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"'So, Ben, camarado mio, we be committed to it now! Since these four be dead and all men well-loved by Bartlemy, needs must Bartlemy follow 'em!'

"'Aye!' says thea man can die, Ben And he once dead we stand his heirs--you and I, Ben, I and you!'

"'Well and good!' says Ben 'But for this treasure where lieth it, and for that er, where is Bartlemy?'

"'Both to find, Ben, so let us set about it forthwith' The which they did, Martin; for three days they sought the island over and I watching 'ereat pi close by) Tressady sits up all at once

"'Ben!' says he, 'What be yon?' and he pointed to a mound of sand hard by

"'Lord knoweth!' says Ben

"'Yon's been digging!' says Tressady, 'and none so long since!'

"'Aye,' said Ben, 'and nohat?'

"'Now,' says Tressady, 'let us dig likewise'

"'Aye, but ith?' says Ben

"'Our fingers!' says Tressady So there and then they fell to digging, casting up the loose sand with their two hands, dog-fashion, and I, watching, turned ht not see

"'Ha!' says Tressady, in a while, 'Here is foul reek, Ben, foul reek'

"'Right curst!' says Ben, and then uttered a great, hoarse cry And I, knohat they had come upon, kept my face turned away ''Tis she!' says Ben in a whisper

"'Aye, and hi but needs er,' says Ben 'Here's empty sheath but no steel in't!'

"''Tis fallen out!' says Tressady in a strangled voice 'Seek, Ben, seek!' So despite the horror of the thing, they sought, Martin, violating death and careless of corruption they sought, and all the tiht hand

"'Ben,' says Tressady, when they were done 'Ben--how caer? Mayhap they did each other's business'

"'Why then--where's the dagger o' the wooddess--where? And how caer!'

"'Why,' says Tressady, 'look'ee, Ben, 'tis in my mind we're not alone on this island--'

"'And who should be here, Roger?'

"'The man that slew our Captain!' Here there was silence awhile, then the man Ben arose and spat