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orn AD THE CUB
Scoop's As Crazy As a Fox
By "HOP"
REPORTER
An Episode
Of the Big
European War
By ESTHER VANDEVTXR
The Story of
Captain Graham I
By M QUAD
CinyriRAl. . Ky the MK'lure
THE ABILEWlf JtEPOHTIR ABIL1WB TEXA1.
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Notes From Various
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
ITEMS FROM STAMFORD
Special to Tho Reporter.
Dr. T. li. Bryan of Blossom hns re-
turned homo after spending several
daya la Stamford transacting bust-
Hum. Joo Drown of Tost. hns boon spend'
log tho paBt week visiting relative:)
In tills city.
' : J. G. Gillespie of Dallas motor spe-
cialist of tbo General Electric Com-
pany at that place has returned home
after spending several days with his
mother. Mrs. Joromu GUlesplo.
Miss Vernah Scott of Abilene spent
Sunday In this city the guest of .Miss
Vera Duo.
. Judgu L. M. Ilulo and wife have re-
turned from Anson where they spent
several days of this week
W. C. Henderson of Waco has re-
turned to his home having vlBlted his
sister Mrs II. H. Baum of this city for
aoveral days:
J. H. Baldwin unci family havo re-
turned home after Hpendlng a few
weeks on their ranch near Aapor-
mont. Mra. S. H. Powell has returned from
a visit to relatives and friends at
Gatfavlllo and was accompanied homo
oy ner nieco. .miss iia rowon i iuul PermpB tho best mlUrh of lhe day
P5 ..... . I i.!wns the mixed doubles In which Hes-
R-T. J. J. V.MatLl8 or Arlington hMtr nnd MlB& aoodo defpntC( T.rry
returned to his homo after flPndJng f n MR! Crump t was ncct.8aary
BUTCrUl UUJH III oiuiiliuiu uiu sural .
Itov. and Mrs Seaman.
E.'M. Cushenbury and wlfo nro vis
iting In Sulphur Oklahoma
j" Kn and faml'ly have gone
to Luedivs whero tnoy win runna
their futuro homo.
Ml3 Lllllo Blzzell. who Is teacher
-Ot-wuBtc In Wichita FUlla spout tho
past week visiting hor parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Blzzell.
Mrs. Ily Pratt was hostcsB Kriuav
afternoon of thlB week ontcrtalnlng
with "42."
Yornon Hart nnd Reece Prntt en-
tertained in honor of their friends
yrlday evening of this week at tho
boulQ of Mr. and Mrs. Ily Pratt.
Monday afternoon of thlB week Mrs.
A.':H. Goldatlcker entertained a nura-
Sferot her young friends honoring her
gn'e'Bt Miss Bess Williams of San An-
tfelo' ;' Miss Marjorlo Crawford of Dublin. Is
flailing Mra. a. G. Yeates of thlB city.
V Misses Anna Lou Abbott and Mil-
dred Valient delightfully entertained
S nUmbor of friends at tho homo ol
B.' Abbott on North Swenson street
Tuesday afternoon of this week.
$ Miss Bertha Blzzell primary teach-
efa the public schools and for the
yast three summers Instructor in the
summer normals which are conducted
at tho Stamford College each summer
feft Thursday of this week for New
York City whero sho will attend Co-
lumbia University.
BETTER TOWN SINCE
POOL ROOMS WERE CLOSED.
Hy The United PresB.
; WACO Tex. July 6. After one
year's trial of closed pool rooms
Waco the first large city in Texas to
abolish the pool hall Is In a better
condition morally than ever before
prominent ministers today told the
United Press.
With a population of 50.000 and aur-
rounded by the most populouB coun
try in the state the pool rooms were
put out a year ago.
"When tne pool rooms closed the
hark and cue crook was driven from
the city" one prominent merchant
declared. "The youth who loved tho
game for the Bport went to the Y.M.
C. A. and the church basement. The
larger churches have Installed pool
tables under morrally proper awper-
tUI." .
Moat of ua have loose purse Btrlnga
when the purse Is empty.
EXCLUSIVE BARGAINS
FARMS AND RANCHES
FARM LOANS
JOHN G . J A GK SON
TIUOTOMX in.
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TODAY'S ODDEST STORY
By Tho United Press.
COLUMBUS. O. July 7. It Is o
Wife's prerogative to 'say how tho
baby's hair shall bo cut according to
a ruling made here by Police Judge
Oeborn.'
Ira Williams' colored disputed the
point with Mrs. Williams. The argu-
ment ended in a fight. Williams was
arrested and hid wife charged him
with assault and battery.
In police court Williams was given
a suspended sentence of six months
and cautioned by tho judge to heed hit
wlfo's -request hereafter when any ton-
Horlal wbrk la to be done.
1IE.STEK WINS HIXflI.ES
IN SIMMON'S TOl'RXAMKXT
Marked by fast playing a tourna-
ment to decide the singles and doub-
les champions of the Slmmonn Col-
lego Summer School and Notmnl wns
held on tho Simmons courts Monday
afternoon. There were a largo num-
ber of players and the weather being
Ideal there wore several fast pets.
Hester was winner of tho singles
matches defentlng Burkctt lit the
finals G-4 0-2. In tho double Hes
ter nnd Terry defeated Wo ids and
rof ArncU n the flm)s
to play three full sets to decide the
winners.
THREATEN TO CLOSE IIOTKLS
IF. BARS ARK IIANXKD
REOINA Sask.. July 7. Thlj prov -
Inco of Canada admittedly one of thJ
most prosperous provinces In the na -
tlon may bo without a hotel ns n
possibility that looms up today. This
Ih the result of an order Issued by
an UBsgiiuiiuu ui un iiuivi nvv--i j-jjjjj jH tj0 jrBt (MIC In 19 'CarS
There are -105 licensed hotels in tin- tnut tjl0 convention has been held ou
province. All recently went dry Ho- tll0 American continent. The last
tel men chtim that thoy cannot op- World's convention was held In Agra
erato their notelB without n bnr with. jndiat j jgio
out losing money Their clahtf is that For h f Jn th u(al
5 per cent of tho hotels rim with- o CnrlBtan EndeilV0r movement
out a bar lose money. Moreover y Gern H not roprc8cnted. ln.
per cent of tho hotels with a bar have OOMOd ftt wat t ( n3 Amo .
depended upon tho bar to mnko up ca3 unoulrai nttltude In permittlni
the delict in tho hotel buslncsr. 'ammunition to bo ahlpped to Greor
Following a government orJor the WUiia tho aerman Endeavor8 havo
hotel men met and decided that tho voted to not Bond deloBat08. Th8 n.
Increased price of foodstuffs would be formutlon WU8 contained In the letter
assigned as tho causo for leaving the miuiahcd last week
province hotel-less for a while. i Great iterest wa; snown today re.
1 garding tho place for the next con-
(MEAT rilORl'S TO SINfi 'ventlon which will meet In 1917. For-
AT BAPTIST CONVENTION mal requests will not bo received un-
I til tomorrow.
OAKLAND. Cal. July 7.-The Blng-i A feiur r tonight's opening ses-
Init of Handel's oratorla "Elliah " by Blon win uo BnKnB by a chorus of
the 1915 chorus the Rotary Club 2 Bdut8 aud 800 children's voices
singers and th! cholw S tho Bap- Heports on the year's work were
tlst YOuSi People's Socfety waa the recolved at tho meelng of the nard
the Joint convention of the Baptist
n?lyZL!drl lhmunii announced that over
mlKlM1 UVS? Mfi nrtum ?250000 of the J300.000 needed had
clflo Coast at the Oakland Auditorium lsed for 7h orectIon of tne
?'? h .WeT.Dnd TKr Snatlonal Chrlaflannueavo
ventlon of the former and the flf h of ieadquarter8 bunding at Boston. Two
the latter t Is expected that a floor of te buUdnb are t(J be U8ed
evangelical churches of Oakland will for the admInIstratbon work of th
Sunday evening adjourn their meet- Cnr8tan Endeavor movement and the
Ing to the auditorium whero a great remalnn spaco 9 to be rented.
mass meeuoK win ue i.u.u aaiuraai
will be Baptist Young People's Day at
the Panama Pacific Exposition
j .. o. . i
mr. auu o.rb. . n. unuuiui oi i a n- more today tna ey.er uefore. Jn part
mont. Miss Vlrgle Thurman of Claire- ne BaJd.
mont and Mrs. E. J. Goodall of Jay-1 0rg8ed thrty-fqur years ago
ton were visitors In Abilene Sunday. we havo nearJy soooo S0C!eties and
W. E. Roberson a newspaper man'ooo.OOO members throughout the
of Central Texas Is a business vlsl- world. Eighty-seven denominations
tor In Abilene. Ie has been spend- and over six lunguages are repre-
Ing some weeks on the South Concho Bented In our fellowship. There la
river hunting and tuning.
You can't flatter jgie woman
complimenting another.
bv
Places.
BIG PICNIC AT CLYDE
JULY 20;BUILD FRUIT SUED
Special to The Reporter.
CLYDE Tcx July 7. Clyde citizens
have set and will soon publish their
picnic day hb July 28. A suitable pro-
gram of good speakers band music
fruit stands Ice cold drinks and wa-
ter melons will be BUpplled. Tho
Reporter editor and associates- nnd
our other Abilene friends are Invited
to attend.
Tho Texas and Pacific railway peo-
ple are now erecting a much needed
fruit Bhed on their right of way Just
west of the Clydo depot which Is ap-
preciated by tho Clyde growers and
shippers.
A grenl deal of oats nnd wheat nro
being hauled from the threshers to
Clyde and sold oats bringing about
33 cents per bushel and whent about
H3 centB per bushel. Cotton fruit and
gardens look fine here.
10000 AT WORLD'S S.E.
AT
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 7. More than 10-
000 delegates representing nearly
every nation on the globo gathered
In Chicago today for the opening to-
night of the fifth qulntennlul World's
Christian Endeavor convention. Six
thousand moro delegates and ut least
that many visitors were expected here
I before tomorrow. Prominent nmons;
tbo delegations arriving today were
thoso from Southern states attired in
ialmbeach units and hats and those
from Des Moines attired in suits of
rt)tj and white the official Kndeavor
colors.
WIIIlOiaiK U1UVU1U1 .44 144Q 4U4V OUC4'
man this afternoon. Field Secretary
Secretary Uhmann. who has spent
neary aU of the imaJ tweIye montn3
a feJd work reported that the move-
ment waB stronger and accomplishing
not a country on tne globe touay
where you will not find a Christian
Endeavor society"
"Never in the History of the world
has there been such a field for the
presentation of the gospel message.
Fields that for many years were clos-
ed have thrown their doors wide open
and bid us enter.
'China is facing the greatest awak-
ening along spiritual lines that she
has ever known. In India Korea
Africa and in fact every mission field
of the world we find there la a new
and growing interest in the Religion
of the son of Man."
"They tell us that In China and
many other mission fields there are
not enough workers to caro for the
growing church and train the con-
verts. There are not enough mission-
aries and pastors."
"Jajian has a fine secretary and a
magnificent work and Christian En-
deavor is one of the most valuable
assets to the church of the great
land."
"On the continent of Europe we
face great difficulties but magnificent
opportunities will present themselves
STATKMKNTOFTIIIi:
Condition oi
The Citizens National
Bank
al theclosc of Business Wed. June 23 1015
Resources
Loans and Discounts ;18070(5.50
United Slates Bonds 50000.00
Banking House and Fixtures . . 1 7750.00
Other Ileal Estate 31510.00
Stock in Federal Reserve bank . 0000.00
CASH:
On hand due from other
banks and U. S. Treas-
ury $105935.37
Bills of Ex. Col. . 10051.50 170880.05
Total $()08043.4S
Liabilities.
Capital Stock $1 1)0000.00
Surplus and Undivided ProHls. (58370.47
Circulation 50000.00
Deposits 400572.08
Rediscounts NONE
Borrowed Money NONE
Total $068943.45
The above statement is correct
. JOE F. GARRISON Cashier.
when this war Is' over. In the mean-
time we are keeping tho fires burning
wherever wo can."
"Africa has tho largest Christian
Endeavor society ln tho world and a
great call is ours to make Christian
Endeavor take Ub full place through
out that great land."
"In South America Australia tho
Islands of tho Sea and In all parts of
North America wo aro facing a great
day of large privileges for the cause
of tho young people for Christ and tho
church."
"When ono realizes that tlm irrn.it
growing endeavor work In India Bur
ma and Ceylon with tho force of cm-
ployed secretaries tho office the
translation of the literature and
all
Is maintained at a cost of only
two
for
thousand dollars a year cares
Rear Causes Trouble.
BERLIN July C Tho authorities
of Eberfleld aro confronted with the
most puzzling problem that they have
had to Bolve since the bread card be-
came an Institution in Germany and
all because of a snow bear that Is so
fussy about his food that he will eat
nothing but bread.
The owners of the animal recent
ly was haled before tho lower court.
and fined and sentenced to prison be
cause ho had shared his weekly por-
tion of bread with the animal. With
two months incarceration staring
him in the face ho appealed alleging
that the bear was his only means of
support. A kind-hearted judge chang-
ed the sentence to a fine of 100 marks
and advised the owner to apply to the
president of the government In which
Elberfeld lies to issue Bruin a bread
card'just like any regular human be-
ing. Cutting AUtlce.
Jim Thornton the vaudevlllo actor.
went Jala a barber shop and sakeii
ior a uniive.
"Better let me cut your hair sir"
said the barber. "It needs cutting
badly."
"Nope." replied Thornton. "Shave
me."
"But your hair needs cutting bad-
ly" persisted the barber.
''That's probably the- way you would
cut it" answered Thornton: "but
cease and shave me."
'It's too long that hair." continued
the barber. "It comes "way down on
the collar of your coat"
Shave please" murmured Thorn
ton.
"I Bald" argued the barber "that
your hair comes 'way down on the
collar of your coat."
"If that is so" said Thornton.
"please oblige me by cutting the col-
lar of the coat and let my hair alone."
It is announced that an examina
tion of Holt shows scars on his body
similar to those known to be on
Muenter.
I
Want Ads
NOTICE My Toland China boar Nnt
walkover No. t'30CC9 will stand this
season at my farm ono and one fourth
j miles west of Pleasant Hill. V. E. Hod
ges. G-4-24t
LA.NP LOANS I am direct represen-
tative for all of Control West Texas
for u largo loan company that has tho
money and that will not glvo tho pref-
cronco to Central or North Texas bus-
iness. Wo can therefore glvo you
prompt Inspections nnd close without
dolay. If your security and title Is
gooa wo enn nandio your business.
We can oxtend paper or mako now
loans. If interested wrlto and let
mo know your wnnts; all inquiries
treated In confidence n. E. Hurlbut
Brownwood Texas. C-22-4t
FOR SALE No. 8 Garland cook stovo.
good condition: can bo Heen at 114"
South First 3treet. 6-25-at
WANTED 50 cords of wood at the
Kpiieptic colony. 7-5-2t
Registered Percheon Stallion Abe
WOlKht 1900 nounds. will mnkn thn
season up to uctober llrst at our farm
near Iberls. Texas Winter and
Richardson 7-5-3t
NOTICE Wvlle Dodd has hnneht thn
Metropolitan Cafe and will appreciate
juur patronage uome and see U3.
We will give you something good for
your money. 7-5-Jt
SOUTHERN QUEEN and UPPER TEN
ine .our or Quality; 2 cars un-
loading and one of feed. We Invite
you to can and inspect our-WcTTS4re
are in the market for jsjt and oat
waut icu curs irnrnrnn w 1 1 g e
ment. Phone JOOlJnf. F. Goss Com
mission companjf. 1&-&
Orion Pi
Ptists
ronteed dental yrk at reasona-
ptlces. ExamWation free. Hour3
6 dally. Srfhday by appointment.
jrdjjjrfraing corner South First
Chestnut streets. Phone 406.
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SS. W. T. STEWIKT
DENTIST
4 ROOR1B 8 md S Alavpniter VHAr1
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Over McLemore-Bau
PHONES:
Office 99- Residence 191
Wlllielmlua Illschoff a rotuuteer
nurse ln a hospital for sick and wound-
ed soldiers In (lerinauy. entered upon
her service with an ndmotilttou frpin
ber father in tbH wise:
"My daughter 1 deslip Hint you do
not penult yourself to confine your
nurstuK lo any uue patient. I'hcre U
no moro pivllllc Held for love alTnlra
than nursing- A young tnnu grateful
for the attention he iwches falls In
lovo with I1I9 nurse the nurse pities
her charge and pity Is akin to lore. 1
wish you to remain fancy free be-
cause of this proposed match between
you and your Couslu Adolr In America
a match desired as much by my broth-
er his father as by myself. The
American branch of our ramlly has
grown rich while we havo remained
poor. 1 1 Is therefore desirable that you
should marry jour cousin who'nj you
know will come over from America
for the purpose nn soon ns this war has
ended."
"Ye father" replied Wllhelmlna
"jou will llud mo n dutiful daughter
In thli respect as In nil others. We
German girls know what Is duo to our
parents but 1 have heard that ln
America It Is different thnt In that
country there to tint little respect for
age or parental authority and young
people consult their own wishes In-
stead of those to whom they owo bo-
dlence" This dintogue which Illustrates tho
difference between foreign nnd Amerl
can mnrrlngesi was satisfactory to llcrr
IHschoir who felt sure that his daugh
ter Would heed hli admonition. But
the old man's reasons for caution wcro
stronger oven than he hud stated them
A 4'ouug soldier who had been wound-
ed ln Belgium came under Wllhclml-
tin's care fell In lovo with her and
the pity she felt for him as well as
the love ho offered her cnuscd n recip-
rocal feeling to arise within hor own
heart He asked her nil about herself
her name the place In which she lived
and told her that as soon ns lie wns
convalescent and should bo granted n
brief leave he would go to her father
and nil; for her hand. To this she re-
plied that she was to marry a cousin
who wns to come from America ns
soon us the war wns over.
"Wh.it." exclaimed tho soldier "mar-
ry ono who takes no part In tho de-
fense of the fatherland and refuso one
who has given his blood for It? I am
iiotmitohcd that so lovely a girl should
do such a thing." s
To thto Wllhelmlna replljMl thnt she
owed tho same duty to her parents
that she owed to her country. and
whatever hor father bade her she
would do. Tho holdler Insisted that ho
would go to her father and represent
to him his want of patriotism and was
su ro' that he would relent. But the
lover added that Wllhelmlna must be
nt home when ho came that sho might
add Jier supplies tlous to his. Willie!-
mlnn consented to this but averred
that without her father's consent alio
would not accept her soldier suitor.
When tho young man beenmo well
cnuugh to totter forth from tho hos-
pital ho was given a month's leave
and Wllhelmlna preceded him to her
home to break tho matter to her par-
ents. When tho lover came he found
tho father obdurate. Wllhelmlna had
represented the matter to' him and he
replied that It was tho soldier's duty
to serve his country nnd he was not
entitled tp n reward especially such a
reward as ho nsUod. The American to
whom Wllhelmlna was engnged had
been born In another country and his
duty was to hto own state. Therefore
uo more should be said about tho mat-
ter. Wllhelmlna should nwalt the ar-
rival of the man whom she was to
marry
Wheu the soldier arrived und was In-
formed of tho sltuatlou he made mat-
ters worse by declaring that he would
marry Wllhelmlna In spite of ber fa-
ther her mother nnd all her American
relatives Including the cousin
"lou don'lt talk like u German at all"
said Ilerr BUchoft angrily. "You talk
like an American for I have under-
stood that In America there is. but little
resiect for ago nnd parental authority.
Get you -gone back to the army und it
Is hoped that your couutry may get rid
of you on the battlefleld."
"I will marry Wllhelmlna first" the
soldier retorted.
"You will do no such thing."
"Well at least give me live minutes
nartluir conversation Y.-ltti ber alone:
then If she wishes it I vXiyjlveheruiL
This prgmla Jnce'dnerr Blschoff
totiiKHir'ffielntervlew. nfter which the
'soldier bid them all goodby. That ulgbt
he eloped with Wllhelmlna and In the
momtug neither of them put in an ap-
pearance. Herr Blschoff bunted high
and low for them but was unable to
And thvm. However he learned that
they bad been seen together going
back Jn the direction from which they
came and he followed them. Over-
taking them be upbraided bis daughter
and cursed his son-lu-law.
"I told you" said the latter "that
I -would marry Wllhelmlna and I have
done to- !u marrying me she has
obeyed you for I am William BUcbotl.
a citizen of the United States. Desir-
ing to see something of this big war
I came over at Its commencement in-
stead of at its end to enlist In the Ger-
man army as well as to marry my
cousin."
Whereupon Herr Blschoff clasped the
pair enthusiastically in hU fatherly
Wo find callod nl MimrltliH on our
way from Mwrtmril to Mnrabiiy In the
ship Farewell and wor live days ont
from the Island when tho ndvt'iiture oc
iiirrwl by which we lost the captain
and laid the foundation for th s story
Ho wns swept overboard In- the course
of n 1 Kilty storm
Almoit hefnrh bo roalbcd his posi-
tion tho ship wns n mfle nwav. add he
felt sure that no boat would bo lowered
to make n sniufh for him. Having
found ii spnr and lnsbed htmsolf to it
he drifted nwny to the west mid even-
ing i-nino on. Night passed and anoth-
er day ramp nnd toward the close of
that day Ciiptnln Orahnra lost con-
sciousness. Ho may have drifted a
ilny nfter tbat-perbap two days.
When ho came to his senses again h
was lying on n sandy beach with his
foot In the water. He hud been cant
ashore on an Island.
Along the beach were oysters and
Mhellltoh a-plenty What struck him
curiously wns the entire absenco of
life on tln Island He had been on
the Island u week or bo und hnd twice
wnlkcd clear around It when ono day
ns ho was gathering fruit In nn open
spot he was suddenly nud fiercely nt
tacked by u naked man Tho surprlso
una great und tho cnptnln had not yet
recovered his strength: but slinking
tho man oh ho seized a club and laid
about him so vigorously that hla ns-
wiltnnt ran iiwny.
In breaking nwny from tho cnptnln
ho ran for the beach. 'The latter fol-
lowed nt hto heels shouting for him to
stop but the unknown rnn to tbo wu-
ter. plunged In nud swam Btralght out
to sen looking back now nnd then and
seeming to be In a terrible fright Uo
held to his course until ho could no
longer bo seen and there was no doubt
ho went to hto death ns ho did not re-
turn. In n dense thicket the captain
found n rude shelter which tho man
had used and among tho dried grass
forming hto bed were a few fragments
of cloth which had onco been a pea
packet There worn also n sailor's pipe
and uu empty tobacco box.
Tho center of the island was con-
siderably higher than elsewhere and
exactly ln the middle wns n single tree
surrounded by a thicket which tho
captain hnd uover yet penetrated. In
carrying out his explorations he en-
tered thto copse finding a hard beaten
path evidently made by tho crazy man.
Piled up at the roots of the trco tbo
captain found n great stock of small
Iron bound baton nixl It ncedHl but
odd glance to satisfy him thnt thoy
were trensuro boxes. There was tho
cnvlty where thoy bad onco been bur-
led nud the boxes were weather beat-
en as If long exposed. Two or three-
large shells lay about which had
doubtless been used to dig out tho
dirt and one of tho boxes hnd beca
opeued.
The captain sliouldercyl this box nnd
carried It down to the spot ho called
"home" nnd there Inspected Its con-
tents. It contained about $0000 In
gold. In the pllo ut the foot of tbo treo
were fifteen other boxes of the same
size.
Well thcro was n big fortune there
and It belonged to the finder bnt it
might havo been so much sand for
all tho good It could do him. Days and
weeks nud mouths passed nwny. and
ono day the castaway counted up tho
pebbles he had laid In rows along tho
beach to mark the time and found be
bad been eleven mont lis on the island.
On thnt day thero came n furious gala
from the east and n very high tide
and from some wreck at sea tho waves
brought In n vast quantity of stuff.
There was nothing to eat or wear
among the wreckage but thero were
planks and spars and n carpenter's tool
chest and as soon us the storm had
abated the castaway went to work to
build him a raft He Uud determined
to leave the Island ut any hazard and
nfter four or five days' work ho had
his raft completed. It was a rude but
stout affair. Wild fruits were taken
for provisions and fresh water was
carried in a wine keg which had coino
ashore with tho wreckage. From one
of tho boxes the captain took $500 la
gold pieces and one morning when tho
wind was from the west he launched
his raft and drifted off before It By
hto reckoning which was probably cor-
rect. It was seven djys before be waa
picked up by the John J- Speed aa
American mcrclmut vessel homeward
bound.
Captain Graham at ones jBet about
tlndlug a ship to bring the treasure off.
A brig was finally chartered nud sailed
with hlra aboard but after a cruise of
mouths she failed lo find the bland.
In the space if two years be made
three different voyages In search of
the island and uheu the story leaked
out three or four other expeditions
were fitted out. but in all tho sailing
to and fro no human ey? could find the
looked for spot If it bad beeu raised
from the tea by a volcanic disturbance
had a seeond disturbance caused the
sea to swallow it upl There are many
reasons to believe that this was the
fate which overtook it 'About ten
years after the captain's last voyaje
a volcanic Island which was simply a
barren rock about a mile In drcumfer
Mice was pushed above water where
bis bland was ituppoaed to be and it
to there today with a fringe of tree
all around the outer edge. It has keen
searched laeh by Inch for treasux. I t
not a single gold piece ha It yl-
d up.
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