THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1891). J 3 A Unmasked s? THE NEW MOON. SJ; (Concluded from Yesterday's Tribune.) D1H T KNOW the man before nu. who, entering th.- con corn of Moire & Company ns a boy at the same tlnio X did, hud s-orved wltU marked nbillty for ten. years", nnd only left us to become a partner In anoth er largo o.incrii in th; same line of trade1' As I was nbout to speak he raised his hand for me i Iteeji silent, "It's all up, Cass, 1 Fee." tnld he. "Five minutes more, or Jt clear stair way just now, and you never would have caught me. I've another ofllce nnd another disguise close bv here. I was certain you were on my track. Neither Onslow nor May would ever have been sen heie or In the city nguill. I'm ruined now," continued he. nfter a short pause, "and the firm of Lynne & Company will be terribly dis graced. I dread to meet my partners most of all " "You are the n celver, Hates," I said ns soon ns I could recover myself, "but who is the thief?" "1 am; alone," replied ho to my great surprise. "The linn of .Mates, liny ft Onslow," continued he In 11 hard, dry voice. ' c'ld the whole busi ness, it required brains a variety nf aecoinplHhiiients, and plenty of nerve. You know I possess all these. 1 stole as Hates., tiansferred the goods to Mnv at another olllce, and received and shipped them here as Onslow. "Neither Onslow. May nor Bates ever was seep In company. It was Im possible. Onslow, you perceive, never was fieon in the street with any mer chandise. The position of these two oHleesi enabled me to work my plan." "but the dlsgulos; 'iinl the transfer of the goods?" cried I. "Nothing easier when you b".ir in mind that m special success In ama teur theatricals was in rapid olnngo ot murvelously clever mukups and In fa cial contortions. I made this matter and these costumes and lhe time and place of their change a close study; that Is all You perceive I always dress in dark clithes as Bates. Well, as Hates 1 go about town with goods unnoticed, because It is my regular line as salesman." I nodded assent. Well," resumed he, "after getting out of the drygoods district- as Hates 1 step into the obscure doorway, or If rocehsary, Irto another office I have, nnd in a twinkle I nm John May, as I carry him In my clothes: May Is, vou see. simply a change of pocket caps that Is why I have been wearing soft hats lately in business hours a false moustache, e-yeglasses. and In addi tion of this expression of countenance" There he assumed a stolid store) "and a peculiar voice. Here you have him complete." said he, quickly putting on his now rather dilapidated disguise'. Simple as was the change, it nevi r thcless effected a thorough tra.ur.for matlon of personal appearance. 'Now, you see." continued he, "May, using great discretion in his move ments, brought his goods to his ofllee here, and transferred them by this In side d'-or to Onslow. It was really only necessary for Onslow to come here when goods were n?ady for ship ment to Hagley; but he was In and out occasionally. Just for appearance sake His disguise could be more elab orate as it dll not require particularly rapid assumption and was always put on under lock and key. Itut I will shew you how quickly I can get into It lie stepped into the next loom and In an Incredibly short period was back again, the long-haired, full-bearded, round-shouldered, forbidding-looking Onslow we had so nearly failed to catch. "It's mostly the work of the wig maker and tailor, you perceive, though it must be sustained with earn mil unlimited nerve," said Batns as he re moved his dress and hand..l It lo us for Inspection. "Well, you're a good eme, ' fa 1 1 Jenks In deep admiration. "We shall have to lock you up at Charlestov. n, sure." This very dubious compliment and assurance shocked me nnd visibly af fected Hates. Notwithstanding the cold-blooded rascality of the cise, I could now feel only deep commisera tion. Hates saw It expressed clearly enough In my face "Don't take It to heart, Cass." slid he "You didn't know whom you were hunting down. You simply done your duty well. I've never felt easy since you asked the teamster (who told me nil about the affair) about the case. I forgot myself when I threw In the fancy marking touches which you used to admire In the old days." Yes.1' said I, "It was the marking that Urst caught my eye, but the Initials v. V. O.' made me ask the questions." "That's what puzzles me," respond?! lie How did you first get started ut ter Onslow?" "Hy this," said I, handing him the fragment of the postoifleo bill, "I picked It up In our counting room near amis' desk." lie gave a low whistle. Yes." shaking his head, "It was that little hit of paper that started you on the right hunt. I was not often so careless as to carry even a torn frag ment of such documents about me. I dropped it there myself, accidentally, when calling on Mills one noon." "It's all over now," continued ho after a short pause. "It has been a hard strain on me, nnd I really feel a certain sense of relief." "What's your next step?" added he tjulrkly. "Hut you haven't told yet how the robberies were committed," said I. "That's what has puzzled us most of nil." "Can't you guess now'.'" "No, not even supposing you had an accomplice," replied I. "Can you?" nsked I of Jenks. w .. j; For Nervous Exhaustion thoro is no remedy equal to Horsford's Acid Phosphate Genuine bean name Homord ' un vrapir. That worthy professional slowly shook his head. "It bents me," said he. "Well," said Hates, almost patron izingly, "as long as we commenced we might as well act out the whole affair In theatrical style. It will explain It self and save time and words. Come down to the store nnd I will finish In one more act." I had long known the craze Hates had for theatricals; but I now realized that even with the disgrace and pen alty of a great crime hanging over him, he had almost a professional pride In his cleverness, criminal though It was. So, not attempting to smile in a sickly way, as he did at the conclusion eif his romniks, 1 simply assented to his proposition. Arm In arm, followed at a short dis tance by the olllcers, we passeel up the street and down town, greeting many acquaintances as we went. When fairly on the way, grasping him convulsively by the arm, 1 said in a low but earnest voice: "For Ood's sake, Hates, what prompt ed you to commit this crime?" "Hevenge, primarily," said he In a hard voice. "Hevenge at not being Taken into the concern of Moire & Co. when you were, nnd, eecond, further on, a need of money, to retrieve on secret outside speculations In which I lost the savings of years. I never showed any disappointment at tho tflatment of Moire & Co., but after getting Into the other concern I swore to run yours down, If possible. My llrst work was In petty snatch thiev ing ns opportunity offered In my fre quent calls on you and Mills. That was merely to fret you all and break your pride In your so-cnlled perfect stock system. Later I plnnned for regular operations, still from malice. Hut when I got cornered for money I planned, night and day. for a safe sys tem that would till my purse and break the crenllt of the hated concern. I will onlv add now." said he as we entered our street, "that that piling up of goods by the open window was not a part ot my direct system. It was done to con fuse you and divert your attention from a deeper study of the situation. I only took nbout my usunl steal that night, you remember, nnd took that in my usunl way." We were now nearlng our stores which were adjoining ones. That of Moire & Company stood on the corner of the block and next door came that of Lynce & Company, the name of Hates being the last on the prominent gilt sign over the entrance. To my surprise Hates said. "I will take Jenks Into my store and you and Sampson go into yours. Take all your partners with you to your book room at once. I will bo there pre's ently," he added. "Go with Hates, Jenks." said I as that olllcer came up. Taking Sampson with me I hurried to the private counting room. There I found Mills, who had ar rived during my absence. Something In my manner made him look anxious and worried. t "Cheer up and brace up. my boy," whispered I ns we shook hands warm ly. "Come with me and keep still. Don't ask any questions yet." With a look of surprise he obeyed, nnd went with the other partners, who, with puzzled nnd troubled faces, followed me at my request to the back room. Evidently they expected some fresh disaster. Closing the door behind us I referred to tho Incident of a few days befoio, which called for the book of IS, fif teen years back. "In the absence of Mills." said I, "I came here for the books. This is the particular chest," said 1, touching It with my foot. "To my surprise," continued I with a sharp look of caution to Mills, "I found It unlocked and the books gone." Mills gave a start and turned pale. "I found the books, however," resumed I, addressing the now startled seniors, "hidden away up here behind these chests on the shelves. Hut the chest was not empty, gentlemen," I wns about to step forward and raise the lid, when, to the surprise even of my self, that particular chest moved steadily, yet noiselessly, directly to the front toward us, and Instnntly came the voice of Hates: "It Is on nicely adjusted rollers, you perceive, gentle men" and th,c head of the speaker ap peared above the top, thrust through an opening In the wall. Then with the Jump e.f a gymnast he was In a second on the lloor before us with pale and hard-drawn features. Without pausing or looking up he quickly turned the chest und raised the lid. "The last lot stolen is still there In part, gentlemen; and It Is positively the last." Then straightening up and turning squarely upon his dazed and half stunneil audience he looked them full In the face. The effort was too great. IIo could no longer sustain the severe strain. With a sudden swerve he fell senseless to the floor. Jenks, who had followed him closely through the wall, nt once took measures to restore hliu to consciousness. In five minutes Hates was able to sit in nti arm-chair that had been brought; but ho was a changed man. He seemed to be utter ly broken In spirit and looked old and hnggaid. With weak and Irregular speech lie gave the additional Informa tion necessary to supplement the brief statement I now made to the firm. It wns ngaln the old story of a slmplo method under peculiarly favorable con dltlous, worked with great talent and nerve. The block in which our store was situated was, like others of Its age, built without ventilators. As a conse quence tho atmosphere, In the oillces especially, was often close nnd oppres sive. When the subject of ventilation be came a matter of general public Inter est, our firm Insisted upon adopting tho new Ideas. Accordingly u large box or ventilating shaft, beginning on the first floor, was put Into the partition divid ing our storo from the adjoining one. To avoid breaking up our ofllce space, the projection of the shaft from the line of the partition was, by agreement, entirely in the other store. The only visible evidence, therefore, of a venti lator In our storo was the small orifice In the partition near tho celling. Prob iihly not one of our concern remem bered anything of the proportions of tho ventilating shaft, Its termination at the root being mJ1 capped fun- nel. This shaft was, In fact, much larger than any built In theso later days. When Hates entered the con cern of our next door neighbors, his private olllce Inclosed within Its nrea the ventilating shaft. While pondering his plans for a safe system of heavy stealing, his attention was drawn to tho cnpaclous shaft. Instantly he com menced Investigations. As a partner nnd stock manager ho had a set of keys, and went and came unquestioned by tho night watch. He worked evenings and Sundays. The ventilator was solidly built, and was of sufficient size to uccofiimodnte the free motions of a full-grown man. Hates wns a man of varied talents, and had a fine reputation ns an ama teur woodworker and cabinetmaker. In our own oillces were several beautiful specimens of his handiwork made while In our employment. Urgluning In his own olllco at the door line, he cut nnd fitted perfectly a door of ample size. This he cnslly con cealed by a fnncy e'nrd-rnck, which he placed upon It. A strong ladder was then securely fastened to the corner joint Inside the shuft. This ladder ran up to the line of the second lloor. Hates was, ot course, fully uwaro that the shaft on our side was within the space Inclosed by the book roum. Hero, ngnin, on tho lloor line, he cut a door which, when open, swung back Into the shnft. This was lltled with such nicety ns almost to defy detection even when It wns sought. It would be almost Im possible to discover It when Its exist ence was unsuspected. Moreover, this door was also screened from sight by tho row of chests on the floor. With this simple nrrangement, only noise less movements and fitting oPDortuni ties were required to place our stock at his mercy. When In readiness our silk goods (at once tho most eonionct und the most valuable of our stock) were only a few yards' distance away, and even five minutes were sufllclont for him to effect a theft ot from live to ten pieces. These he could stow nway within the shaft and lower them to the bottom at his leisure. The removal of the goods from his store was an equally slmplo mutter. It would only bo done during tho day. To attempt It by night would be to at tract the attention ot the night watch. As a very active salesman, Hates was constantly In and out of the store ev ery day with one to three samnla pieces of goods under bis arm. As manager of the stock, his oHlco wns constantly full of sanole nieces eif goods for examination and "omparlson. Without danger he might have kept a moderate eiuantlty of his plunder open ly In his olllce. but with sensible cau tion they were kept stowed awuy In the shaft until the time of removal. Ills outside methods have already been de scribed. His stealing with a watch man Inside wus nlso an easy matter. Climbing his ladder In his slocking feet, he had only to listen till he heard the man mnke his periodical rounds to the basement, when, unlocking with a skeleton key the book room door, he could steal In three minutes an arm ful of goods worth nearly $500, and be back In the shaft without making any fairly audible noise. This ho could repeat several times In the course of a night. When no Inside man was on duty, th whole stock wns subject to his delib erate selection. The chest which he rut on rollers for quick and noiseless work was only used to store goods when haste was lOCfsntry When hu desired lo enter at night lui avoided tho main entrance after il.e first robbery. The absence of the padlock on the door would excite attention nnd remark. Ho took charge of the closing ot tho store under the plausible and creditable plea of looking after the matter. A back door led to tho rear alleyway. This door was locked and bolted on the Inside. When Intending a night rob bery, he would; at tho Inst moment be fore leaving tho store, ge to his ofllce, slip from there to the rear, and qulek lly pull back the bolts which he had fixed to slide noiselessly. Ills key would then admit him lrom the out side later In the evening. In a slmplo disguise he had only to watch care fully the movements of the night watchman. To pass nong tho street after the watchman had gone on nnd slide down the alley Into the back eloor wns, for him, but the work of a few seconds. Care and cplerlty were alone required In this operation. His strong points were, lirst, a remarkably favorable (situation; second, the ab sence of any accomplice; third, his never appearing as Hates at his Wash ington street ottlces; fourth, his never trying to sel the goods In Hoston oi New England. His arrangements with Hagloy were made after a long and careful search In Now York. All this information was given by him nt a protracted meeting held by the two firms that evening In our office. Hates made a full disclosure, giving the figures of all h's transactions with Hagloy, and accounting fully for ull tho stolen property, it Is sufficient to slato here that our losses as shown by e.jr books wera nearly .2.000. nates, of course, had icallzed less t'.ian that sum under tho peculiar dllheultles of selling tho goods. His firm, which was of very high standing, was overwhelmed with grief nnd mortification. They, of course, in sisted upon making our lo.vjoa good, as their store had been the base ot op erations nnd their partner the thief. Jenks and Sampson still sat by when the question of legal proceedings against Hates came up. Hates re mained silent. He did not beg for mer cy, nor urge any extenuation of his crime. Evidently deep, sincere grief and pity were uppermost In the breast of nil tho members of both concerns. It was plainly a great relief to all when the venerable Mr. B. of our firm rose, and with broken voice announced that no legal measures against Bates would be Instituted by us. He alluded to Bates as u dearly beloved son, who hod strangely gone wrong, even to great criminality, but he was willing to leave him to the punishment of his guilty conscience, and expressed the hope and belief that he would err no more. The senior partner of Lynn & Com pany followed In remarks of similar purport, and announced that they would furnish tho guilty man with amply sulllclent funds to leave for any distant point ho might decide upon, adding that It wns their wish that he depart almost Immediately, for tho peace of mind of ull concerned. Bates, deathly pale, thanked us all briefly, and promised to start tho next night for the extreme Southwest, whero he would earnestly strive to es tablish a character which would fully Justify our great leniency. Mills and I were overjoyed with tho result of the meeting. Bates had long been an Intimate friend with both, of us. Jenks and Sampson wero perhaps the most disappointed of ull the com pany, but a good roll of bills, which I slipped Into the bunds of tho former caused both to look Intensely satisfied. Bagley did not tare as well us Bates. . K P. K . K K K fc K fc K KR K K K K tt K K K K MK K K K K K K r. i 13 v x x X V x X X X X X a x X X X X X X V X X X X X X X X X ti X X X X " V a X x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Jf . v s Scranton Store, 124-126 Wyoming: Avenue. These prices for two hours only-between 8 and 10 o'clock All other prices advertised are for all day but this. No matter when you come though, there will al ways be great saving chances today. Linen towels Several thousand of these linen Huclc Towels, regular e price of which is io cents for two hours today Women's cotton hose Fine quality, fast black, full seamless, with An spliced heels, regularly ioc. Challenge price for two hours today Silkolines Figured and plain, good quality. Just the thing for comfort- c ables regular price ioc and i24c. Here for two hours today Comforts Heavy Cotton Comforts that are regularly 6gc. Here on q Q Friday for just two hours at a great Challenge Sale price OC French serge Fifteen pieces of 50-inch all-wool black French Serge, IO, regular price 65c the yard. Here on Friday morning for two hours at OOC From 8 until 10 this morning 0 All day Friday dress goods safe Lot t Our double fold plaid dress poods, just the thing for children's school dresses, real value ioc; special C Lot 2 Our 33-inch plaid dress goods, in all the i desirable effects, 20c grade. Special 1 ZfiQ Lot 3 Our high class plaid dress goods. 35 cent . grade. Special... 71 2UC Lot 4 Our all wool golf suitings, in the new greys and browns, real value 59c. Special 35C Lot s Our all wool dress goods, in mixtures, all the new colorings, 69c grade. Special 39C Lot 6 Our 38-inch camel's hair plaids, made to retail at 75c Special 49C Lot 7 Our new homespuns in all shades, 75c grade. Special 55C Lot 8 Our fancy black figured dress goods, 50c grade. Special '. 33C Lot 9 Our colored taffeta silks, embracing all the , new styles and weaves, real value 98c. Special OoC Lot 1O Our 50-inch storm serge, in black and , navy, 98c grade. Special 69C Special sale of high class astrakhan. $2.50 value $1.25 S4.5oand5 value $2.25 All day Friday domestic goods safe 36-inch printed percales, i2c grade. Challenge , Price OC Unbleached table linen, 35c grade. Challenge Pce 25C Pure linen crash, in bleached and unbleached, 7c grade. Challenge price 5C Full standard apron gingham, sells everywhere at 6c. Challenge price : 3C MJgh grade outing flannel, real value 8c. Challenge price 1 vJ w Mill ends of bleached table damask, 65c grade. Challenge price 35C Yard wide unbleached muslin, 6c grade. Challenge price 3C Remnants of unbleached sheeting, worth 18 cents. t Challenge price 1 (JC 10-4 and 11-4 unbleached sheeting, real value . i 20c, Challenge price 122C Yard wide bleached muslin, worth 8c. Challenge price .v 5C -a a 'A '4 ' A A 'A 'A A "A A A A A A 5 " 'A A A A A A A A A A AAA A A A A A A A 'A A A 'A A A A A A A A A A A A A "A A AA A A A A A A A A A A "A A A A A A A. .1 .t .1 . . X 9 M X M X X X X X X X X X X X X X. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4'4 As receiver of the stolen goods he Rot the full penalty of the New York law, whle-h Included lxth a fine and a term of Imprisonment. Of course the affair caused Intense excitement, and much severe criticism of our course In let tlnff Hates ko unpunished. But tho talk finally died out, and probably very few, even of the oldest merchants now alive, remember any of the de tails of this series of robberies. HE SAVED EORT PULASKI. SEEKS TO RECOVER BURIED TREASURE LAW SUIT WHICH DEVELOPS A ROMANCE. Capt. Carter's Heroic Act During the Rebellion. Krom tho Wllkos-Barre llccord. Kx-Jury Commissioner Solomon Tay lor of Harveyvllle', himself a civil war veteran writes to the Kecord as fol Iowm regarding a United State's olllcer who has been sentenced to a military prison: The name of Capt. O. M. Carter will scarcely be mentioned for tho next five years, as he undergoes his solitary con finement at hard labor In the United States military prison. Five years ago the newspapers of the country were laudliiK him as the hero of Fort Pulaski This fort has a historic record. It waa built by Gen. Q. A. Gllmore nnd after ward bombarded by him from Tybee Ibland until a breach wns made In the southeast corner. It was defended by Col. O. H. Olmstead of the Confederata forces. This was on April 11, 1SC2. On July 20, 1S94, Just after breakfast, Ord nance Serneant William China of the Twenty-fourth Infantry went Into tha atoreroom, where he had his carpenter tools, to do some work. In the room were several casks of powder In all 400 pounds, and a large quantity ot tlxed ammunition. He did as he had been doing for some time during the summer months, and took a handful of pow ler from one of the open casks, wet It at a pump and then placed It In tho centre of the room. IIo Ignited It In order to drive out the mosctultoes, which were numerous. It seems that In carrying the powder from the cask he had left a trail of dry powder from tho middle of tho lloor up to the cask. As soon as he had Ignited the powder It burned ulong the trail and tho 400 pounds exploded, fatally Injuring the sergeant and setting fire to the wood work of the southeast casement. The constant explosion of tho heavily load ed shells In the storeroom created great alarm, as only a five-foot wall separat ed the storeroom from tho magazine, whero thirty tons of powder were stored. Capt. O. jr. Carter, the government engineer who had charce of the fort, hurried to the scene and set a force of men to currying the casks of powder from tho magazine and another crew to playing on tho fire with a hose nnd when the day closed tho flro was sub dued and the fort saved. Within 200 feet of the flro were B00 pounds of dy namite, which If the magazine had blown up would have been exploded by the concussion. As It was, only the southeast corner of tho fort was dam aged. Two of tho casements were burned out and tho roof waH destroyed hy tho constant bursting of shells. En gineer officers and others stationed at the War Department were full of praise for Capt. Carter. They said that ha went Into the burning storeroom lllled with explosives at the Imminent peril of his life, put the llremen to work, took out tho body of Sergeant Chlnn and averted a further explosion, thus saving tho fort from total destruction. 'Poor Carter, while wo regret the un fortunate Incidents that have led ljlm to disgrace and Imprisonment, wo should not forgot his daring heroism In saving Fort P.ulaskt the grim vlsaged guardian of Savannah. Ohio Man Secures Wealth He Had Buried on nn Island Many Years Ago ana Son of His Former Cap tnin Claims Half A Narrative of Pact Which Reads Like the Wild est Fiction. A talo of burled treasure that would cause Capt. Jlayne Held or Robert Louis Stevenson to blush was made public yesterday, writes a Chllllcothe, O., correspondent of the Chicago Kec ord under date of Sept. 14, when a young man named Howard P. Sum mers filed a petition in tho county court at Jackson, In which he seeks to recover from Capt. Charles A. Hen derson tho sum of $S6,CC0, which, he al leges, is half of a burled treasure which Henderson secured from un Is land In the South Atlantic. The story unfolded in tho petition rends like a talo from the Arabian Nights, Hen derson admits that the story Is true, but requires that Summers prove his claim upon the treasure. In I860 William H. Summers wus captain of a cllpper-bullt brig called the Lark, and for some years he had been following the profession of a smuggler with uniform success. At that time he met Henderson, then a young man, at Haltlmore, and offered him the position of first mate on the Lark. Henderson, who wns born at Jackson, O., and who had run away to sea while a boy, accepted tho offer, al though he did not know nt the time that the Lark was a smuggler. He soon found this out, however, but con tinued In the- position of first mate. WAS A PltlVATICKn. When the war broke out Summers turned his brig Into a prlvateersman, and, It Is said, was not as careful as he might have been to observe the laws of the high seas. He met with great success, at any rate, and: at the end of three years was ready to retire. By that time he had amassed nearly $175,000 In gold and notes, which he kept In n strong chest In his cabin. No one knew of the existence of this chest except himself. In 1SG1 the Lark left Itlo Janeiro homeward bound, and her captulu had determined us soon as he reuched home to sell tho brig und lead a less perilous life. But off the coast of South Ameri ca the ship ran Into a terrific hurricane and for over a week was driven rapid ly to the south nnd west. During all that tlmo It was Impossible to take an observation to determine the ship's po tion, but on the tenth day. the sky denied and It wns found that the ship was near the Tristan d'Acunha group of Islunds In the south Atlantic- Land was In sight to the northward, und to ward this the Lark was turned, for tho fchlp's supply of water wus almost exhausted. CHASKD BY MAN-OF-WAR. Half an hour later the lookout re ported u man-of-war headed straight for tho Lufk. Now tho captain of the Lark had many reasons for not desir ing to meet a man-of-war of any na tion, nnd all sail wus crowded on. But It was soon evident that tho Lark wub no match for -her pursuer, nnd Capt. Summers decided to run her Into a land-locked cove. Before anything further could bo done the man-of-war hovo to outside and dropped her boats into tho water for the purpose of con tinuing the pursuit. The crew of the ( Lark did not wait for them, however, but tumbled Into the long boat nnd rowed madly for the shore. Tho boats of tho man-of-war at once gave chase. Capt. Summers and his first mate were left nlono on the brig nnd the former determined to make an effort to save the money which wns In tho chest below. So he told Henderson briefly of the existence of the tre-asure and offered him half of It If he would help him convey It to a place ot safety. Henderson Jumped nt the offer. They quickly lowered a, small boat over the side of the brig away" from the man-of-war. In this they placed the chest, nnd then rowed quietly ashore, with out being discovered by the man-of war's crew, who were intent on the pursuit of the long boat. As soon as they reached the shore they pulled their boat up Into the underbrush, seized the chest between them and made off Into tho woods; nor diet they stop until they had placed severnl miles between themselves nnd the cove. Thev concealeet the chest nnd themselves remained In hiding until the next day, when they ventured to creep down to the cove. LEFT ON AN ISLAND. There was no sign of tho man-of-war, but the Lark had been scuttled nnd sunk In the cove and the long boat In which the crew had landeel wns smashed to pieces. Their own small boat had not been discovered and wns Intact. An exploration of the Iblim showed them that none of the crew of the Lark had been left upon It 'ind hence they concluded that they had all been taken prisoners. The Island was n small one and was uninhabited. Sum mers and Henderson concluded that tho best thing for them to do was to try to reach one of the larger Islands of tho group In their boat. They were unwilling, however, to risk the chest In the small boat, for fear some accident might happen It, and so determined to leave it behind. They had found a natural cove In the course of their wanderings about the Island nnd in this they buried the chest, marking the place with a pile of stones. Then they rigged a small sail on their boat and soon reached one of the larger Islands, which was uninhabited. Here Caut. Summers was stricken with smnlluox and died, leaving Henderson the sole possessor of the secret. Henderson know no one on the Is lands whom he could trust, and at last determined to return homo and fit un an expedition to go after the treasure. After a weary period of waiting, he flu ally secured passage on a ship bound for the Capo Colony, nnd It was not until three years later that ho reached his old homo at Jackson. Here he en deavored to secure the money neces sary to fit out an expedition to go after tho treasure, but his friends laughed at the story nnd thought Henderson was a madman. He could find no one who was willing to udvnnco the money needed, and so at last In despair Hen derson determined to return to his old trade art a sailor and earn enough money to fit out a vessel. How he ate his heart out during those weary years, how ho saved every cent and how nt tho end of fifteen yeurs he found he had enough money can be passed over, RETURNS FOR THE TREASURE, Ho bought the Laura K. Fine nt Philadelphia In 18S5 and started for the south Atlantic. But off Cape Hatteras the vessel Van Into a terrible gale and waei foundered, the crew being saved with the utmost dlfllculty. With the Laura K. Fine, every cent Henderson had In tho world went to the bottom of tho ocean, and ho was compelled to start til again at the bottom ot the ladder. It wus not until last year that Hen derson found himself again In position to start for tho treasure-. He went to New Orleans and bought the utatich little vessel Frolic, belonging to the . Southern Yacht club. He had her thoroughly overhauled and renamed her the Rover. Then ho returned to. Jackson and persuaded an old friend, Claude Thompson, upon whom ho could rely, to go with him. On the 22d ot February, the 59th an nlversary of Capt. Henderson's birth, tho Rover left New Orleans, and droo ping down the river, turned her head across the gulf on her long cruise. Tho voyage was a rapid one and without accident, and on the 12th of April tho Tristan d'Acunha group was sighted. On the morning of the 14th tho Rover entered the cove, where a portion of the wreck of the Lark could still bo soen. Henderson and Thompson rowed ashore alone nnd notwithstanding tho thirty-five years which had Intervened since he last visited the spot, Hender son led the way without hesitation to the cave whero the treasure lay burled. Half an hour later the chest was un earthed. It was not until they wero buck In the calm of the river that they broke open the chest. The contents were found to be Intact nnd unlnjut-J. Notes and gold together amounted to $173,320. . THE TREASURE SKCURED. The Rover's prow was turned home ward without delay and two months Inter the adventurers landed at Phila delphia. One thousand dollars was dis tributed among the crw. $100,000 was deposited In the Third National bank of Philadelphia and $20,000 In cash was brought home by Henderson, who pro posed to spend tho remainder of h's days In ih?ace, enjoying his wealth, which he had waited so long to get. It was not until the appearance ot Howard Summers a few days nuo that any one questioned Capt. Henderson's right to the entire fortune. Young Hummer, however, claims tluir. l"e Is the son of Caut. William H. Summers. Ho nlleges that when Capt. Summeis sailed away on his last voyage ho left a wife and boy baby at Baltimore. Tho wife has since died. They heard of tho bark being caught In the hurricane oft the South American coast and ns noth ing further was ever heard of Sum mers they believed thai the brig had foundered with all on board. 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