The Galleon's Gold

the sand, and Clifford

ed. "Success is

oks li

only to dig down to her deck level,

st

s the

e point at which she is broken off, I sho

ke no time to di

ght no

e go

In a very few moments the blades struck something soli

ford, half insane with glee.

et. To the surprise 32of all the timbers s

a lapse of two centuries. There must be so

be more buoyant and of a different quality from ordinary sea wate

o cut a section of the deck away had it

t the angle of q

en appeared in diving suits

ried a heavy ax and a spade. They paused at

by either party. Then Clifford le

e Parker

es

their game is? Wi

they think we have di

know that

es

menacing us! W

eclared Frank, grittily. "We must

e handicapped somewhat more than thei

hem from making a threat

estures. The foremost, Frank

ittle disturbed as to what the

e must be loss of life. This was som

t of destroying these men, tho

eir life lines and terminate th

r of the thing he

dently confident that they could drive

s was not

companions sto

attacked," he declared, "then do not

e Aurelian's men m

e fellow over the helmet wit

out senseless; but

nees. But Barney went to the resc

ade dashed the diver over sense

p. Barney was spo

ivers. But at that moment one of them apparently

ed upward and out of sight. T

lbound. Then they placed their hel

a victory

more than they barga

m that they went!" cried Barney. "Shure I wu

d with pluck," agreed Frank. "But I am

d Parker is a literal bloodhoun

t to!" cried Barney. "Shure, I'm in fer t

. "We must not abandon that

spades and once more

and that it was not long before a large sp

ed hatch wa

quickly pried it open. Some stai

elmet against Clif

only one of us to explore the galleon at a ti

the justice of

t. We will ho

in stairs. He descended qui

the center of the cabin. What followed was

his helmet lit up ev

ich was enacted was enough to freeze th

gasped, and th

ghastly stiffened human bodies, corpses of men who had

in caused the bodies to fly toward him like steel partic

storted shape were the ghas

n, cutthroats and scoundrels of the past two centuri

Was it the action of the water, or the fact that

at and with long, flowing hair an

pushed him aside the coat cru

water from above w

wonderful period of time was due wholly to a certain element in the w

ters of the Honduras Gulf and left their homes in

end. It was a wonderfu

tood sp

and twisted into every possible s

to fall into dissolution. The u

on regained

sed away, and he now bethought himself o

ly the Donna Venet

eeled his nerves and ess

rr

g about him, striking him and b

or of the moment, Frank struck out rig

lf across the cabin floor w

k, he was hurled upon his face,

tarted for the cabin stairs. His one thoug

s from Barney and Cliffo

stairs, but came

His head struck the hat

astounded. Then he es

time and again. But each time it