which was very much more than he had any idea they would fetch,
yet considerably less than they were actually worth. He then made a
journey into the mountains, accompanied only by Jose and a small escort,
in order properly to survey the place where the treasure-cave was
situated before he led the expedition there for the purpose of
recovering the remainder of the gold and jewels. But to his utter
consternation he found, when he reached the locality, that an earthquake
had recently occurred which had changed the whole character of the
surroundings!

He was, however, at length able to locate the spot where the cavern had
been, and he took such elaborate and complete bearings of it that he
felt sure he would one day, when things had quieted down a little, be
able to get at the chests again and despoil them of their contents. But
for the moment he had as much money as he actually needed; so, returning
from Coroico, he bought an estate in a lovely spot near Quinteros Bay,
and settled down comfortably there, with Jose as his faithful henchman.

Jim has never married, although he is now getting somewhat on in years.
He says he is quite contented and happy with his horses, his dogs, and
Jose, who has never left his master's side for a whole day since that
eventful night when Jim rescued him from the guerillas.

For ten long years Jim lived in that house near Quinteros, which he
named "Casa Coroico"; and then the Chilian revolutionary war broke out,
and he again took up his commission as major, and fought in the ranks of
the Congressionalists. How he fared in that campaign is, however,
another story; as also is that of his subsequent adventures in quest of
the Inca's treasure which was lost during the earthquake. Douglas is
now a man of nearly fifty years of age; but he declares that he is in
the very prime of life; and, if you care to visit him in his magnificent
house overlooking the sea, there is nothing that will give him greater
pleasure, you will find, than to talk to you about the wild days of
'79-'81, when he fought against the Peruvians. Every particular of this
campaign he remembers as precisely as though it had occurred but
yesterday; and he will yarn for hours together about Prat, Condell,
Lynch, Simpson, Williams, and all the rest of them; men of English
descent for the most part, who had adopted Chili as their home and
country, and who helped to make the Republic what she now is, a credit
to herself and to