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| | ieee ee By HO oe ew eee 8 ee Chores oF ree eo OF erORe ~ on ee te how Veletee on met ware te eee t ft oe Ome te tee Bape dere ws: ee toe Vaieorion's weer father The Ad gritivmen te injured mot long efor and te ose K 4 martot on the eer She and Kn ied and browgit along for the ferege, The Wack man shive as stowaway and Nilee Ce diving eaulimmew. —Arrivit off We prant Meland, he and Kright and Kilty mene trom the K Of bie former captor from death CHAPTER X, (Continved.) The Battle on the Beach, #ruesome office, Shanafelt’s wrist being temporarily out of commission, Ten of the tide going strong, they Moated out of the narrow neck of the lagoon and Were out of our sight within the first them to the waters, ‘There, under the tropic moon, we committed to the deep the three white muttered to the silver waters that closed over them such portions of the burial service as 1 could remember. Shanafelt staring open-mouthed at som ng beyond me. My alarmed glance followed his, and I saw a small igland, the water rippling phosphores- my under her keel as she glided on only her topsails wet. down at the boat which had brought the black men. it carried wo provi- anions, no water, no arms, Evidently, as T bad at first imagined, but a boat that had recently put off from {ta ship. That ship could be no other than the wide of the reef. A hail came across the water. None of us had troubled to look at wo and saw there the name: TOUSSAINT L'OU TURE, Port au Prince been in touch with the news of the world, the name of the ship painted on the stern of the boat might have knew that a ship with such a name ould only be one owned and manned by negroes; for Toussaint L’Ouver- Washington, if you like—who had set up the first and only negro republic in the world. schooner had been to this island be- fore, had found pearls here, and had gone back to fit out an expedition, purpose as ourselves and wished to share the fortune with no white man. The hail from the schooner came le, “Lend a hand here with Barry!” T oried. “There's not a moment to [. AMB and I performed this them, there were; but, with tew moments after we had consigned men and their slain assailants, while When I looked up it was to seo schooner rounding the curve of the A sudden fear assailed me. T glanced then, it was no survivor of a wreck, one which now slid along on the far the stern of the boat, but now I did Perhaps, had 1 not as a journalist meant nothing to me, As it was, I ture was the Haytian Bolivar--or Evidently some one abonrd that They had come here for the same again, but it was still indistingulsh- lose!" CHAPTER XI. Beside the Lagoon. AMB and I ran to the camp- fire, picked up the body of i Reyburn and conveyed it to the boat. This was no easy task, Then we pushed off, and rowed through the neck of the Jagoon and around the bend unul we were at the foot of the cliff, where we beached the boat, 1 whistled for Miss Valentine, As soon as her head appeared over the cliff 1 signalled for her to come down, Matiore were quickiy qgplained te Ber “Tow end Bhanatelt are to ee te the nook of the lagoon end keep water here” 1 wot the advan. | teee ever eohooner in thet ene draws too much water te come over the reef, and trom thet 6 lee & pure phot to pick off anyboay on there Hut ehe may heave another boat may poswhiy cond it, it OPPron ch ne © distance, * beoomes a fair mark for two people vith rifles on shore well screened from thelr own Ore, Do you see? On the other boat, if the boat shifts its eourse a!) you've @ot to de te to ebift yo poetions You ean move as ewitly on whore aa they can on the fer, and plain siebt” “And you?’ questioned Miss Vai © going to try to t Barry climb, but we've ‘Don't think ao," I returned. “But fet to the neok of the iaxoon. They've had time to put off @ boat since w got Inside.” 1 gave my rifle to Shanafelt, who doubted whether he would be able to shoot aeourately with He and Miss Valentine then started off at a run, and Lamb and wrist 1 began to throw water on Barry! Reyburn unttl we had brought him into some kind of consciouaness. “Got to climb,” said Lamb to him, pointing to the cliff. Barry, not un- derstanding the situatton, but game to the ta as possible, going ahead and pulling him up the standstone steps, and me following vehind, pushing for all I was worth, we finally got him to the top, where, realizing that he had done all that was immediately necessary, he ro- lapsed into unconseiousnean again, I sorted out two boxes of car. tridges and gave one to Lamb, taking one myself, Then we got down the elite again. At the camp we secured other rifles, I had already strappd Barry's revolver about my waist. A eearch the Weslier 6 things brought to light the er cartidges. Lamb secured Di Tocon's revolver; it was of the name calibre as Barry's, “We'll keep guard now," I said when we came up with Shanafelt and the girl, “Get the medicine chest and hurry back to Barry. Do what you can for him, Miss Valentine, and see what you can do for Shanafelt's sprained wrist, too.” “They're kinda up in the air aboard the schooner,” sid Shanafeit, “But they've got the sense to know that if there's anything queer happen, this is the rabbit hole for them to watch. They've been singing ‘Yo-heave-ho' the anchor, and it’s down now, over seo?” I saw. The schooner was resting quietly on the placid sea just outside the reef. I presumed that a consulta- tion was going on aboard her. Fre- quently a hail was launched across the waters, as though they had not yet given up hope of receiving an an- awer. Figures moved about the deck, carrying lanterns, I suppose that, in order to explain our situation, a map of the taland ts really necessary; but, failing that, I Will try to make clear why I had no particular foars about our being able to hold our own In case of an attack. The lagoon was inclosed on either side by thickly wooded hills that sloped down from the height on which the stockade was built, the sides con- verging so as to make almost a lake of the lagoon, but leaving to the sea- ward an opening of perhaps ten feet, barely enough for a small boat to enter, At this point, on either side of the entrance, there were only a few feet of beach, with cocoanut palms growing almost down to the water line, Lamb was somewhat of a jumper, and he cleared the space between the two shores at an easy bound, so that he Iny behind a palm on the side op- posite me, A large stone was con- veniently near, and on this he rested his rifle, I was not so well provided, but I dragged a stone of smaller size down behind my tree and took up a similar position, And there we wait- ed, but aot for long, ‘Those aboard the schooner had ap- parently decided on a defnite mov & boat was lowered and rapidly pro- pelled toward us by efght Hashing oars, Wo allowed it to enter the breakwater before, we fired. Lamb's rifle and mine spoke at the same second, I am sorry to say that the bvening BROADWAY BUCCANEERS 4 Romance of the Great White Wey and of « Treasure Hoard they will be always "| yourn up that cliff Ite a eur | ot to put him to al A aprained | » helped himeeif as much! and by dint of Lamb| , ori ‘All Aboard! « mine went wide of the mark; for the oarsman at whom I aimed showed no signs of having received physical hurt, while the mun with the lines doubled up and splashed over the side, nearly capsising the slight craft. “Got him!" I beard Lamb murmur, “Murdering ruMfans! That's another for poor Jackson.’ Those in the boat did not hesita about what they were to do. ‘They realized that their duty to themselves lay in getting out of range, and they accomplished this by rowing frensied- ly until they reached the edge of t! reef again. Here they rested on their oars and held a council of war with those aboard the schooner, returning at length to the aside of the ship. Moro arms were paased over the side, and the boat was again stecred for shore; this time, bowevor, for a point considerably distant from the mouth of the lagoon, This was what I had expected, and when Lamb had leaped back to my aide we broke through the under- brush along the shore and, still keep- ing under cover, made hastily for the point where the invaders seemed to imagine they were going to land, We had plenty of time and again opened fire upon them before they had covered haif of the distance from the reef, Between us we managed to dis- able five of them, They had etub- bornly kept to their course until the last fell in his place, but: then they turned back sullenly, Lamb and I made our way back to the mouth of tho lagoon, I yawned Bleepily, ‘You've had some rést to-night, Lamb," I said. “I haven't. I'll go {nto one of the tents and turn in for 4 couple of hours. Of course, if any- thing happens, wake me, But, from the looks of the #ky, this moon is going to continue, and I don't think they'll risk another attempt to land while it does. Good night.” In spite of the danger surround- ing us all, I stumbled into the second tent, wrapped myself in some of the blankets and slept. CHAPTER X11. A Bargain Is Struck. WO jhoura elapsed any sign from the poner, and still I slept peacefully, Lamb awakened me to go on shift again, giving me the {nformation that anafelt had been down a little after I had turned in, He had found his wrist hardly more than bruised, and announced his desire to share watches with us; #0 when I had finished my two-hour without @ VMetiy M trick I was to be relieved from tur- ther duty for the night, Shanafelt to “L handed in a cup of coffer,” was watch until dawn, Lamb gave moe his reply. “The cup was returned the steamer rug he had been using, empty. I'm keeping some potatoes hot and turned in. for her, and the eggs are plentiful.” During my wateh the schooner con- Miss Valentine appeared, clad in a tinued her inactivity. When I sought modified shirt of Barry's turned down the tent where Shanafelt had ro- at the neck, with golf trousers fas- sumed his interrupted sleep it was tened at the knee, and a pair of san- with the utmost difficuity that I dals, cut from grass matting, recured awoke him. about her ankles with stout cord. It was broad sunshine when he in Barry gazed admiringly at the san- turn awoke me. Any movement of dals. “I was wondering how you the schooner could be plainly ob- were going to manage the ahoes,” ho served fgom the top of the cliff, so sald, “But you beat me. Come on; that there was no further need of here's a hot potato.” keeping watch at the mouth of the Ho waved it as though he were lagoon, the presiding genius of a ducal hall, To my surprine I found Barry Rey- She looked coldly at htm and amiled burn up and doing. He wore a band- kindly ut me, age about hia head, but smiled cheer- “When do you expect the Sea Mew fully. He seemed to be chief cooks back, Mr. Reyburn?” she asked, the man could turn his hand to any- “Within two days, three at most thing-and he announced that the he replied, falling in with her moo ment consisted of hot coffee, potatoes “You realize, of course, that you, roasted, and cold hard-boiled eas, Mr. Shanafelt and Mr, Lamb are our with bread on which one might prisoners?" sho continued, spread minced ham or butter, He nodded, Ye'll have the cookstove up here “That you have practically given to-day,” he said; “and then the only US your parole?” hardship this trip will entail is that “Yes You beat us,” he replied you will go back to the United States ¢Maply. “We're in your debt and with a taste for cooking a la Rey- freely acknowledge it.” burn, whereas my salary hook must “Then, when the Sea Mow returns, grasp twenty-five thousand bucks per We'll do the pearling together. If tho annum before I consent to display my Profits are large I'll pay the Sea culinary activities with a civilized Mow'a expenses and divide one-quar- background. That wasn't bad, that ter of the profits among you—Mr. little trick you and Misa Fourteenth. Shanafelt, Mr, Lamb, Mr. Orme, and of-February turned tast night, Harri- Whoever else you choone to share tt @on—no kidding! You two showed a With. Another quarter goes to Mr. lot of class. Have an emg?" Knight, who has been my very good Thus Barry Reyburn, No chagrin friend and to whom I owe the pres- at being outwitted, no whining at ent situation, The other half I will the loss of his chances, no sign of keep. How ta that?” when even now our lives depended "You're pretty generous to a con- entirely on our watehfulness and the quered foe,” murmured Barry, timidity of those aboard the schooner, “Not at all, I should have had to “Hope you weren't hurt very much, fit out an expedition from the money Rarry," I said as I ate my eg, in [ got from the two pearle—and may- conjunction with a hot potato and be it would have been more than that. minced ham spread on bread, As it Is, I stil have the pearls, for “Just happened to tap the conk In Mr, Knight placed the box in the the spot where a number of nerve money pocket of hie belt when we centres were holding a revival meet- camo ashore," tng to save my sinful soul,” was Bar- "bo you know where the pearls ry'a response as he dug out another are?” queried Barry. potato and handed it to Shanafelt, “Why, they're about here some- here's Misa Valentine?" I asked, where!” she responded, “And the isl- Barry grinned and raised his volee and isn't very large, It's only a quea- In replying: “Miss Valentine 1s wa- tion of diving.” ging a fleht with a housewife against He meditated. ‘“Mvidently you unaccommodating raiment, with the didn't look at that note-book page purpose of presenting an appearance which your father put into your hand more pleasing to the natural vanity —during your brief ownership of it," of her sex." He craned his head he sald, smiling, eagerly in the direction of the stock- She confessed that she had not done ade, and put @ hand to his ear as #0, “He said only the latitude and though expecting somo retort. longitude were written there, and fig- “Has she had some breakfast?” I ures of that sort don't mean much to asked, me, Henldes, 1 hadn't much time.” “Quite no,” he auld; “I thought you hadn't seen it, Now, look here!" He drew out an alligator skin wal- let, sorted over several papers, and spread out the creases in one of them, The latitude and longitude of the in! and were written at the top of the page; below was @ drawing of the isiand on which Wore now hold involuntary prisoners. The lagoon had In Ita centre @ pencilled cross and the lett a “Which,” elucidated Reyburn, “to the stupidest mind would seem to im- ply that we now look down upon the hiding place of our mutual treasure, Do you supposes we camped down thore by accident?” “Or that the Haitians camo by ac- cldent, either? Of course,” was her ready acceptance, “We've been satus pid, haven't we, Mr. Knight? Then, if they're down here,” she said, arising and pointing to the water, “and the Hea-Mow will be two or three days in returning, we can have no end of fun diving for the pearls ourselves.” “Oh, can we?" returned Barry, with @ blank face, “Think we can? Not with me in the cast as a submarine, you bet! And Shnanafelt would go to sleep as soon as he found there waa woft pand at the bottom, And Lamb's no good without his apparatus, But you—maybe you've been concealing something from us, Harrison “Not 1," was my rejoinder, “rT nearly drowned swimming ashore.” “Then,” said Barry, turning to her, “I see a dearth of actors for this great aquatic drama,” “How about me? she inquired quietly, “I made my living once with high-dive effects, and I can stay al- most @ minute at @ time under wa- ter, So, if you don't mind a woman trying what you declare Is hopeless, I think I'll spend the day diving for Pearls, kentlemen,” Barry looked at her admiringly. “Good girl!" wan all he sald. CHAPTER XIII. Barry's Plan of Action. F set about tidying up the W from the tenta below the moat useful articles we could find, including the the rifles and revolvers were in good working order, and sent Shanafelt to the mouth of the lagoon to wateh for “And If you slumber, little one," ad- monished Barry Reybura, may heaven forgive me for the horrible stockade and bringing up cookstove, Wa then saw to it that any move on the part of our enemies, lingering death to which I shall qub- y Apri 4. ivid the water's eee « huge stone weigh ine about | thine inte the | We waited te Mise Valentine to the single tent whiek we lad loft sending Mhe had changed into ber bathing oult agein, had stuffed absorbent cotten soaked with sreaee into her ears and held im hor bend « forked #tickh This last wae for the purpone of holding her sostriie together While she wae under water, ; We brought the boat to the exact centre of the lagoon; then we shipped | oUF are and let the ato; nd bucket overboard, holding the rope ao that the loop Goated on the water, Miss Valentine leaped lightly overboard, placed her feet in the bucket, held on to the loop, and fastened her nostrils with the forked stick, , We paid out the rope and held on. | When there came a quick jerk on the line we began to haul in, Mins Valent me to the eurface before we had pulled up the bucket, She seemed to be none the worse for her submarine experience and slg: jnalled to us to empty the bucket be- fore attending to her, This we did, while ahe lung to the other elde of ‘the boat to agaist in balancing it. The buoket Was fille@ to the brim with large oysters, thetr ehelle grimy and wood-inerusted Misa Valentine took @ short rest before diving again, Six times ahe went down, until the boat was deep in th ter from ite heavy load of shell-Aah, Then we rowed her ashore, and assinted her to the tent, from which she presentiy flung her bathing auit to be dried in the aun. Barry took charge of the exciting operation of opening the oysters. His firet @@l waa to sort over the huge black ehelle and te pick out two which he laid side by side, “Thin,” he eald, pointing to the first, “ia what you would eall Derfect shell; observe, it lacks knobs and irregularities, Buch shells are not apt to contain pearis, This other, being irregular Im shape, has without doubt & pearl concealed in It, Now, Marri- fon, you and Lamb sort them over and chuck out the perfect ehella into one heap. We'll examine those last. Meanwhile I'l Hoe took up the irregular ehell, from which long streamers of weed dripped moisture, and, handling it gingerly, Inserted the blade of hia knife and opened it, Then, with a sudden cry of triumph, he held up one portion of the shell, Almost tn the centre of the delicate- ly veined shell jay @ pear-shaped lump of whitish appearance. We held our breaths during Barry's intent ex- am!nation, “Tt has a chalky skin on the outside; mightn’t be any good at all,” he sald. “But, on the other hand, when that ohalky akin's acraped off there might be a lustrous one underneath. If that'e the cane, @ pearl of that size is worth about two thousand dolla Ho laid the shell aside and helped Us to sort the oysters. The regular shelin formed by far the great majori- ty, #0 that Barry had a very amall heap to open when we had concluded. Out of the seventy shells he operated upon we took~I use his nomenclature four round pearis, two pear-shaped pearls, elght “peelera” (pearls with chalky skins which might or might not be “dead”, nine “button” or flat Une caled for her suit oné agate rowed her inte (he contre of the ine oon The inst Wrip that © he Ununual pearie im the lot 1 thick | was the most proGtable five people ever sew, for it eonted « fulure waln of nearly Apparently there wee ne desire by Harry Veybura. Harry snorted. And don't you know why? These dark-skinned | Went, 1 ihink. If we got moon like thie to-morrow our trouble will be Will be back i Hi & E Ee EB tse lent passed uneven: another day dawned. The scheongp atll| kept the peace, and we added $126,000 worth of pearls to our eatell of the day before, And once agais the moon favored ua Hut the following day triais, To begin with, the ee! twice put off @ boat and cio gated the island, sevoral of the lea@e erm squinting at us through marine @iaanoa, We had to leave our rush to koep sight of them and eee that they did not ate tempt to Iand. But apparently they only Intended toura of observation, for they kopt out of gunshot. And, worst of all, the Bea Mew 4i4 net come. Nor did she arrive that night. ‘The moon was on the wana, but the air was oloar, rendering it still unsage for the negroes to attempt to land. However, our spirits had gone to sere with the non-arrival of the yacht, aad Rone of us slept vary well. Barry alone remained optimistia. He made a pretense of expecting to see the yacht at any moment and feigned sieoplessness so that might be on hand at the moment @reet hie friends and urge them te attack our enemies on the schooner. He kept the megaphone close at hatd #o that he might issue instructions to thom as a20n as they came within range. “We've been at it four days now, and averaged eighty thousand dollars a day,” he said, calculating, “Ang that's with one person diving. Think what we'll do when thé Bea Mow gett back with diving sults! If 1 cam run my share up to fifty thousand dollars that'll be all I ask, Ill bring off @ maater stroke of genius,” “Who're you going to ewindle tig time, Barry?” 1 asked whimatcall: “Swindle—my aunt!" he responded hotly, “This is ike giving you twe to one, I'm not crooked because £ want to be, but because that was the channel I drifted in. I've wanted to be on the square for years, but # wanted fifty thousand dollars to tura aquare with, With that I'll either Re & revolutionist or a bankrupt. my outfitter—that's my idea—and an tablishment on Fifth Avenue, I shait deal in outfits, I will guarantee t@ turn out, for a certain sum of money, an elaborate and tasteful attire hat, gown, boots, lace, jewels, ali im harmony. “Tt tell you," he almost shouted, “no~ body underatands me but Shanafelt! I Mave the same temperament that makes @ poet, a musician or a soulp- tor, but I have no medium of expres. sion except my eyes, and all my iife I've observed the wonderful waste of Money on clothes that didn't autt, 2M change all that; though I caa't make Hi pearls, worth about one hundred and a homely woman pretty, I can make fifty doliars apiece; four “baroques,” and a “twinned” pearl, whose price he could not determine but fixed at about two thousand Ave hundred dol- lars; so that the morning's catch had netted us nearly twenty-five thousand dollars, not counting the “peelers,” some of which might be valuable, jut, said Barry, “I'm no expert, and ['m not going to take the risk of peeling them. We'll have to remain in doubt about their value until we reach New York," He then went to work on the regu- lur shells; it was @ long aod tedious Job, resulting only in the discovery of a number of very mall pearis— seven, I think—worth perhaps fifty dollars apiece, her chi, smart, whatever fashionable people choose to call it. Within atm months I'll either have New York begging me to build a palace as big as Griffony's, or I'll be back in the Hawarden trying (o steer some come- on againat the wire!” Ho was speaking quite earnestly now, but I heard all this before, and 4 paid no attention to it. It see sO paradoxically absurd; this ht fellow, with @ past that would 200 closely typewritten pages, re- spected by the “tonghest™ men in the United States, a ringleader of ragt- ers, who had so recently fought like & demon against overpowering ny bere without the slightest trace foar, to talk about becoming |: maid in general to New York society! 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