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S POTTON. p90p their Dept HES : $1 per month in advance An Early Call is Let Us Prepare You UPPER LAKES NAVIGATION \Valkerton Busim .ND ARE A THING 0F BEAUTY! W. H. BEAN The Big4 peciul train will run the reverse â€"le'«wing sarnia \Vharf 7.45 a.Lu., ing Toronto 1.10 p.m., commenc- une 9’11 and each Tuesday. Fri- uzd Sunday thereafter. Ll Particulars and resevatinns Calder’s Block Model School Teacher Ltific: we. tive re June 8, Westbound BIG 4 NU \'.\('.\TIO.V \our Advantage rind pa] and Pro Range to select t. Phone 3.1 mt Phone 18 Preside-n t College aevatinns or write “I shall never forget that again." I said grimly. “This treasure removes you further away from 'me than ever." “What mean you?” “When you get back to England and take your place once more among your friends in that society to which your lib-tn anfiflm won and whinh this “Hush. hush. Master Ham'pdonl” she cried, affrighted at the consequences or her pleas-dun)“. and 1 could swear she mrnm (rimson in the candielig ht. “’Tis not time or place now. Remem- ber that 1 am alone and that I am at your mercy.” What possessed her to do it 1 know not, and she since (-onfessed she knows not either. We stood there. looking down upon the useless treasure. when she turned to me on a sudden. And I made a step toward her. but she put up her band. chievously. “that ybu would give up your portion of the treasureâ€"for me?” "Great Gad!" I cried. moved beyond measure by her imprudent remark and thrown at? my balance by herâ€"dare l say-ooquetry. “I would give up the world itself for you. Don't you know “1‘ would make good ballast for a ship." I answered lightly. “But if we could take it hence to England!" "Millions I can only guess.” "I will give you one-half of it for your share.“ she said. laughing softly. “I want none of it.” I returned seri- ously enough. “Now that you have seen it are you still of the same mind." she said mis- moldy and ant-lent. The boxes had once been iron strapped. but the iron had rusted and the wood had rotted. l found. I stepped over to one of them. lifted the lid. whirh crumbled at my touch. and there was the treasure ~in- gots of gold and silver! Thousands of pounds lay to our hands! The old buc- caueer had told the truth. The story of the parchment was not a romance; the plunder of the aurient galleou was there. For my part 1 would gladly have exchanged it all for a stout boat and a clear passage through the reef. with a chance for freedom. “Well. your great-great-great-grand- father. for how many generations back I know not. was right." 1 said at last. “The treasure is here and we have found it. It is yours." “\es.” she said. to whom the same thought had come “but now that we have found it of what value or use is it?” "None.” I admitted. “that 1 can see." ”And what may be its value. think you?” They escape from the cave and the la- Iand. are picked up by a ship. and Hamp- don wins the iove of Lucy. In Which We Find the Treasure and Are Attacked. They discover a vast quantity of gold. silver and precious stones. War canoes of savages approach the island. Hampdon and Lucy flee to the treasure cave. They are attacked by the savages. led by Pimban and Glibby. Lucy asks Hamp- don to kiss her goodby. They are saved by an earthquake. which routs the savages and mutineers. but closes the mouth of the. cave. They pass a strange altar surrounded by masses of human bones and skull: and find the cave mentioned on the map. i Being a True Account of Certain The mutineers pursue them. but are stopped by the reef. and Hampdon and Lucy make a search for the hidden treas- ure. They are carried over a coral reef to the island. where they find rude statues and mount a gigantic stanrcuse of stone. session of Lucy. He treat: her with respect and offers to save her from the mutmecrs. The pair plot to escape to the Island of the Stairs. Hampdon steals a kiss. and Lucy has him imprisoned in a cabin. Desperate men in the crew mutiny. Pimball and Ghbby demand the map of the island of Hampdnn. who pretends to join the mutiny. Humpdon demands pos- session of Lucy. The mutineers become intoxicated. and Hampden and Lucy leave the ship for the island. which is nearby. 1t Contains half of a map of a treasure island. Lucy already has the other half. There are ’directions for fading the treas- ure. Hampdon punishes the duke for insult- ing Lucy. Hammuun and Lucy start in a ship for the Island of the Stairs. The body of Sn- erfl'rey Wilberforce. ! ruined gambler and suicide. 13 round by I Hampdon. a sailor. Hampdon quarrels’ with the Duke of Arcestbr. ' Hampdon breaks the news to Lucy Wil- berforce and delivers a letter found on her father‘s body. Cooydgm. I9l2. by (was lownseod Brady CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY cv-vow-UUUUUCUUV'UV‘U’V‘m‘I’. Strange and Wonderful Adven- tures of Master John Hampdon. Seaman. and Mistress Lucy Wilberforce, Gentlewoman, In the Great South Seas. STAIRS did not lived to go further into the cave. for there be- fore us lay a number of large wooden lmxes orchests, did not into the CHAPTER XIV. SYNOPSIS OF THE During the next two or three days we leisurely expim-mt the island. ”Phere was nothing else nn It to see which _ merits any partnul: U‘ description. We did nut again vnsit the ventral hill. nor 'djd we enter any other cave. We did not even go near the ,treasure cave Now there Were not so many of them - perhaps three or four handfuls-â€" not nearlv enough to till the asket. l .Iguretl that it hall been a je“ el box with Little trays or drawers and- that the stones had been wrapped separate- ly, but had all fallen together when the partitions rotted away. I easily found room for them in the oapamous side pockets of my mat. and then we turned hat-l; to the outer room 'assâ€" ing by the hideous altar, we gained the light. It was now late in the after- noon. we found to our surprise. 1 l We had spent hours over the treas- ure and we had inst time to retrave our steps and get hurt; to the hunt on the heavh and partake of our evening meal when night to“ As we sat by the tire that night I made little hugs out of a Dim-e of minvns taken from a bread bag and we put the jewels into them. dividing them into equal parts. One hag she wore («instantly thereaf- ter on her person and l the other. She insisted that the rough and ready divi- sion we had made was permanent: that the bag I carried belonged to me and the bag she c-arried belonged to her But I refused to have it so in spite of her argument. and there we left it. - “I am glad for that. We must gather them up. but where shall we put them?" “Why, they are previous stones!” she cried in an :m'e Stl'U(‘k whisper. “Look!" She held up a diamond as big as her thumb nail. lt sparkled like a sun in the candlelight. “And there is an emerald." she cried. pivking up one of the green stoiws. "This blue one is a sapphire; this a ruby. Why," she exvlaiuwd. "here is a fortune alone. These jewels must he of fabulous vul- ue. The gold and silver we might leave behind. but these we can carry with us ” “In the povkets of your coat for the present.” she answm‘ea. chased The eashet was IOVKBG l crumbled the wood in my hands. but could’ not open the lork. 'l‘he edge at my ax, however. prm'ell a potent Key, and at last fewer! it apart. and as 1 did so out fell a little heap of what I judged to he precious stones There were green._red. blue and white ones, among them many pearls sadly dismi- ored and valneless 'l‘he stones glis- tened with an almost living energy. My mistress was more familiar With these things than I. and 1 presented a handful to her. ' In my heart I was sorry we had found them. yet I had the grace im- mediate!_v to say: and finally value upon :l smaller vasket bound. lunged. and ('Ul'llel'vll mth some kind of metal whirl: l afterward found to be' silver. for iron would have rust- ed away long; since. The «make! vas about a fact lung: by six inches Wide and six inches (199;). 'l he metal \vnivb conmletely covered it was curiously “Yes." she until "there shunld he a smaller casket. L»! 115 luul; lurther There were perhaps :1 «hr/mu mfg Don's l olwm-d ann all Some were quite empty. With a little pile‘ut (Hist in them and :1 [WV shrmls uf (‘OIUI here and thew wIm-h Imlimlwl silk had al.1ytlnn:.:_ of jexvcis. “I know not. but I shall do it." “And with the tn-asure?” “With the rrpasure. too: at lens: a suflioiem-y of it for all your needs.” “A In] when you have done this zâ€"mmfi in; thin; fur me yuu mum-l to (“sup pear from my life, Mastu- llunmdun?‘ "Aye, if lwvd be." She :uugiwd and I ma HUI. under- stand the “waning m that lung!) Millet. wez'ilth will 'enfihlp you to sustain”â€" ".And who is to take me back to Eng 1am! 2’" Thousands- of Pounds Lay to Our Hands. How '2'. glwd and l (Md nut under- nwuuiug ut that lung!) Miner. spun-h ,uml sue‘u the-re m else \mlr ancestor spoke he sun! “WEBâ€"4 We turned and ran down the path across the wall. I had tort-thought to gather a number of (‘oeoanuts and some other fruits as we paSSed. 1 filled my 0W!) porkets. and then she made a bag out of" the skirt of her dress and 'arried the rest. Presently I refiertetl that we had no need for such haste. There would lie plenty of time for us to rem-h the cave and conceal ourselves long before they landed. so we progressed more slowly. It was almost dusk when we rearheal Olll' Shelter. 1 uprooted a small tree just as we started to climb the pile of stones. \Yllit‘ll I used as a lever to push down the heap in every dirertion as We Climbed. so that it would he. impossible for any one else to enter the rave. without piling up the stones again. We passed by the stone altar and its skeletons. crept into the inner room. flung ourselves pantingr upon the sand. and there we. waited. In that secret and set-luded shelter I thought that we were safe for the time being. Esnerially was 1 sure that they would make no effort to find us at night. as the plane had an. ciently been some sort of a shrine. And in the morning: I did not think that they would rhahre upon that particular care out of the many in the coral walls without a long search. unless they had proposed coming: just there for other reasons than we gave them. Even if thev did Stumble upon our hiding place early in the hunt. which I felt sure would be made for us as soon as they diseovered evidences of our present-e on the island in the shape of the dinghy, or at ’least at day- break. it would take them some time to rebuild the rock wall again: and when they did enter the outer room they would find it a matter of extreme difficulty to get into the inner rhamber so long as l was there. Unfortunately we had brought no powder or ball With us. We had no means of reloading our firearms. onoe they had been dis- charged. I resolved to reserve the four pistols we had for the last emergency. For other weapons I had my ax and sword. to say nothing of stones and even of the humanskulls about the al- tar. There was sense in her remarks. it might be that after performing their awful worship these. most unwelcome visitors would return as they mime. and by keeping closely bid we might escape an encounter with them. They would certainly find all our gtmds us Soon as they erossed the reef and land- ed. But there was no help for that now. We had to make the host of a bad situation. “No. no!" she nrgud. claspiug my arm with both hands.- "We must make shift with What we have. Perhaps they may not discover us. and we mm hide safely until they depart. Come! Let us go.” island." ”In the treasure mve." she answered. And indeed that was the most likely spot. We. had brought hut little with us that afternoon. 1 had thrust :1 brave of pistols in my belt. and she herself. by my advice. a! was 'm'ried her two small ones. and I had my sword and as. but everything else was in the boat on the beach. For a moment I thought of running down there- and getting some of our things, but as l halt" tun» ed to descend the stairs she detained me. divining my purpose. I pointed to one tull brown man. whu stood up in the how of the nearest canoe. flourishing: u Imnul bladed spear. "We must hide." she said. . "But where? They will search the “The reef will protect us." she said 'at last. looking at me confidently. “Not for :1 imminent." I answered. “They will ride that reef in these light canoes more easily than we did ” “And you tiiiuk”â€"â€" she instantly be- gan. “Our lives are in (hul‘s hands. if I know anything these wiil be term-ions. bloodthirsty savages. See.’ They are armed." 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