The Secret Chart; or, Treasure Hunting in Hayti

OR TREASURE HUNTING IN HAYTI
BY LIEUT. JAMES K. ORTON
Author of “The Last Chance Mine,” “Beach Boy Joe,” etc.
PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKay, PUBLISHER 610 South Washington Square
Copyright, 1902 By STREET & SMITH
The Secret Chart
THE SECRET CHART.
Near the mouth of Spuyten Duyvil Creek the yacht Day Dream lay at anchor on a certain day in September, two years ago.
The driving rain only served to give her white hull, with its trimmings of gold, an additional luster, bringing into yet bolder relief the polished mahogany and walnut inboard woodwork.
Two sailors and an old colored steward remained below to escape an unnecessary wetting, and the fifty-ton beauty tugged at the cable as if trying to escape from her moorings before her caretakers should be aware of the fact.
On the river bank, half-hidden by a clump of trees, was the old stone house owned by Henry Mansfield, formerly a captain in the China trade, but now retired. Having accumulated considerable wealth, he believed it would be more pleasant to remain ashore permanently; but, after a short time of idleness, his love for the sea returned with redoubled force, and, as a result, the Day Dream was purchased.
On her the captain spent considerably more than half his time, and now the little craft was provisioned for a long southern cruise, much to the delight of the owner’s son Gilbert, and his nephew, Nelson Duncan, who had, after no slight difficulty, succeeded in gaining permission to make the voyage.