Show 12 E PC ILS C in S by richard le gallienne OF 0 F EIG I 1 T treasure being the discovered authentic narrative in the Bal bahama ballain larn of a E islands in the year 1903 now first given to ito the ithe public CHAPTER V VIII 11 continued 15 1 5 ey I 1 turned my eyes over the self bea I 1 could in move them at nil 11 events cut how bow gloriously it was shining hig out there I 1 led and he here v was 1 I helpless with arms extended as a one crucified I 1 closed my eve eves in sunfish anguish and ad let my body relax minx perhaps I 1 dozed or perhaps I 1 fainted but suddenly what we waa that that aroused ow me summoned con me a b back k to life it coined a short halt sharp sound of firing I 1 I 1 period opened my eves and I looked led out cut to sea con and the then I 1 gave if a great cry calypso ClypE 1 I 1 cried calypso I 1 and it it seemed as though a giant I a strength were in mo me that I 1 could old read a the rocks L part apart I 1 made do a mighty effort and whether or not it my relax ing 19 had mode made a readjustment ot of my position 1 I f found that for or some me reason 1 I r could move forward again 01 and ad with one desperate wriggle I 1 had my had head through the narrow spa space to wrench my shoulders and legs after it was comparatively sea and in a mo me fer ment I 1 was safe a on the outer at side bb where I 1 r as I 1 bad surmised in the aperture wi did d widen fit out agam again within a tew few moments I 1 was on the edic of the sea tied had dived and was swimming madly silly toward but let me a tell what I 1 had bad seen sale as llumi I 1 hung there so helpless I 1 in that arev v ice a in the rocks CHAPTER IX ato action I 1 had close in shore a two masted seb schooner or under full suit sail sweep ing 19 by te as it pore pursued pored d and d th three of we ne howling grace kneeling on 6 it deck it wi with t h to leveled led w tire As I 1 I 1 looked k ed a shot hot rang mug vilt out from dmn my right t where I 1 could not see and one of the negroes rolled over another flat and the negro next him tell fell sprawling with his arms oer the bulwark at that moment two te that other negroes emerged from the cabin hatchway emerged halt ho f drugging dragging and half carrying a woman awo ache h a was struggling bravery bravely but in vain ala ime ibe negroes evidently acting ling under bad r orders of a U white man clear who he stood food over them with a revolver were re dragging her toward the 1 main I mast her ISO heal was blus bare be her halt hair 1 in disorder a as J one shoulder from which her dresa dres had bee been torn in till the struggle gleamed white 1 in the all sun light yet her eyes were fin flashing ailing ale did scornful careful fires area at her bar capture captors and ad her laughter ought of defiance came me ringing to me over ever the sea it was mas then that I 1 had cried calypso I 1 1 and ad wrenched cle d myself tree free the next moment there came a dash in in sight a loop also under do full fall canvas and ad at it its tiow how a huge chit man an with a leveled rifle riffe that still smoked small at a gla glance I 1 knew him tor far chadd Cli arlle web webster st lie he had been about to are again but as the man dragged cal calypso aso foi fill ard he paused as a alin rork a awl waiting w with ith his ko keen ep sports or mans obes on Toli tobias file for of course it vw was he you yoo coward 1 I 1 heard his bis voice roar or a across the rapidly p d diminish diminishing hi 9 ly distance between in the a two amo boats boat for or the sloop waa as ill with po power war as well wall a as sails biall meanwhile hil the me men had leaned lashed t C calypso alp to the ow mast iii and ad even 1 in in my y agony in my eyes eye recorded the glory oe if her beauty as a she stood p proudly wal Y there the ila great bull sails spread above be h her and ad th the soa sea for her background T it now ow do your worst cried tobias ill hla eil 1 I f tae chite I 1 we as w wax 1 la the sun fire fire dout doo t be afraid ring mug out oot calypso s voice like singing gold invoice il at t the he same instant as she called to blas bia sprang toward her with raised re volver alv or ano another er word and I 1 fire shouted th th the a voice or of the brute but the till rifle that never ever it its murk mark spoke again tobias arm tell fell shattered d 1 and I he be tad staggered ta d aw as streaming still once more ch charlie lie We websters listers gun spoke and the stagg stagger IDE figura eh with si a rush crash on the dock deck now boys bay ready I 1 heard charlies charlie voice roar mar out again as ai the sloop tore rem alongside the schooner where hom the rest of tue the degro crew nith till raised or arms had falls fallen on no their knees trying for far worry mercy all ali role I 1 saw from the water a aa I 1 swam wildly toward the tha two boats basis aich now had closed on OD each othar a 1 mass I or of amias unit and screaming and cursing mon meu und ond calypso there like a beautiful statue all belll I 1 hilbold to the mast a proud smile a on her lowly lovely AP lipa annular moment and charlie had p 9 based aboard ad seizing a kolte knife from f rem one of 1 the dmit negroes he cut her be free OZ his d deep bell colin voice came to me over th the water isuke chata hats what I 1 call courage he tudd aid I 1 coula 14 netar a hed have done it the king bad and lure been right ha 11 knew his I 1 daughter by B y this thia iw I 1 wai fearls the b bolts ts though thank h a as yet no one had bad seen me ge I 1 11 hey Y is were ere all too busy with the con on mb on was k wl where i or fear faur men lay for 1 lead slid and three others still mill kept sp jp li 1 lr of f atar co br koubi I 1 saw calypso and charlie webster stand a moment looking down at the figure of tobias prostrate at their teet feet 1 I am amry 1 I had bad to kill him I 1 beard charlies charlie deep growl grivel 1 I meant to kno keep P u him for the hangman but suddenly I 1 saw him blurt aint to for ward m and stamp heavily on something no you foot dwi don t f I 1 beard him I 1 learned afterward that tobias table though mortally wounded was not yet dead and that as the two had stood 1 looking king it down I 1 on an h him the they y had seen hla his head hand f furtively on rely moving a 19 to toward rd the fall fallen 1 revolver I that 1 lay Y a few fee tactics inches from him on the dk deck just a as he had bad grasped it charlies charlie heavy boot had mine come down on his wrist but tobias was still game not live alive you yen english brute bratel 1 he was waa heard beard to ar groan out end and snatch tell 1 ing 19 9 tree flee his bis wrist too swiftly to be prevented he be had bad gathered up all his com remaining filing strength t vh and ad hurled him sait if over ever the sade fit lure into the spa sea I 1 wag but a dozen yards away from him US as he be fell and ad us as he rose ran il again lilloll loll it was for his dying eyes to fix with a 9 glare upon me they diluted dilated with terror as though he had seen wen a ghost the then he be gave one as strange image scream and fell back into the sea and we saw him no more it will be faster easier tor for the reader to imagine thaw than tor for me to describe the loots look on the faces of calypso and charlie webster when they saw rom me appear at almost the same spot where poor tobias had just gone bubbling E I 1 J i now do your cried tints don divon words I 1 had none for I 1 was wt at the end of my strength and I 1 broke brats doun and sobbed like a child tak thank god GO you a are safe of my tr ure my treasure I 1 was all I 1 coal could d eav after they had lifted me aboard and 7 1 luy lay face down on the doe deck k at her test feet t swiftly wifel y she knelt kit by mv side wid and caressed my shoulder with her door dear hand all of which labich particularly my reference t to my treasure wust must have love be been so much to the bewilderment of the good it charlie ti towering innocent eked eed above us I 1 believe I 1 stayed a little longer or at he her teet feet thaw I 1 really had need to to for the comfort of her being so near and kind but presently VB a wre eore all aroused amused by a S noce ce from the cliffs above it was the king with hla his bd guard erebus unit and the crew of the ri flamingo malgo no hadano blue I 1 ahe sound of the tha firl firing g had bad reached them in the woods wood ind and thyrl they thy had hl come fill 1 to discover its 13 cause us so go we def deterred ed asking our ques film alons rod and tolling our se several seral ral stories stor iea till we we were pulled ashore share As calypso was folded in her bar fa anna acres he be turned to me chin I 1 I 1 tell you that I 1 knew my daughter he said bald and I 1 told you something too tell 0 king I 1 replied roy my eyes eye during daring at last to rest on calypso with the low love and ad pride of my heart hear and where on earth have you been oung in annu I 1 he be asked laughing did YOU you toot it we was wry very hard as you will have seen been to uston lh the illig but though it was wa hard to astonish and almost Impo to alarm him his stase I 1 of wander ita vaa quit bulte another the matter and the boyish with which he ha listened to our several narl stories would have made it worth while to undergo tenfold the perils we had faced our stories said old the king were we quite J in the manner of f the arabian nights night d dovetailing dove tailing one e ind into the other A and nd DOW w he added we will b be gin with file story of the murdered steve aud and the stolen lady cip calepio told her story simply and la in a few words word th the first part pan of it of at which the poor murdered murd pred pase had nid been the eloquent witness need ed d no further telling he had done his ils bravo brave best beat poor fellow but to blue had had six stan men with him and it was wai goon able over ove her they had bad gagged and ad bound board and carried in a sort art of tin pro provided sedan chair tobias had done the he tiling with a certain style and she ilie had to adelt with absolute cour conr tevy deiy when they had bad go gone a mile 11 or two from the house bouse he had had the ga taken take from bee her mouth month end and on an her beir promise not to attempt to escape alach was of cia course e quite u elble ible he had bad also had bad her unbound so that her harried journey through the woods was waa made as comfortable as possible yosal ble they were making she had gathered owl and a as we bad for the northern shore share and after amot it three hours aceb march she beard the sound of the sea a tn ahe schooner she had found failed a mb cabin I 1 n all nicely almly prepared for he her even dainty toilet necessaries and d to an excellent collo tit dinner was served on a some quit pretty china to her alone poor tobias had bad seemed bent beat on OB showing sheering as ii he had said to tom that he waa not at the carrion cwi 1 we had thought him after dinner tobias had respectfully red betl asked leave for far a few we words with ff b her H he had it d f tor his action meph but bt explained that it was we necessary emeary the unlit way he had bad left he suit said I 1 a ot of protecting his own we interests and ad safe ft guar guarding off a treasure tre amre which belonged to him and to no one else it if it belonged to any living man it had bad seemed to her that it waa a monomania with him W while lie he be bad been talking she had m made ads up mp her mind what she would da she would tell him the plain truth about her doubloons doub loons and offer him what Trual Tema laed ned of them as a ransom title this she I 1 did end 11 waa aate 1111 at last half bull to persuade him that so far as aa anyone knew that was nil all the treasure there was and then the digging among th the a ruins mine of the like old house was waa a were mere fa fancy 0 cy of lier bar father a there might be something meth to off there or not and she went so afar far BB as to give her word rd of honor boner that if anything was found he should have his share he of if it tobias had seemed impressed and promised premised his answer in the morning leaving her to sloop with a sentry at her cabin door she had slept soundly and awakened ened only at down dawn As aa soon scon as aa she w as aa up tobias had come came to her saying that he had bad accepted her bar offer nod ad asking her to direct him to hep treasure this she he had bad done does and ad to avoid old p passing the settlement they had taken take the course round the eastern end of th the island lead A aa they boy had ad appie approached ched t the h love cave and ad here calypso turned a quiz quit cical smile on me which no one age of if course understood but ourselves a sloop was seen ampro approaching hing the them from the westward and b here e a she stopped and turned to charlie web wb W at ater new how said aid the king we shall bell hear the story awry of apollo or let us say rather aj ajax th the far darter he ot of the arrow that never missed its mark and charlie webster more at home with deeds thaw than words blushed and ad blushed through his part of the story let telling ling hi how having baving called at the set tiamen t he bad got our message from stor sweeney silly and ad wc was mailing hulking up the th coast the tha hid hidden d so creek he had bad spied what limit he be fe felt I 1 I 1 sure was a tobias schoon er hod hafl called on no him I 1 in w t the th it kings age name come to surrender do 1 I 1 had bad in my poll dogliat t the warrant for far his arrest imald fit charlie with ian innocent or on t pride the dd d d wo scoundrel undrel I 1 but had been answered wit with h bullets ile he had bad been terribly fighte frightened ed he own owned ed is when film calypso had bad been brought on dock deck but bar she he had given give him cours courage he paused passed to bee beam in on her a broad faced id w I 1 1 tion flee tor far which he be could fini find no 0 words word and ad as a he had never yet re f red a flying lack duck wl at I 1 forget how gium many yards charlie mentioned well vol I 1 perhaps he t to have risked lt it and so BO his bis story came to nn an end amid reassuring lug aln applause now said the kingo king ifor for the story of the disappearing gentleman and ad the lighted later lantern and then I 1 told my tory as it Is nl at reddy mu d y known to the render reader and I 1 have to confess c fee that who I 1 carte me to the chosta i I 1 of doubloons doub loons and pieces fit at ight eight v I 1 had bad a very attentive audience the king was for starting a off if that very t but reminded ot of tho the dif fiealt ireci lon la in which the treasure still lay he was waa persuaded to vi wait aft till the morrow oat at dawn then he said tomorrow I 1 what time the rosy foot footed it dawn eo be be I 1 it t A and ad now I 1 wo going to talk folk to ajax the F far darter of duck shooting but walt 1 I 1 cried why did jack harkaway Har nar kawai kawa go to nassaw nassau calipso blushed the oking king chuckled 1 I prefer not at to be known it in 1 nassau yet at some of my imil buil neis he haa to be done there nor Is IB it ft sate safe tor for beauty b a fly like alin calypso C to go unprotected so 5 from fr time to time jack harkaway harlin afy goes tor for us both I 1 and now enough of capi explanations bad and he set into talk of gains cam and ad sport la in various parts parta of the world orld to the huge delight or of the great simple hearted charlie battle buti but after a time other mattera matter claimed the fine attention of it his bis other auditors during the flow of hla his till course a night had fallen calypso and I 1 perceived that we were forgotten so 96 by an impulse that seemed to be one we rose as and left them there and stole out into the garden where the little biti funnel fountain we dealing dancing like a spirit under the noon moon and the wange orange 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