Treasure of Matecumbe Page #7

trail Spangler left for Cooter Skaggs.

We were...

What on earth...?

- Cougar.

- Cougar?

It's an Indian tribe,

part of the Seminoles.

- They friendly with your people?

- Nobody's friends. Bad.

Bad? Do you think they've seen us?

They see, long time now.

Why can't we see them?

They don't want us to.

What do you think, Charlie?

Hurricane.

Hurricane?

- Stay here. Better.

- Why stay here?

A beach on the open sea's no

place to be in a hurricane.

But Spangler won't stop.

If we all end up at the

bottom of the sea, Davie,

we won't have gained much, will we?

It's so still.

Charlie not wrong. Birds not wrong.

We're almost there, aren't we?

With luck, we can beat it.

Let's make a run for it.

There's the trees!

Stay together!

Jim!

Keep going!

- Charlie!

- Charlie, are you all right?

- Can you get up?

- Oh, Charlie.

Charlie all right.

Give me your hand!

Come on!

Try and dig in!

Over there! Turn out!

Look out!

- Thad!

- Davie.

- Look!

- It's the gold for sure.

- Look!

- Go on.

Go and get Uncle Jim!

Uncle Jim! Uncle Jim!

Over by Davie! He's found something!

Run!

- It is!

- Look at that, Thad!

We did it! Yeah! Hey!

Doctor!

- Snodgrass!

- Doctor!

No!

Behind you! Doctor!

Oh, no!

Dr. Snodgrass!

No!

No, Doctor!

- Come on, boys.

- No!

No, it's no use. Come on.

Into the woods!

Go on!

Hurry! Keep it moving!

Davie! Davie!

Uncle Jim! Uncle Jim!

- Davie!

- I'm down here!

Get me outta here!

Stay there!

Chief's tomb.

You'll be safer down there

than up here. Come on.

- What's he doing?

- Calming the spirits.

Matecumbe Cougar sacred burial ground.

We'll have more than spirits to

worry about if the Cougar find us.

- Will they kill us?

- No kill.

Cougar make wear cockatiel all time.

- Cockatiel?

- Make squaws out of us.

Slaves for the rest of our lives.

Not a sign of him.

I searched the beach a mile each way.

Gold.

Some jewelry. Mostly coins.

Jim.

- Cougar coming.

- Let's go.

It's Spangler!

Hold your fire!

We want the gold, Bernie.

Leave it! Then get outta there.

- You're not gonna give it to him?

- Shh!

Cougar hear gun, find us.

- That may not be all bad.

- We won't wait any longer!

- That may not be all bad.

- We won't wait any longer!

I want the gold. I want the gold now!

You and the boys get outta here. Hide.

- Just give it to him.

- Do as I say.

It's yours! But I'm

taking you at your word.

We want safe passage outta here.

You have my word! As a gentleman.

All right, let's grab it and run.

Got too heavy for 'em.

Ooh.

Ah.

Take it. Take the treasure to the

boats. Take the treasure to the boats!

Where are they?

I'm getting out of here!

Wait!

Come on! Come on back here and fight!

Come on, you yellow-stomached rats!

Chief, I don't know nothing

about these other fellas,

but I am part-Mohawk

on me mother's side.

Good. Mohawk made good squaw.

Squaw?

Go.

Come, squaw.

Squaw.

Nearly journey's end, Davie.

You've got the Bernie treasure.

All I want is enough to fix up Grassy.

We'll split up the rest.

That all right with you, Thad?

Yeah.

- Snodgrass.

- Dr. Snodgrass!

Dr. Snodgrass!

- Dr. Snodgrass!

- Snodgrass!

- Doctor!

- Doctor.

Are you all right, Dr. Snodgrass?

A slight separation of

the femur and the tibia.

A minor visitation for

a man of my constitution.

- I never thought we'd see you again.

- The sea couldn't hold me, sir.

I was beached by an immense

yet understanding wave.

I know what the English

say about bad pennies, Doc,

but I'm awfully glad

to see you're alive.

Oh, my dear.

Oh, Thad. Thad, Thad. Thank you.

Dr. Snodgrass, I told

God if He saved you,

I'd do exactly like you say,

learn everything I can so

as you can be proud of me.

Well, He obviously kept

His part of the bargain.

So from now on, Thad, your

course is clearly charted.

Come along, then. You seem to have

had a very easy time of it, you others.

Oh!

I had the most harrowing experience.

Let me tell you about it.

At the risk of boring myself...

Dr. Snodgrass, are you really English?

Only at times, Thad.

Only at... at times.

Dr. Snodgrass, why don't you

come and stay with us at Grassy?

At Grassy? Oh, I should

be honored, Davie.

But I can't in good

conscience forego my duty

towards those poor

unfortunates along the river

who await my call with

such impatience every year.

But it's good to know

that you and Grassy

will always be there to offer sanctuary.

Know that the friendships

that were forged in the

crucible of our adversity

shall not tarnish

nor their temper e'er lose.

What'd he say?

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