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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-01-16, Page 6TE^ S"G S cCJ'o TREASURE OF THE SEA By George E. Walsh SYNOI S15 eiLtt'"rEn NV: Rose tells Dick how they discovered the treas- ure to a wrecked submarine. Later in the day they sight what looks. like land in the distance. CHAPTER XVI Laboring under strong emotion, she walked away from him and stood by the rail, her eyes or. the horizon. "I believe that is land, off there," she added, pointing. Dick merely glanced hastily over his shoulder, and nodded. "Did the crew know about the submarine and the treasure?" he asked, approaching her side. "No, Father and I kept it to ourselves. We brought the money and gold and other things aboard in a basket, and hid them to the cabin. No one suspected we'd found anything but fresh gulls' eggs. We made five trips, and always brough eggs back with ur. When' we sailed away we had enough treasure aboard to make us rich—rich enough to buy another schooner and a home ashore." Sht smiled at him, as if to in- dicate that her idea ea riches was moderate, and not of the inordin- ate, greedy variety. * * * "We could have had more, she added,"if we'd taken the diamonds and rings that — that — But I couldn't touch them;" she broke off passionately. "T h e y were strained with blood, or at least I thought so. Father laughed at me, and said it was the salt that had tarnished them; but it made no difference. I couldn't touch them!" She drew a deep sigh, and re- mained silent to regain her com- posure. "That's why I told you," she said then, laughing gently, "that it was tainted money—blood n;ot.ey—and I wasn't sure I dared touch any of it. Would you?" "Blood money put to proper use is no crime," he replied simply. "You're entitled to it. You're not superstitious?" "No -o — but ever since we had the money aboard disaster has fol- lowed us. First, there was the storm that wrecked the schooner; then Father's accident, and then the desertion of the crew. Next Tucu and his pirates came, and—" "-1 followed next!" "That's the only pleasant thing that's happened since we fount, the treasure," she replied, frankly look- ing him in the eyes. "Without 'you aboard, I think—think I'd have thrown that treasure overboard long before this, or given it to Tucu. I'm not sure but that would have been the best way out of it." • * * "So, it would have been put to base uses if old Tucu got it," re- plied Dick. "He mustn't lay hands on it. I'm glad you deceived hien We'll get the treasure ashore, and your father can buy a new schooner with it. He'll need one after this. The Betty's pretty well battered up." "She's insured," Rose inter- rupted, "so we'll not need the money for that." "Your father will need it," Dick replied, "He's made his last trip if—if he doesn't recover his mind." An expression of pain swept across her face; then a- little -fierce- ly, with hands clenched, she said: "But he will recover, I feel ill I shan't fuse hope — not if we can reach land." "With money to pay a good doc- tor he'll recover," Dick -replied, smiling encouragingly. "That's where your treasure will prove a blessing. It can't hoodoo you any more." "Are you sure of that?" she in- terrupted, pointing to the speck on the horizon. "Isn't that the lugger again?" Dick gave a violent start and followed her hand. The object in the distance . was still too vague of outline to determine its charac- ter, but either through imagination or`. distorted optical illusion they thought it to be the San Miguel returning to finish the work Cap- tain Tucu had planned. "Isn't it?" Rose repeated after a long pause. "I don't know," Dick murmured. "It looks so, but we may be mis- taken. If it is—" "—we'll take a raft and leave the schooner," she finished for him. "I'll never stay aboard if Tucu comes." "What good will that do?" He'll overtake us on the raft. We couldn't escape." The truth of this, borne in upon her mind, made her silent and thoughtful. After a while her face brightened. "We may buy .Tucu off," she said eagerly. "He'll let us go if we give him that treasure. That's all he wants." "That and the mythical jewels from the steamer," smiled Dick. * * * She watched him anxiously, and then sighed. "I sec," she mur- mured, "one wouldn't be sufficient. He'd want both." "Tucu's greedy." "And you couldn't find the jew- els?" "They '.ever existed." "Then we'll keep the treasure. Tucu'll never find it. I'll die be- fore I tell him." Dick frowned. "Perhaps you'd better buy your freedom with it. He'll do that much for the trea- sure." "And hold you a prisoner until "Never mind that. I can outwit Tucu. I did it once, and I'll do it again. `_'ou make him promise he'll put you ashore, and—" "Dick," she interrupted, "don't talk nonsense. If it isn't enough to buy life for both of us, it isn't enough for one. We go ashore to- gether, or- we stay here until the end," The blur in the distance they had taken, rightly or wrongly, for the lugger remained stationary, or at least so fixed a point on the horizon that it neither grew larger nor faded entirely away. At times a mist swept between it and the schooner and temporarily blotted it out, but -it returned later, and always it appeared a little closer, but not much clearer in outline. They watched it with puzzled eyes, thankful that it did not ap- proach, but disappointed that it did not vanish entirely. "If it's the lugger," Dick remarked once, "she's been crippled by the storm, and is drifting before the wind." "Then we have an equal chance to get away," replied Rose eager- ly., "if she's no better off then we are." "Captain Tucu has a crew to help hint patch up his sails and rigging," he interrupted, smiling. "We couldn't beat him at that." * * * "I don't believe it's the lugger after all," she said irrelevantly, shading her ayes. "It looks to me more like—like—" "—land?" he asked, "Yes, but not the mainland—an island." • "Not your island where the sub- marine was Wrecked?" "No," shuddering. "At least I hope not,' "If it's an island, we ought to try to get to it. We'll start . rig- ging up that jib. The wind's freshening, and it's blowing in the right direction." - "Yes, we're drifting toward it. That's wiry we see it more dis- tinctly. If it was the lugger it would drift as fast as we do." "That's right. It Is nearer, and it must be land." They glanced into each other's eyes, hope dawning in them for the first time since the storm, giving a radiant expression to their fea- tures that was contagious. Dick spoke first. "It's land, Rose, and we'll reach it before Tucu can come back and find us. I told you that treasure was no longer a hoodoo. It's going to bring us good luck." 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