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S Y N O PS IS .
CH APTER I.—Jan« H arding reepect-
able and conservative old epinnter-but
never too old to think of marriage—with
more money than brains, is Inveigled by
a strong-minded spinster, Miss H lgglesby-
sro w n e, into financing an expedition to
hunt for buried treasure on Leeward
island. Her niece. Virginia Harding, un
dertaking to stop her, gets on the vessel
engaged for the hunt, and In the confu
sion la unwillingly carried along.
course. W e ’ll
morning.” *
tl’g !em up
tomorroy
Reduced Fares
12. I'<21
.H A l.s h Y EN I E R I-R IS E
Captain Magnus «as of tougher fi
ber.
But he, too, grew silent ami
there was a certain meal-sack limp
ness about his attitude, ills dulled
eyes stared dreamily.
All at once,
with a Jerk, he roused himself, turned
over and administered to the sleeping
Chris a prod with his large boot.
"Hey, there, wake up I What right
you got to be asleep at the switch?”
But Chris only breathed more heav
ily.
Captain Magnus himself heaved
tremendous yawn, settled back In
greater comfort against his sustain
ing tree and closed his eyes. I waited,
counting the seconds by the beating
of the blood In my ea rs. In the back
ground Cookie hovered apprehensive
ly. Plainly he would go on hovering
unless loud snores from the pirates
| gave him assurance. For myself,
sat fingering my penknife, wondering
whether I ought to rush over and
plunge it Into the sleepers' throats.
This would be heroic and practical,
but unpleasant. If, on the other hand
I merely tried to free the prisoners
and Captain Magnus woke, what
then? The palm where they were tied
was a dozen yards from me, much
nearer to the guards, and within range
of even their most languid glance.
Beyond the prisoners was Miss
Browne, glaring uncomprebendlngly
over the edge of her hook. There was
no help In Miss Browne.
I left my seat and stole on feet
which seemed to stir every leaf and
twig to loud complaint toward the
captive pair. Tense, motionless, with
burning eyes, they waited. There was
a movement from Captain Magnus;
he yawned, turned und muttered. I
stood stricken, my heart beating with
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l u e io iio w io g news and other
items were om itted last week ow-
ing to the physical im p o s s ib ility
of p u ttin g them in tvpo on Wed
nesday and Thursday w ith other
m atter th a t could not be post
poned;
M rs. H a rry Park of Browns,
v ille left fo r Paradise, Kansas,
Wednesday, on receipt of a wire
paying th a t her sister, who has
iong been an in v a lid , was very low.
The county and stats w ill spend
more than $1,000,000 on roads in
Linn county in 1922. Hope we’ l l
lie able to see the effect.
Mrs. T. J. S k irv in was au A l
bany shopper Wednesday.
G. L>. Stuckrath of Junction C ity,
who had been v is itin g at the H a r
"What was the point In not digging
mon home on roule 2, went to A l
'em all up while you was about It?”
to
bany fo r the day Wednesday,
deniauded Slinker. lowering. “What
was the good o’ digging up jest these
Mrs. Em m a M orris of Oregon
here couple o’ bags and quitting?”
L ity arrived in Halsey today to
“Because w5 didn't dig 'em up,” re
Tickets good till April 30— Stopovers allowed
i>e at the bedside of her daughter-
sponded Tony darkly. "Because these
CH APTER II.—By no m eans concealing
was all ready and waiting. Because
in-law , Mrs. Pansy M orris who is
No War Tax on Railroad Tickets
her d ista ste for the expedition and her
all we had to do was to say ‘Thankee,’
very low at Brow nsville
contempt for its members. Virginia makes
the acquaintance of the Honorable Cuth
to the feller that handed ’em out We
bert Vane, and Is som ew hat Impressed.
W . A . Carey took his fa th er, B
got these here bags of doubloons, as
Since 1870 the Southern Pacific has been closely
CH APTER H I.—Talking with Dugald
I says, without havin' to dig for 'em—
I. Carey, to 8alem the first of the
identified w iih the development of Western Oregon
Shaw, the leader of the expedition, Vir
oncet we had fonnd the cave, which
week.
He w ill make his hone
ginia very frankly expresses her views,
practically accusing Shaw and the other
It’s no thanks to old Washtubs we
w ith his daughter, Mrs. I. E. H a r
members of the party, including a som e
what uncertain personage, Captain Mag- j ain’t looking for It yet. We got these
rington, fo r a while.
£ u«, and a shady •financier,' Hamilton
here bags right out of the fists of a
H Tubbs, of being in a conspiracy to de
skeleton. Most of him was under a
M r. and Mrs. W . P. W a h l were
fraud Miss Jane Harding. Their relations,
naturally, are som ewhat strained.
rock, which had fell from the roof and
in Albany Wednesday, where they
JO H N M. SCOTT,
pinned him amidships.
Must of
------ — --------- Jng on t _
___
visited the father o f the la tte r, T .
General Passenger Agent
is a m atter of some difficulty, Virginia
squashed him like a beetle, 1 guess.
E. S m ith , who is very ill at the
being carried ashore In the arm s of Cuth-
But
he'd
still
kep’
his
hold
ou
tin*
hart Vane, to her disquietude. The land
home
of h's son, A. N. S m ith.
ing, however, is safely effected.
bags.” 1 turned aside, for fear that
.1 1 1
anyone should see how white I was
W.
A . Davenport of B ro w n sville
CH APTER V.—Led by Miss H igglesby-
To the rest, these poor bones might In pirates still thought of notnrng but tne girl and encouraged him to show Ills
Browne, the party draws up an agree
and W. J. R ibelin of Halsey are
gold.
They
had
exhausted
their
own
ment whereby Virginia Harding Is barred
deed bear mute witness to a tragedy,
natural kindness. And 1 was favored
iraong the vice-presidents c f the
portable supplies of liquor, and were
from participation in the profits of the
but a tragedy lacking outlines, vague.
with u blood-curdling leer from ucross
expedition.
th in s to
. - -
. Believing
ving the whole thing
loud In their denunciations of our bone-
L in n county realty board.
Some
be a fraud, Virginia is not greatly wor
Impersonal, without pojgnacy. To me,
the camp, of which 1 had put a.«
dry camp, as they termed It.
ried. Cuthbert Vane alone votes against
neetings that w ill prove interest,
they told with dreadful clearness the
the exclusion o f Virginia.
much
as
possible
between
myself
und
It was Tony who Intercepted a ten
ng to a ll realty dealers are pi nned
last sad chapter of the tale of Peter;
the object of my dread.
tative movement of Capt. Magnus In
CH APTER VI.—Wild pigs abound on
for
the com ing year, the fi,»t o f
Peter
who
had
made
me
so
Intimately
But
now,
like
a
huge
black
Gany
the island, and ••Cookie," the colored
my direction, and ordered me Into the
member of the party, insists he has seen
his confidante, whose love and hopes
which w ill be in L e i'u n iiii this
mede,
appeared
Cookie,
bearing
cupa
cabin
with
my
aunt
nnd
Miss
Browne.
a "hant," in the form of a white pig
und solitary strivings I knew all
non t il or next
and a large stone crock.
During a walk Virginia m eets the "hant/*
Through the walls of the hut we heard
about.
a white bull terrier, arwi proudly brings
"It
suhtinly
urn
a
fact.
Mlstuh
Chris,
loud and eager talk of the morrow and
him into camp.
Wednesday evening the first and
Vaguely I heard around me a babble
its certain golden harvest as the pi sab," said Cookie, “dat dey Is u mighty
of
exclamations
anil
conjectures.
Mur
second
teams of the Halsey high
unsplrltuous
fluidity
'bout
dis
yere
CH APTER VII.—On the island Is the
rates made their dispositions for the
hut of a copra gatherer, and the presence
murs of Interest rose even from our
scuool g irls played a game of bas
spring wstuli. Down war I is come
night. Then the voices trailed off
o f the dog, named "Crusoe" by Virginia,
captive band. Then came Stinker’s
from no pussons of de Four Huud’ed
ketball which tlie first le-un woi
is thus accounted for. Rambling about,
sleepily nnd silence succeeded, broken
voice, loud with sudden fear:
and feeling herself not to be a regular
ain’t
eveh
'customed
to
partuke
of
I hen the high-school boys played
only by the ceaseless murmur of the
member of the expedition Virginia com es
"Say, you don't suppose the— the
such. But the sussiety I has been In
upon s sand-imbedded sloop, the Island
against the A ll Stars and were
waves
around
the
island.
Bones would of got away with the rest
Queen. Returning to the camp, she Is
lately round dis yere camp ain’t of de
*eatten 89 to 12
intercepted by Captain Magnus, who ac
of the coin somehow, do you?” lie de
convivulous orduli; ole Cookie hud to
costs her unpleasantly. She escapes him.
C
H
A
P
T
E
R
X
V
II.
manded.
with the aid of ‘‘Crusoe.’’
keep It dark dat he got Ids li'le drop o'
J. N. F r u ilt of
f-rd s v iile
“Got away with It?” Tony contemp
comfort on de side. Dis yere's only
went to C orvallis Tuesday lo visit
CH APTER V III.-F ired with the Idea
O f W hich Cookie Is the Hero.
tuously thrust aside the possibility
of hereelf discovering the treasure. Vir
home-made stuff, sah. T a iu 't what I
i brother.
From ItuWe be g o e s in
Next morning I came out of the hot
ginia pays a visit to the cave which has
“Got away with- It how? He sure
could offah to a geunelmun If so be I
been singled out a s the most likely place
Clements,
in
the San yo.>q>nii v«>-
i
t
time
to
see
Mr.
Shaw
and
his
com
didn’t leave the Island with It, did he?
In which It has been concealed, and
Is got the matin's of a genuwine old-
ey, seeking relief in the ebang o
panion in duress led forth front the
there she is caught by the tide and res
Would he of dug It up from one place
style
Jirlep
»bat
is
de
beverage
of
de
cued by Dugald Shaw, from certain
li mate from asthm a.
jest to bury It In another? Huh! Musi sleeping Quarters which they had
death
Thinking her unconscious. Shaw
fust fam'lies. But bein' us It Is, It am
whispers words o f endearment, which
diared with their captors. They were
of wanted to work If he d id ! Now, my
mighty
coolin’,
sah,
and
It
got
a
ll’le
she treasures.
N. W . W indom , recent Browns-
notion Is that this happened to one of moored as before to a palm tree, by
kick to it—not much, but jes' enough
ille
bridegroom, went to H irris -
CH APTER IX .—In idle curiosity Vir
a rOpe having a play of two or three
the guys that was burying the gold
to make a gennelmun feel luk he Is
gin ’s. dabbling about the wreck of the
urg Tuesday for a stay of a week
leet, and their hands unbound while
and that the rest Jest left him there
one.”
.
l s ’snd Queen, finds a diarv, identified
>r so.
only as having been kept by ' Peter,
for a sort of scarecrow to keep other
l,le2’ 11,u(le h hasty breakfast under
Cookie’s tones dripped humility and
former seeker of the treasu ie In It he
Stood Stricken, My H eart Beating
l lf f n
ilt n
fl* m
v o "
IlH
M ()f
he <*V
eye
of i a watchful »eutluel. Then
people
out
of f th
the
cave.
propitiation. He offered the brimming
tells of his finding of the hidden wealth
W ith Loud Thumps.
W illia m M ills of the Brnwns-
and there her reading Is Interrupted.
heir wrists were tied again, not paln-
“But the gold?” protested Slinker
cup crlnglugly to the pale eyed, red
ille flo u rin g m ills took tra in Tues-
"They wouldn’t leave that for a iully, but with a firmness which made
nosed Chris, who reached for It with
loud thumps against my ribs. But the
CH APTER X —Opinions as to the pr^
iny slipping of their bonds impossible.
scarecrow, would they?”
lay for his old home in the Coos
alacrity, drank deep, smacked his lips
m ethods of prosecuting the search for the
captain's eyes remained closed.
treasure are divided, and a wide diverg
While the pirates were breakfasting
“Maybe not," admitted Tony, “but
lay co un try to boost his products
meditatively,
and
after
a
moment
“Virginia—quick,
Virginia
I"
Dugald
ence Is apparent in the councils of the
suppose that feller died awful slow, a spirited dispute took place among
passed the cup back.
Ie came oyer w ith a truckload o f
little party. Virginia a Interest In the
Shaw was stretching out his bound
leader of the expedition Increases.
them as to who should go to the treas
and went on hollering and clutching at
" 'Tain’t so worse,” he said approv
hands to me. and I had dropped on lis output which was on the way
ure cave and who stay in camp to
the bags? Well, that cave wouldn't
ingly. “Anyhow, It’s drink!"
CH APTER X I.—The diary which Vlr-
my knees before him and begun to cut to Albany,
in ia has found in the remains of the
uard the prisoners.
Slinker and
be a pleasant place to stay In, would
Magnus suddenly began to laugh.
at the knotted cords. They were
aland Queen reveals the fact that the
-loruy
urged
with
justice
that,
as
they
It?
And
no
one
would
have
the
nervt
"S’elp me, It’s the same dope what
Mrs. D. Taylor took a run to
existence of the gold w as known to o th
tough strong cords, and I wus hacking
ers. and an active and successful search
to snatch them bags away to bury
uad missed all the excltemeut of the
laid uut the Honoruble 1” he chortled.
at them feverishly when something H arrisburg Tuesday.
for It carried on. The record tells of the
'em, 'cause a dying man, especially
preceding day, It was their turn to
“Here, darky, let’s have a swig of It I"
bounded across the clearing and flung
finding of the treasure and Its transfer
Ted M ilin e r left Tuesday fo r
ence to the small boat, but It Is evident
visit the cave. The right to see the
when he dies hard, can have an awful
Cookie complied, Joining respectful Itself upon me. Crusoe, of course!—
the finder never left the Island with his
grip. So what they done was just to Bones they passionately claimed. Tony
ly In the captain's mirth.
and wild with the Joy of reunion. 1 W illam ette university at Salem.
wealth
Virginia, of course, believes It
to be on the Island Queen, and so within
shovel the sand In on the gold they’d supported them, and It ended wltn
“1 guess you-ull Is' got stronger
strangled a cry of dismay, and with
Surprise Is voiced th a t fishing
her reach. For various reasons she de
Chris and Captain Magnus being told
stowed away and light out quick.”
balds den dat young gennelmun I" he one hand tried to thrust him off while
cides to say nothing of her discovery un
and
h u n tin g licenses in th is oounty
til she has investigated further.
■If us our guards for the raornlug.
I f the Ingenuity of this reasoning
remarked. "Dis yere ole niggah has
I cut through the rope with the other
yield tnnre revenue than before the
In leaving the cabin 1 bad slipped Into
«as more remarkable than It» logic
help hisself mighty freely und dat
“Dow
n,
Crusoe!"
I
kept
desperately
CH APTER X II.—I/ed by directions in
price was increased. The increase
uy blouse a small penknife which 1
the pirates were not the men to find
prohibitionist Miss Harding ain't eveh
whispering. But Crusoe was unused
“Peter's" diary, Virrinla finds a highly
Important clue to the hidden treasure,
amounts
to $1,878.25 over the 1920
1 ault with It. Desire is the most elo
ud found in Aunt Jane’s bag. It was
found It out. Fac’ la. It am puffeckly
to whispered orders. He kept bound
but her courage falls when It com es to
quent of advocates, and the five ruth
lUlte new, and I satisfied myself that
harmless 'cept when de hald Is weak,"
Ing up on me, Intent to fulfill sn un figures.
pushing her Investigations.
ans had only to listen to Its voice to
the blades were keen. My own large
False, false Cookie I Bluck brother
achieved ambition of licking my ear
Miss Alice Lasley and Charles
C H APTER X III.—Interrupting a fervent
enjoy In anticipation all the fruits of sheath-knife and my revolver 1 had
In perfidy to Mr. Tubbs! One friend
Cnlhbert Vane tried, under his breath
declaration of love by Cuthbert Vane,
G re il were m arried at the btide’ s
Virginia is startled by the announcement
their Iniquitous schemes. The sight
oeeu deprived of at the suggestion of
the less to be depended ot If a chance
to lure him away. But Crusoe'e emo
of Mr. Tubbs that he has found the clew
the thoughtful Magnus. I had surren-
for freedom ever came to us I
Ilona were all for me, and swiftly be dome a t Peoria Sunday.
tv the whereabouts of the treasure. He
demands, a s the price of ble secret <a*
!ered them unprotestlngly, fearful of
Cookie refilled tlie pirales’ cupa, and
coming uncontrollable they burst forth
A rth u r F ilk in s of Scio, who was
he supposes) a half of the wealth found
all things that my possessions might
set the crock beside them ou the
In a volley of shrill yelps
The party declines to accept his terms
J reporteil as a deserter for evading
ground.
and decides to continue the search w ith
ie ransacked and Peter’s diary, though
A loud cry answered them. It came the d ra ft, has been exonerated by
out his aid. During the excitem ent Cap
• Idde.i with much art at the bottom of 1
"In case you gennelmun feels yo’- from Captain Muguus, who had scram
tain Magnus disappears.
He enlisted in
ihe bag, be brought to light. For i f seifs a li’le thursty later on,” he re bled to his feel and was staggering 'he government.
C H A PTER X IV .—In view of the discov
might yet sell the secret of the Island
marked. He was retiring, when Cap across the clearing. One hand wa- Canada and served in tne war.
ery made by Mr Tubbs, a new agreement
tain Magnus called to him.
Queen at a price which should re
groping at Ills belt— It was flourished
Mr. and Mrs. K a rl B ram w ell
is drawn up. entirely favorable to Vir
deem us all.
ginia. Turning from the document, the
“Blackle, this ain’t bad. It ’s coolin',
In the air with the gleam of a knife In »lid children spent new year’s day
party la surpr.sed by the appearance of
Aa the heat Increased a voice of
but thin—a real nice ladylike sort of
It—and staggering and shouting the in Eugene w ith M r. B ra m w e ll’s
an armed force, against whom there
drink, I should say. Suppose you take
could be no effective resistance.
uimentutfon broke from Chris. He was
captnln came on.
m other, M rs A lb e rt M ille r.
Iry—dry enough to drink up the con- ; a swig over to Miss Jinny there with
"Ah, you would, would you? I ’ll
CH APTER XV. - Captain Magnus, It
lemned
oceau.
No,
be
didn't
want
my
compliments—
I
’m
one
to
always
Mi»» F aith Adams got home
teach you—but first Fll settle Iflrn, the
turns out. has "double-crossed" his treas
ure-seeking companions, and with four
pring water, which Cookie obsequious
treat a lad.v generous If she gives me ponldge-eatln' Scotch swine— ”
from P ortland Tuesday for a couple
other desperadoes plans to carry off the
ly tendered h im ; he wanted a drink—
half a chance.”
The reeling figure with the knife of days a t her B row nsville home
gold, which he believes Tubbs* discovery
wouldn’t anybody but a fool nigger
has made practical.
Obediently Cookie hastened for an
was right above me. I sprang up, In before re tu rn in g to her school at
know that? There was plenty of tho
other cup, set It on a tray, und ap my hand the little two-inch weapon
Reedsport.
CHAPTER X V I.
real stuff aboard the schooner, on the
proached me with his old-time ornate
which was all I had for my defense—
other side of the— adjective— Island.
manner. I faced him with a withering
G E Hhorey and w ife and ch ild
and Dugald Shuar's. There were loud
From Dead Hands.
A'hy had they, with Incredible lack of
look, but. unmindful, he bowed, pre
noises In my ears, the shouting o f men, went home to Dallns M onday, a fte r
At the head of the file, Capt. Tony
forethought, brought along nothing
Renting ine the cup. ami Interposing Ms
und a shrill continuous note which I v isitin g at the W . A. Hhorey borne.
advanced through the clearing, and
but their pocket flaaks? Why hadn't
bulky person between me und the
have since realized came from the
what with nig flowing black heard, his
Lawrence W ells was home fo r a
they sent the adjective nigger hack
deeply quailing pirate«. At the same
lungs of Miss Illggleshy-Browne. Mag
portly form and a certain dramatic
lor more? Where was the bottle or
time his voice reached me, pitched in
mis made a lunge forward—the arm v is it at the W . L . W e ll* home
swagger which he possessed, he looked
two that had been rooted out last
a low and anxious key.
with the knife descended. I caught It from Eugene,
so entirely Italian and operatic" that
night from the medical stores? Empty?
”Fo’ de Luwd'a sake, Miss Jinn»
—wrenched at It frantically— striving
you expected to hear him at any mo
M rs. Jones again accompanied
Every last drop gone down somebody's spill It out I It am mighty powe. ful
blindly to wield my little penknife
ment burst out In a sonorous basso.
her husband, Lester Jones, when
greedy gullet? The adjectives came dofie— It done fumented twice as long
whether
or
not
with
deadly
Intent
I
With a sweeping gesture he flung
hick und yt»t as Chris hurled the
as befo'— It am houn' to give dat trash
don't know to this day. He turned lie came to condutct services at the
down upon the table two brown can
.«ottle Into the bay, where It swain
de Jillnd-staggahs sho'tlyl"
on me savagely, and the penknife was C hristian church Sunday.
vas bags, which opened and discharged
nobblugly u | hhi the ripples. Captain
Instantly I understood. and a thrill
whirled from my hand aa he caught
Miss G ladys W illh s n k a went
from gaping mouths a flood of golden
Magnus agreed with the gist of
of relief and of hope Inexpressible
my wrist In a terrible clutch.
coins.
home to A lb a n y M onijay from a
Chris' remarks, but deprecated, in a
shot through roe. I put the cup to my
All
I
remeuilrer
after
that
Is
the
ter
SI Inker and the cross-eyed man They Played With the Doubloons Llki
v is it here.
ruly philosophical spirit, their un
lips and after a brief parade of drink
shouted aloud. They ran and clutched
rible steely grip of the captain's srms
Children.
profitable heat.
There wasn’t any
ing passed I? hack to Cookie, spilling
M rs. Kneeland, sister of E Rus*,
at the coins with a savage greed.
end a face, flushed, wild-eyed, horri
liquor, so what was the g>xxl of roak-
the contents on the ground en rout».
returned M onday from her v is it
“Gold, gold—the real stuff I It's the of the golden coins Intoxicated them
ble, that was close to mine and Inevl
ng an adjective row? Hadn't he en-
Gradually the rough disjointed talk
doubloons, all right—where’s the rest They played with the doubloons Ilk*
tably coming closer, though I fought w ith th e ir aunt in Portland, who is
lured the equivalent of Chris' pres-
of the sailors began lo languish. Cov
of 'em?”
These cries broke from children, jtngllng them In their cal
and tore at It—of hot feverish lips 83 years old and very feeble.
•nt
sufferings
for
weeks?
He
was
bid
ertly
»itching,
I
saw
that
Chris'
head
Slinker and Horny confusedly as the loused palms, gbessing at weight arc
whose touch I knew would scorch un
ing
his
time,
he
was.
Plenty
of
drink
bad
begun
to
droop.
The
band
that
T. R. T alent of Brow nsville took
gold slid Jingling between their eager value, calculating ihelr equivalent li
to the soul—and then I was suddenly
by and by. plenty of all that makes
held
the
cup
wag
lifted,
stretched
out
the Joy of living. Laughter and oath
fingers.
free, nnd falling, falling, a long »ay the tra in here for Portland M on
life
soft
and
e
a
sy
.
He
bet
there
In the direction of the enticing Jay,
''The rest of 'em la—where they la," resounded.
through darkness.
day. A t the same tim e Mi«s Iitta
wouldn't many hit any higher spots
then forgetting Its errand fell heavily.
And now the night that I unutter
pronounced Tony oracularly. "Some
Talent entrained fo r M onm outh,
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