Show g t two bold buccaneers Bucca G I 1 I 1 i by HI AKERS va copyright ht 1317 2917 baw by W 0 chapman jerry jerri parks had bud taken botica of vera no ile liked her voice the way she spoke her alrin swinging walk and the straight gaze of her gray eyes but things tied lied not gone much further than a few words between them which camo came about through his helping her to rescue a n floating oar talk about american delno democracy cracy I 1 well at a summer resort its about as easy to establish so caal relations between the cottagers and a boardinghouse boarding house keeper as it Is to get a ladys maid on the calling list of tho the duchess of Par barchester chester veras mother tools took summer bummer boarders in order to bo be ablo to live through the winter when w hen th thero C re were not any she hf had seen better days and tho the remembrance mem brance of them had made her careful to instill into tho the mind of her I 1 daughter the fact that sho she was waa not to lo to io bo be patronized by the cottage set the bitterness of her own ostracism caused her to lay rather an undue stress on her advice but vera did not seem to even have to repel patronage she was simply ignored by tho the social leaders still ails did not in the least trouble her the social swim was not with her a burning ambition and she was too busy helping to run the house and keep track of a teddy a particularly adventurous small brother to have time to bo be unhappy when jerry broached tho the subject ol of veras veraa attractions to lila his mother a fashionable matron of tho mhd exclusive set she ehe gave him such a hard coldi cold emp emphatic lintle settler on any attempt tit at social reco recognition 9 la in that quarter that thai the young man went off by himself to tc ponder over tho prose and cons of f the th situation and whether after nil all the so called best society was not li in need of hurry coll call treatment and if 11 transfusion of blood were not sary for its continued existence re ile bellion war waw rising in hla his soul but his mothers teaching from tho the time he h 0 hero eliere was no trace of the bold dm buc cancers ca was a little lad was ifft without its influence perhaps after all this girt girl was not well bred enough to tofit fit la in with his people small boys as aa a general thing are exceedingly democratic A common object brings them thein together on tho the same footing truo true thero there are anro sometimes small snobs who aro are tho the fruit of the training of the big snobs but no wholesome whole somei ordinary boy I 1 Is s born snobbish h birch parks and jay benson were of tho the latter class they affiliated filia ted cordially with teddy carr whose adventurous spirit not only attracted them but made him a kind of tender leader it was vern vera came to know more of jerry parks lie ho was waa especially popular with elih thern them nil all and some of the stories him that came to her oars cars made her think she would really like to know him better even if lie ho did bolong belong to the cottage set teddy carr was always promptly on hand for luncheon so go one day when he did not rip appear petur it 4 was something rather unusual was detaining him vera took the small rowboat and started out to search A slightly sprained wrist made the handling of an oar rather painful but she bhe was not the sort eort to be kept back by a personal hurt so slie she went on sho she was making for one ona of the 11 little atle in 14 lands in the boy bay when she heard the chug chug of a motor boat it was jerry parks launch and iho iho next lie was beside her ship ahoy I 1 hp ho noticed the bandage around her wrist alad tin an accident he naked oil oh just a littly sprain I 1 turned it yesterday and youre trying to raw ri with thail lie ho exclaimed now dont do it ril ill give you ou a tow right away andee shut oft off the engine and started up tor for the rope she stopped him with 11 no please rm looking for teddy nod and I 1 may he be gone quite a whiled while 1 ami im looking for bitch birch til 1111 bt bat my iny lint they rii together and wb might ns as well join forces tl it give elvo you n slack line then you bod omo como c to in here 4 it seemed quite useless for vorn vera to demur ile he declared he was fir first aid to the injured and almost lifted her into the launch 1 I believe I 1 bow know what those small bons eons of bellel tire up to lie he said after vera vcra was comfortably settled they have turned bold buccaneers bucca andare and aro searching for treasure 1 I think added vera vcra by what t 11 I 1 gathered y yesterday esterday its burled buried treasure and its located on a desert island under a blasted oak oh the wild adventure is in IVI it lio lie laughed well then wed better put in to the first island wo we find yes yea said eald vera vcra what I 1 thought of doing it wont matter whether its oak or pine tre trees ea aud thel their i imagination will supply thi the blasted part 1 I can supply the blasted part without any imagination remarked jerry with somo some vexation Il heros leres mother having a tit fit over the young pirate yes my mother wits was beginning to bo be a bit anxious but I 1 told her I 1 thought I 1 could find him and I 1 hope slid she wont worry I 1 laughed so BO when I 1 overheard that pirate scheme I 1 came pretty near being branded as n spy oli oh I 1 think tho the imagination of boys to Is lovely I 1 I 1 just wish they loso lose it bul bill suppose lie he said bald it should go on leading them on oa such lucli a wild goose cha chase chareas seas as this men alen will bo be always led by tion and will always be going on wild goose chases ionly I 1 only think that it if they kept tho the boys imagination they would go on finer quests jerry stared wonderingly ut tit the tha y girl then he be fell to thinking she had said something that made him thlik tafak they explored small islands quite bulto thoroughly but there was no s of tho the bold buccaneers bucca jerry who wished to prolong hla his stay with vera was for starting on a still further cruise several miles away but she suggested the boys might bo be home by this time and they had better turn back jerry discovered his supply of gasoline was low and reluctantly changed his course pin im about starved too arent youl lie he asked well I 1 think it must bo be about din ner fline perhaps I 1 can be first aid this time I 1 put up a lunch dortho for the borsand boys boy sand and it if epach for that basket P jerry reached for it and they became moro more chummy than ever over tho the sandwiches which jerry declared were wo tho best he ever had in hla his life much aluch to their surprise they found on arriving the boy had not returned vera determined to start out alone ti to a spot they had not visited shero she remembered a little rocky cove further down the on the ma mainland inland she put up a light on the boat and started stalled out nearing the place she sha hearal a well known voice raised in a cry of distress A sorrier inore more forlorn pair of pirates were never seen they had clambered along the rocks to an iso 1 i point and the rising tide had cuti them off from the bore snore just as is they i had concluded to try toi to swim for fon safety birch parks hald ha d fallen on tho the slippery rocks and either cither broken orl ori put out of joint a bone in his rin anelo klo etwas it was at so badly swollen vera could not nDe tell with ahe help of teddy lie ho was waa lifted into the bont boat groaning with tiler pain no ono one seem seemed e d to bo be tit at hand when I 1 they landed and the carr home being nearest they curried carried him to the I 1 house and hastily informed the parks family As soon as possible a car appeared appealed with jerry and his distracted mother after tho the first she stopped and stared nt at mrs mabel thurston I 1 she cried and here youve been right near macj me and I 1 nola k and site sho flew au ac the little woman and hugged her when jerry and vera vcra come baele from their heir wedding tour they brought gold watches to birch and toddy teddy if it been for those pirates they said wo we have found tuo the treasure |