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Monmouth H erald
They were making, she had gathered
W A L T E R G. BRO W N
—and as we had surmised— for »he locked doors In the underground gal Monmouth, Ore. Mar. 25 1921
Representing the
northern shore, and. after about a lery where I so nearly laid my hones.
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three hours’ march, she heard the
Those caverns, we afterward dis
sound o f the sea. On the schooner she covered, did actually communicate
had found a cabin all nicely prepared with Blackbeard’s ruined mansion, and
D R . F. R . B O N V E R S O X
for her— even dainty toilet necessaries the “ king," who has now rebdllt that
o f Philadelphia
—and an excellent dinner was served, mansion and lives In It In semlfendal P H Y S I C IA N & S L U G E O S
N
o ta ry Public
on snTne quite pretty china, to her state with Calypso and me. Is able to
PH ON E NOS.
Blank Deeda, Mortgage«, Etc.
alone. Poor Tobias had seemed bent pass from one to the other by under
on showing—as he bad said to Tom— ground passages which are an unfail
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that he was not the "carrion” we had ing source o f romantic satisfaction to
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thought him.
his dear, absurd soul.
BEING THE AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF
After dinner, Tobias had respectful
As to whether or not the mansion
TREASURE DISCOVERED IN THE BAHAM/
ly asked leave for a few words with and the treasure were actually Black-
her. He had apologized for hla action, beard’s— that Is, Edward Teaeh’s— we
ISLANDS—IN—
-¥§AR—tgoi “™ NOW -
but explained that It was necessary— are yet In doubt, though we prefer to
Physician and Surgeon
the only way he had left, he said, o f believe that they were. At all events,
QVEN TO THE PUBLIC
PHONE 573
House 596
protecting his own Interests, and safe we never found any evidence to con
Office: 409-10 Bank o i Commerce Bldg,
guarding a treasure which belonged to nect them at all with Henry P. Tobias,
Salem
Ore.
him and no one else. If It belonged to whose second treasure, we have every
any living man. It had seemed to her reason to think, still remains undis
covered.
that it was a monomania with him.
'L l While he had been talking, she had
As for the sinister and Ill-fated
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made up her mind what she would do. Henry P. Tobias, J i„ we have since Meets the Secon d Saturday in Each
“ That’s what I call courage,” he She would tell him the plain truth learned— through Charlie
Webster,
M onth at 19:30 A. M.
said. “ I could never have done It."
about her doubloons, and offer bim who every now and again drops In
CHAPTER IX.
Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which
The “ king” hud been right. He knew what remained of them as a ransom. with sailors from his sloop and carries
visitors are welcome.
his daughter.
This she did. and was able at last half off the “king” for duck hunting— that
Action.
P. O. P owell , Master.
By this I was nearing the boats, to persuade him that, so far as any his real name was quite dif*erent; he
I had seen, close In shore, a two-
Miss M aggie B utler , Sec.
masted schooner coder full sail sweep though as yet no one had seen me. one knew, that was all the treasure must have assumed, as a nom de
ing by, as It pursued, aud three ne They were all too busv with the con- there w b s , and then the digging among guerre, the name we knew him by. to
groes kneeling on deck, with leveled ' fusion on deck, where four men lay the ruins of the old house was a mere give color to his claim. I t n afraid,
N o raise in prices
Monmouth and Independence
rifles. As I looked, a shot rang out, dead, and three others still kept up fancy o f her father’s. There might be therefore, that he was a plain scoun
at present
something there or not—and she went drel, after all. though It seemed to me
from rrly. right, where I could not see, their gibberish o f fear.
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and one of the negroes rolled over. | I saw Calypso and Charlie Webster so far as to give her word o f honor that I saw gleams In him o f something L . n . . . Monmouth
L «. l a . I n d e p .e d .n c .
Phone
Another shot, and the negro next him stnnd a moment looking down at the that, if anvthing was found, he should better, and I shall always feel a sort 7.45 a. m.
North Bound
8.15 a. m.
have
his
share
o
f
It.
figure
of
Tobias,
prostrate
at
tbelr
of
kindness
toward
him
for
the
saving
fell sprawling with his uruic over the
1.50 p .m .
"
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2.26 p .m .
j feet.
Tobins had seemed Impressed, and grace o f gallant courtesy with which 5.16 “
bulwark.
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“ I am sorry I had to kill him,” I ; promised his answer in the morning, he Invested his abduction of Calypso. 10.00 a. m.
At that moment, two other negroes
South Bound 10.$3 a m.
Calypso . . . She and I, Just for 3.15 p .m .
emerged from the cabin hatchwuy, heard Charlie’s deep growl. “ I meant leaving her to sleep— with a sentry at
“
“
3 .5 1 p .m .
Dealers in
to keep him for the hangman.”
her cabin door. She had slept soundly, fun, sometimes drop Into Sweeney’s
6.40 “
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half dragging and half carrying *
But suddenly I saw him start for and awakened only at dawn. As soon store, and, when she has made her
woman. She was struggling bravely, ward and stump heavily on somethlug. as she was up, Tobias had come to purchasea, she draws up from her RAYMOND E. DERBY
Proprietor
but lu vain. The negroes— evidently
C St.
In de pe nde nc e
P h o n e 1504
“ No, you don’t,” I heard him roar— her, saying that he had accepted her bosom a little bag, and, looking softly
acting under orders o f a white man, i and I learned afterward that Tobias, offer, and asking her to direct him to at me, lays down on the counter—a
who stood over them with a revolver | though mortally wounded, was not yet her treasure.
golden doubloon; and Sweeney—who,
— were dragging her toward the main i dead, and that, as the two had stood
This she had dorte, and, to avoid pass doubtless, thinks us all a little crazy—
mast. Her head was bare, her hair I looking down on him, they had seen ing the settlement, they had taken the smiles Indulgently an our make-be
f l
In disorder, and one shoulder from his hand furtively moving toward the course round the eastern end o f the lieve.
which her dress had been torn In the fallen revolver thnt lay a few Inches island. As they had approached the
Sometimes, on our way home, we
struggle, gleamed white in the sun ; from him on the deck. Just as he had cave (and here Calypso turned a quiz
come upon Tom In the plantations, su
light. Yet her eyes were flashing | grasped It, Charlie's heavy bftot had zical smile on me, which no one, of perintending a gang o f the “ king’s”
splendid scornful flres at her captors; come down on his wrist. But Tobias course, understood but ourselves), *
Janissaries— among whom Erebus is
and her laughter o f defiance came was still game.
That you get mors
sloop was seen approaching them from still the blackest—for Tom is now the
ringing to me over the sea. It was
genuine satisfaction
“ Not alive, you English brute!” he the westward . . . and here she lord high steward o f our estate. He
then that I had cried "C alypso!” and was heard to gronn out, and, snatch stopped and turned to Charlie Web
beams on us In a fatherly way. and 1
at less cost when
wrenched myself free.
ing free his wrist too swiftly to be ster.
lay my hand significantly on my left
you
use this class of
The next moment there came dash prevented, he had gathered up all his
“ Now,” said the “ king,” “ we shall side— to hla huge delight. He flashes
ing In sight a sloop also under full remaining strength, and hurled him hear the story o f Apollo— or, let ns his white teeth and wags his head
tobacco.
canvas, and at its bow, a huge white self over the side Into the sea.
say, rather Ajax—the Far-Darter—he from side to side with Inarticulate en
man. with a leveled rifle that still
A small chew lasts
I was but a dozen yards away from o f the arrow that never missed Its joyment o f the allusion. For who
smoked. At a glance, I knew him for him, os he fe ll; and, as he rose again, mark.”
knows? He may be right. In so mys
so much longer than
Charlie Webster.
He had been about it was for his dying eyes to fix with a
And Charlie Webster, more at home terious a world the smallest cause may
a big chew of the
to fire again, but, as the man drugged glare upon me. They dilated with with deeds than words, blushed and
lead up to the most august results and
Calypso for’ard, he paused, calm as a terror, as though he had seen a ghost. blushed through his part of the story,
ordinary kind. A n d the full, rich real
there Is nothlDg too wonderful to hap
rock, waiting, with his keen sports
tobacco taste gives a long lasting chewing
pen.
man^ eyes on Tobias— for, o f course, Then he gave one strange scream, and telling how—having called at the set
(TH E E N D . ) ____
satisfaction.
fell back into the sea, and we saw him tlement—he had got our message from
it was he.
William F. Oratke has been elected
Sweeney, and was making up the coast
“ You—coward I” I heard his voice no more.
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•
A n v man who uses the Real Tobacco C h ew
for the hidden creek. He had spied secretary of the Astoria Chamber of
roar across the rapidly diminishing
It n h e be easier for the reader to what lie felt sure was Tobias’ schoon Commerce to fill the vacancy caused
will tell you that.
i
.
distance between the two boats, for
the sloop was running with power as Imagine, than for me to describe, the er—had called on ulin “In the king’s by the resignation of C. I. Barr.
_
P u t ufi H two styles
look on the faces of Calypso and name” to surrender— ( “I had In my
well as sails.
Mrs. Sarah F. Osburn, pioneer of
Meanwhile, the men had lashed Charlie Webster when they saw me pocket the warrant for his arrest,” 1853, Is dead at Harrisburg at the
W B C U T is a long fine-cut tobacco
Calypso to the mast, and even in my appear at almost the same spot where said Charlie, with Innocent pride— age o f 90 years. She was related to
agony my eyes recorded the glory o f poor Tobias had just gone bubbling “ the d—d scoundrel” ) but had been Kit Carson and General Robert E
her beauty as she stood proudly there down. Words I had none, for I was at answered with bullets. He had been Lee.
—the great sails spread above her, and the end of my strength, and I broke terribly frightened, he owned, when
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Fire losses in Oregon, exclusive of
Calypso had been brought on deck, but
down and sobbed like a child.
the sea for her background.
Portland,
for
the
month
of
February,
she
had
given
him
courage—
he
paused
“Thank
God
you
are
safe—
my
treas
“ Now, do your worst," cried Tobias,
his evil face white as wax in the sun ure, my treasure!" was all I could say, to beam on her, a broad-faced admira aggregated 8204,676, according to a
after they had lifted me aboard, and I tion, for which he could find d o words report prepared by the otate fire mar
light.
"Fire, Are— don't be afraid,” rang lay face down on the deck, at her feet. — and, as he had never yet missed a shal.
out Calypso’s voice, like singing gold. Swiftly she knelt by my side, and flying duck at— I forget how many
An application for Increase of rates
caressed my shoulder with her dear yards Charlie mentioned—well . . . has been filed with the public service
hand.
perhaps he oughtn’t to have risked It commission by the Coos-Curry Tele
Û
All o f which— particularly my refer
And so his story came to an end, phone company, with offices at
ence to “ my treasure”— must have amid reassuring applause.
Marshfield.
been much to the bewilderment o f the
"Now,” said the “ king,” “ for the
The Eugene Fruitgrowers’ associa
good simple-hearted Charlie, towering. Story o f the Disappearing Gentleman
iftKStKM» -
ft'
tion shipped two carloads of dried
Innocent-eyed, above us. I believe I and the Lighted Lantern.”
prunes
to
the
east
last
week
and
has
stayed a little longer at her feet than
And then I told my story as It Is al
I renlly had need to, for the comfort ready known to the reader, and I have but five or six carloads left in the
o f her being so near and kin d; but, to confess that, when I came to the warehouse.
that indigestion can
cured,
presently, we were all aroused by a chestful of doubloons and pieces of
At the last report from the watch
permanently cured, so that you can eat any
voice from the cliffs above. It was the eight, I had a very attentive audience. man at the WarmsprtngB Irrigation
“ king,” with his bodyguard, Erebus The “ king” was for starting ofT that district's reservoir In Malheur county,
k‘
o f food that you c r a v e I t has been done
and the crew o f the Flamingo—no very night. But, reminded o f the dif
a total of 56,000 acre-feet has flowed
Samson, alas! The sound o f the firing ficult seclusion In which the treasure
not only once, but in almost every case when C ham
had reached them In the woods, and still lay, he was persuaded to wait till Into the basin.
Lumber shipments from Klamath
they had come hurrying to discover the morrow.
berlain’s Tablets are used. A n instance: M r. J .
its cause.
“ At dawn then,” he said, “ tomorrow Falls showed an Increase of 200 per
Fom in*. V , Stillwater, M inn., who had spent over
So we deferred asking our ques — ‘what time, the rosy-footed dawn’ cent over January and February. Avbr
tions. and telling our several stories, . . . so be It. And now l a m going age shipments of 15 carloads daily
$2,0 0 0
for medicine and treatment was perma
till we were pulled ashore.
to talk to Ajax the Far-Darter of were maintained.
As Calypso was folded In her fa duck shooting.”
The new 275,000 music building al
nently c ted by these tablets.
ther’s arms, he turned to me:
“But wait 1” I cried. “ Why did ‘Jack the University of Oregon, having a
“ Didn’t I tell you that I knew my Harkaway’ go to Nassau?”
capacity of 616 well equipped studios
daughterT’ he said.
Calypso
blushed.
The
“ king” and practice rooms, will be ready for
“ And I told you something too, O chuckled.
occupancy by May.
king,” I replied— my eyes daring at
“ I prefer not to be known In Nassau,
Klamath Falls residents who took
last to rest on Cnlypso with the love yet some o f my business has to be
part in Sunday’s rabbit drive near
and pride of my heart.
done there. Nor Is It‘ safe for beauty
"And where on earth have you been, like Calypso’s to go unprotected. So Dorris, Cal., reports that 400 persons
S Y N O P S I S O F T H E A N N U A L S T A T E M E N T OF T H E
young man?” he asked, laughing. “ Did j from time to time, ‘Jack Harkaway’ Joined In the extermination and de
BOSTON INSURANCE COMPANY
Tobins kidnap you too?”
goes for ns both ! And now enough of stroyed 1500 rabbits.
o f D o«ton . In the S ta te o f M a ssa ch u se tts. on the t h ir t y -fir s t day of
It was very hard, ns you will have explanations!” and he launched Into
E. V. Carter, of Ashland, was ap
D e ce m b e r, 1920, m a d e to the In su ra n ce C o m m iss io n e r o f the State of
O regon , p u rsu a n t to la w :
•
seen, to astonish the “ king.”
talk o f game and sport in various pointed a member of the state fair
C A P ITA L
But, though It was hard to astonish parts o f the world, to the huge delight board to succeed <A C. Marsters of
A m ou n t o f ca p ita l s to c k paid u p ..— ...... ........
...... .......f 1,000,000.00
and almost Impossible to alarm him. o f the great simple-hearted Charlie.
Rossburg, at the expiration of the
INCOME
But, after a time, other matters latter a tgrrn_on March 14.
“ Now. Do Your W oretl" Crlod Tobias. his sense o f wonder was qnlte another
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N et p rem iu m s re c e iv e d d u rin g the
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I matter, and the boyish delight with claimed the attention o f his othet
In terest, d iv id e n d s and re n ts re c e iv e d d u rin g th e y e a r -----991.1*9 91
At the same instant, as she called To , which he listened to our several auditors. During the flow of his dls- I Cotton Hits Lowest Figure Since 1915.
In co m e fro m o th e r s o u rce s re c e iv e d during th e year— —
14,711.71
bias sprang toward her with raised re ■ stories would have made It worth course night had fallen. Calypso and I
J9 t 4 4 l.r a .9 7
New York.—Cotton dropped to the
T o ta l Incom e
volver.
I while to undergo tenfold the perils we I perceived that we were forgotten— ;
D IS B U R S E M E N T «
lowest price since 1915 when It sold
“ Another word, and I fire,” shouted had faced.
Our stories, said the so, by an Impulse that seemed to be
N et lo ss e s p aid d u rin g th e y e a r Inclu din e adjustment
at
12.56
cents
a
pound
as
against
the
the voice o f the brute.
. $ 4.1 IS 4H 00
I “king,” were quite In the manner o f one, we rose and left them there, and
Sto
(
“ Yefif.
D iv id en d s paid on ca p ita l s to c k during the y e a r .
But the rifle that never missed Its “The Arabian Nights,” dovetailing one stole out Into the garden where the higheet price of 43 cents a pound last
1.979.999 94
C o m m iss io n s and sa la rie s paid d u rin g the y e a r .
mark spoke again. Tobias’ arm fell ! Into the other.
I90.f79.7l
T a x^ s, lice n se s an d fe e s paid d u rin g the year—
little fountain was dancing like a luly.
190.794.90
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shattered, and he staggered away j "And now,” he added, “ we will be spirit under the moon, and the orange
The conferees on the agricultural
screaming. 3till once more, Charlie gin with the ‘Story o f the Murdered trees gave out their perfume on the
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T o ta l e x p e n d itu re s
Webster’s gun spoke, and the stagger ] Slave and the Stolen Lady.’ ”
#
ASSETS
night breeze. I took her hand, and we appropriation bill allowed three strict
ing figure fell with a crash on the
V a lu e o f real ea ta te ow n e d (m a r s e t v a lu e )...»...... -
Calypso told her story simply and walked softly out Into the moonlight, ly Oregon Hems, put In by Senator
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f
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to
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and
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deck.
I In a fpw words. The first part o f it, and looked down at the closed lotuses McNary, to stand, with a little reduc
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m . M f.it
D oans on m o rtg a g e s and co lla te ra l, e t c .-» — —.— .- »
“ Now, boys, ready," I heard Charlie’s o f which the poor murdered Samson In the little pool. And then we took tion In two cases. An appropriation
114,411 M
C ash In b a n k s and on hand
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written
since
voice roar out again, as the sloop I had been the eloquent witness, a «< ■ : om a ge to look into each other’s eyes. of 115,000 to fight the pine beetle In
_ 1.41«.TI« II
Septem ber 30. 1510.......... ...................—«■
tore alongside the schooner—where ed no further telling. He had done
14.IM.IT
In te re s t and re n ts due an d a c c r u e d .— j ---------------
"Calypso,” I said, “ when are yon go the forests o f Klamath county was
it tm u
the rest of the negro crew with raised i hi« brave best—poor fellow—hut To ing to show me where yon keep your
arms had fallen on their knees, crying bias had had six men with him. and It doubloons?"—and I added. In a whis
IUA14.M 1.0t
Total admitted assets
There la more Catarrh In this eactton
for mercy.
| was soon 7)ver. Her they had gagged per, “ Jack—whetj * m 1 going to see of tho country than ell other diseases
L IA B IL IT IE S
put
tocethar.
and
for
yaara
It
waa
aup
I.T I4.IM t4
All this I saw from the water, as I and bound and carried In a sort or Im yoa In boy’s clothes again?”
unpaid
G ro ss cla im s fo r 1«
poaed to be Incumbía Doctore prescribed
» .T t l .l t l
A m o u n t o f u n earn ed p re m iu m s on all outstanding
swam wildly toward the two boats, provised sedan chair: Tobias had done
And, with that, she was In my arms, local remedies, ana by constantly falling
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t T no
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which now had closed on each other, a the thing with a certain Style and— and I felt her heart beating against to cure with local treatment, pronounced
All o th e r llabtlltlee..— .... — ------------------
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It incurable. Catarrh la a local disease,
mass o f thundering canvas, and N*he had to admit—with absolute cour my side.
greatly Influenced by constitutional con
Total liabllltlee. o c lu .lv a af capital Hack af
screaming and cursing men— and tesy.
— t M t A W t .it
“Oh I my treasure." I said—ever so ditions and therefore requires constitu
t l .000.000 00 ______________ ___ _________________
tional
treatment.
H
e
ll's
Catarrh
Medi
Calypso there, like a beautiful statue,
t^Tien they had gone a mile or two softly—“Calypso, my treasure.”
B tm iN K fm IN ORBOON FO R T H E T H A R
cina, manufactured by T . J. Cheney A
14.411 tt
still lashed to the mast, a proud smile from the house, he had had the gag
Net premlume r—:elv*d during the y e a r ----------—---------------- •
Co., Toledo, C ato, la a constitutional
lx —
paid dui Ina the year
..........
—
remedy. »
taken Internally nnd nets
on her lovely Ups.
taken from her mouth, and. on her
PO STSCRIPT,
lx
—
Incurred
during
the
year.......................
........
—
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces ■
Another moment, and Charlie had promise not to attempt to escape
of the System
One Hundred Dollars ra-
RONTON IN S U R A N C E CO M PA N T
Now, such reader» as have been ward Is offered for any came that H all's' .
sprung aboard, and. seising « knife (which was, o f course, quite Impos
W illiam R. Hedge, President
Freeman Nlcharaon. ieciT tary
Catarrh
Medicine
falls
to
cure.
Send
for
{
“
gentle"
enough
to
follow
me
an
far
In
sible)
he
had
also
had
her
unbound,
from one o f the screaming negroes, he
Statutory resident attorney for aervlee: A. F. Molden. Jr., Periland.
circulara end testimoníala.
so that her hurried journey through m.v story, mar possibly desire tp be , r j l ( H I N I T * CO . Toledo. Oblo.
Oregon.
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cut her free.
by Druggists, He.
Uis deep calm voice came to me The woods was made as comfortable as told what lay behind those other I Sold
H a il's Fam ily PtUs for eooeUpetloa.
possible.
over the water. ______
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