¿fèningivici?
p h o n o c b a p h s
and
r e c o r d s
.lin lln g of the palms bveAead, I ex
i uni not run. iusicad, 1 stepi>ed
perlenced a certain discomfort, which on a smooth surface of rock and slid
persons given to hard and unqualified downhill like a human toboggan until
terms might have called fear.
it I fetched up against a dead log after
seemed to me aa If a very strong cord a cuutused interval during winch I
at the rear of my belt were Jerking me vaguely believed myself to have been
ack toward the Inglorious safety of swallowed by an alligator. While the
the camp. I fingered my automatic alligator Illusion endured 1 must have
and marched on up the h ill trying lain coins lose and Immovable. Indeed,
not to gasp when a leaf rustled or a when my senses began to come back
1 was atilt quite Inert. 1 experienced
coconut dropped In the woods
I gained the summit of tbe ridge, - that curious tranquillity which Is said
aud stood upon a bare rock platform, I to visit those who are actually with»
scantily sheltered by a few trees, » in (be Jaws of death. There I lay
lurge shrubs, rather, with a smooth, prone, absolutely at the mercy of the
waxy leaf of vivid greea. On tbe mysterious white prowler of the forest
-and I did not care. The whole pet­
left rose the great mass of the peak
i rom far above amoug Its crags a ty business of living seemed a long
beautiful foamy waterfall came hur way behind me now.
Hlng down.
U u ru ld ly at last I opened my eyes.
I had not dreamed of getting a view Within three yards of me, In the open
so glorious from the little eminence of rock-paved glade where I hud fallen,
the ridge. Here was an Item of news stood the Thing. Yes, there It wan—
to take back to camp. Having with ouly now It had put an ear back and
great originality christened the place was sniffing at me with a mingling of
Lookout, I turned to go. And as I Interest and apprehension.
The strange beast of the Jungle waa
turned I saw a shape vanish Into the
a wblte bull-terrier.
woods.
Abruptly 1 sat up. The terrier gave
It was an animal, not a human
a startled sidewise bound, but paused
shape. And It was white. It had, In­
igaln and stood regarding me.
deed, every distinguishing trait of
"Here, pup I Here, pupl Nice dog.
Cookie's phantom pig. Only It was
gums!” I said In soothing accents.
not a pig. My brief shadowy glimpse
The dog gave a low whine nnd stood
of it had told me that. I knew what
shivering, eager but afraid. I con-
It was not, but what It was I could
tinued my blandishments. Little by
not, as I stood there rooted, eveD
little the forlorn creature drew near­
guess.
er, until I put out a cautious band
Would It attack me, or should I onlj nnd stroked bis ears. He dodged af-
die of fright? I wondered If my heart frlghtedly, but presently crept back
were weak, and hoped It was. so that again. Soon his head was agulnst my
I should not live to feel the teeth of knee, and he was devouring my hand
the unknown Thing sink In ray flesh with avid caresses. Some time, lie-
I thought of my revolver and after an fore his abandonment on the Island,
Infinity of time mannged to draw It he had been a well-brought-up and
from the case. My fingers seemed at petted animal. Months or years of
once nervelessly limp and woodenl.v wild life had estranged him from hu­
rigid This was not at all the daunt­ manity, yet at the human touch tho
less front with which I had drbamed of old devotion woke again.
meeting danger. I had fancied myself
The thing now was to lure him buck
with my automatic making a rather to camp and restore him to the happy
pretty picture as a young Amazon— service of his gods. W ith another al­
but I had now a dreadful fear that luring, "Here, doggumsl" I started on
my revolver might spasmodically go my way. He shrank, trembled, hesi­
off and wound the Thing, and then, tated, then was after me with a hound.
even If It had meditated letting me go. So I brought him triumphantly across
It would certainly attadr^ne. Never the Rubicon of the little stream, and
iheless I clung to my revolver as to marched him Into camp uuder the as­
my last hope.
tounded eyes of Cookie.
I began to edge away Crab-wise Into
At sight of the negro the dog growled
the wood. Like a metronome 1 said softly and crouched agulnat my skirt.
to myself over and over monotououa- Cookie stood like an effigy of amaze-
iy, "Don’t run, don't run I”
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place as any for beginning the search.”
d e n a k in g Y ■’ ¡ " ’’’ 'i ^ ¿ “n la Hardm Ü.’T n 'î
o r o ak ,
The cave which was now the center
e îà ÏÏL r t’ J ? . V A “" '
? " the 'easel
engaged fo r the h u n t and In the conVm
of our hopes—I say our, because some­
■ion is u n w illin g ly c arrie d along
how or other I found myself hoping
and fearing along with the rest
hiSH/ n i T f ; R JL “ Buy no m ean® concealing
SJLi
fo r t*1* expedition and her
though carefully concealing It—ran
contem pt for its m em bers, V irg in ia makes
under the point at its farther end.
b e r t * V a M lni n d ^ ° f the H o n u ra ble C u th ­
bert V ane, a nd la aoniew hat Impressed
The distance was about sixty feet
from mouth to mouth, aud back of
S h a ^ ’ i h ^ ^ i 11'- T a * i ln * w lth hiugald
® h *w » the leader o f the expedition, V lr -
this transverse passage a great
na ’ IP
fra n k ly expresses her views
vaulted chamber stretched far under
pr? i.tJcall>' _<c£ u»*ng Shaw and the other
m em bers o f the p a rty , in cluding a aome-
the land. The walls of the chamber
n.?« .n H Cert“ s bersonage, C ap tain M ag-
rose sheer to a height of fifteen feet
H \ o h i i a raKatdy ,"flnane1«1'." H am ilto n
.Ti s. ' °,f be*’,“F in a conspiracy to de-
or
more, when a broad ledge broke
'
Jan e H a rd in g . T h e ir relations,
their smoothness. At high water the
n a tu ra lly , a re som ew hat strained.
sea flooded the cavern to its farthest
^ . —L a n d in g on the Island
extremity and beat upon the walls.
is a m a tte r o f some difficulty, V irg in ia
being c arrie d ashore In the a rm s a f C uth-
Now and again. It was to prove, even
b e it V an», to her disquietude. T h e la n d ­
the water-worn pavement between the
ing. ho w ever. Is s afely effected.
two archways was left bare, and one
V - Led., by Miss H lgg lesb y-
could walk dry-shod along the rocks '
B row ne the p a rty d ra w s up an a g ree ­
under the high land of the point from
m ent w h ereby
V irg •*?•*•
in ia xxw
H a rd aing
in g is
Is barred
barred
*, a • . i f 3 iQ *.
f r o ilT
m a -Pa
fl/i r
i t t 1 c
nn
, n
It ,«
IV
1Pa ( t I lon
in
the
profits o - f the
the beach to the cave. But this was
expedition.
B
elieving
the
whole
thing
to
b e a fr .d
v <,~.’ . M .
w noie tning t<
at the very bottom of the ebb. Most- I
a V ?? ?; X ir ? in la
not g re a tly w o r­
ried. C u th b e rt V ane alone votes against
ly the lower end of the cave was
the exclusion o f V irg in ia .
flooded, and the explorers went back
CHAPTER VI.
and forth In the boat.
A certain drawback to boating in In a small boat rowing lustily for the On Its second appearance, having had
The Cave With Two Mouths.
our Island waters was the presence American continent might soon have a day and a night for meditation. In
Obscure as were the directions of hungry hordes of sharks.
You been witnessed on tlie Pacific by any had known better than to commit such
which Hopperdown’s niece had taken might forget them for a moment h u i I eyes that were there to see. And we an outrage upon the possessor of
from his dying lips, one point at least sit happily trailing your fingers over- could ill have spared either boat or ghostly powers, and had resorted to
was clear—the treasure-cave opened hoard, and then a huge moving shadow cook.
prayer Instead.
This had unswered
on the sea. This seemed an immense would darken the waler, aud you saw
Vet even though unvexed by this quite as well, for the phantom pig had
simplification of the problem, until the ripple cut by a darting fin and grewsome knowledge, after two or dissolved like the morning mists
you discovered that the great wall of the flash of a livid belly as the mon­ three days I noticed that Cookie was " hlle the sun blazed, what with Ills
cliffs was honeycombed with fissures. ster rolled over, ready for his mouth­ III ut ease. As the leisure member of devotions and Ills rabbit’s foot nnd a
One of the boats which had con­ fu l
the party, I enjoyed more of Cookie's
veyed us from the Rufus Smith had
What with the genius of Cookie and society than the rest. On this occa­
been left with us, and In It Mr. Shaw, the fruitfulness of our Island, not to sion while the morning was still In its
with the Honorable Cuthbert
and •^peak of supplies from the Army nnd freshness he was permitting me to
Captain Magnus, made a preliminary Navy stores, we lived like syharlies
make fudge. But his usual Joviality
voyage of discovery. This yielded the There were fish from stream and sea. was gone. I saw that he glanced over
coconuts and bananas and oranges his shoulder at Intervals, muttering
from the trees In the clearing. I had darkly to himself. Also that a rabbit's
hopes of yams and breadfruit also, hut foot was slung conspicuously about
if they grew on Leeward none of his neck.
Having made my fudge and set the
us had a speaking acquaintance with
them. Cookie did wonders with the pan on a stone In the stream to cool.
I was about to retire with a view to
pigs that were shot and brought _
conducting a limited exploring expedl
to him, though I never could sit down
Hon of my own. The assurances of
with appetite to a massacred infant
Mr. Shaw—not personally directed to
served up on a platter, which Is Just
me, of course; the armed truce un­
what little pigs look like.
der which we lived did not permit of
"Jes' yo' cas' yo’ eye on dis ye re In
that—had convinced me that I had
naheent,” Cookie would request, as he
not to dread anything more ferocious
placed the suckling before Mr. Tubbs.
than the pigs, and the wildest of them
' Tendah as a new'bo'n babe, he ant
would retire before a stick or a stone.
Jes’ lak he been tucked up to sleep b}
Besides, I boasted a little automatic,
his mammy. Sho’ now, how yo' got
which I carried strapped to my waist
tie heart to stick de knife In him, Mis
in » businesslike manner. Mr. Vane
tali Tubbs?"
had almost got me to the point where
It was significant that Mr. Tubbs, I could shoot it off without shutting
after occupying for a day or two an my eyes.
undistinguished middle place at the
Thus equipped, I was shout to set
hoard, had somehow slid into the off into the woods. I had fumed my
carver’s post at the head ot the table back on Cookie and the ctuip, when
Hanking him were the two ladles. I was arrested by an exclamation;
Everybody else had a sense of sit
"Miss Jinny!”
“Yo’ Bettah Not, Miss J ln n y l”
ting In outer darkness, particularly I.
I turneil lo find Cookie gazing after
whom fate had placed opposite Cap me with an expression which. In the cross of twigs nailed to a tree,
tain Magnus. Since landing on tin familiar phrase of fiction, I could not Cookie felt a fair degree of security.
island, CaptRin Magnus had for interpret, though among Its Ihgredl- But his teeth chattered In his head
sworn the effeminacy of forks. Loud
“nts were doubt and anguish. Cookie, at the thought of approachlng-nlght.
ed to the blit, his knife would ap
Meanwhile he could not In consi-lenci1
no, looked pale. I don't In the least
proach his cavernous mouth and dis know how lie managed It, but that permit me to venture forth Into the
Mads a Prelim inary Voyage of Die
appear In It.
Yet when It emerged was the impression he conveyed, path of this horror, which might, foi
covery.
Captain Magnus was alive.
Where dusky as he was.
all we knew, tie lurking In the Jun
. »
Information above set down, pins, did It go? This was a question that
"Miss Jinny, It nins’ look lak yo' gle shadows, even through tlie day
however, the thrilling and significant agitated me dully.
bout to go perambulatin' In dese yere I light hours. Also, though he did noi
avow this motive, I believe he found
fact that a cave seemingly prei^tlned
The history of Captain Magnus was woods?"
[ my company very reassuring. It Is
to be the hiding place of treasure, and obscure. It was certain that be had
“I am. Cookie," I admitted.
moreover a cave with the specified his captain's papers, though how he
The whites of Cookie's eyes became Immensely easier to face a ghost In
two openings, ran under the point had mastered the science of navigation 'ilarmingly
conspicuous.
Drawing the sustaining presence of other flesh
which protected the anchorage on the sufficiently to obtain them was a prob­ near In a stealthy manner he whis­ and blood.
For a moment I wavered In my de­
south, connecting the cove with the lem.
Though he held a British navi­ pered :
termination. What If tbe island had
*ea. Only the Scotchman remained gator's license, he did not appear to
“Yo’ bettah not, Miss Jinny!”
But
exasperatingly calm and declined to he an Englishman.
"Oh. nonsense, Cookie!" I said Im- ‘ Its wild creatures after all?
neither lynx nor panther nor any oth­
admit that the treasure was as good
The captain, as Sir. Vane had re­ patiently. "There's not a thing on the
er beast of prey Is white, except a
as found.
marked. was SUss Browne’s own find. island hut the pigs!"
“I'll wait till I see the color of my Before the objections of Mr. Shaw—
"Miss Jinny,” he solemnly replied, polar bear, and It would Is» unusual to
money before I reckon the Interest on evidently a Negative Influence from "dey's pigs and pigs.”
| meet one on a tropical Island.
I decided that Cookie's pig was af­
It,” he remarked. “It's true the cave the beginning—had caused her to
“Yes. but pigs Is pigs, you know,” I
would be a likely and convenient place abandon the scheme. Miss Browne had I answered, laughing.
I ter all a pig, though still In the flesh.
for hiding the chest; the question la; planned to charter a vessel In New
“Dey's pigs and pigs, chile—live ' I thought I remembered having seen
quite fair pigs, which would pass fn-
Wouldn’t It be too likely and con­ York and sail aronnd the Horn to ■>nes and- -dead ones.”
venient? Sampson would maybe not |
“Dead ones? o f course—haven’t we while with a frightened negro in the
the Island. While nursing this proj­
i dim light of dawn. I consoled Cookie
ihc spot of all others where ecl
rOrnieu an extensive ac
ac- I *en eating them?"
ect ane
she naa
had formed
e first coiner who had got word of i qualntance with persons frequenting
"Yo' won't nevnh eat dis yere "kind as best I could by promising to cross
the story would he certain to look.”
| the New York water -front, among •' dead pig. Miss Jinny. It's—It's a my fingers If I heard or saw anything
suspicious, and struck out Into the
ell,
friends,"
remarked
Mr. | «-horn was Captain Magnus.
As I ha'nt!"
woods.
Tuhbg, "there's them that sees noth
T h e m order was out Cookie leaned
heard her remark, he wag the on»-
For all my brave words to Cookie.
In' but the hole In the doughnut, and nautical character whom she found
gainst a cocoa palm and wiped bla
I had no Intention of going very far
there's them that see the doughnut sympathetic, by which I Judge thsi
-bon brow.
•
afield. From the shore of the cove
that's around the hole.
I ain't the others were skeptical and rude
Persistently questioned, be told at
ashamed to say that old H. H. Is In Being sympathetic. Captain Magnus I last how, today and yesterday, aris­ I had observed that the ground be­
the doughnut class. Why, the Old found It an easy matter to attach him­ ing In the dim dawn to build his fire hind Hs» clearing rose to the summit
Man himself used to remark— I guess self to the expedition—or perhaps If before the camp was stirring, he had '»f a low ridge, perhaps four hundred
It ain't news to some here about me was Violet who annexed him. I don't seen lurking at the edge of ine clear- feet in height, which Jutted from the
base of the peak. From this ridge I
bein' on the Inside with most of the know which.
'ng a white four-footed shape. It was
thought I might see something more
leadin' financial lights of the country
It was fortunate that Cookie knew I » pig yet not a ptg; Its ghostly bus. of the Island than the limited envi­
— he used lo remark. Tubbs has it in nothing of the solitary grave some- i
Its noiseless movements, divided It ronment of Lantern hay.
him to bull the market on a Black where on the Island, with Its atone
from all proper mundane porkers by
As tbe woods shut out tbe lei
Friday.'
Ladles.
I
ain't
one
that's
tn
.
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marked
rnarxeu with
won » B H.
n . and
ano a cross
cross bones.
ooro-a, the dreadful gulf whict^ divides the
cllned ,0 b.- a l t b,„ , y . , want
|nhab|tant thereof was living from the dead. The first morn­ glimpae of the white t<mta In ti­
—
A n f ti
i , ti»
evos
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I» ,,
a
•
—
- — e - -— * s k -. '9
des ring, aa even tbe fam iliar sound
warn
you
not
to
be
too
astonished
supposed to walk. I f he had, I think ing Cookie, doubtful of bis senses,
when H H. makes acquaintance with the strange spectacle of a lone negro , had flung a stone and the spectral of the surf died down to a faint, half
imagined whisper mingling with the
Mlll__ Halllwell's tombstone^ which I ’m
T h ln j bad vanished like a shadow.
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