I 1 oalan oal help but nuke make a it slight peep turned aro around tind and snarled minet all minet vot ot quite I 1 answered those and a lot more ere tre taken from an ancestor of mine about three hundred and fifty years cars ago I 1 have tome some claim you know 04 well 0 to o shorten thinie things a bit the tile IDI old d boy took tool me to a Is mail small room of h his Is to talk ft it over the first thing I 1 knew the door was dammed slammed behind me and I 1 was wits a prisoner and then steam hot steam suddenly began to flood the place I 1 fuess buess I 1 must have crowed unconscious Won but the he a old and draped me to his filthy room down on nn vest treet near the central building 1 I found myself there on a it pallet of rug in a corner all swathed in bandages ses he had put on over oyer some crease grease oh it must have been days after filter fal Iro tropical turkish bath i and then deering came I 1 guns he was just it bum retting getting a nights i lodrini od lod rint tit but he heard a ng about his tre suro was tat fatal al for or the old man and after decain had i left with the full in formation I 1 crawled over and listen lieten ed to the old ld fellow fellows lit list ward 1 0 tw l m done he wimbled rn alic diamonds are yours and the treasure I tsure get that cuy guy make r him payl well sted icart 1 1 I got out of or there nere hat that night al althof t 61 gh h it nearly killed me and two A ack latr I 1 got f en the trici of h hit his efforts to bu tini cebral sullying Sull ding i tock stock that how bov I 1 ms mi YOU I 1 then theno the uarl reputed ofal I 1 j han the t leasure te asure from ron ro n mery a ande I 1 it bourt arn lied led conc jonc aa tle e i mr steu ftfe 04 t ep l ott chrt 4 1 i he sa ars ati eltar thor ro to manco va vas hi his thought hut there wt val still till one aho vho ho thought that the treasure wag wits hi his 1 jude ottrine althou although h 11 I 1 bicoll gi coll he u aas at the end of nil M lope but he refuted refused it to consider cont lder him elf beaten dearing determined 11 act thil treasure ure no matter hjokt ht he boott be to himself or to ini intine ine cle who to tread in hilti lil path jude was wa i doomed nun man had find he but bill knon lvery here he I 1 inked he saw faces faces of old of traverce Tri iver end and of jonel cursing chance rate and life itself dearing douht an old haunt where choc of hi his temper gathered after knocking knoL king and being admitted the little roup group of people in lie file room sighed kith ith relief at A leeng merely deering then an in inno cent looking table wae was tamed turned back into a laboratory for experiment experiments and the ork cf 0 an evil looking gentleman continued anything you want brother the man asked deering smiled at as he picked up a piece of unlawful mechanism 1 4 I 1 may need one of these thines thing 5 very shortly he answered later upon their arrival la in new york with the stock controlling cont rollf the central building pearl and nd jone proceeded swiftly with the business nes of having havi tir the skyscraper undermined end and shored but like two adventurer adventurers of old they reserved the romantic pleasure of or coming on the treasure chest alone in a dark corridor underneath the building they fe sear arched clied digging like mid mad and stopping topping only to 9 laugh 8 moment for of ahier sh cr joy in fact so excited were they over their ork that neither of them noticed a dark figure linking slinking toward them through the corridors a mysterious bundle held closely under n his coat suddenly jones shovel struck a hard substance substance he dropped it and began to pull back the cold dirt with his bare hands they had at last come upon the he treasure chest the dark figure drew nearer the light of a madman in his eyes he drew the bundle out from under his coat carefully touched a match to it and stealing quietly up behind the girl and jones he be laid the box down and fled but pearl seemed to 0 o scent that something aas as rong and leaving the treasure chest to jones for a moment she sprung out of the hole and looked down the th corridor taking a few steps she suddenly came upon the box alth ath the puttering sputtering fuse attached to it t the girl stared stupefied fied for a it moment and nd then picked it t u up ter terrified rifled for a is mo ant she the in t know what to do sith th the strange object then she hurled it down the corridor in the direction deering had taken at the other end of the co corridor r r 1 the box hit the wall near daering dee rit there was a it terrific explosion and the heavens seemed to drop in on them pearl was thrown forward knocking jones to the ground ana a number of the he he heary vy beam beams top pled over in splinters alts where the bomb had exploded after the smoke had bad cleared pearl picked herself up and clung clog trembling to jones well h muttered 1 I guess ta thaes the last list of our friend M deer ring and we can thank oar our lucky hick stars that the way Is clear now lees let get at this chest agal we can almost open it now and trembling with excitement and a it vague fear the young people resu resumed tried their work worl finally jones forced the chest oten and they ere both almost blinded ty by the dazzling dan ling sight stones jewels and ind necklaces eck laces of every description were ont tined in the chetat crowns of al empires before them ls the lover lovers sank tank to the canh before the chest d finif then stared stated at one 1101 01 ber what are tire vc we boing ane to do with a all 11 this sweetheart jones staffa am n red il I l 11 dont know dearest the lirt rl ans answered and I 1 dont ouch much cre cem lu 0 o I 1 have OUI the end |