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16 THE OMAHA DAILY J J EE: Sl'DAY, FEBKUAHV Ufi, 1J)00. TbelSU: S- 1L- Author of "The Stkkit Minister," "The COPyniOHT. 18D8. UNDER (Copyright, 1S09. by 6. It. Crockett.) M'iioilN (if I'ri'i Iimih IiiMitltnii'iKx. Sir Jame Stansflold of New Mllnu, In company with Ills KratulKon, youtiB rnlllp. meets :n un Inn-house hla son I'hlllp ami his son's linriunour. Jatiot Mark, ihcy iiuarre! Hlr Jum.-n kocs home, taklns alow? his grnmlm.n. Tlmt night In- In murdered by hie illHHolute non imil Janet JllirK; nn Ice-floe. In the effort lo ramen the rrimo upon oth.-r should, i s. Hut thn boy. I J . ' has wltncwe.l tho crime- ho tells hit bmihI- ! ncy taKo nw nouy ouimuo mm ''"" rather s chli r len.int, i mrum ni-"-and Hpurway sucerods In Ii.ivIiik tho riio murderer brought to Justice. I sentenced to bo hniwd, Ills woma n aj complice to bo transported. Ml'"1"1"" Philip Htan-llold escapes the sallow. seeK out bis wife, finds her In the comim" or Hpurwuy. and tries to murder h'-r. but iloe.J not uulto ituccoed. She In taken n"'1 ' Abercalrn for dire, letivlni? her con, youni. I'hlllp. in chant.- of Hpurway and '" "'J company of little Anna Murk, from whom ho loarns that In some whjm Klrls ure worth u ... I...1..U l.ir examine, in tho tlmo of the attlo drovliiK, when Muster toircther. John Stanslleld. ramp 8 ll.ir.ln lirlnci III II HOW tCaCHCC LMlllliu. Hint-rose, a small man with wonderf l ' Shortly nfier his comliiK the eoutitrj si do Is shocked and thrilled with n nun or of bloody ami mysterious murders, 1 c'llc"" for tho sake of robbery. Huslness ea s Umphray Spurwuy from home. 1 111s nbsencu a I.Ir pa. kiim ase, ir irt 1 1 l is bo full of line Si.anlxh wool, w .lollvort.- to Will Itowman. t'mphray s clerk. lie I' li lt In tho weaving shed, "hat K t l'hhl ' l.laylnK nhout It. sees Bhlnln thro UKh 1 10 irauzo of the p.ukiim- eafH a pair or c .. llo calls Will Ilowman, who omits three then stabs tho packlntT enso with n small i,word. Illorxl Hows, they open tho enso und llnd Domlnlo Illnereso Inside, ap parently .lead. Shortly after the house. Is iittackcd by robbers, whom HIiiKrose Imd meant to let In. They nro beaten off. but nfterwar.1 I'hlllp-! mother refills to let him spend tiie holidays at Ne w turnlnc from a .Iny's visit to New Mil s I'hlllp falls In with Saul Mark, Annas cypsy father, who under pretense of show- ins mm nir inirry .inn Kan j ",,n; to his wlfo's house and by throats Induce! her to tro with him aboard the Corni mnntee. In the Island Anna and I'hlllp inako friends with Kborrn, the son of a Noodoo woman. Mo shows them tho se crets of tho Island and particularly tho lildlnK place of Morsan's treasure, a lako of pitch In tho crater of an extinct volcano, where, it Is guarded by legions of the deadly fcr do lance. CHAl'TISIl XXIX. Yellow .laeU. Yellow Jack Town on tho Isle of the winds was a curlou.s place anil at lirst 1 was sreatly netonlshcd at It. Hut nfterwar.l I camo to undorotanil that It was the neces sary product of their tralllc. It Is a condi tion of tho Gxlstcnco of nil sea freebooters that they should havo some port to call nt which they can clean and lighten their ship, provision her from somo secret depot of stored, kIvo tho men a run ashoro and other wise temper them Into somo semblance of humanity. Kor In nn ordinary port tho sailors who rail under tho Jolly Uoser. or tho ml lias of prlvatcerlnK (which Is no bettor and no worse), cannot bo allowed free shoro liberty like tho men of law-nbldlns ships, who havo nothliiK wnrao than a visit from tho civic excisemen to fo.ir from blabblnn tongues. Women thero nro in every seaport town who llvo by worming out of sallormen, and even out of petty officers, tho fvcrets of their ship and cruise. Thcao they convey to the officers of Justice, who nro not slow to act upon Information received. Ami n pirnto ship has been cnpturol In harbor boforo now under tho dlsgulso of nn honest merchant man, through information obtained In thin way. Yet horo liberty of somo sort must men havo or they would become fiends Incarnate. So here. In tho Islo of tho Winds, stood this curious settlement, Its roofii all nllamo with tho purplo and scarlet of tho running creepers, and a host of brown-skluned plck nnlnnlrt; running wild as the goats nnd clamorous an the sea fowl. Here It was that so many of tho sailors of tho Corratnanteo ns had won tho prlvllegd 1y courngo nnd obedlcuco hnd permission to marry. And tho placo being not far from populous lands, It happened that most had carried olT either u Spanish halfbrced maiden from their southern sottlcmcnts or n Carib woman from 0110 of tho neighboring Islands. Thoso who hnd not been thus bravo or fortunate had taken to them tho nearest wbltc-toothcd, woolly-hnlred negrcffl and It was about their cabins that tho pickaninnies swarmed tho thickest I cannot tell what nrgumentu tho men 'brought to bear in order to Induco tho women to live with thorn, nor what of forco li.nl been In tho first Instance applied. 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By Hpurwny Doiiflil ins winter -" 7, Mart' Anna beats I'hlllp In JuOplnK to cut them out. Still th'y "xnv" r friends, even though she ln'H s him at hr i. it... u. m u lion they ko mi 11 i 111 lilm 11 prisoner. Anna onus uui ; '""', nnd leads I'mphrny Spurwuy on his track. l-eavliiK Spurwuy Imprisoned, I'hlllp Stiins fii.i .1,1. ,'rvAu nut In SnurwaV H elo'lK oftheWJNDS COCK7T Raiders." "The Lilac Sim.Donnet," THE NAME OP "LITTLE ANNA MARK." in prodigious nwo of whom wont every ma'i and womnn In the place. A was not un common amoni; tlicm, they had chosen him ai their captain, though ho was no seaman. "For," they said, "tlicro bo ninny who can ntecr, rti'l omo who can set a course. Hut wo must have n king!" And ft klne they had with Saul Mark for his primo minister, and tho Tillicoultry Scot for h,H SVi0tA o jU8l, ., . ' . I or " "rat week we saw tho Island and the village mostly from the deck of tho ship, hut after that we hud soon many oppor tunities for closer Inspection, for wo wero taken on shoro and permitted to assist nt tho building of a couplo ot new cottages which Captain Stansficld and Will Howraan and I wero severally to inhabit. Tho larger nnd more permanent dwelling which my father hnd previously occupied during his previous residences on tho Island was given up to my mother, who kept Anna with her In pplto of tho Ill-concealed displeasure of Saul Mark. A couplo of well-favored negro women, In bright dresses, waited upon her nnd kept up u constant chatter over tho low fences with their friends in tho neighboring enclosures, and even with passers-by upon tho beach. Tho houses we built were much simpler affairs. They wero raised from tho earth upon Klout posts nbout eighteen Inches high. Then came a flooring of split trees, tho split surface roughly pinned. Tho uprights were of tho samo timber and seven feet high, the walls of sawn planking nnd the root ot plan tain leaves bound with tho strong Island withe, which grows on tho margin of the swnmps. One of these wns assigned to Will Ilowman nnd myself, nnd In tho other Captain Stans fleld swung his hnmmock. All tho dwellings were on the sickle sweep of tho bench, which, nlnost llko a lagoon In shnpe, curved round In n couplo of horns, leaving only one narrow and difficult en trance. Inside It was always ns still as a lake, though tho roaring of the trade surf on tho outer reefs was novcr out of our ears. Looking from our door this Is what Will nnd I looked at. First, a green strip of herbage, which In the dlstanco looked almost llko high grass, n few scattered guava bushes, then tho glittering crescent of sand, tho lagoon, with tho herons moping In the sun. Then, If we went a little up tho bank behind, or clambered ou tho roof, we could see tho white crests and blue-black hollows of tho restless Cnrib sea. Uchlud wero gardens or yam patches, then loose scrub, beyond wero tho high woods, ns tho privateers called the virgin for est, and tho blue mountains crown ing all. Kor, llko most, of the prlvato shelters, our refuge -was not a more sand bank sweltering under a shadcless sun, nor yet a fever stricken mangrove swamp though, ns I found out afterwards, tho Islo of the Winds was far from being Immune from either plague. Ono morning tho ship was gone and the bay In front empty of nil Bavo tho dreamy, watchful herons In their livery of black nnd white, and tho diving sea birds that flashed and fell out of tho zenith. Anna brought word that tho entire crow had gono on board at midnight, with tho exception of thoso whoso turn It was to tnko a holiday on shore. Anchor hnd been weighed nt daybreak and tho Corramantce, with her cargo ot white slaves, sailed north ward for tho Carolinian plantations. Thou It was that a still more fictitious pcaco settled over the Islo of tho Winds. I havo always thought It curious, but aftor all natural, that in our native Scotland, and In the countries which men count civilized, we had undergono many and despcrato adven tures. Ilut here, In this wild, plrnte Island, nnd among men whoso profession was 0110 of spoliation nnd robbery, theso first months passed as peaceful as an imnni s crauie time. Anna, who wns always scraping romantic acquaintance with every waif nnd stray, at tached to herself a hau-casio iau wun one hand only, who answered to tho namo of Yellow Jack. Yellow Jnek was n lnd extraordinarily actlvo, both In mind nnd body. Hut from his behavior In tho vlllago no ono would hnvo suspcoted him ot either. It was only in thn hush, or -when faco to face with an emergency, that his true character appeared. Yellow Jack's right hand haa neon cut 011 nt tho wrist, ho never revealed how, but I think bv nrlvateers or somo former pirates of tho Isle, from tho exceeding hatred ho boro them all. So tho lad had been allowed to grow up among tho women and tho lib erty men, doing very much as he pleased, lie carried water nnd scrubbed our pots nnd pannikins. Ho watched tho fires nt tho sugar boiling, und when ho was bidden he went Bwlftly on errands, which ho faithfully dis charged, nut to decclvo his masters ho pre unrvi.,1 nt nil times a, countenanco which denoted only stupid nnd vacant mirth, for that Is tho best passport to tno goouwiu oi uniinrmen of every kind. Ills mouth was ever on the grin. In the vlllago Jeremy's lough rolled out mellow ns tho maple syrup of tho north, and Yellow Jack was tho will ing butt of halt tho Jokes on tho Island, nut among tho colored folk It wns differ ent. I never snw any of thoso como near Yellow Jack without u kind of involuntary Khri.rNm? Into entailer space tho gesture. In fait, which every 0110 makes on walking Into a thicket of nettles. Anna nttached Yellow Jack to horsclf by a plcco of kindness to nn old bent negro woman who was painfully bringing In a bum'lo of herbs nnd roots from tho high woods. Slio found her sitting exhausted and half-blind upon tho roots of a troo ou tho edge of tho forest. The old woman was wlzzened and smoko-drled till sho seemed nbout to shed her mortal tegment like a husk that falls of Itself to tho ground. But Anna talked brightly to her at tho Bamo tlmo shouldering her burden and helping her along tho path. Loud and long laughed the liberty men, who smoked and lounged about tuo creepor grown porches and under tho gray-beard streamers of tho llvo oaks. Ilut ovory negro woman, looking from a balcony of bobbing headdresses nbout the well, ran for her dearest gossip to tell her tho news - -how "old Mara Iluppy, tho Obeah woman, was walking past tho white men's houses with tho tall young buckra girl who lived In tho captain's house. And I think when Yellow Jack Joined tho pair near his mother' hut. and tho wholo threo entered It together, none In tho vil lage expected to soo Anna trip forth again from tho threshold looking as fresh as a Murohnm daisy with tho morning dew on It. Ilut when It was aeon that Anna did not dlo from such companlorshlp, but, on tho contrary, that sho had always tho best fruits, tho lneat llowem, tho brightest skin, tho clearest eye, It was recognlzcd that a & & & "Cleg Kelly," "The Red Axe," Etc BY R. S. CROCKETT. stronger Obeah warred for her, and hhe was besieged with attentions no sho walked nbout. Negro women brought her their chickens to overlook, nnd half-casto boys asked her to blcsa their lurcher dogs and charm thom from snakebite And Anna did It, too, and mado no great mistakes, ho that her fame waxed greater nnd greater in tho land. It Is of two excursions to tho woods In tho company of Yellow Jnck that I have now to tell, as they had un Important In fluence on our future and were the menno AS SOON AS WE REACHED THE VERGE FEELING OF AWE CAME OVER US by which wo wero ultimately able to leave tho Isle of tho Winds. It was nn excuse for us to got away that wo were accustomed to shoot tho wild pigeons which about sunrlso passed over head In groat flocks, and returned toward evening with n mighty noise of rushing wings. The little yellow chlldron of the vlllago wero set to watch tho gardens and scaro them when they nllghted anywhere near tho settlement, or they would soon havo do3troyed every green thing, besides de priving tho swine which wandered every where llko privileged scavengers, killing snakes and devouring rubbish, of tho staple of tholr meat. nesldes thero wero many other birds which Yellow Jack showed us how to take. Ho had a hook which ho fastened to the stump of his right arm. Ho had made it himself out ot an old bar of Iron ho had picked up, nnd he was able to do many wonderful things with, It. But, after all, It was his left hand and arm that wore so astonlsnlng. Ho could swing hlmselt llfo a monkey from tree to tree, nnd by means of a ropo round hlB wnht and with the assistance ot his hook ho could walk up tho Btom of the tallest palm in tho island nlmoat us quickly as wo could make our way along a plain road. Tho morning was still awash with dewy freshuesB when I set out, carrying my pro visions, a gun and n bag with compartmonts for nmmunltlon. Anna hail stolen silently Mom her sleeping room In my mother's house. Sho met mo bohlnd tho hedgo ot prickly pear. "All quiet!" she said. "Whore Is Yellow Jnck?" "Ho Is waiting further on," I answered. For now the ono-arm boy novcr walked with us along tho green bank in front of tho lino ot co'tagea. He thought his society would shamo us. and for all his broad grins ho was full ot dignity. Hut wo had hardly passed the pallsadoes of tho gardens before ho was at our sides, his usually social face nuw gravo and quiet. Yet thoro camo a look uf plcasuro Into his eyes at sight of Anna. Mo ho tolerated cblclly because Anna and I wero In a manne. looked upon a each other's medicine. "We belonged," paid the negresses, comprchen sholy. And tho belief was my great safe guard. Yellow Jnck was laden with a spnro cut lasts, which ho assured mo I would need to ubo lu tho high woods. Ho also carried a knlfo of largo slzo for Anna, for tbo virgin forest Is no respecter ot persons. He had leathern leggings, too, for Anna, so that sho could withstand the pricks of tbo bmh thorns, and llmo Julco to mix with tho water which wo hoped to find in the woods. When with us Yellow Jnck spoko r4 curious nnd picturesque dialect ot his own. qulto different from the broken English he used with tho white men down In tho vil lage. It was pleasant to listen to him, for ho possessed a rich, mellow voice, with a wild ring In Its cadences as often as ho beenmo excited, or whon he burst Into llttlo trills of song as naturally as a bird singing In tho top of a tropic tree among tho liana s.tems and tho gorgeous trumpet flowers. To me Yellow Jack always seemed to bo translating from somo noblo barbarous totiguo, nnd at tlmos his Ideas had a cer tain barbaric splendor of their own. "King's won I," ho would say, "In my own country, a prlnco of fighting men, There (he pointed down to the village) a slave. Yellow Jack but yonder (he pointed over tho sea from which tho mist was lifting nnd melting ns It lifted)-yonder, Eborrn, a chief among chiefs!" Then, as If ho had perchance claimed more than hi--, due, he turned quickly to Anna. "Ilut always your friend!" he said. And Indeed the friendship of Yellow Jark proved to be by no means the least ot the blessings assured to us by Anna Mark. CMAl'Tlill XXX. The IIIkIi WoimIm. A3 soon as we reached the verge of that great primeval forest 11 feeling of awe and terror came over us both. Yet I think that I was more frlghlenc.1 than Anna, though eao also drew in nir to me. which I was pleased to note. The dark purple or ieea Ing vegetation on which we moved, the sud den noises and the rushing hither nnd thither of unseen animals, the stealthy stir ring of snakes In tho cover of tawny grasses, tho deep sundown, the fantastic rigging ot ncrlnl ropes, the huge trees which started upward, fctitooncd with creepers, nnd presently 1cm themselves In n green hnzo before they hnd risen thirty feet, these all combined to produce on the mind ot country bred youth u feeling of uncom prehending awe. After we had advanced slowly for nn hour wo emerged with Yellow Jack Into n more open glade. "In what direction you find tho village?" he called down to us. 1 pointed behind us In the direction from which wo hnd come. With a slight smile 011 hla face, very different from the broad Idiotic grin which, like a mask, ho wore In tho village, Yellow Jnck led us to tho brink of a tangled cliff overgrown with bright tropic plants. Ho pointed with his Iron hook and laughed a low laugh ot irony and con- OF THAT GREAT PRIMEVAL FOREST A IIOTH. tempt, llko that of ono who has outwitted a powerful adversary. For there, almost at our feet, lay tho buccaneer village, every house distinct, and tho doings of its Inmates apparent, ao If drnwn upon a mup. Tho women went and camo to the well. The mulatto overseers directed tho labor In the gardens. Tho pick aninnies played in the dust. Even such strangers as no wero could make out many of tho people by eight and Yellow Jack, with his eaglo eyes accustomed from childhood to distinguish dusky faces (which still looked mostly nliko to us), knew every one of tho scores who could bo distinguished below nt their various tasks. "Do tho whlto men know of this place?" I asked of Yellow Jack. Ho shook his head with a grim satisfac tion. "Not so." he answered, "nono knows save Eborra, his mother, and now you two. It is for her sake!" ho added, as if to clear his conscience, and he nodded nt Anna. Yellow Jack pointed significantly to tho largo chief's houso which waH occupied by my mother. Wo could sco the negro servi tors moving about It Insido tho hedgo of prickly pear and that curious plant which Is colled In Spanish tho "Figs of tho Moor." Tho headdresses of these women were qulto distinguishable In color and pattern In tho keen nlr of morning. It scorned ns If wo could even hear the sound of their voices. "Look moro carefully behind tho hedgo!" said Yellow Jnck, still pointing with his hook. "I sco nothing!" I said, nor did I, for Im mediately behind tho broad prickly hedgo began tho deep green of tho scrub, and be hind that again the ordered lines and stono walls of tho gardens. "There," said our guldo; "sec, at the end of tho chief's house! Look closely!" "I do see," whispered Anna Mark, in great excitement. "I see two men standing talking together. They nro dressed In whlto clothes and have hats on their heads." I thought a little. These wero men of the crow of tho Corramantce. Could sho havo returned slnco we came Into the forest? Dut Hint wns impossible, for tho enclosed buy was baro and burnlugly bluo under tho tropic sun, unstirred by nny keel, and out beyond the Cnrib sea sparkled and danced empty of all llfo savo tho wheeling sea birds." Yethero at our feet wero two armed men of tho crow not liberty men, but men of tho ship whom wo know well. Tboy were nrmcd also, nud on gunrd. For presently, conclud ing their conversation, they separated and begnn to pace to and fro, ono In front nnd the other In rear of tho houso where my mother dwelt. "So It Is nlways!" said Yellow Jack, "night and day, always two men watch. Then ono como and wntch theso two! Walt, In a mo ment you see him!" Tho two men on gunrd paced slowly up and down, each covering two sldcn of tho cottugo enclosure. Wo could see tho sun shining on their musket barrels us they hailed at tho turn. "Why do they watch my mother's houso?" I said aloud. "It Is always so over slnco tho chlnf of tho Silver Ring took awny tho ship. They watch and they wntch! Ehprra watch, loo! Hero ho conies!" And with tils finger ho pointed to n hut which stood Just beyond ono of the garden wnlls, A ninn stood In tho doorway. Wo could sco his form but dimly In the dimness of tho chamber. Ho came a llttlo farther ' out, so that the sunshine of thu morning caught him. It was my father! "He who watches tho watchers! ' explained Yellow Jack. This shook me greatly. And I had begun to feel so secure In his Island that I quite resented It. Tho remembrance o' Scotland had begun to lose Its edge. All nppenred so penceful. The liberty men nte nnd grew fat In tho society of their dusky wives. The shining pickaninnies tumbled on the shoro like young seals or fled In rlotoiu hnnd llnked groups from our npproach. My mother abode in her bentitlful cottage with tho shore vine nnd frnnglpanl nglow all nbout It. All wns penceful ns the click ot her knitting needles. Hut hero was my father, not gono away with the ship, but wntchlng and setting others to watch my poor mother. What could his object be? "Captain with golden coat stay," com mented Yellow Jack; "captain with silver rings go with ship sell boys, buy provision, como bach. Then nil go find Spanish (-hip-town plantation kill, steal, make prisoner. When cnptnln with silver ring return It no good to be in vlllnge. You come with Eborra then. He take you to his town!" And smiling In his quiet fashion ho let go the veil of green bush which ho had drawn nsldo that wo might look down upon tho unconscloufl village. Ho took us a dozen steps from tho cliff edge on which we hnd stood. "You 110 find It now!" ho said again. And truly, no more wo could. The cur tain of green vegetntlon stirred In the morning breeze, but, though wc came near to fnlllng from the cliff edge and got our selves bitten by red ants in snatching heed lessly at likely branches', we could not again catch a glimpse of the village. "Ah. do not touch!" cried Yellow Jnck, suddenly; "that mnnchlnenl poison leaves cut hand, poison blood. Keep behind Eborra. Follow him!" Nothing comforted mo so much as tho touch of Anna's hand. And I think she let It stay longer In mine becauso sho know that my heart was troubled. Yellow Jark alone seemed not to feel tho need of some cheering lnflueuce. After an hour's Bteady progression through the dim green nlslcs be pointed ahead. It was dusky like n cavern whore wo stood, but before us we saw two of tho giant trew F.tand llko gate posts ot 11 brighter land, then, framed ns In n picture, a stretch of baro hillside, and a naw-edged mountain nbovo, golden ngalnst tho blue-black sky. "Hero wo eat!" Yellow Jnck explained briefly. And with that fresh youth In our veins which enables the young to set trouble asldo (or at least to stop thinking nbout It till It grows moro Inslstatit) Anna nnd I went dancing over the glaring white rocks, laughing at tho clattering land crabs which scuttled Into their holes lit our npproach, or stood polcmnly waving belligerent claws on thn top of every rocky knoll. Eborrn led tho way over tho shoulder of the ridge till he came to a shady spot, where some wild pints gave a moro homely look to tho tropic landscape. He pointed to a little spring which rose dimpling In a tiny cup of whlto limestone rock, overflowed nnd ran merrily nway down the hillside. "Hush water not good," he said; "this good." So on n flat stone he undid his pack, nnd wo feasted luxuriously In tho nlry shndo cf tho pines. Tho sea breeze, cool nt this latitude, fanned our brows, prickly with perspiration and with tho close, breathless heaviness of the high woods. I have rarely enjoyed a meal more or folt moro refreshed by anything than by the cool fruit and sparkling water with which wo -washed It down. Whon wo rosn to look about us our spirits had rlson to their nat ural pitch again, and we were ready to fol low our guide anywhere. CIIAS'TUR XXXI. Per-rtf-Limcc. Yellow Jnck throw the remains of our foast Into a crack In tho wall with a gesturo which I took to signify nn oblation to the deities or devils of tho place. Then ho turned upon us with tbo gravo eyes, in which thero was no trace of laughter. "Wo havo playod," he said; "we havo seen tzutt, it is nil nothing! If you are not afraid I will show you somothlng tho renl the homo ot Obi, tho hid treasure, tho palaco of tho king! You are not afraid?" Now, I myself had had qulto enough ot going to look for hid treasures, but I could not show tho whlto feather where Anna remnlned stanch. "What Is that?" I asked, ns much to gain tlmo ns anything. "Do you mean tho treasure of Sir Harry Morgan?" To my surprlso Eborra nodded vehemently. "Yes yes yes," ho said, "the treasure of Morgan. This wob his islo long beforo theso men enme. They not know, but Eborrn know. And ho know tho guard of tho treas ure, too. Somo day ho show him to tho whlto man when Eborra ready. Then" ho laughed Ironically "tho white man will dlo. Tho treasure guard -will kill him. Ilut you shall seo tho trcasuro toduy, nnd yet bo Bafe, bocauBe you nro Eborra's friends and thoro Is no hurt In you!" It was a long speech for tho African, and ho did not ofton uso so many words, but, for all that, I was by no means sure In my mlndnbout following. There was a strango iiess "about theso great forests which daunted me. My very Ignoranco shut me In and mudo mo helpless. All about were unseen deadly things polBonous plants, deadly animals, nnd, In addition, dread thlsgs that havo no name dovllklns of tho solitudes, demons ot tho placo, ancient as tho stones and cruel hearted as death Itself. Ilut Anna rose with her quick gesturo of acquiescence nnd swung her Bntchel across her Bhouldors, Then sho set her hand Jauntily on tho hilt of tho knlfo at her belt. 'Wo nro not afraid," sho said; "wo trust you, Eborra!" "No, you nro not afraid!" ho replied. Anna bent upon tho crippled block a look which, had It been turned upon n whlto msn, would havo made mo angry. For sho know well enough tho power alio had over the lad, and, llko all women, was qulto willing to exerclso It. Yet Instinctively I felt tho danger with a savage llko Eborra. Nevertheless, I could not draw back, nor even declaro my dis trust. "It Is good." said Yellow Juck, and. with out another word, led tho way down tho hill, nnd. parting tho green wall of leaves plunged ngnln Into the densest of tho Jungle. "Walk cnrcfully In my footsteps," said Eborrn, "and do not epoak! We are near!" Anna strotched a hand back to mo and I kept tho line, cheered by her act. Round tho mound a vast group ot black pines towered to the skies. They had their heads nil bent together, like chiefs nt a coneultatlon. They nppearcd to bo listening to each other's whispered talk. On the cre3t of tho bowl, so soon as our oyes became ac customed to tho gloom, we saw a kind of hugo round tower halt cut off in the middle, as It unfinished. It appeared to be built of black stonep. Creepers of a slimy green color climbed sparsely upon It and little green apples, with brilliant scarlet patches upon them, hung temptingly down. All round about tho swnmp slept black and sluggish. Underfoot tho samo unseen things ptlrred In tho undergrowth. Tho huge re doubt In front was llko a wizard tower in a dream and I doubted not but that some hidden enchnnter would presently Ijsuo forth, or tho twisted faco of a demon look at us with ttudden grimace over tho crumbling ramparts. Yet as wo came nearer It seemed to mo that no earthly hands had laid Iho courses and fitted tho joints of that titanic masonry. For on tho sldu by which wo npproachod tho tower rcse smooth and black, Hive where In little Irregular cracks llko thoic In half-drlfd mud poisonous creepers had ob tained n hold for their tendrils. A rumbling f v sound camo from within whuh shook our midriffs like nn earthquake. "Do not four." he said; in a moment we hall behold!" Anna helped me up till t could set my chin over tho verge of the black tower. The wall of It was broad enough for mo to He flat upon and look within. Nor wa It so uncomfortably warm ns lower down. Anna held nio by tho arm, nnxlous, not for her self, but ler I should venture too near. Sho need not have troubled, though the ac tion comforted her. This Is what we saw; A huge black gulf or pot hole with straight sides, cracked nnd creeper-grown, ank for thirty or forty fret sheer down. The llcor of this curious natural tower or volcanic crater was arched like tiro bulge which comes In the middle of a lot Jun before (he water bolls. Eborra pointed downward with his hook. "The place of Morgan's treasure." he said, grimly; 'it is waiting there for the brave mnn who will cc;ne to tnko It!" The black well of tho tower was diversified by curious grooved ring set at Intervals, in thrso wero holes, many of them largo enough to thrust a man's arm Into. We snw no steam or fire, but the whole Hinolled sulphurous and a moist heat like that which rises from wet sands under a burning nun wavered visibly nbout us. I knew not what ho meant. I could neither poo anything resembling troHsure, nor yet tho dread guardian of whom he spoke. Ilut Yellow Jack lay with his face over tho edge, smiling gently and watching the Ixittom of tho black pot-hole. "Look!" ho cried, suddenly, pointing with his hook. And then for tho first time I obterved that tho bubble-like black floor beneath us was not wholly smtlonary. It appeared to be solid. I would havo wnlkcd upon It without fear, but yet the whole seemed to be turning over ulowiy nnd almost perceptibly. Indeed, the only way In which the motion of tho mass could be noted was by watching the positions of tho Btlcks and stumps of trees which stood out from the surface. Tho object at which Eborrn dwMrcd us to look was n square shaped box or cubo of wood. For nothing could be discovered of Its Internal condition because of tho black coating of pitch which covered It and hung down from Its tilted edge llko Ill-melted wnx. "Morgan's treasure!" nlllrmcd our guide, confidently; "also many morel Obi turns them in the hollow of his hand." "I was still more mystified thnn beforo und did not oven ask 11 question. The black cubo wns slowly lifted upward, turning In visibly all tho lime, so that angle which had been averse from us at first next pointed to the zenith nnd ufterwnrd Inclined townrd us, before finally linking out of sight be neath the surface. At last Yellow Jack deigned to explain. "Pitch!" ho sold, "what Is thrown In docs not sink, but turns und turns forever -now above, now below. Morgan's men threw It 1 In beforo Captain Stanslleld took the island from them. He novcr found it. Hut Eborra's mother knew. Eborrn knows. Now you know." "nut," said 1, "If the treasure be down there, why do you not get It out ? Snoner or later somo one will stumble upon ihls pla -e and rob you of the treasure. You should hldo It In n safer place." ' "Thcro Is none," said our guide, enn- ! Ildently. "You will believe when I slu w you the guardians of the treasure. Ho not move. Only lcok!" The half-casto leaned fur over Into the in terior of the tower. Ho hummed the strange minor tuno In a louder tone. Nothing that I could seo happened. Then suddenly ho whistled shrilly, und even us wo looked wo saw tho circular edges suddenly wake Into hideous life. From each of tho black pigeon holes protruded a flat and ugly head. Then the ruddy colls of n snako soven or eight feet long and as thick as my arm appeared, till all tho circular well of the strango tower appeared to bo nllve with horrid, waving scales. Yellow Jack leaned still farther over, and whistled a quick, Jigging tune. At the first sound of It the great poison snnkes opene! their Jaws so wldo that tho whlto fangs could bo heon hanging down clear of tho thin, retracted lip. As tho tlmo quickened, every serpent gnthered Itself Into n coll, wilh Its head In tbo center, nnd began to danco up nnd down In time to tho music. Thcro must havo been several hundred ot them beneath us down In the black gullet of tho crater. Tho lad stopped, and resumed tho hum ming nolso ho had been making all tho way up the bill. 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