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TTJB D.gT'cAFlTAL JOUKNAU 8AIEM, OREOOK. 8ATTMAT. SXFTEMBElk 12. 19H. PEVrVf i "TTcnRIOO WORDS, ' 1 . r,.n atorw s rt, rtjn ' . ' rfa4 lkll ,,onl SjffSu P ' ' TAasAowaer fl2- ngrpnrttion. W1W CO.SUST. rWr"' .i (A matt .. mil or C"" - II k. neJ9 " ,n' "ro UuGreth, . t tl, Km corporation, either . . .j li nil cUov icveral iceekt after til kit chipier i Uori of three judje n determine JL ol thl many solution! record u the Zctptabit. The WW ore to be Vlu UacGreth, Lloyd Lonerffan, and tZiKiliU abiolute end final, nothing V kernel or given atl Vr?Vi Yk( ,a4, lro rtel,, thick snfl pu-s uVBoif vxeptMe lolution to the mv icri will he pretexted theater li tktl Itawe ui - r "'" P"--'".?' ,c,1" in l netMpopo- voinadentaUv.or a a'e1- PP,ran; llrrtj praetieeile. H'i ' ' rai, ifill 6 "" ' P'"""cj o (As trio- cr f or ,MT "w",r " MurtJ " VNlerstoad that the new npert to far ai practicable, in priaiin-j iit h't rro chuptne of tho itorv bV II or U UmdnilK mii ahn state a putm-o of a larrcMnf coiileM'i'H. .i;.'ii. In tie, vrift-ru rnuxt n-.'l 0 Mrf than lt' KOrdi lu.i;. TTtro are some ,.wlio ' ke i" "''' i: C"'"!-r'ic" . . . . ii miiN",' il M myirig m ii. u - - ' - ,V I What becomes of the millicnaircT V, in,a( beeom-t of the $I,IJW,0W ,Vo. J-U7it.m (ot's Florence viarritt Xi).l)Yhzl lecomr.x of the liusnian ivten? Xutiudtl wmifvltii lillicr dirttl or in- i.rertly with "The Million Volisr My :cry" Kill be eomidmd i'j o vonteatunt. morsis of iuu lm tnKii.i Staalrr liarsrcnrp mllllnunlre, iiftor m Blraniliiiu ruraiie frm Ike lira of thr tJ l brilliant lblivrn kuorrn oa (ho Dlirk Ibmilrpil. Ilvt' (!ir life f a ro. lt lot clKhlrra yenrr-. Hai'Krenve at IOfiillj cicrU ISrninr, Irnik-r ot the tlnk' llnnilrrd. Knoviins limine trill rr lo trt llm, hr i'ifuii (rora hla own afc iff (ixlloon. Ifffiirc rMcniillia; ho rllrf ivttrr lo th clrlfi' ai-hnnl mhrre rtvUitn xrar before he myalrrlanal kfl the iluurairp hl bhy dmiBhlcr, tvmn Oray. Thnt Any Ilarsrrnve ai l,000,naD it.tm tt- liiiuk, hut u ffportrd (hut I dropped liilo h iikra Ih bslioou hr raraprd In Utrrar nrrlvra nam hr allrla1 aPhook C(cm Olta, Drnlar'a riniipunlun. her an.l rlnliaa lo hr a ri lullvc. Two en. (Irirril,.-. call. Im their plot la rtoa. a Bt-wapaprr mna. x trUilag the raplaln of tue' Orient rla lata a trap for limine and hla . tannics OI;a alxo lUlta the tlrl rapt.la, aad .he e-.sU, fnli. Into ""l", are. Ibe plim provca Mrtlr, taronsh Uralor'a Kood luch an4 - aeiiait, fall latu Ik. hand I ta. I"1 D"' rap r-lorrare. Tbe, aik "" Urok tal"k! "" ron"" '). JL ' Ih, .tait.r, Kaut Jvnrlt ' ," rl- ... troa, IT?! ruraued br .. X ..TUT "- """' w h tau Ik, aea. "ire,, Xort(ls Te, h" jUieC k "ri- hv ah..c. "U .V 'la.' !. k. 4""tej .uc - hk, r J'W th. r- n CBAPTEU n 1 n m kZ " to kot hUl Bp ttlIJ d()VB r (h coast When tbe could not pick p enou trg to make it iaj, why, abed so elTnt inf down to Cuba for bale of tobacco or orer to the Bemiadaa (or t!ie heaven amelllng onion. , Toduy ahc waa an onion ahip; which precludes any idea of adrenture. Shi waa abont 4,000 tons, and her engines were itcrn ward and net amidshlp. Sh carried two rmsta and a halt doien hoist booms, and tb only Visible lifn ot noylhUif new on her was her bownprii. This was new doubtless because ab bad poked her nose too (ar into her last slip. liar crew waa orderly and trnctsible. There were shore drunks, to be an re, because they were sailors; but they were a peaceful lot withaL At this moment they were at work. There was a saQor among this crew, and b went by the uame ot Steve lliossom ; and he wns one of bis kind. A prlmy dime novel protruded rakishly from his hip pocket, and hla rftbt cheek was swollen as with the tooth, ache, dao, probably, to a generous "chaw " ot Searuiu's Deliclit He was a real tobacco cliewcr, for he rarely spat' Fte wns as peace ful a a backwater bay In uuinmer; nan arg amentatlve and ptimive, he stood his watch in fair weather and fonL No one care the anchor any more at tea Hon after it came to rest, The' great city over ft way was fairy-like in Its hasinesa and tranapnrity. It waa (he poetry of angles, of aliafta and spars of stone; und Steve Blossom, having a moment to himself, leaned gainst the rail rind stared regretfully. He had been generously drank the night before, a.id It was a pleasant recollection. Chance li'd his glance to trail down the cutwater. Ilia iiech sired bed from his collar like turtle'! from It fhill "Well, I'll bo hornswogr.led 1 " he mur mured, shifting his cud from starboard to porl Caught on the duke ot the anchor waa thj t-tinngest looking box he had ever laid eyes on. There was l.nllier and steel bands and dla-inoud-sbuped ivory and inutbsr of piurl, and It Ilium Jauntily on the point of (he rusty flule. U'reniiure ! And Steve waa di'stined never tn be pandwv nguin. lib first impulse was to cnll Ul x)i pitnions; bin Bcroml Impulse was to say eotik i i at all, and wnit lor an opportunity ta gel Hie box to his bunk without bi'lng detacted, Treasure! Diamonds and rubles unj -irlf owl old Spanish gold; all hanging to the. Puke nf the cucbor. I loriiHwiggli'VJ I " In a kind of swifrjunl " vWilxper tbi.n time. '"An' wa e-hidiu' for tli" iMibarnas! " For under his feet he could h-ar the rhythm of the engines. " Wl-at'll 1 do If I leave it, fume one else'll sec it" lie kcrntehed .his elijri pcrplexedl) ; and the cud went back lo starboard. "1 got it!" lie took off his coat and carefully dropped It down over the mysterious box. It was growing darker and darker all the lime, and shortly neither coat nor anchor would be vis ible without c'ose scrutiny. Treasure: creed, cupidity, crime. Steve saw only the treasure nd not Its rarap followers. What did they call ilium? doubloons and pleces-of-cight? He ate his supper with his messmates, and f.e ale heartily ss usual, it won Id hare taken .ii. thing more vimi than mere treasure to dnuuri) fi't-ve Blossom's appetite. He was one. of those enviuMe Individuals whose iinngr riatiou ruu) gantiii: Juices work at the same time. And while he at be planned. In the first plac-o, he would buy that home at Bed ford; then he would take over the Gllson hornw and live like a lord. It be wanted cMnk, all he would have to do would bi to tarn ihe uplgot or tip a bottle; and more than that, he'd bar a bartender to do it Oiih.ua! II swore tie would not have aa onion wUl.lu ulle of the Cilsoa honee. "Onlotrs!" Quite unconsciouely be spoke Cliis word a (end. " Huh? Well, ff y don't like onions, find a hooker (hat pacts violets in ber bold," waa (be cheerful sdvlut of tb man at Steve' elbw. WW talkln t yoo?" gruntod Stev -Wba'dld I mt?" " Onions, ye Inbher! Don't we know whnt onhma Is? Alnl we smelt 'em so long that ya con Id slick yrr nose In, th' starboard light an nerer smell no kerosene?- Onions! Pass th' cavrtTy." Bteve helped himself first' The man who spoke bunked over Mm, and they were not on the best of terms. There was no real reason for this frank antagonism; simply, they did net splice any mere effectually than cotton rope and hemp splice. Sailors urt moody and superstitious; ot least they generally ire on hookers of the "Captain Manner! " breed. Steve was superstitious and Jim Danker was Bloody and bad no thumb on his left band. Spanish dooMoons and pearls and diamonds and rubiest It waa ailghty bard not to say these words ut load, too: blare them Into the sullen faces grouped about the table. 17 we off watch till midnight ; and be was won dering If be could get Ike oi without attracts Ins (he attention of the lookout, who had a devilish keen eye tor everything that stirred on deck or an water. Well, be would have to risk It; bot he would wait till full darkness had fallen over the aea and the lookout would bo compelled to keep his eyes off the deck. The boys 'wasted him to play cards. " Not for aie. Busted. How long d" y fhtnk 10 11 last la New York, auyhow?" And be stalked out nf the forecastle and went down into the waist to enjoy bis evening pipe, 11 the while keeping weather eye forward, t the ratty old pilot hem en. , It was 10 o'clock, land tiro, when b rammed bis cutty Into pocket and renolutev ly walked forward. If any atie wntched bha they would think he was only looking dows). V ! i- 1 - - ?: i'l' " '. ''' .'r' '' "'1' . -' v " k- h Y - i .... 1 , "f 'I , . . ..... t'r- I ... ;. -;:' VOU the cutwater. (The thought ot money and the pleasures it wfU bay makes conning the stu pidest of dolts; and Steve waa ordinarily a dolt But tonight his brain waa keen enough for all purposes. It was a hazardous Job to get the box off the fluke without letting It slip back into the Ben, Steve, however, aceom plUhcd the feat, climbed back on the rail and sat down, waiting A quarter of an hour pasraL No one had seen him. With his coat securely wrapped about his precious find he made for the forecastle. Ilia mates, save those who were doing their watch, were all In. thoir , bunks. An oil lamp dimly illuminated the forward partition. Steve's bunk was almost In darkness. Very deftly he rolled back Ihe bedding and secreted tho boi under Wis pil lows, and then stretched himself out with the pretense of snoozing till Ihe bell called him to duly. Ue wns rich ; and the moment a man has money he has troubles : there is always soma one who wants to take It away from you,' His bunk was on the port side, and there was plenty of hiding space between the Iron plntcp and the wooden partition He intended to loosen three or four rlunka, nnd then when the time came, slip (he bos behind them.' Some time during Ihe morning Ihe forectistle would be empty, and then would be his time. But he suffered Ihe agonies of damnation during his four hours' r.utch. Supposing some fool should go rummaging about his hunk aud discover Ihe box? Suppose . . . 11 it be dared mil suppose.' There was nothing tn do but wuiL It he created any curiosity en the pn.1 of his mates he was l t He would bat to divide with them all, from the captain dova lo Ihe cook's boy. If was a beart rending thought I' rem being the most open and frank nan aboard, he became the most cunning. From being a man without enemies, he saw an enemy even In his shadow. At 4 o'clock he turned in bjJ slept like a kig. Ir the morning be found his opportunity. For half an hour the forecastle was empty of an save himself. Feverishly he pried back the l-oartra, foond the brace beam, and gently fel l tbk box ther It was a mighty curious look ing box. Once, he had stoked up the Chinese coast from the Philippines, and he Judged it to be Chinese In origin. He tried to pry open -the covet and feast bis eyes upon the rrmsnre ; but under the leather and Ivpry and mother . of pearl waa impervious steeL It would take an ax or a crowbar to stir that lid. He sighed. He replaced the boards, and became to till appearances bis stolid self again. But all the way down to tbe Bahamas he was moody, and when be answered uny ques tion It was with words spoken testily and Jerkily. I know whuff tb' matter," said Dunkers. He's in love." " Shut your mouth I " " Didn't I tell yub?" laughed the tantalize', dancing toward the companionway. " Steve's in love, 'r be didn't git drunk enough on shore t satisfy bis whale's belly ! A, boot thudded spitefully ogalnst the door Israb. " Yon fellahs let me alone, r I'll bash in a eon pie o beads ! " "O, yuh will, will yub?" cried Dunkers from the deck. " If yub want a little eier . eise, yuh can begin on me, ynh moonsick awab! Wbut's tb' matter with yuh, anyhow? Wbere'd yuh git this grouch? Wbot've we done t' yuh? Huh?" " You keep out o my wsy, thafs alL l's mlndin' my watches, an' don't ask no odds of you duffers. What if I have a grouch? Is It any o' your blame business? All right When we step ashore at 'V Bahama, Mister Jim. Dunkers, I'll teur tbe ropes out o' your pulley blocks. But till we git there, Jou t' th' upper bonk an' me t' mine" "Leave th' of grooen alone, Jim. Tb mate won't stand for do scrappin' aboard. Well have th' thing done right in th eostom ehrtis. We'll have a Snih fight yuesbcrry rules, an' may th best man win." "I'm willin' said Jim. j So'm I," agreed Steve. But bis inrti(WS -were pot. honorac'. Ue. propose! to Jeavrt MTMBadd MacGath LEHME I' BREATHED ,.STEVe.. If-.'' If aSVt 1A AMD THAT IS WY THE OBIGmu Iv. ' before any tigbl look plsoe. Not hat he wa phy ail ally afraid; no; he wanted ta dig ' hands deep into those doubloons and pif-rf of eight So the four days down passed otherwise un eventfully, n mid paint pots and Iron rust atl three meals duy of pork, onion soup, pota toes, and strong, titter coffee. Tbe winds be came light and balmy and tbe sea blue and gentle. Tbe men went about in their uodrr shirts and dungarees, barefooted. Of course the coming fight wns the main topic of conver sation. It promised to be a rattling ;od scrap, for both men were evenly matched, nnd both kad a "kick" in either hand. Ecn th captain took a mild interest In the affair, lie wss an old sslW. He knew that there was no stch word ss arbitration in a nnilor't vocab ulary ; l is disputes could be settled only in one manner, by bis calloused fists. When the old rondbook (snd some day Steve waa going to buy It and bang It over the en trance of tbe Gilson bouse) slithered down into the smiling waters of tbe bay, Steve con cluded that discretion was the better part of. valor. He would steul ashore on the ipiaran tine tug which lay ahtPtside. He was willing t fight under ordinary circumstances, but he must get bis treasure in safety first. They could call him a wefcher if they wanted to ; dc il a bit did be care. So he pried back the boards of bis bnnk wall, took out the hot, eyed It fondly, and noted for the firs! time the lettering on it : STANLEY IiAItCREAVB. He wrinkled his brow in (he effort to rwrill a pirate by this name, but was unKiicces:ful No matter. He hugged tbe box under his coat and made for the gangway, and Inadvertently ran into hb enemy. Dunkers caught a bit of Ihe hoi p'-enlnf, out from under tbe coat "What 'a' yub got tbere?" be demanded fmeulonlly. " None o' your dama business ) You lemma by ; hear .:! " "Ain't none o' my business, huh? Wliere'd yuh git a box like that? Steal it? By rripra, I'm oin' r" hare a look at (bat box, my hearty. I d-m'f cmell lik, honest onions. Yoo lemme tilt! breathed Steve, with murder in his heart Soddenly the two men eloed, surred bsck and forth, ot e deternlned tn take and tbe other to hold tliis myalerions box. D.fik rs strugg'ed to npboid lis word : not J-.t ha really wanted the kox but tj proe t'mt ie v m$ stKmg n(tb to uke it U be 'va'i.ted to. t ' av v irfv ..j J) Wo AtK O BE HfUDLU fCE fidnH. it. uaa, on llie hoi llnsbed am) dlioippearod. Ii ka kind of shuck to blin. He and BIimi r . -"-ini buttering against the rail link ..rV nip slipped snd i did Illoniom'a. Tba wnlt ne tmit the box wan catapulted Into (re tj. With an agonizing cry, RIokhom le; ivd t tver. He saw the box oscillate for ;c-jjt, t'n-ij sink gracefully In a xlgvaig en.irie. J-,v through the blue waters. Fuinter and li-lfiirr It grew, and at last vunisbed. "I'm eorry, Steve; but yuh wouldn't let tar look at It," said Duuktrs, contritely. " Damn you ; I'm golu' t kill y for thut ! " It became a real fight this time, fist and foot, tooth and nail ; one mad with tbe lust to kill and the other desperately Intent on liv ing. It ns one of those contests In which honor and fair play have Do part But for the timely arrival of the captain and some of the crew Dunkers would have been badly In jured, perhaps fatally. They honied back Bhftsom, roaring out his mtbs at the top of his lungs. It look half an bour'i arguing to calm bim down. Then the captain demanded to know wbat it was all about. And blubber Ing. Steve told him. " Six hundred feet of water, If I've got my reckoning right The anchor lies In sixty feet, hut the starboard side drops sheer six hun dred. You swab! Why didn't you bring tba ton to me? A man bus a right to what he finds, I'd have taken core of l( for you till we got hack to port I know ; yoo were greedy; you thought I might want to stick my fist into your treasure. And you'll never find It In (KM) feel ot water and tangled, porous coral. Thht'a what you get for being a blamed hog. As for yoo," and the raplaln turned to D-jnkers, " tv Jour durrmge and your pay and hunt for another boat bark. I won't have na murder on board 'Captain Manners.' And (be sooner yon go, the better." " I'll go, sir," said Dunkers, readily enough. Ilsd Ihe mb-furtmie happened to him and bad Blossom been Ihe aygTessor, he would want hit life, ne understood. Like the valet in " Olivette," it wus the time for dlsappraring. "An' keep oiit 0' my way. I'll git y' yet," gtowted Blossom. "Keep your month shut," said the male, "or I'll have you pui In Irons, you pig! " "All right, sir. I've suld all I'm goin' t say t'day " ; and Blossom strode off. . "What wa the box like?" asked tht cap tain of Dunkers, "Chinese contraption, ah-; leastwise it kicked that way to me. Didn't lock as If il'd ! I N, f ' been In tb' wwter lung, atr. Somethln' lont overboard by soma privats yacht, t say Iblnkin'. IH keep out Steve's wuy. I'll lay lev on shore, sir." ! And (bough Steve made s perfect range of dM spot, be never came back to find tha mys terious box, never saw the Gflsoa htmse back borne, nor did he ever sea Dunkers agal. On the voyage borne be brooded continually, and( waa frequently found blubbering; and ana night ba aklpped bis wobdi and went to Davy' Jones' locker. Dunkers had np! told alont tba same he ht4 -en on the box ; and Bluaaum bod not thought; to. The name Hnrgreavs had InstnttUy brought back to Duukcri' mind (be newspaper stories be had recently read. Tbere was no doubt In the world that this box belong"! lo tha missliig millionaire, wbo bad drawn a mil lion from bis banks and vaiJsbcd; and, mor ever, (her was no doubt in Dunkers' mind that this million lay In Ihe Babamau wiiln II bud beca drawn op from (he bottom of tho strand. nndt the pntb of the balloon. I in proceeded, then, to bkka a nioat minute mnt-. It would require money ami partners; but half s loaf would be far better tluio no loa at evil ; and ba was determined lo return to New York (u find barbing. Finding Is keeping nn l.nvJ or sea. Now 11 happened that bis favorite grog h.t N was cheap saloon across the way hum ilio bendqoarten of Tha Black Hundred , ontt Vrvou occusloojilly dropped In, for he otl.cx picked Dp a valuable bit of maritime newii. Dunkers waa no old friend of the barke t,, aid ha prom-ded to pour and gnstle down blu throat a very poor aubs(itute for whisky, lie becooM comuiunicnllve. He hragi;ed H knew where llior, was a million, and all he need"! waa a first class diving hell. A year from now he would not he drinking cheap whisky ; he'd be steering a course np and down Bronil voy and buying wine when ba wns Uilmty. Ho was no miner. But ha hud to have s div ing b.'ll; ami where 'I 1m blue devi) could he gat one wilb $12 and an IngenoD watch In his pockut? From bis uble Vroon majla a sign wblrb the bartruiler andcr&UoL Then lis rose and approached Dunkars "I own a pretty good diving sppsrnrus," ho oiid. " If you've got the gooda, IH tnku a chance on a fifty-fifty basis." Vroon did cot bcllcv then was auyOiing back of this talk but It always paid to dig deep enontb to find out " Ilave a drink and, Bill, give ns a real whisky and none of your soap-lye. Now, let's hear your yuru." " I dout know ynh," sold Dunkers, with drunken caution. " Hiiw hi it, Itill?" tinning to the bnrteiiiler. '' "He's the goorbt, Jim. - You've heMrd of WynntCo.?" "Sure I've beard o' them. Beat divln' app'ratus they la." " Well, thin gert here la Mr. Brooks, gen eral marr -c.r for Wyant A Co. I ran O. It him." Vroon threw an approctntlve glance at !hi tmrtender. He waa not hffiliiitcd with Tb Black Hundred, but be hud often aided Vnn.o In minor affairs. " AU right, if yuh say so, Bia Well, here's th' yarn." And when he had done, Vroon smoked quiet ly without speaking - "Don't ynh believe It?" demanded IVunle ne, truculently. " But 000 feet of water, In a coral bottom, and no way of Idling Just where It fell over board. That's a tough proposition." "O, It la, h II? I'm a sullor. I can lay my hand right over th' spot Do ynh tbinh I'd bo fool enough t html for It without a perfect range?" Dunkirk tapped bis eoat pocket suggentlvely. And Vroon knew that tbe one thing h wanted was there, a plan or a drawing of tl range. So tbere was another man ehangiffiled that tlfc-ht and hi destination was Cupe Town, twenty two days' voyage by tbe calen dar. Vroon carried bis information to the organ isation thnt same night They would start the expedition at once, and tlft (Sht was ac complished, Hargrcave's daughter was to N Immune from attacks. Besides, ft would gt Hargrrav (wherever he was) and tbe otheru the Idea that Tbe Black Hundred bud cou eluded to give up the chase. Above, with his ear to a small bole, skil fully bored through tbe ceiling without pe mil tiu g the planter to fall, knelt a man with a bandaged arm. fie could never see any fares; no on ever took off a mnsk in thi'i sinister eaambr. But there were voices, ami ha waa a ear going to forget some of (hem. Aftrr 'be owrting came to an end, be waited an hour after, and then stole down into the street by lha aiJ of (he fire escape. Later, ho entered a telephone boo(b aud called up Jone Then, one Walbrra nd steel bo, dotted with bits J Ivory and mother-of-pearl, becamu two; and tha second on was rooked In mail and eah water for two week till you could not have told tt from the original. And that b why Joaara waa ible, seme weeks later. hide once more the oiigiaal box. Aa for llm subntitiite, Jurft ss limine was shout to use a mallet and cbleel nnon it, (he light went ont Thc-rt was a wild scrambla, a chair w w was overturned. " Th door, the door!" shouted Brnine, fu rious. It elamnied 'be moment (he words l(f( bin )is. And aa auddeuly us they bud gene out the lights sprang up. The box wmi gone. There were evidently traitor mixing Tint Black Hundred. - 4 . I I TO til CtiMTinUtU. r