Show if 11 lilt lilt fill IM I 1 I 1 if III I 1 I 1 by richard le Gai gallienne lienne pa C S OF EIGHT IG ayt treasure being deina islands given to the in the discovered the authentic public year 1003 narrative in the 1 now ow bahama ballam first of a a CHAPTER vill VIII Continued ISI turned my eyen over the mea I 1 could move them at all event events how gloriously it wu was shining out there therel I 1 and here was wn 1 I liel plex with amis arms tz extended tended an am one I 1 cloned 11 my eyes in a and let my body relax perhaps I 1 dozed or perhaps I 1 eluted but ud suddenly denly cliot lint win was that that aroused HIP me me tile back to life it a short ebarli eliar round of firings I 1 my eyes und looted d out to sea ra and then I 1 cave gave a great cry Caly pool I 1 cried culpp po rol iund it seemed as though a giant a knneth mere in int thit I 1 coald could rend read the to irao apo apart rt I 1 anade a clort and arid whether or not my illy relax inc 1 lied made a of ray my 1 os Illon I 1 round found that for some reason I 1 could move forward forssard again and with one wriggle wr tele I 1 had find rov my head heal through tile ali narrow space to 10 wrench my houtler hout der t and icse legs after it mia coroi comi arat amatively ively easy and in a ilij intent nt I 1 was wn pefe on the outer side ado where ris I 1 find the aperture did lid widen nut out again within a few moments Ivo I 1 was oil tile he edge of the lien had dived and was swimming madly toward hut put let lot we tell what 7 had seen ae an I 1 butic there eo so helpless in that crevice lu in the rocke rocks CHAPTER IX action I 1 bad had close la in ebon a two matted schooner cho oner under full fall sweeping by as if it pursued and rind three ne gaikes kneeling on deck with leveled alle As I 1 looked a hot shot rone rang cut from front my right where here I 1 could not r and one of the negroes rolled over another shot ond and lie negra next him film fell sprawling linx with hie film arms over tile lie but bulwark ark at that moment two other negroes riner ged from the cabin hatchway half halt dragging and half carrying a n ainan she wax was truckling struggling bra br nely iely but la in fhe the tic groon evidently acting under orders of a white man who stood over them with a revolver 1 mere ere lur toward the main mutt must her tier hen henl 1 max a bare her tier limit in disorder wil one dir from chich latr arots had been leon torn in the struggle d bilte in the eun sun light yet her aten were flashing flash inc splendid scornful fires at tier cap capton tori and her tier laughter of de deblance flance came rinsing to tuc vic over the arn it uno han than tant I 1 had cried calypso I 1 nud anti wrenched arr fr the next moment there came daubing dashing in might A loop sloop also under full ora rind at ita bow flow a huge tilte ninn man a rifle that still smoked at it glance I 1 knew blin him for charlie tr lie find been about to tiro fire again but no the ninn dragged for forcad forn tad rd be lie calm ns as a rock uniting mith th his keen deports amne efti on boblas for of course it nes ho he rou colardi I 1 be ari i I 1 his voice roar across the tile diminishing distance between the two wo bonte for tile he loop was wu running aph lh as well an falls all the men had hall calypso to the most oud and een tn in my tuy agony my illy eyes record recorded till the glory of her lir beauty cj Es the she tod stood proudly UK tilt re the gri at mile irti ul nwe lier tier and find the sea u for her bunot now do your wore tried tobias ft ills fate as vax tn in the tile sun un light bire alre dont bo be afraid rone rang out 1 voice ike 11 gold at the nine instant us n kho mie balkit to lilas bias ir with ith raised revolver i another word and I 1 firx shouted the voice of the bo brute hut but the rifle that never ted lt ita mark bloke win toolate anu fat and he staggered stagg tred d imay screaming still once more charlie tees gun poke and the tile stagger ica 05 flure figure fill with a cra aroh th on the leek deck now boys ready I 1 heard beard charlies Charl lea voice roar out as the loop stoop tore alcon pido the schooner ahert the rest of be the negro crew with raised ran arras had bad fallen on their knees crylie for mercy all ai thie this I 1 saw w from froin the water ax as I 1 sv im idly toward the th two boats both now had closed cl on each other othor a mr of thundering lhand ering canca and screaming and cursing and calypso there like ike a beautiful still will lashed to tho the quast a proud millo smile on her lovely lipa lip another toome moment tit anil and charlie had sprung aboard and seizing a knife f from botu rotu one of the creaming screaming nc groes be he cut her frets fret illi ills drep voice came to me over the thai flints bat abat I 1 call courage he be paid 1 I 1 could never have done lone IL the king had ban right he ile knew bis lift dau hubter IV this 1 I 1 in WIM 4 a the boat holi at n ret yet tin ane had wa been me itaf were all OU tw lemr with the con all 1 I deck elwe four men lay akl nd and INN onn others illel dept ap IN wr ts ef mot fonar by b Doub uj rue ao company Com panf I 1 haw calypso and C charlie 1 webster stand a moment looking down at the figure of tobias prostrate at their feet 1 I am sorry I 1 had to lill him I 1 heard charlies deep growl 1 I meant to tt ep him for the me hangman but suddenly ud denly I 1 saw him tart for HI A b ll 11 and stamp ti hem 4 fly II 11 on something 1 no 10 you dont I 1 beard him roar ard I 1 learned afterward that tobias though illy wounded was as not yit dead lend end anti tha ae an the two had lied stood looking donn on him john they had seen hl hn hand furtively moving toward the fallen revolver that lay a few inches from him on the deck just as he had graphed it charlles heavy hoot had find bonjo down on his wrist lint tobias was yam still game not alive you brute te e wax was heard to groin out and anatoli ing freu free his ills too swiftly to be prevented he be had gathered up all his remaining strength and hurled himself over the tide side into the lie eca sea I 1 was but a dozen yards away from him as lie fell and an ho he rote ro te again it 1 was as tor for hi dying avs to fix fir with ith a glare upon me they dilated with nith terror ae as though he had seen a ghost then he gave one jit scream anil fell back into the sea and we saw him no more 0 0 0 it will nill be easier for the reader to imagine than for me to describe the look on the auces of calypso and find charlls webster neb ater hen they saw roe me appear at almost the same spot where poor tobias had just jut gone bubbling now do your karsti cried tablas down words I 1 hod had none for I 1 was as at uti the end of ni ili ath and I 1 brule brute down dosis and mobbed like a child I 1 chank aou ou are safe my treas urt my I 1 wa wat all I 1 could bay lay after they had lifted me aboard nud and I 1 I 1 ley lay face duatt d uti on the deck at her tier fett she knelt by my tide alde and caressed my illy shoulder with alth her dear land anti all of which particularly my reference to imy my insure inuit fiut have been much to tile lie bewilderment of the th good hearted C clarck arah towering innocent card ruoc us I 1 believe bellene I 1 a little longer at her tier fet fett than I 1 really hid need to for the comfort of her bt balag ing so near and kindi lind i but 0 MO o nil all by a from tho tile cliffs above it wai the tho king kin alth ith ills bodyguard erebus and he file crew of lie tile no sainton slits I 1 ilie llie landof and of the firing lind rea reach cheil tl them in he tile woos soot lq and rind ettoy had come hurrying to dis discover coNer its cause so we ire deferred de ferel our ques gions and telling our several stories tt till we were ere pulled anhorn ae an Cally calypso imo wa vas folded in her fa fe thera ann arms he lie turned to ire tre I 1 tell you that I 1 knew my daugh daughtery terr he said and I 1 told 3 you ou laff too 0 king I 1 replied mi eyes during daring et at list ta rest on oil calipso ao alb with the lovo love and pride of luy my heart and isherw on earth have you been infill he asked laughing did boblas kanap you toor it was very hard ne an you will have seen teen to aton aston lh leh tho the king flat though it was uns hard to ast ardth ind almost imjoo blo to alarm him hie his sense of wonder wa AAS quite another matter and ani the delight with which be listened to our several stories would hae we made it worth while to undergo tenfold the perils we had faced oar our stories aid wd the king were ere quite in the manner of tho rho arabian nights dovetailing one on irto the othar and ani now he added we will be bin gin witla ith tle tl story of the murdell state and 1 the be stolen lady calipso Calv Ilsoo tew her ber story simply and in a lew few wonia words the first lart part l art oo 0 I 1 of 0 the poor murd red had been the eloquent itne qi need ed no further telling ho 11 bail bad ilone done lin hn brave bent best poor fellow iut ut to tiles hail had had nix six men with ith him and it mias soon over her ifer the lad had raghed and arid bound and carried in a sort of lilt provided pro nedan sedan chair tobias had done the thing with a certain style and lie had to kemit with absolute cour tey temy when they had gone a mile of or two from the bouse houie ho he had had the gas gag taken from tier her mouth and end on her tier promise not to attempt to escape which was ras of course quite typos bible he lie had also had her liec unbound so that her hurried journey through the woods ft as made as comfortable as possible they were making she he had gathered and as we had surmised for the northern shore and after about a three hours march she heard the hound mound of thy the sea ea on the schooner she load found a cabin all nicely prepared for iter IH Teven even toilet necessaries end and an excellent dinner was served on some quite pretty china to her alone I poor ioor tobias had seemed bent on showing na as he had alj mail to tom that he as not the carrion we had thought him after dinner tobias had re respectfully naked leave for a few words with her he ile had apologized for his action hut but explained that it was necessary the tile only ibay li had left ho he said id of protecting ills fits own interests and safeguarding ilfe gua a treasure which belonged to him film and anti no ono one else it it b belonged longed to any living man it had seemed to her that it was a monomania with him while he had bad been talking she bed bad made up iw hor mind what elie she rould do she would tell him the plain truth about her doubloons doub loons and offer him what remained of them as a ransom this she did and was mas able at last lost half to persuade him that EO so tar far ns as any one knew that was as all the treasure there was and then the digging among the he mine ruins of the old house was nas a it more fancy of hr her father fathers there might be something thre or pot and she so far as to ga give e her word ord of how r that it anything was sas found he should haic base hia ills share of it tobias had teemed impressed and promised his answer in the morning leaving her tier to sleep bleep with a sentry nt lier cabin door she jia lia I 1 slept soundly and asak awakened ened only nt at dawn As soon as its eho bile was ling up tobias had bad come to her tier saying that he hod accepted her offer and asking her tier to direst dirt him to hei treasure this ehe she had done and to avoid avold passing the they had taken the course round the eastern end of the island As they had the cave and here Ca calypso lypo turned a bulz alz smile on me which no one of course understood but ourselves a at licop op as seen approaching them from front the westward es and here she stopped and turned to charlie webster now mid itald the tile king we shall hear the story of apollo or let us tiny ay rather ajax the aar darter Darte rhe lie of the arrow that never missed its mark and arid chart e webster more at home will itla deeds than word ord blushed and oni blushed through lita fits part of the tile story telling ton w hwing h wing called at the set met clement fie had got our message from koebner bwee koe ney ener awl was uns making up tho con coat cont t tor for ho the hidden arec creel lie ile had spied milled want flat lie falt it sure wis ts To tobler blatt schoon er croad had called on him la in the kinge king name to surrender 1 C I had in in my pocket the warrant for hia his arrest said charlie with ith innocent aide tho the d dd d scoundrel 1 lut 1 ut had bein been answered with bullets lie ile hid md been terribly fricht frightened ened he owned chel calypso had been brought on deck leek br idle lind given him courage rasche cou he paused to beam on her a broad faced tion for which he lie roup find ao no words end and ns as he lie had never yet missed a hying flying duck at 1 forget how many anro charlie mentioned nedwell well perhaps he to diate risked it and so his story came to an trod arold reassuring rea MarIng app applause lauie nasr ow raid paid the king for the story at of the gentleman and the lighted and anti then I 1 told ray my story ai it Is already known to the render reader and I 1 hare bare to confess that when I 1 bame to the tile cht of doubloons end and of eight I 1 had a ery cry attentive andl and lence enre tile king was for marling starting arf I 1 that lost very night hut but reminded of tho tb ulf tilt knit occlusion seclusion in which th treasure tresi ure hilll lay he lie was uns persuaded to walt till the inc row tow at dawn hen he ald mid tomorrow what time the rosr footed dawn fo he be it and now I 1 am m boing to talk to ajax the Far FarD Daiter niter of duck hooting shooting nut but wait I 1 cried why did jack harkaway nark away gi r to Nassa nr calypso bluher blu hed the king chuckled 1 I prefer not to be known la III damn namn yet some of my bulens tom to be b done thare re nor Is it safe for beauty like caldeo Cal reo to go so from time to time jack way swa go tor for us both I 1 and r row ow enough of nod b he e into talk ot of ame aad pert sport in aa jarrouj parta of lie tile world to the huge delight of th the e great r e a t zi simple ampi e h hearted eart e d C charlie harlic dut li ut a after ft e r a t time lin e 0 other t e r matters claimed the attention of his ills other liters during the low flow of bis his dw cauthe night hail had fillen fallen calipso and I 1 pen ched that we ise were ere forr forgotten often so by an impulse that seemed to be one vile we e rose end anti left them there and stole out into the garden where here the little fountain wai mai dancing like a spirit under the moon and the orange treca trees gave out their perfume on tho the night boteze I 1 took her band hand and we sulked softly out into the moonlight and looked down at the closed goluses lotuses in the little po pool 01 and then we se took too k courage to look into each other s eyes I 1 calypso I 1 said 1 18 when hen are you going to show shou ine where you keep your and I 1 added in III a per jack when am I 1 going to see you in boys clothes ar artly ail I 1 and with that she was ins in my arms and I 1 felt her tier heart beating ti against my side oh ohl I 1 my treasure I 1 bald said ever so softly calypso iny illy treasure postscript now such readers as a havo have been gentle enough to follow me so far in my illy story may possibly desire to bol told what lay behind those other 1 locked doon in the underground gal ter lery V where shere I 1 so nearly laid my boras those cavern we after afterward vard ats I 1 covered did actu communicate I 1 with ruined mansion mansio nand and tha tho king who ullo has now rebuilt that mansion and lives la in it la in state with calypso and me la Is able to ikass I 1 pass foin f oin coin one to the other by underground passages which are an dource of romantic satisfaction to hie hid 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