Show el by richard le Galli esme erine C T 15 being eing the authentic narrative of a HT treasure discovered in the bahama islands in the year 1903 now first given to the public Govin rUhl by face A CHAPTER vill continued Is 15 I 1 turned my eyes over the sea I 1 could move therb them at all events how gloriously it was shining out therel there and here was 1 I helpless with arms extended as one crucified I 1 closed my eyes in anguish and let my body relax perhaps I 1 dozed or perhaps I 1 fainted but suddenly what was that bat t that aroused me summoned me back to life it deemed a short sharp sound ot of firing I 1 opened my eyes and looked out to sea and then I 1 gave a great ery cry calypso I 1 calypso I 1 cried calypso and it seeni see medas edas though a giants strength were in me that I 1 could rend the rocks apart I 1 made a mighty effort tind and whether or not my relaxing had made a readjustment of my position I 1 found that tor for some reason I 1 could move forward again and with one desperate wriggle I 1 had my head through the narrow space to wrench my shoulders and legs after it was comparatively easy and in a ino moment I 1 was waa safe on the outer side where as I 1 had surmised the aperture tild widen out again within a few moments I 1 wason was an the edge ot of the tea had dived and was swimming madly toward but let me tell what I 1 had seen as I 1 hung there so helpless in that crevice in the rocks CHAPTER IX action I 1 had seer seen close in shore a two masted schooner under full sail sweeping by as if pursued and three negroes Irrie kneeling cling on deck with leveled rifles As I 1 looked a shot rang out from my right where I 1 could not see and one of the negroes rolled over another shot and the him reil sprawling with his arms over the bulwark at abat moment two other negroes emerged from the cabin hatchway halt half dragging and halt half carrying a woman she was struggling bravely but in vain the negroes evidently acting under orders of a white man who stood over them with a revolver were dragging her toward the main mast iier her henl was bare her hair in disorder aej a one shoulder from which her dress had teen been torn in the struggle gleamed white in the sunlight yet tet her eyes were flashing splendid scornful fires at her captors and her laughter of defiance came ringing to me over the sea it was then that I 1 had cried Caly calypso pol 1 and wrenched myself free the next nest moment there came dashing in sight a sloop also under full canvas find and at its bow a huge white man with a leveled rifle that still smoked at a glance I 1 knew him for charlie webster lie ile had been about to fire cre again but as the man dragged calypso ferard to fo rard he paused calm as a rock waiting ting with his keen sports mans ebes on tobias for of course it was he you coward I 1 I 1 heard his vote voice e roar across the rap adly y diminishing di distance stanlie between the two boats tor for the sloop was running with power as well as sails meanwhile the men had lashed calypso to the mast and even in my agony my eyes recorded the glory of her beauty as she stood proudly there the great sails balls spread above her and the sea for her background now do your worst cried tobias his evil face white as wax in the sunlight fire fire dont be afraid rang out calypsos voice like singing gold at the same instant as she called tobias sprang toward her with raised revolver another word and I 1 fire shouted the voice of the brute but the rifle that never missed its mark spoke again tobias arm fell shattered and he staggered away screaming still once more charlie websters gun spoke and the stagger ing figure tell with a crash on the deck now boys ready I 1 heard Char charlies charlilee liles voice roar out again as the sloop tore alongside the schooner where the rest of the negro crew with raised arms had f fallen on their knees crying for mercy all this I 1 saw from the water as I 1 1 swam wildly toward the two boats which now had closed on each other a mass of thundering canvas and screaming and cursing men and calypso there like a beautiful statue still lashed to the mast a proud smile on her lovely lips A another moment and charlie had sprung aboard and helzing a knife from one of the screaming negroes he be cut her free his aits deep clim voice cami came to me over the water what I 1 call courage he taid 1 I could coul never have done it the king had been right he knew his bis daughter by this I 1 aris nearing the boats though RS as yet no one had seen me they were all too busy with the con fusion on where four men lay bend and three others stall kept ap H li fear I 1 saw calypso and charlie webster stand a moment looking down at the figure of tobias prostrate at their feet 1 I am sorry I 1 had to kill him I 1 heard charlies deep growl 1 I meant to keep him for the hangman but suddenly I 1 saw him start forward and stamp heavily on something no you dont I 1 heard him roar and I 1 learned afterward that tobias though mortally wounded was not yet dead and that as the two had bad stood looking down on him they had seen his hand furtively moving toward the fallen revolver that lay a few inches from him on the deck just as fie be had grasped it charlies heavy boot had come down on his wrist but tobias a was still game not alive you english brute 1 he was heard to groan out and snatching free his wrist too swiftly to be prevented he had bad gathered up all his remaining strength and hurled himself over the side into the sea Iwas I 1 but a dozen yards away from him as he fell and as he rose again it was for his dying eyes to fix with it a glare upon me they dilated with terror as though he had seen a ghost then he gave one strange scream and fell back into the sea and we saw him no more 0 0 it will be easier tor for the reader to imagine than for me to describe the look on the faces of calypso and charlie webster when they saw me appear at almost the same spot where poor tolling tobias had just gone bubbling now do your Wor stIll cried tobias down words I 1 had bad none for I 1 was at the end of my strength and I 1 broke down and sobbed like a child thank god you are safe my treasure my trea treasure surel was all I 1 could say after they had lifted me aboard and I 1 lay face down on the deck at her feet swiftly she knelt by my side and caressed my shoulder with her dear hand band all of which particularly my reference to my treasure must have been much to the bewilderment of the good simple hearted charlie towering innocent eyed above us I 1 believe I 1 stayed a little longer at her feet than I 1 really had need to for the comfort of her being so near and kind but presently we were all aroused by a voice from the cliffs above it was the king with his bodyguard erebus and the crew of the flamingo no samson alas I 1 the sound of tile the firing had reached them in the woods and they had come hurrying to discover its cause so we deferred asking our questions and telling our several stories till we were pulled ashore As calypso was folded in her fathers arms he turned to me I 1 tell you that I 1 knew my daughter he said and I 1 told you something too 0 king I 1 replied my eyes daring at last to rest on calypso with the love and pride of my heart and where on earth have you been young man he be asked laughing did tobias kidnap you too it was very hard as you will have seen to astonish the king but though it was hard to astonish and almost impossible to alarm him hla his sense of wonder was quite another matter and the boyish delight dell glit with which he listened to our several stories would have made it worth while valle to undergo tenfold the perils we ave had bad faced our stories said the king we were requite quite in the manner ol of the arabian nights dovetailing dove tailing talling on one into the other and now he added we will be gin with the story ot of the murdered slave and the stolen lady calypso told her story simply and in a lew few words the first part of it of which whick the poor murdered sot had been the eloquent witness needed no further telling pe he had done his brave best poor fellow but tobias had had six men with him and it was soon over her they had gagged and bound and carried in a sort of improvised pro sedan chair tobias had done the tiling thing with a certain style and she had bad to admit with absolute courtesy when they had gone a mile or two from the house he had had bad the gag taken from her mouth and on her promise not to attempt to escape which was of course quite impossible he had also had her unbound so that her hurried journey through the woods was made as comfortable as possible they were making she had bad gathered and as we had surmised for the northern shore and after about a three hours march she heard the sound round of the sea on the he schooner she had found a cabin all nicely prepared tor for her even dainty toilet necessaries and ari an excellent dinner was served on some quite pretty china to her alone poor tobias had seemed bent on showing as he had said to tom that he was not the carrion we had thought him after dinner tobias had respectfully asked leave for a few words with her he had apologized for his action but explained that it was necessary the only way lie he had bad left he said of protecting his own interests and safeguarding a treasure which belonged to him and no one else if it belonged to any living man it had seemed to her that it was a monomania with him while he had been talking she had made up her mind what she would do she would tell him the plain truth about her doubloons doub loons rua and offer him what remained of them as a ransom this she did and was able at last half to persuade him that so far as anyone knew that wassail the treasure there was and then the digging among the ruins of the old house was a mere fancy of her fathers there might be something there or not and she went so BO tar far as to give her word of honor that if anything was found he should have his share of it tobias had seemed impressed and promised his answer in the morning leaving her to sleep with a sentry at her cabin door she had bad slept soundly and awakened only at dawn As soon as she was up tobias had come to her saying that he had accepted her offer and asking her to direct him to her treasure this she had done and to avoid passing the settlement they had taken tho the course round the eastern end of the island As they had approached the cave and here calypso turned a quizzical smile on me which no one of course understood but ourselves a sloop was seen approaching them from the westward aud and here she stopped and turned to charlie webster now said the king we shall hear the story of apollo or let us say rather ajax the far darter ho he of the arrow that never missed its mark and charlie webster more at home with deeds than words blushed and blushed through his part of the story telling how having called at the settlement he had got our message fro from in sweeney and was making up the coast for the lie hidden creek he had spied what he felt sure was tobias schooner had called on him la in the kings name to surrender 1 I had in my pocket the warrant for his arrest said charlie with innocent pride the d d scoundrel but had been answered with bullets ile he had been terribly frightened he owned when calypso had bad been brought on deck but she had given him courage he paused to beam on her a broad faced admiration for which he could find no words and as lie he had never yet missed a flying duck at I 1 forget how many yards charlie mentioned well perhaps he to have ris risked hedi it t and so his story came to an end amid reassuring applause now said the king for the story of at the disappearing gentleman and the lighted lantern and then I 1 told my story as it Is already known to the render reader and I 1 have to confess that when 1 I came to the of doubloons doub loons and pieces of eight I 1 had a very att attentive etive audlene audience e the king was for starting off that very night but reminded of the difficult d if seclusion in which the treasure still lay he was persuaded to wait till the morrow at dawn then he be said tomorrow what time the rosy footed dawn so ao be it and now I 1 am going to talk to ajax the far darter of duck shooting but wait I 1 I 1 cried why did jack harkaway go to nassau calypso blushed the king chuckled 1 I prefer not to be known in nassau yet some of my business has to ile be done there nor Is it stife tor for beauty like calypsos to go unprotected so from time to time jack goes goei for us its both bogli I 1 and now flow enough of explanations and lie be Im inched into talk of md sport in various 1 parts ot of the world to the huge delight t of the great simple hearted charlie but after a time other matters claimed the attention of his other auditors during the no now w of his dla course course night had fallen calypso aud and I 1 perceived that we were forgotten so by an impulse that seemed to be ba one we rose and left them there and stole out into the garden where the little fountain was dancing like ilk I a spirit under the moon and the orange trees gave out their perfume on the night breeze I 1 took her hand and we walked softly out into the moonlight find and looked down at the closed lotuses in the little pool and then we took courage into each others afes eyes calypso I 1 said when are you going to show me where you keep your doubloons doub loons and I 1 added in III a whisper jack when am I 1 going to see you in boys clothes agala again and with that she was in my arms and I 1 felt her heart beating against my side elde ohl oh my treasure I 1 said bald ever so softly calypso my treasure |