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About Halsey enterprise. (Halsey, Linn County, Or.) 19??-1924 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1921)
Yield to Wanderlust Cal ifo rn ia T h u r s d a y e v c u .n g u lere 10 " • ta*Jr ’ “ *■" •□<! wife who hail m ade th e tr ip “ fro m M aine to O re- gon w ith o u t X .d Ä « tP L , k e H u r ° ° a » d thru Hall 8t. M a iie lakes. h Z T ? recourse to ra ilro a d 8l,’ ru* « »„d ’ " ‘“ lio n. - they" - 1 hipped themselves Otl,_ or au to , w ith oue s lig h t exception. ¡ J j “ ' 0" Coeurd’ Alen' T h e y were M r. an,I Mrs H o m e r W h l n T b e ^ T " ? ‘ ° Sp° ue k " nioun- n*- D ean I ubbs, who had started on them a r 8 artei1 J.,leV had with the 20th of last June from P h il. A ire d a le w hich "!«? 0 ““ bps. M e ., for a to u r of the U n ited "A H u le ‘ his side o 7 S p o k in e ^ t h ' States on horseback. ' • n>«ual a lip e d ai|(1 •"» ‘h . , M rs. Tubbs is known on the stage 't h e v Ut|>',1° b ,le “ nd " as kille d “ ± “. * W ta s , . - « I? « b -n . « 4 ± i V and . h. 7 . ? " vacatio n in the -ad d le f r o m * * " ’ ,, to t h - ,„ k - d o g th at was given them because he was so vicion th e boards. I t l e y Blarted out w ith Ü ; ' ” " , " . ; 1“ ' " " • » a n , h im . W °” , tw o rid in g horses and tw o ,,Kck- Tu? ' “ ‘- « p , « — ,o , borses and have th , . . e » n ¡m a le In n C perfec* « « » ‘ Ie m a li to d a y, none the worse for th e ir jo u rn ey o f 4036 miles of . c“uJ i v i.i J A ” D “ k u U bMd I “ » '1« ‘ h eyl »‘■lted for a week on a ranch ad'. travel in th e last six months o n " ' " 8. ’ h ' Roosevel‘ r »nch and' W h e n o u t travelers reached Port- and th ey had been in the saddle with t - lnJ k i ,Wc y were Pr«««nted 169 days and rested 31, m aking an • r e six - W‘ He h<’ r!e8’ 80 now there • r e six equines m the p arty average of 27 miles per day when d a ? o f U.Utr,,,tS ? ft Port la » d M on. on fhe road. y ot last week and spent T h u rs T h e y visited the W h ite m oun. day night _ _ at _____ the hotel Halsey, ta in s , the Green m o u n ta in s, t h e ! . 1 th hey propose to take* a J e y nrnnoaaa rest of A d iro n d ac k« and other noted places thr#e months in southern C a lifo o f resort, w ent fro m N iag ara f a ll. ' “ a and from t h - . '-»■ no r. • » ™ gb Canada X and across to P o rt H u ro n , on t h i- M o un tain s of V irg in ia side of the lin e, and made a week- H ¡» ‘ erest w h . ^ ' X y -T " " K* X ^ o i! S u n s h i t > an d O r a n g e s Appeal to countless thousands each year »"noV.”i n r ° *° CaJ ifo’»*»'» Sunny Southland beaches, outdoor w r t J í n d í h / L “ .P e r s a u d t h . this w inter ? T here " 2 C,??dr 1 sun Through Sleeping Cars Observation and Dining (’ars Via The Scenic Shasta route Provide all the comforts of modern travel ■a W » a , „ a , Th. . n • Round Trip Excursion Tickets are on sale to Sunia Barbara...Los Angeles...San Diego v»»v. I t «.lie tt (uilgulng job. I nod to stoop so. “I spent so much time unloading the ‘ ,b a ‘ »eforw I waa ready go n" r« M . and aald as clearlv s> — words. Come, hunt p ig - ,th 1 -or my boat the tide waa up , „ d “/B enjy.- I M ld . , I pounding on the rocks below the cave. I ttnd that ouly at certain stages of pork alone Just now, w e have work n T * , . ” COUD‘ our “ '" > * * W e r S l I re tide Is the cave approachable by A t the turn s fter high water, rich, old boy, rich, rich I’ for Instance, there , uch . terr)flc Iv 1 d“0’‘ 7W know exact- undertow that It s e t. up . „ „ a ll m .e l. / * ba‘ * * • * « ‘O* of the treasure is »trom among t h . r r r f , ,y,n< ()ff thera.Ve. « ““ ? i i : . by 8 »? > e h e « ; '•PuwL At low tide Is (ba time to £ *? ?“* hundred and forty e ig h t f'OIQS. - n . s . n 7 f ‘ r * ’ ' h* V* “ « ‘7 m . n * S -Feb ru ary 12. (lot the cheat out of which m s k **** ‘ b,,u“ «id doubloons. :— — ■*. >»»usu u “ was a a difficult Job * “ rou, «‘ •« c u lt 7d , * ° ,a l * hundred , u<k,,f no .„ d | * Job. * . * g it thouannd — Estim ating ’ “ • -7 B>u«tli passage a around I be point. 1 each r a in r - -s. i» u m u n < ro u n u (U r u at a Vain » 'b* k ,k * of B»«rer. ‘• ur t « l ralb er ruefully a t 1 passed • s value of seven d o l l a r s - , lb« C a v , of the Two A rc h L . ilium -yo u get o n . million, thirty ^ < 2 ^ 0 d° “ , r " And “ m -T •f the coin, are s n c l„ „ j lhink ot M** *°M I wasted there 1 I r ,“ 1 had e n t e r e d t M f ! J ful pig . ’ rat- ’• B e 7 ‘7 ' , 7 ' fTO“ CO,,* ctora- Bes dea the coin, I found, rather I.y 7 re o’/ i ‘“ d th i X " u "°V‘ “ *• ' “ « « “ * » r d «he Island W<M* “ " ‘ <1 «ow ed In the cabin Not l,f' * k“ “ ” nine Inch b* 1 * * * * “ V'‘r crut'‘B* •boot ■be Inche. long. I , Tery qua|n| gold. •f« * ™ « « . began moving the I f . the deuce of . j „ b * Its m ,m e?‘ T ' P" " nd bad,Jr ,a rn l«bed. ,a,“r * T * a Uee" bar'> •» '« for i Z , v.** mu’ ‘ h* ' r,BI»«. H re* d<7'- “ uat ut «“ ' I » » " S ••olns T t h ? » r " me bU,k of « . ’ * r° ,<M*’ °< p ro vl.tm ,, aud ms. I think It must have had some , l * r tor ,ha t r lP- o , ' b* ra<',e r of “ «-redness which „ ■■’P«brua'7 18. On bourd the Island o Ita preservation here. it |a Queen. H a re moved my tra p , from t r £ X . ,0aon,,<J r e,> * rel'C amon» a w L S ’ tt ' ¿ d - M p l n * 0,1 •'«’«P- J O H N M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent crime b/ bl,MRl ,n ,l , i ° ° e‘ r ,ha Tomorrow J“ H I ! bara„ ODlj “ > «h* I« « of l b . And now I have to think about aboard- « ««fling m .t le r - < n d moving the gold. F irs t of all I i*’* “ , u oul w l‘ h ebb. I would <e« the chest Itself .bo ard rhe t . l Bnd ^ a , go, a " ,he b«<’ on board today a»raln, and a falnl and far-off L1* “ > B" * r Us w Queen. This means that I shall have • b“,5, 1 “ ° Oce<1 • worn « re tc h m the »» U --- ’’ “ J to ua o empty it and leave the gold In th.- 2 * b * b<,ldl’1« 'be sloop and atoppod tro u g h a web woven of the very »tuff ave- * bl,e I get , he chef|| o(ji «0 repair It. I can’t have the Bloop night. The floor sloped a little I downward. , In) w. „ “ 'J * • - W hen (he . heat la safely |n t h i ' r<’Ck’ ,n ' • • • ■ blow cornea ««Wo o f ,h . a lo o ^ -w h e r . H “P “ >«“ •»>«. T here . r e ooI, feet. ,n d c , me , '* a »e much room for Benjy and his ° * d ’ “ d * h a ,f ot ba« **f« «0 the was going along a descending pa««nge — ««er. I ’m s f r « , d _ I w .l, , . k . ,».* cut at Its steepest Into rough. Irregu notlon “ ' “ «I me today la r stairs. W ith either hand I ™ u|,| bag. of coin out by the land entrance* . . 1 ? A , que I can t think of risking my precious t ' A «^»« ‘A*. wbe0 I was bring X ' he w,* 118 A" ,be while th* doublom,. the voyage around the a " , ' ,be r a ” « “ « - 2 «. light grew clearer. Presently, by an p,,lnt- to‘ ° »«/ b ra in —I c ,„ -, fr,,m other sharp turn. I found myself |„ , “O f course , har< what q uarter— that I had better ie»v. « v u . tome thirty feel m depth by eighteen aeroaa. with an 'opetimg on fl** ,b* ” ’ k but a fte r th . th a n 'h ’^'h, / ° r Bl11' U "“ W Southern Pacific Lines Inc things. This is th • m m . Mon of the vision w h L 7 . T the vision which has been In toy mind so long.’ “I opened my eyes, and Io, the fan- a».v. If fantasy It were, remained. I «mote with my Hs, upon the stone p i e stone was s o lid - lt bruised the flesh. And as I « « - the blood run I screarncl aloud like a madman, ‘I t ’s real. real, re a lF "Under the stone lay the guardian of the treasure of the Bonny Lass— And his secret was w ithin my grasp don’t know how long I crouched -he narrow of cliffs. beach I had seen h tnyself f Bs kr weak and * un- • • th e X - hf “ no* a" o n f e - , and beside the stone, as drunk with Joy as from the top atrip of the Ver’ T ' ? Tound V .1 * « “ * f i * ,n “ ' '° " ' « " r* »b to any hasheesh toper with his drug I make a man sleep well. The roof U high, with an effect of nerved as a woman. roused at last to find Benjy at my Gothic arches. Near the mouth is , •«Tort I came away and Is ft'm y g i7 l- e“ u n * 1 ” »• nlvsurd idea shoulder, thrusting his cool nose tiny spring o f Ice-cold water, which ous golden hoard. Now I i r e . « , and s t T r Z ? " “ d sbrt* , b ’ ,h * Cnjc,fla kloal. playing with the Idqa that Ue J .7.7? 7 ' ^ th< o f ,be <o,d i r l 2 . r V r" a * tlean rock ftM,r'« * 1 f«r J * <? d , r t* n 1J " 10* ,ba‘ «b«’ Itself to the sea. Otherwise the cave ^ r r o w I .h a ll find it all . f . ut„ y. v(± covered that The pleasure of this Is. of course t h .t ,. vitrea '1 7 have again '» '•'*« « ««> ■ lonely. • perfectly dry. There I , „ „ doubl • Il the while I know thin wildest uf t i »* <r*v*stons from sight. I can’t In my mind that In the grea, buc- •«I Arabian f a ir , “ 7 .7 r^ ‘u? " L " ' my * ,W,UUa «“" d ■aneerlng days of the Seventeenth •a n L the , . ct # f m f ! ‘ ® “L T T * 0” a" *»«■«»« «» poor '•entory, and probably much later the h " * " most drab and place was the haunt of p i r a t e . " ' , ^ " fa Bill. A fte r all, on the w .y back from t h . i a n d ^ . T I T ' T «” ’ • fsndes that Captain Sampson of tba ~ h* " tu‘T ,n r h«’m* <»d Helen r Bonny U s s may have known o f It be iwve Benjy br.aigh, down a pig M„ h. M’ d* d h rr* fore he brought the treasure to the la as well pleased with tbe day as I I i ° , d ‘ ,be «»«ok. and stared with Island. There were queer folk to be am Now I am sitting In the doorwav h »"J’S directly after ’ b* shadow, breakfast, which we ate |n cool met with In those d ay, In the west of my c h in , w riting up m, «nd trying to calm down enough to ro i 7 th* * nc®,l* * a«‘ng *o»ds What ern ocean Tea. the rave h s. seen «» or earliest morning. I dou|d r„t |rp to bed I f „ were no, fn r T . 1 , ‘ft 1 “‘ P^ “ >* ’ « «•« of the d ,.7 y many a fierce, sea-tanned face and the perusal of the Journal which I fading of daylight. I would go back I ,’ L h '’ Y ‘ rtP «» «b» rave? g „ , h< tarry pigtail, and echoed to «ran ge b" d rwovered from the wrecked sloop «• the cave for another peep mto the , d * V* f ,h* '’ land- « > u « » was oaths and wild sen songs | p „ fiad without fear of Interruption. hunt tor nb u ria 3 *nir? ,<. * ” e i P*<«ltlon to - beat But all r„ und lh< W # w j * ’ ,b* wr” * rarved those steps In the passage— I resumed my reading with the en ,a and Q " * * n *"««. I" all bu thirty two of them. In ths sand of * a is mimnlng with that peculiarly ? try of February 10. •n m u M r / f .1* < h ,r- • e,■ ««>• vessel melancholy note (hat comes with t b l “ " der ' h* M nd w blrh he floor I kicked up •Km i . u n w l t m i . y ^ ^ ^ l o n i * "Thia morning, having grown very * * ' " Wn n f ,b* d» 1* " « WBB reet hoping rather childishly to strike ' falling of n ig h t The seabirds bays Mred of fish, of which I get ,,|pnty i , '«*»-*»«gt>t ct-est the corner of the chest. I found the «»en from the cove ,„ d he<i 1,, n iór~?kL n° ooncssllng every time I go out In the boat by ftpanfBfe mg off tr ,^ , a t0 doubloon. c o n t e m p i, im n S h i E r ? ? ‘O? and h" hilt and part of the blade of , rusty dragging a line behind. I decided to « 1 *» Somehow a curloua dislike, ’ 7 ’ J a* ,h* ">« •'» « » » • fata -atlasa, and a chased silver a|,oe U r, C t?i* stay ashore and hunt pig i “•C, vane, and la somewhat Impress«! JWrtle I shall take tbe buckle home I almo-t fesr, of , h„ w|ld •cross the base of the point, nearly | |„nif . 7 7 2 P * nd ' * * " d "*w»ed» to Helen—and yet how triv ia l It will tary place has cooie over me HiiawA f ^ 7 :Ft M J - T « k l n g w ith Dugald due south— wjiereas I had been work « n m " v 2 S ?r\dn i . # t « P e d d lo m V i r or the s/.ond of human voices the Had he returned to the c e v ^ M wem with all else that I have to of- lug along the cogat to the north of Pre! , ,<45,7 ¿ Z z i ' * «’ P’ ' « « « her views, the waa be there aftllT It . . . .1, . fa r h e r’ Nevertheless she w ill prtxe ty ,,' h of human hands. | think m e m b e r, Xota^ “ * l 2 < , * “ n» , ‘ "U «he other the cove. I reached the edge of the It as my gift, and b e c u w it e o n *, ' * a d man lying there al lhe door of «rry - b u t a mystery which I burned la * h a t u a e a rta in ,ncil^ ln < « «om«- cliffs and found that cm my right hand nua a n a Ì f» r» o n a < e . C a p ta i« M a i 'he .ave. I t , ,n e „ f for from tbe place to w hlct . the mountulo dropped “ In a sheer O f rtmrse I might have rolved |t 2 °! Ï «uppo * tie tm t* ingel led me for her sake. precipice from hundred« of feet above fhe thought of the grdd a , I do- per- '•« T «inl'd'ly. m e rc i, b, comraonlcat' ,b* raT* and hurried back to me straight Into the sea. I consid ng the extraordinary knowledge which hap. he has been brooding so tbeau . Z _ ^ Wn for • H “ «1* ' walking on a ir ered, and made up my mind that by 1eCaIArmrm? / r _tandlni »" tb* toland I w.mder | f he |a 7 ^ . ' ° " * ,e rr"»P«'"<ms t e m b i * - ! ” “ “ atcb*» '»e ninety years I striking back some distance one wo<xK whara ptesaed that I. a stranger, have c.<nia But for the presen, „ le„ t , t, ^ aD( b e r t V o e T , K - i J ? “ *• lrm a of <-uth- Under the Stone Lay the Guardian of « J I N « s tllh .^ s might by a very rough climb gain the «»., bo*«^.;0 **"d - n lo pauaaartsw of his ^ - r e t h-wrd at t» keep Ibis astjiundlug se-ret for tny ° * bl<" » ’ MM ag the Treaeure. top of the precipice, and so swing • B* ? ffomehow or other, by gull« „ the s e a * 1 " 4 ' * * ‘* rnai m u " e r vt around the shoulder of the mountain <»b Helen torn ymjr hesvealy f e « J Î Ï «rcumsfanc», | mBM against tny feverish cheek. I sup. L 7 , Iy * 5a ^ ’w M i“ H lg rle e h y . I did not feel Inclined to attempt It - - ' » f 'e f u g e fr«tm the»,. «f,n • d • . abou that t h . dneumen, , "* ,n *' i>ose he didn't understand aiy Ignor f-m "• « The cliffs at this point offered no « M ia. Brow ne', hehe« . . . ^o c e w d . s ’r S I É s y K # * « « » rin g unwtioieaome th o n c t'-- fe v w l-b ly » . H a , th< |1<M W id ing him so. or thonght I scorned him means of descent and the few yards 'or losing out In bis race with the pig « « d Is fo r you— for you I Surely that Was I. who all unaided bad dlscee- i l M i f *’ h w ’ • ’ a ««1 C uV hb eri rf? * £ ?, n»‘ «re“ ^ ’ or- of sand which the receding tide had Vet when I think of what I owe that '»•re «• the angle o f the wall my must rleanae It of Ita stains, must «••d^ nr as good .« discovered, , h. «he .xclu«oÓ òf “ l , i ^ n* ’'OU* a«“ M ' left bare at their foot led nowhere. olg I cpuld swear never to taste pork »Päde struck a bard surface, j , |a . "°re the dutch of the dead hands valaly sought for treasure, to dlarioœ “I turned to go back, and at that ran it* ~ whereabouts to those Tnn^ wbo wwj)<, again. <hsHA. ^ ? K «-'<■ •<>»««» O» ‘ •'-■»'-I Judge. u n O r afeastt two feet that strive to hold If I ment I heard an outcry In the bushes -Feb ru sry I I . This tnornjng I was Z ??. ~ ' 7 * ? al1" ’ r,a l® »P»« Its m r m u r ot m . M r t k ^ . t . ^ h ^ ' ^ ’’Brought back to earth and sanity, Z T i l m ' b > ,i 'a id h * " ' F " " b and Benjy came tearing out at tin- Tsa, there It was. M I rosie and began to consider my of dark wood which r.n < , „ , ^ r m} -arly a, Ue c v c heels of a fine young porker. I threw o ln t " p . r - «>ed . I had «ft.r ' lug golden r coing" a little 'he same wonder cheat that surroundings. Somewhere close «• knuckles almost like Iron him In?«, b~ j Bp * r U r ’ »roud'V «•«"«• up my gun to fire, but the evolutions isnd ws» the mouth of t h e _________ _________ and I had cleared _ • • • y (he !rea,r.ad of all night long f, waa sh- tretween Miss Browns and M r Tubbs of Benjy and the pig were such thai where? The cliffs, as I have already *“ “ d from «be top o f a "large chest ■rerd how the tightness In my breast and CMpfsln Magnus fthe three who hutI i,AT r o ? r .\ii; T On ‘h * ‘alan<J >• «he I was as likely to hit one as the other mid. were too steep for descent * l,h * « « » e x lid. heavily bound in relaxed. of th* f * t h « r e r . and th * pre»*nr « The pig. of course, made desperat. Nothing but a fly could have crawled b rM *- I began at ones tbe work of re 1. th... . ¿ Crusoe la . it vru»oe by by V .ra in inla, efforts to escape from the cul-de-sa. n - ° r twrbaP* •'•cep, a Uttia and fo r f U ^ b »Imf li i abo ut. down them. 1 turned to tbe rreggy "Furiously j g„„t aaJ4< moving the bag, trrno rire .best and m * m b ^ i i / » k < rM if^no1 lo » a rarular r*< u la r In wldcb he found himself. H it oiilv ’ "b<7 rr'sAnl of , f » . , , face of the mountain. There Surely. «be 'best «ood free for h a lf ita •tacking them In the corn«- of the “pò» » a ? n ,'-n! b* dd* d ,, a “ p ' th« Island hope was to get back Into thg worst, wueen ssn t very covet ou, afco a, ty„ money. HQBt be the entrance to the cave! 4eptb - which Is roughly three ( * * , jt Quwn. m ’e r c e p t^ 'h , «£.• cam P- she Is on the point. Benjy kept him headed L * -. . * * ^ o o o j - bat consider» ! -’or hours I clambered U s « the bandies at the ends, great hand- costs r ? î < „ ï 7 G a p ta la M agnns. who sc •>«h ! £ h‘" off successfully, and I began to edge as burled freasuze It made my mouth ocks. risking mangled limbs and sun- wn*°<bt bmp» of metal | tugged my up. watching my chance for a sbol « r»k*— and found no rave.. I came , barteat but l i e cheat teemed fa « in .f c ^ , W , ^ u l r F 'rad w,0> ««»• |d«« w A * t 7 * " ' * * ' • * • ’ n «W«,d "bsw . Suddenly the pig came dashlnt- reek at last, wearily, to the g rave I . r* __. 1><ar’ * • the nati i»e rock i F n la M t . l * * ? ' : " 1" « «he treasure. V lr - • b » bed saved O y life, and whe strelght toward me— oblivious. I sup There lay the dust o f the brain that t..-M a v la lt io the cave which baa •»«bed e x a lta n t,,. The . « g g , lr‘ » h .c 8 <^ , “ t ' . ? * .,f>* m o ,t ‘Ik e lT place pose, to everything but th.- while «• bare forgotten It. and that <•>«<»— «old I I had ha mmer and rhA^, had known a ll—and a w ild Impulse bh'l ever had my arma about hla snapping terror at his heels. Taken »1th » . a « j wltfc f f o |W l am» to me to tear away the earth " * 7 ~ “®d 9i>n » * • «»or -aad brava— death 1 T h m i^ '4 »» ihAW’ frcm certain by surprise. I Bred— and missed. Th< passive ancle«, Th„„, we/> with my bare hands, to dig deep Trs decidedly I sbccjld keep my ’ ’'¡spire . 4 ? / r «v»» «bree of them, .me for each „ rlp lc*p—and then with listening ear wait •hs f?eiu7eJi • nd“ r“ *»«- »hlch | pig shot tret ween my knees Ben J y « a while, all I m o bow tha a fte r him. I withstood the shock o brass which hound the cheac Then I for a whfspere<l word. "*r4a » « a going to fail. I fen f in is A d ? ik ,t * * - —I " Id le curio s ity V |r- j the pig. but not of Benjy. " I put the delirious fancy from me f^ng up tbe Hd. Issnd dab ong ab o u t toe w reck o f the I clawing wildly. Into a malted mass o No guttering treasure daisied me. itid moved away to the edge of the oc.y as - n^ 5 • • a n ', identiflw , creepers that covered the ground be I »uw only • surface o f stained cs«. C H A R T E R X IL cliffs Ixmklng down. I saw . G -m e r 2 3 3 " * S'**«1 * *« ” by ’’P e ter. ” a side me 'M . tucked kt carefully around the «e-.s o ' th * ’ « * * • “ '•• I" 1« he sloping «heif which dropped from -he « 1 thirl" -?"dto5 M1* h,dd* , "igea. Th s I tor» off sf,d flaw . , I Brieg re Light a Chea. “I got to my feet quickly, dreggln: brink to a distance of ten e r twelve “ srs her ree d ,n g le In terru p te d the whole mass of vines up with me feet trelow. where It met a aHght pro- P»»r Benjy, who . • 7 * nd aU b ,f • T ,r>»re*Ttag _n_ • I n HBAflB t Interested llfna «a — a ___ » _ » mprelan was to poaeas myveif »f a * o p ,r l<>i»s aa to the proper thè rock. h . . .d a ,t __ Theo I saw that they had covered s lectl'ui of sh. • i ’***t>f**c mp 1 «•sevure X r .* T? * * ClíLl^‘, * * • , “ r' h ■päde sad dash for the proreedina - l - curiously regular little irerch nf 'ore -.f course, but It had carried no «range ____ bo r’*ir» of sf the • n - * 1» A * J v a ’r,d * <«»*'•^1 Island Queaa Robor ro«« «f pjsT1Mp ground, ootlinevl at intervals wltt dgnlflcance for my mind. Now I ii’ ti* la ,h< cewuil» uf th* eader^i the In U e browa (mgs With b-wh hands I me T a dig -hrough dbe tepped down „j» « fh< ledge and fm- ■mail «ones. At one end s a i l large *« P*4iLon taen ? s? n f ’'" * “ ■'I f «b» reMa r? rb7 i f* ,k* " f* - ’•> «ra.p thaa. owed it to Its end in the angle of the doae. •"• d ko no trlff.r.g Lash, for I should ***• 1 ‘re*1 «• be '«nrest with two. ke "The patch was narrow, about sit C H A P T E R X I. be hampoced hy the need of thrmsing Mnngly hidden lo the eagle was a 2 * ° ^ .’ h*7 ww* * ° beuvy. so feet long—Instantly suggestive of a ow d»reway leading Into hlacfcaeaa T X *7/ 7! - •» « *’ •««» “ M beh.nd mo grave But swift beyond all proces- Th» i t iang Questi'. Freight. '» r'W h the narrow -om pnnioa».» "N o w .. course I ought la prudeace S ' W>r«ad the square »< of reason was the certainty tian • 1 s 111 n<x ‘“ " ° '** ,'“‘ tm the 7 7 * n* I t Dorl1' * with a greet ,' ‘ ° f ’ »bilarerton. Perhaps before k * *un down again I should n" ’ fhe secret of the island, wt f ,W" Is . 7 Wer* d ,T |*’» n» » f »ur party, by toe prtvate- J the Land and Sea Forres, went F flashed In.’o my mlud. I fell on mi knees bealde the «on e and pulle> ssray the torn vine-tend rite I saw the letters B. H. sod an attempt a* cross-b'-nes rudely cut Into the sot face of the «on» “T Houed ray eyeu and tried to Mead/’ m/seif. I thought, J am aee- to have goa* hack to the hat asd gm b* * * * *« » « « from the t«gs .itches and a laatera aad a rape *? / pr” r~ 1 ’’• t — ga'd. gold ’ All fair before I set foot la the dnrkneaa nt -was drey were, are a •hat unknown place. But what had I ^ •I’ rT « lT»r pleee among them! Aad to do today with prud«aca—Fartaae "T*7 ’M d * • ««dsa anmlc as red me by the head I la I went M t , '" * 7 **•’ «»■ g»c>noua yellow heap y. Benjy at my here« The pesaegs 1 bow tang | m t 'hero. . ____ anted sharpty, aad for a little way *>'*?*®« wpk my goM ruaotag it * * • * " ** «bf”ufb my tag en , cliafciag the t í re>k£J «4 fejach * * • Wa»h sf Reassew ’I I raaid achieve my sad. aa douht. hr K f'd h t burrowing, hre l< would re- quire mach moro tima thaa I had at before the nooadny • f Cookie a gOBg I maat * • " • * d^nr»ing ar refs rotas a spada o«t make off with the «a a «saithy aad burgtart Above an. i riak berroylng my