Show r rian tJ tJI 1 f I GOLD OF THE ARMADA I Smart Mon From Foni America Got 00 L a S I aLU 2 n 7 M 4 There Thero Is a n persistent rumor In lii France arni that t three enterprising Yankees and Philadelphia men at nut that Hint have forestalled tho ItO Duke of oC Argyll by gathering In III the tho I treasure of that great groat slut of thu Armada time tho of oC Florence sunk In III loch on ott the coat coast COf t anti and from which tho the duke dulle WUI preparing to 10 fill 1111 his lila depleted cot cof fern fers It Is IB nilso said says 1115 the Now NOV York 1 ik Sun that hut t at tho thu same three Yan aim keen kees ke have hUl lifted bItted the gold gohil sunk In mi n the lie British ship ore oft the coast of ot Hoi 1101 tints thus getting of ot tho the government which made a 1 CPU con tract with Lloyds for tor time the lh recovery recover of the thu treasure The Ihl men mell from 1 t it I 4 III are U I U I t to 10 n n nave have n clone tOitO 1 o 1 it I 4 III are U I U I t to 10 n n nave have n clone tOitO 1 o 10 little IUlIo trick anti and to have ha become mull mil by bj 1 their treasure hunting lime Tho rUmor lint has now how almost t ceased to b i a iI I rumor ronnie merely for people of ot declare that they have information which can cnn be bo roiled relied upon to tho Iho effect that the tho story la is true Iru The seizing of ot these theto sunken millions from under the time noses n ps of oC the Duke Dul c of oC Argyll tho tue government makes a n story atory in Jul which Loulu would have Illustrates th time lie characterIstIc of ot wide wille awake The Timi treasure shipped In tho ho n it years eons ago oo to aid l In her struggle against I t timid and tile the gold sliver silver and precious stones with which Philip of ot Spain loaded the steal Great Admiral of at Florence when site she set not sail with the Armada for the conquest nt ot land over iWer nail ago ore are believed to 10 bo be now In part or In whole hole either In Philadelphia or on their way wn there thore The port Jorl they have havo reached Is far tar fun far tilt portH for tor or which they the were lort tho time uses URes to which the treasure will wll bo lul b put lut ut will be he far removed from rom the tIme mIca onca for tor or which they the were designed The United d poems destined IJ oy y rate fato ato to bo a Nemesis to Spain Having Jil zed l f Hie OVen even time the treasure chests i of t Item Her I In him Armada to 10 nuiko a mu holiday The Time gold old of th IU tine will never set a In tho time new field but at Newport and amid Atlantic City Its expenditure may contribute to o time the gayety of nations When the tite ships shills of at the Armada which British shot ahot and British storma had left afloat went fleeing from Drake and Howard around time the northern end of or Scotland there thero lied 11 1 with them the time great groat treasure Admiral of at Florence 1 Cruising down along the wild willI Scottish time the mighty Admiral was wan wrecked on aim time tho coast of o tint lint and sunk In the shallow shallots witter In loch Duan an nn Inlet on that hat shore A t hundred years ears OKO flo time the then of f Argyll began work on time the wreck with the Intention of recovering time tho But flut when he was vas Informed that the crown would claim any and nIt all that he lie might find finch he hm stopped time tho work lie hii begun and said Bald of time the treasure Let It Ho Ito there A hundred years passed mind came n a new flOW Duke of Argyll and AmId now new regarding treasure trove I me or cur now reigns relna In the lie place imlac of nf Ills fathers Is time the broth of ling King Edward VII and estates spread over many manty thousand flutes hut but he lie Is poor so poor that ho linus ms to let his ancestral castle of In and amid curtail his living expenses generally Then It was that he thought o time the treasure of the tho Admiral of Flor Once ence tumId to recoup the tho for tunes of his house by gathering time the gold timid precious stones from be neath the waves Dunn Duan He lie be glum gati to a make preparations for exploring the wreck and anul lila his Intentions In the iho mutter matter widely In it no and formed time the theme of In club drawing room Tince Yankees ashore tho Iio John Silver They TheN timid had money and they timey Used It The yacht was never I uy 13 the port authorities and anIl I John Silver or another the name did not lInt matter lime day after their they were vere met by three other men ono of at whom wham vas sas recognized ns as n a diver from Severn Several great boxes were vere taken on nit boi rd rut and time tho seamen of the tue port ort learned In some Fome way that time yacht haul had an elaborate plant tubaL for deep 1001 sea diving stowed away in her Two Kicks ago the John Sliver Silver returned to Boulogne and the three men who had hiatt her thorn when she he first visited the pert came ashore the diver front from and time the other two taking the train to their unknown lorms t one of them remarked that they had beets been searching In the sea anti and hind had found It Time The men milen left eft l town the day they landed anti the trie John J Silver out of time the harbor a ml soon ns its the mont men Were vere ashore 4 I Sd 14 14 U id H U 11 LI LA U U U U U Id tS bi At the stone same tunic time In iii Lou Lon don tho rumor that time the had looted the he wreck of the Admiral of Florence and amId time Ono One story l Is that only time tho was lifted but the tho persistent havo been enough to cause anxiety both to the Duke of Argyll and nid to Lloyds Next summer when work Is be he begun gun on time tho wrecks of the lImo Lutine and the Admiral Florence will time tho divers tho tito strong boxes empty and th the konc That In Is the tho perplexing question which IH is bothering Ills Ilium grace of or Argyll mind the Lloyds Almost ev CV everybody believes they thoy will Tho duke the government are now non filled with chagrin that their proposed treasure hunting expeditions were Vete not miot kept n a profound of being bruited about In time the tOast most public manner At th tue minima time It became Widely Known the in inter it tee ter nearly a century of negotiation with Holland Dually all lights Ii iii use the wreck of tho thu anti ami made n mm contract which was as In net list When she went down All time tho nf If tho ilium location history of two I famous sunken treasure ships ero published tar far and wide tIle tho knowl knowledge edge regarding them became public property 3 Then taco men their cigars after dinner In his a club climb at of the golden Admiral of Flay Klor once ence the no un less golden As An AntIme they tIme talked a project gradually Itself auth so before many days a it swift steam yacht bound for waters passed out by 1 5 tIme of Delaware Del Dal aware with the three men on board time tho Duko of rut Argyll anti and were preparing to get to work They Vere waiting for nice fair num nummer sum summet met mer weather but the men from Phila Philadelphia dolphin delphia waited for nothing Ono One month ago n a trim yacht steamed Into tho tue harbor of The name on her stern was wan John Silver and the tho paint of tIme the lettering v Was ns hard hardly ly l dry for It was sas a new name the ok one perhaps being too toil well known In ike light of subsequent the tm num Ip iR significant for John Sliver Silver tIme tha name of the wrecked pirate In Steven tons of Treasure Island inland He It itma ma who to sing of Fifteen men on tin tho thu dead mans chest UI hUt JIU t L UI i U But It Is probably too late for If the John Silver cnn be also atul aEd It cnn can bo lie proved thoy actually i the tho Bold of the tho Admiral of Flat Flor and the the tue British gov time the Duice of cut Argyll undoubtedly try to recover a it part or al alof of tho anti and a very pretty interIm Incident might grov gro nut htmL of the cruIse of time the mysterious yacht lint Hit the three mum men from scorn to have laid haiti their plane with great kili mill to have covered pretty effectual their tracks brown time the trail no on time tho Western scouts used to way Bay In the tho Iu Lu when imen she went down was In bar gold gaIt It Is he that tin the treasure In the lie Admiral of Florence was even eren greater A London paper In nn an Interview will one nine of the best bent known American busl men In iii London quotes Mm an as I aimi a lot already but time the wll be 10 simply when shen lieN y nr are convinced that one of lie ito shrewdest tricks ever played on them loin lina taken place In tho ho last few weeks I mean that the sunken en treasure In Loch Duan which the Duke Duko of Argyll Is to go after anti th lb treasure off the Holland coast ast which Lloyds are to seek peek will bo be found Time Tho facts factO should have beer kept secret but Instead they wore blurted out to the tho world find what mor natural than that men of enterprise should try to get the treasure for them themselves selves I am nun certain that rill rull time tho or a large portion of It will be In the tho United States n a week or two It was a ml peculation to Co fit out the tho vessel tessel for time the work but It raid wonder onder fully well If my Inform tiO Is correct Just who was behind this daring html for gold In the ocean I cannot say city not noc cnn can I name time the craft hut I do tIe know three Americans from Philadelphia forestalled the tho Duke Duko of Argyll anti Lloyds After this let nil all the gibes about lin mu |