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(Concluded.) They Go Halves. The captain eagerly absorbed the informa tion, and signified his willingness to go ‘halves on condition of his sailing out of his course. ” The sailorman said ‘‘done,” and they proceeded to the island, and, making an excuse to the crew that they were going after fresh water, went ashore in a small boat. They found the treasure, and the captain loaded himself down with it. It was all in gold. Mark thinks it was in lumps, but he was so very young when he heard the story that he isn’t quite sure what was its shape. He remembers, how ever, that a strange thing happened on the return of the two men to the vessel. Capsized in the Breakers. The small boat was capsized in the breakers, and the captain, who had filled his belt and his pockets with gold, sank like a lump of lead, while Keating, who had buried his share in the sand, intending to return alone after it, clung to the boat and was rescued. Keating was charged by the other sailors with murdering the captain, because the captain was known to be an excellent swimmer. In a Dreadful Pickle. Of course Keating couldn’t explain that ‘it was the gold in the captain’s pockets that caused his death by sending him to Davy Jones’ locker, and he was in a dreadful pickle for a time. He finally managed to convince the crew that he had no object in murdering the cap tain, and that the captain died of cramps in his legs. Going to the island stealthily one night, he succeeded in unearthing the trea sure and getting back to the ship with it un observed. Gold is heavy, and there couldn’t have been very much of it as fortunes go nowa days. Keating Returns to St. John’s. Keating returned to St. John’s, New foundland, with his booty, and lived a life of ease for some time, when, learning of ship that was going to the Pacific islands in quest of shells for purposes of ornament, he bethought himself of his treasure island, on whose shores were the most dazzling shells to be found anywhere. He went be fore the mast to avoid observation, and di rected the captain where to go for pretty shells. The result was he brought back more treasures than before. In his old age Keating repeatedly told his wife that he had not made a beginning of a hole in the pile of gold the pirates had left, but he was too old to go aftag more himself. He bequeathed the chart to his wife, and after he joined the silent majority the widow came to New York.”
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St Johns Evening Telegram
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Mon, Jul 07, 1890
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