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Show THE uiii any truce of justice . m p.- . or lot In the treasure. Wne It not vcll, then, that the Young "erson he required to make formal and wrliten renunciation of all interest In- the golden hoard soon to reward the faith and enterprise of the Harding-Brown- e expedition T MIsv- Browne requested the sense of the meeting on the matter. Aunt. Jane was aulverlng, her round eyes fixed on Miss Hlgglesby-Brown- e like a fascinated rabbit's on a serpent. Mr. Hamilton Tubbs had pursed his Hps to an Inaudible whistle, and alternately regarded the summits of the palms and stole swift lances at the faces of the company. Mr. Vane had remained for some time In happy : unconsciousness of the significance of Miss Browne's oration. It was something to see it gradually penetrate to his perceptions, vexing the alabaster brow with a faint wrinkle of perplexity, then suffusing his cheeks with agonized and Indignant blushes. "Oh, I say, really, you know!" hovered In unspoken protest on his tongue. He threw Imploring looks at Mr. Shaw, who alone of all the party sat Imperturbable, except for a viciously bitten Hp. Miss Hlgglesby-Brown- e had drawn a deep breath, preparatory to resuming her verbal ramble, but I sprang to TIMES-NEW- S. NEPHI. UTAH LADY MAY CARfBRJDSE WEEKLY MARKETGRAM FORCES ARE JOINED TO HELP THE IDLE io-ci- - . COPYfaiG-H- THE T BOBBS-MERR.I- Away sailed the Bonny Lass, sailing once for all out of the story. As for Captain Sampson, there Is-long gap In his history, hazily filled by the THE YOUN3 PERSON. Synopsis Jane Harding, respectable and conservative old maid-b- ut never too old to think of marwith more money than riage d brains. Is Inveigled by a Higslesby-BrownMis spinster. Into financing an expedition to hunt (or burled treasure on Leeward Island. Her niece, Virginia Harding, undertaking to stop ber.'-geton the vessel and is unwillingly carried along. By no means concealing her distaste for the expedition and her contempt for In members, Virginia makes the acquaintance of the Honorable Cuthbert Vane. with Talking Dugald haw, leader of the expedition, Virginia very frankly expresses her views, practically accusing Shaw and the other members of the party. Including a somewhat uncertain personage Captain Magnus, and a shady "financier," Hamilton H. Tubbs. of being in a conspiracy to defraud Jane Harding. Landing on the Island Is a matter of some difficulty, Virginia being carried ashore In the arms of Cuthbert Vane. The party gets settled. Btrong-minde- e (CHAPTER V Continued.) On this first day we gathered In the cool of the afternoon about our table for an event which .'of packing-boxe- s even I, whose role was that of skeptic, found exciting. Miss Browne was at last to produce her map and reveal the secret of the Island. So far, except In general terms, she had Imparted It to no one. Everybody, In coming along, had been buying a pig in a poke though to be sure Aunt Jane had paid for It, The Seotman, Cuthbert Vane had told me Incidentally, had Insured himself against loss by demanding a retaining fee beforehand. Somehow my opinion, both of his honesty and of his intelligence, had risen since I knew this. As to Cuthbert Vane, he had come purely In a spirit of adventure, and had paid Ills own expenses from the start. However, now the great moment was at hand. Bur before It comes, I will hpre set down the treasure-storof Leeward Island, as I gathered It later, a little here and there, and pieced It together Into a coherent whole through ninny dreaming hours. ' In ISa), the city of Lima, in Peru, (elng threatened by the revo'ut'em-nrle- s under Bolivar and San Martin, cautious folk began to take thought for their possessions. To iend them out upon the high seas under a foreign flag seemed to offer the best hope of safety, and soon there was more 'gold afloat on the I'ncific than at any time since the sailing of the great of the Seventeenth century. Captain Sampson, of the brig 'Bonny Lass, found himself with a passenger for nowhere In particular In the shape of a certain Spanish merchant of great wealth, reputed custodian of the private funds of the This gentleman ;iishop of Lima. ibrought with him, besides some scanty personal baggage for he took ship chest. In haste a great 'Four stout sailors of the Bonny Lass stnpgered under the weight of It. The Bonny Lass cruised north along the coast, the passenger desiring to jiut In at Panama In the hope that iword might reach him there of quieter times at home. But somewhere off 'Kcuador on a dark and starless night, '.the merchant of Lima vanished overboard "mid what could you expect'" In asked Captain Sampson effect, '"when a lubber like h'.m would stay fon deck In a gale?" Strange to say, t met the ithe merchant's fate of the heedless also. Shrugging his shoulders at the of passengers, Cnptnin Samp-,nfbore away to Leeward Island, from curiosity to see this old refuge of the buccaneers, where the spoils of the sock of Guayaquil were Wld to have been buried. Who knows but that he, too, was bent on treasure-WcklngBe that aa It may, the little br'g found lier way Into the bay on the 'northeast side of the Island, where flie anchored. Water was needed, and there Is refreshment In tropic fruits . "after a diet of salt horse anil So all hands had n holiday ashore, where the captain did not to Join them. Only he went iipart, and had other occupation than manning up the palms for coconuts. One fancies, then, a moonless night, genn crew sleeping off double erously allowed them by the capta'n; a boat putting off from the . Bonny Lass, In which were captain, mate, imil one BUI Ilalilwell, able seaman, a man of mighty muscle ; and as freight an object large, angular and ponderous, so that the boat lagged heavily beiieuth the rowers" stroke. Later, Bill, the able seaman, grows presumptuous on the strength of this excursion with his betters. It is a word and a blow with the cap-Is tain of the I'.otmy f,ns, and Bill Iend, as conveniently disposed of. well as living, he serves the pun of the captain, but of that later. y jilnte-gnlleo- a Iron-boun- body-servan- care-jlcssiie- : n per-'ha- hnrd-;t:irk- dls-hii- n gr, story of his having been lieutenant to Benito Bonlto, and one of the two survivors when Bonlto's black flag was brought down by the British frigate Esplegle. But sober history knows nothing of him until he reappears years later, an aged and broken man. In a back street of Bristol. Here was living a certain Hopper-dow.vho had been boatswain on the Bonny Lass at the time that she so regrettably lost her passengers overboard. He saw and recognized his old skipper hobbling along the Bristol quays, and perhaps from pity took the shabby creature borne with him. Hopperdown dealt In sailors' slops, and had a snug room or two behind the shop. Here for a while the former Captain Sampson dwelt, and after a swift illness here he died. With the hand of death upon hlrn, his grim lips at last gave up their secret. With stiffening fingers he traced a rough map, to refresh Hopperdown's memory after the lapse of time since either had seen the wave-beate- n cliffs of Leeward Island. For Captain Sampson had never been able to return to claim the treasure which he had left to Bill Halllwell's silent If he had, Indeed, guardianship. sailed with Bonlto, he had kept his secret from his formidable commander. Even as he had dealt with Bill Halllwell, so might Bonlto deal by him or at least the lion's share must be yielded to the pirate captain. And the passion of Captain Sampson's life had come to be his gold his hidden hoard on far-of- f Leeward Island. It was his, now, all his. The only other who knew Its hiding place, his former mate, had been killed In Havana In a tavern brawl. The secret of the bright unattainable treasure was all the captain's own. He dreamed of the doubloons, gloated over them, a ceaseless longed for them with gnawing passion of desire. And In the end he died. In Hopperdown's little shop In ' the narrow Bristol bystreet. Hopperdown, an aging man himself, and In his humble way contented, fell straightway victim to the o He sold al) he had, and bought In a sailing ship for Valparaiso, trusting that once so far on the way he would find means to accomplish the rest. But the raging of the fever In his thin old blood brought him to his bed, and the ship sailed without him. Before she was midway In the Atlantic Hopperdown was dead. The old man died In the house of a niece, to whom by way of legacy he left his map. For years the map lay among other papers in a drawer, and here It was at length discovered by her son, himself a sailor. He 'learned from her Its history, and having been In the Pacific, and heard the tales and rumors that cling about Ieward Island like the everlasting surf of Its encompassing seas, "this grand-nepheof old HopiMTdown's, by name David Jenkins, became for the rest of his days a follower of the Ignis fatuus. All his restless, hungry life he spent In wandering up and down the seas, ever on the watch for some dimly Imagined chnnce by which he might come at the treasure. And so at last he wandered Into the London hospital where he died. And to me tho wildest feature of the whole wild tnle was that at the last he should have parted with the cherished secret of a lifetime to Miss gold-viru- my "Miss Browne," I said, In . that Intervened before that great event bad already dwindled to minutes, to seconds But no; for Miss Browne arose and began to make a speech. The beginning of It dealt 4n a large and generalizing manner with ccmradeshlp and loyalty, and the necessity of the prop er mental attitude In approaching the business we had In hand. I did not listen closely. The truth Is, I wanted to we Hint liinp. Under the spell of the Island, I had nlmost begun to believe In the chest of doubloons. Suddenly I awoke with a start to the fact that Mlsj Brown was talking about me. Yes, I, Indubitably, was the Young Person whoso motives In attaching herself to the party were so at variance with the amity and mutual confidence which filled all other breasts. It was I who had uttered words that were painful ami astounding to one conscious of unlmpugnahle motives. In the day of toll .to come, we were reminded, the Young Person to wit, myself, would hove no share. She would be but skeptic, critic, drone In the busy hive. Thus It was obvious that the Young Person could not m rs to orate at this length merely to tell me that I am to have no share In this ridiculous treasure of yours, you have wasted a good deal of energy. In the first place, I don't believe In your treasure." ' (Which, of course, despite my temporary lapse, I really didn't.) "I think you are sillier than any grown-u- p people I ever saw. In the second place, anything you do find you are welcome to keep. Do you think I came along with people who didn't want me, and have turned my aunt against me, for the take of filthy lucre? Did I come In- tentionally at all, or because I was shanghaied and couldn't help myself Aunt Jane!" I demanded, turning to my stricken relative, who was gazing in anguish and doubt from Miss Browne to me, "haven't you one spark: left of family pride I don't talk of affection any longer that you sit still and hear me made speeches at In this fashion? Have you grown so sordid and grasping that you can think of d nothing but this pirate gold?" Aunt Jane burst Into tears. "Good she gracious, Virginia," walled, "how shocking of you to say such things. I am sure we all got along very pleasantly until you came Lady May Cambridge, the charming daughter of the Earl and Countess of Athlone. The Earl of Athlone was the Prince Alexander of Teck. . BOYCOTT PLAN IS TO BE DECIDED REPORT REGARDING REGULA. TIONS MADE BY BLOCKADE COMMITTEE AT ASSEMBLY blood-staine- "I Don't Believe In Your Treasure." that dreadfully sudden way. at least have been considerate enough to wire beforehand." It was ImiKisslble to feel that these and In You might remarks helped greatly to clear the situation. I opened my mouth, but Miss Browne was beforehand with me. "Miss Virginia Harding has herself admitted that she has no just or equitable claim to participate In the profits of this expedition I believe I the gist of your words, Miss give Harding?" "Have It your own way," I said, shrugging. Mr. Secretary" "I move, then, Miss Browne inclined her head In a stately manner toward Mr. Tubbs "that you offer for Miss Virginia Harding's signature the document prepared by you." "Oh, I say!" broke out Mr. Vane suddenly, "I call this rotten, yon know I" "In case of objection by any person." said Miss Browne loftily, "the matter may be put to a vote. All those In favor say aye!" An Irregular fire of ayes followed. Mr. Shaw said briefly, "I think the distribution of the treasure. If any Is recovered, should be that agreed upon by the original members of the party. Aye!" Aunt Jane's assenting voice Issued from the depths of her handkerchief, which was rapidly becoming so briny and Inadequate that I passed her mine. From Cuthbert Vane alone there came a steadfast no and the Scotchman put a hand on the boy's shoulder with a smile which was like sudden sunlight In a bleak sky. "He iJ it Is ia a Cave will. 2 mouth near by Ike grave of Bill Halllwell." TO UK CONTINUED.) On appeal to the business men and chambers of commerce of the country to actively support the program, Joseph E. Defrees, president of the chamber of commerce of the United States, declared that "business has a great , responsibility in the situation ; It must furnish employment." j Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, In a for. mal statement, expressed his confl- j dence that "the trade union movement In each community will Join energetically In the effort to assist In the task of providing work for the thou. sands who are idle." Both Mr. Defrees and Mr. Gompers are members of the conference and assisted In drafting the emergency program. Mr. Defrees called npon the business men to offer the mayors In their communities immediate assis tance, in order to speed up the establishment of employment committees on r national basis. "The situation cannot be met without proper organization," he said. "It Is primarily a community problem. The existing unemployment presents a real problem which must have Immediate attention." American labor, Mr. Gompers declared, would give Its "whole-hearte- d support" to the emergency program, which, he said, provided an opportunity for the cooperative action of all the agencies and institutions in eaca community to .bring relief to the un. employed. "Labor," he said, "will indorse everjp constructive feat we of the " report which the unemployment conference has adopted. Beyond question America can solve the problem of unemploy ." ment if It undertakes the work in I tones less s. In a general way, every one of ns knew his history. Even I had had an Vane. outline of It from Cuthbert But so far nobody had seen the map. And now we were to see It ; the time If JJ7 coldly calm than I could have wished, "If you have thought It necessary to pas-sag- Il'gglesby-Browne- Washington Capital and labor Joined forces here Saturday to give Impetus to carrying out through community organization of the emergency pro-trafor the immediate relief of the nation's Idle wage-earneadopted by the national conference on unemply-men- t. . 5 feTet. Ef- Business Men of Country " COMPANY LL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UN. EMPLOYMENT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR QUICK RELIEF Capital and Labor Pfcn to Give fect to Workers' Emergency Aid Program By Appealing to ferret-g- Gamilla tU. & Bureau of Markets) Oram. Wheat prices during tha Mbrv Uuoeltletl mid luwe:'. Uin inuuenuoii by Kuuoral selling pressure auu prom taking muii. '1 ritud waa mid Btinllniaut wan moatly bea.ri.90. The advances made in middle oi wee due to increased export demand, but towards end ot week export Hales were slow tnuB adding another factor in declines. C'uah wheat sold at good premiums over futures throughout the week. Corn were draggy and declines wereprices the rule, the Jjecmber future cloning at low point on crop. Country offerings were light. Closing2 prices in Chicago cash market: 2 No. lied Winter wheat No. Hard Winter J1.25; No. 2 Mixed corn 48c; No. I Yellow 60c; No. 3 White oats 33c. For the week Chicago December wheat lost at 31.21; December corn lost 2closing at 60 o; Minneapolis December wheat lost 4c at 31.35 ft; Kansas at $1.13; City December lost 3 He Winnipeg December lost 4 He at 31.28 tt. Chicago September wb,eat closed at fl.17; September corn at 49c; Minneapolis September wheat at $1.43; Kansas City September at $1.11; and Winnipeg October wheat at $1.35. Supplies of cabbage liberal In most markets but limited in New York. Demand was moderate, market steady in Philadelphia but dull and weak in other cities. New York Domestic rang5 ed per ton bulk in Philadelphia, 0 3 in New York and f. o. b. shipping points. Northern domestia . down $5 in Chicago at $23-3- 2 Danish about steady In St. Louis at $40. Qood demand for onions of good stoi?k in New York City with supplies limited. Yellow varieties brought 0 per 100 lba. sacked. Massachusetts Yellow 1. o. b. ship5 Globes steady at ping points. Supplies of good apples limited In New York, demand was good and prtoea advanced. Eastern fall varieties ranged bbl. New York Baldwins per A2 In Chicago and brought Philadelphia and ruled $6 f. o. b. shipping points. Northwestern extra fancy Jonathans and Wlnesapa sold at $2 per box f. o. b. Jonathans firm in New York at $4.76-$- 5 and sold at auction In Chicago at Live Stock and Meats. Compared With a week ago Chicago livestock prices show mixed advances and declines. lower. Hog ranged from steady to 35c Handy-weigmost. Packing grades losing beef steers were steady to 10c cows and heifers genhigher. Butcher c lower. Feeder steers deerally c clined and veal calves from per 100 lbs. Fat lambs were gen25c lower with yearlings erally 'lower. Fat ewes and feeding lamba averaged about steady. September 21 Chicago prices: Hags, top, $8.50; bulk of sales medium and good beef steers butcher cowa and heifers feeder steeri $4.65-3; light and medium weight veal calves fat lamba lambs feeding yearllnga $4.75-3fat ewes Eastern wholesale fresh meat wm generally lower than a weekprices ago2 Rhough fresh pork loins advanced some markets. at per 100 pounds Lamb declined 3 while veal ranged from steady to $2 lower. Beef was genereteady to $1 lower and mutton 28 prioes good ally steady. September meats: Beef veal rade f heavy loins pork loins mutton $20; lamb IJnlrr Products. Butter markets were unsettled during week although firm at close. Prices showed little Change although slight fluctuations occurred. Low grade stocK was weajc. No imports received but heavy shipments reported aa being on way from Denmark and an order for 10.000 boxes of New Zealand butter for New York via the Panama Canal was consummated. Closing prices 92 score: New York 44c; Chicago 43c; Philadelphia and Boston 45c week beHay. Market firm during cause of light receipts Demand connest tinued limited with only grade wanted. Quoted Sept. 28: No. 1 Tim$23, Philadelphia Chiothy New York $29.50, $22.50, Cincinnati $21, Pittsburgh cago $24, Kansas City $14. No. 1 Alfalfa emphis $23, Kansas City $18. No. 1 Prairie Minneapolis $14, Omaha $16, Kansas City $13. Fred. Wheat mill feeds generally dull and Inactive. Better demand fof City and Omaha. middlings at Kansas Cottonseed meal market easier. Offerincreased. Practically no ings slightlyother feeds. Production of in change continued heavy. Demand for gluten 28: all feeds light. Quoted SeptemberMin$20.50; Spring bran Philadelphia standard $12.50; middling neapolis" gray shorts KanMinneapolis $13.50: sas City $18.50; cottonseed meal 43 per cent Kansas City $40, 41 per cent Cincinnati $43; linseed meal Minneapolis $38. New York $46.75; gluten feed Chicago $28.65; Alfalfa meal Kansas City f 17, Atlanta $2. League Blockade Committee Holds Do. tails of Applying Barrier Cannot Be Determined In Advance Geneva Details of applying the economic boycott for any member violating the regulations of the league of nations cannot be decided beforehand, the blockade committee of the assembly reported Monday morning. It proposed that the council of the league suggest a plan. The committee held that Interruption of diplomatic relations should be begun with the withdrawel of heads of diplomatic missions.. In proposed resolutions It was provided that certain states, in case of special danger to them, might be released from blockade obligations. Before the blockade committee resolutions are voted on, it Is expected that an effort will be made to obtain a rote abrogating the rule requiring unanimity, as It believed a unanimous decision on committee recommendations Is Impossible. In nddltlon to resolutions Interpreting the covenant of the league, the committee proposed an amendment to article 16 of the covenant, which provides for united action against a state violating the agreement The amendment follows: The council of the league will give an opinion whether a broach of the covenant has taken place. When the council gives such opinion, the votes of states charged with having committed a breach of the covenant and of states bringing the charge, whether they are members of the council under article 4 or have been specially summoned, shall not be reckoned In determining whether or not there has been a unanimous decision." Another proposed amendment reads: "The council may, In the case of a particular member, postpone the coming Into force of any of these measures for a specified period where It Is satisfied such postponement will facilitate the attainment of the object of the measures to be applied, or that It Is necessary In order to minimize the loss and Inconvenience which will ba canard such members." This amendment Is proposed to satisfy the Scandinavian members, who demanded exemption from the blockade obligation should the measure be Dplled to neighboring states. Manufacturers to Assist Ann Arbor, Mich. Mlchlgnn manufacturers have pledged a fund of to finance the department of engineering research of the University of Michigan. Hie department was organized two years ago, but lack of funds have curtailed its activities. 25,-W- Police Held As Bandit Chicago Police officers are Investigating the strange case of dual personality of Frank Slnnlck, chief of police of lliverdale, a suburb, who was arrested Satrday night while holding up a Chicago saloon. Slnnlck, 38 years old and a bachelor, has been police chief of the suburb for thirteen years His arrest disclosed that, after enforcing the law during the day, he becnm? a bandit at night. He wns Identified by two saloonkeepers as the robbe' wbo held Oieui up. ear-Best- Disemlnation of the emergency program was undertaken Saturday by the conference members. Many of them states have gone to residing in near-btheir respective homes until the subcommittees begin the consideration of the unemployment measures next week. They are expected to aid In the ory ganization work of their communities. Others from distant states are understood to be in communication with their local authorities, urging the formation of the, emergency committees and immediate lniation of relief mea- sures. Buys More Newspapers Berlin Herr Hugo Stinnes, Germany's organization genius, is reported to have required two more daily newsand also a papers in Czecho-Slovakl- a controlling interest of the iron and steel works of Wltzowltz. Latest Information states that Stinnes now controls 1340 companies, with a capital greater than 6,000,000,000 of paper marks. The personnel employed in his companies totals approximately 1,300,. 000. Plunger Loses Heavily raris Sir Ernest John, the English plunger at Deauvllle, Is reported to have lost 2,OfX,000 francs at baccarat at the Casino Inst summer, making his loss for the year, Including that at the Travelers' club in Paris 7,000,000 francs. A Cuban newspaper proprietor Is reported tqbe the next heaviest loser, having dropped more than 3, 000,000 francs at Deauvllle. Illiteracy Decreases Washington The number of IIlltei ate persons in Oregon 10 years of age and over In 1920 was 0,317 or a percentage of Illiteracy of 1.5 compared to 1.9 In 1010. The Illiterates Included 1,529 native whites, the remainder beIndians, ing made up of foreign-born- , negroes and Orientals. Utah Man Given Post Washington Former Governor Ileb-e-r M. Wells of Utah, on recommenda- tion of Senator Smoot, Saturday was appointed assistan treasurer of the United States shlpp'ng board, with of. flees In Washington. For some time past Mr. Wells has been working with the efficiency board, but resigned thai Wells will Dot position Saturday. have to be confirmed by the senate. ' A Stranger. Wasn't that a foolish picture we Just saw 7 West That was the tnovta produo tlon of your Inst novel I Judge. North Possibly. "What ore yoj looking forT" "A bonkatonk." "Do you mean a garage?" The grace Lingering. Last Hose of Summer bnd the to blush. "Everybody else Is deflated," It nrkninvli'dgcd. : 3o $30-$3- $35-$4- $22-$2- $4.25-$4,5- $3.50-$3.6- $8-$- $3.30-14.1- ht 25c-50- $5c-40- 60c-$1.- 25-5- $S.40-$8.3- 5; $5.75-39.8- $3.50-$8.7- 6. $7.25-$8.8- 5; $1-$- $1-1- $14-31- 6; $17-Ig- ht $26-$3- 0; $11-31- 5; $16-$1- 9; $16-32- 0. . The Royal Fish. The sturgeon Is a strange looking creature, being almost covered with flattened bony plates, ba the center of each of which Is a conical spine. It Is said to live to a great age two hundred years Is one estimate, but w have no certain knowledge on the subject. Its air bladder is rich In Isinglass, and caviar Is prepared from Its roe. Its flesh seems to combine tha flavors of fish, flesh and fowl, and Is really excellent. It was Edward n, whe made the sturgeon a royal fish, bat It is only sturgeon caught In the Thames which can be claimed as the property of the crown. Sturgeon resembles salmon In that they work up livers to spawn. The Volga Is the) principal sturgeon river of Europe. Saving Time With Houee Plants. When potting a plant that will some time need repotting make a "lining" for the pot, using pieces of old wire fencing, tightly wired Into shape. Toll enables on to repot the plant without disturbing the roots and the wire pol can be placed with the plant In the larger pot also, making It possible t reex again without disturbing the mala roots, though the coarse mesh Mt prevented roots from filling the new soil beyond Its confining limits, Ton can keep ferns beautiful foi many years by this system. Mrs, M. hi a 8, Colo. . It Cant Be Done. Is all right to sny exactly what Dut you ore going to you think. spend roost of your time In the hosIt pital. Cincinnati Enquirer. Valuable In Industry. Diatoms, microscopic organisms Inhabiting both fresh and salt water, bave numerous Industrial uses. Deposits of their cases or skeletons, laid down In past geological ages, constitute "dlatomaceous earth," which la a valuable abrislve for metat polishes, scouring powders and tooth pastes. If Ink Stains. Ink Is spilled on the frock or table eloth apply salt Immediately. The Ink will then wash out quite easily. |