Scriptures To the Lord hi The World Adventures Club meets once more. You're invited to listen in on another strange tale related by one of the club's members, an experience that can find no parallel except in the lives of these brave, adventuresome men. Here we are in the comfortable lounge of the World Adventures Club. Bells of the sea, are you ringing for me? Ringing and singing new melody. Somewhere divine on the rolling foam, someone is longing for sweetheart and home. Bells of the sea, will you tell her for me? My love is all that a love ought to be, for love that is true never knows about. Bells of the sea, ring out, ring out. Bells of the sea, ring out. Gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that I have persuaded a famous sea captain to tell one of his strange adventures on the high seas. Introducing Captain Harkness, one-time skipper of the Lady Jane. I in estrange of form as did windjammers ever sail the seven seas. I was definitely glad you're elected captain. Have a seat. Well now what sort of a yarn do you want me to spin? Ever go on a treasure hunt captain? Aye, that I did once. And I got something out of it whether the other fellow did or not. Yes sir. All right captain, tell us of the treasure hunt. Well it happened in 98. We were just off the sandwich island when there comes a regular howler of a typhoon. During about six bells the worst of the storm is over though she's still blowing hard and the sea is rough. The lookout on top side suddenly calls out that there's wreckage off starboard. We stands by looking for survivors and sure enough we see a lone sailor hanging on to a spar. I lowers a boat and sends some men to fetch the lover and they bring him on board the Lady Jane. Easy way lads, handle him carefully. Aye aye sir. Over the rail he comes. Here he is captain. Here he is. You're alive horse. Living skipper but hurt bad. I bled to death. Now fetch whiskey and hot water and blankets and check her out. Here skipper, here's me flan. Here, drink this my lad. Thanks. Yes I'm done for. Oh that's no way to talk. Well I will have you ship shaped like a jiffy. No, no, my time is about here. I know I'm done. Something you can do for me. Inside my shirt. Oil cloth packet. Get it. Right. Yeah here it is. Now what do I do with it? Letter inside. Take it to my brother. Tell him. Too bad. He's done for boys. Well at least we can send this letter to his brother. Maybe something valuable. It's addressed to David Lenwood. Lenwood? Len... Sure, David Lenwood. He's the big lumber dealer. Worth two million of his worth of cent. And his brother... Yeah poor devil. Well I'll deliver this in person when we get to port. Well, get the poor fellow ready for burying. Let's see. I'm sorry to pick him up before he had to die alone. Yeah I guess it made dying a lot easier. Look at his face. Smiling. Smiling like he knew something funny that we didn't know. The Is Mr. David Lenwood in? I'm Mr. Lenwood. I bring bad news sir. Your brother, he's dead. We picked him up drifting on a spar after a storm. Dead? Well well, I'm sorry to hear it. Even if he was the black sheep of the family. Well perhaps he's better off. Was he... We buried him at sea sir. Good of you to have cared for him. Can I... Any expense connected with this matter? Not at all sir. This letter here was in his oil cloth packet. He asked me to give it to you. Oh yeah. Yes. Now thanks. Well I wish you good day sir. Wait a minute captain. Did you... Do you know the contents of this letter? I never read letters that don't concern me sir. I bid you good day. But wait, stay a minute captain. It is very exciting. Are you certain none of your men had access to this? You see it is very interesting news. Very interesting. Indeed. What may I ask? My brother Charles asks if I want a treasure. A buried treasure. And he encloses a map with instructions. Well that can't be very interesting to a man of your means Mr. Lenwood. Well money is always useful. Do you happen to know of a ship for charter captain? Well Lady Jane, that's my ship. She's free for a charter trip. I'll gamble for a 50-50 split. Hmm. And how soon can you be ready to leave? More morning if need be. Any idea what the treasure is? Well Charles made a fortune in Pearls once and squandered it. He was a born gambler. But he said he was going to get another fortune in Pearls someday. Declared he knew a virgin bed. Wanted me to back him with money to outfit a ship. You didn't do it? Of course not. If he'd made another fortune he'd merely gamble it away again. But come inside captain and we'll see about purchasing supplies for your ship. Are you quite sure this is the island captain? Yes, according to the map this is it. See, look at that cliff. Isn't that the formation he says to look for near the shoreline? Yes it is. All right men, we'll beach here. Now you men stay here and we'll return. Aye aye sir. Don't forget to bring back the booty captain. Why look, that's the peak he describes in the map. Yeah, that's her all right. Your brother drawed a pretty good likeness of the place. Yes, he was always scribbling when he should have been working in the lumber business where I put him. Well you get the benefit of his pearl hunting I guess. No, but I'm afraid he told someone else. I, I, well really he almost hated me because I refused to allow him to gamble. But I hope he has repented his ways. Come on Lenwood, if I'm a judge that rock there hides the entrance to the cave we're looking for. Yes, yes it must be. Red and black streaks on it. All right Lenwood, now if you'll just help me here we'll slew the pivot rock around. Yes, here's the cave in back of the rock. You, you would better go in first captain. Righto, follow me. Hmm, not very long is it Lenwood? No, but it, look the chest. Well blow me down. Yeah, is the chest all right? Shall I open it? No, no, I'll open it myself. Shine the light on it. There, that's right. Well go on, go on, what's holding you up? Open the chest man. Why it's, it's sticking, the lid. Wonder why he left the chest standing up on end this way. Looks pretty big to store pearls in. Here, try it with this pinch bar. Yes. Try it with this pinch bar. Yes, yes. Yes. Ah, it's coming. Yeah, all right now let's, let's give it a jerk. There, it's open. My God, let me out, let me out, let me out of here, let me out. Oh, so this is the treasure, eh? Well, what was the treasure, Captain Hobbs? Well, gentlemen, Charlie Lenwood had rigged an old skeleton in the chest with wires. And when we opened the lid, there sat the old skeleton with the bony thumb of his right hand thumbing the cavernous nose of his skull. And his left hand clutched a strip of white bark with writing on it that said, Well, well, naughty David, you did gamble after all. Here's hoping you gambled the full amount of father's inheritance you stole from me, your loving brother, Charles. Well, my hat is off to Charles for thinking up such a clever way to get even with his money grabbing brother. That was a plenty clever idea. No fooling. Well, whose turn is it now to tell a strange yarn? Come on, boys, don't be bashful. Dotson, I think you're next. My boy was a sassy foot topman. Aye, aye. A chum of the cooks, don't you know? Aye, aye. He put his head down the cook's pommel. And shot it come up from below. Eight bells, eight bells, eight bells, roll out the ones from below. Eight bells, eight bells, roll out the ones from below. My boy once he sailed in a foiler. Aye, aye. And sailed to the far northern sea. Aye, aye. But being a warm-hearted sailor. Guffol. He left all the others to freeze. Eight bells, eight bells, eight bells, roll out the ones from below. Eight bells, eight bells, roll out the ones from below. Eight bells, eight bells, eight bells, roll out the ones from below. And the ones from below. And so concludes another tale told by a member of the World Adventurers Club. Don't forget to listen in again for the next story of these courageous men, when you will You'll hear related another strange adventure in a day.