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But how should I keep hih to work upon him? Clearly all appeals to pity were useless Ielse would reach hi to do without a sou in my possession, yet I did it When I heard his step I crawled to the opening in the wall and mumbled in a crazy sort of a way about a hidden treasure At the word 'treasure' I saw him pause and listen, but I pretended not to be aware of his presence and rambled on, in a loose, disjointed fashion, about piracies coreat amount of booty I had secreted My plan worked perfectly The jailer ca incoherently, I obeyed He asked ood deal of intentional ler He askedabout was hidden My reply,--I remember the exact words in which I couched it,--made him mine completely I said: 'We buried it near Fez-- Treasure? I don't know anything about any treasure'

"To all the many questions he then asked me I returned only incoherent replies, but I was careful to be again raving about buried riches upon the next visit In this way I kept hih to influence him, and in less than a month he was completely subject to my will I tested my power over him in divers ways Any delicacy I wished I coain a portion of th When I concluded the tiood ht and reuise he had brought ain and then departed to find inary hidden treasure We iers, for my coland During the trip my companion jumped overboard and was drowned in the Bay of Biscay Thus I was completely freed froland I sailed to New York, reaching A toin New York, I caambler and detective It was at this time that I saw John Darrow's curious notice in the newspaper, offering, in the event of histhe assassin to justice