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.• f y : ~IP SjSpPPPJ 1 \ * H. BENJAMIN CHASE. - **ro«jr*r una OOOMSBLO* AT I»*W. ^OS^eornwoftSatosndWMer streets Haa- •'*. i*. »• itoftinnr.- Anomnt Ann oOmnxuMt AT LAW,, Q»oeoverH. T. Clwk'aeiopk, MnMena, K. £ arrosjmr Aim Oatmsjuvos AT LAW, Brasher *aiie,n.y. , \ BABNEV 8. O'NEILL,»\. , AmtOWTK-AT-LAW, OOoe in Mssaena Bank building, Masses*. •• F. A. AM>EB*Otf, M. D. Office at »e«*«M i»n nuusp Street, KA^AjKat H* If* F. F. TAYLOR, M. 1> SfflMIOXAf A»» 8BTKM01, Office day and nightat residence on Dantorth street, Maasena, 3, Y. W* HV MMWBfcill, 91, D. WmnaSuw A»» ensoios OfflOlsaj^BwMenoellotaillMnBtreeli. Office bour»l:OOt0 8.OOp. m. an-1 r5»toB:00 p.m. rust door from North Kato street Bestaurant. WW M. J. EtVltE, IK 0, 9. (Surgeon Iieritlat.} Honor graduate ot University of Buffalo. Offioo with Pr. M. J. Stearns, over the post offioo VMtfMKnlllgi JVt X* ' \ HELENA amm,- IBM tntDJtB8I9M|{l> HAVIMO BEPDBCIUB- ed Witomeriintajt, tUoHeje^HouW, at Hel- •naJd.m, De|»tO;lntorm hl» old patron*and tee traveulngpunjp that after atharongh reno- vation and fliSg up generally, ha is prepared tocatertotfctttwsntalntttesajne aatufiotorr nannwAilnUntes pa»t, firet^IasaJUreryin wwMWtrfiuippilitreo'BnB toshd from We rail- road .--uon. , HDGH antm*. ' ALLEN noC3E. . susses*. Hew tatM, J*s, Bten, Proprietor. cUs factum U newly ntrtushed. Everything OMbalaa* and no pain* spared in providing tor the comfort ot tb* gueita, Charge* reaeon- »ble. PHILIP B. FLAHERTY, Surveyor, MASSSNA/N.Y. Mo. Jflgaeta Beoond and f tourHi Tuesday* ot eachmontb. Visiting *£§•**& w.Maaier. COURT Mm HO. «»?. *M**tog*onau» aeoomdandtourtt Djgittist. C. r. OBCR, O.D.8. Ofjujeat residence opposite tbe Mien Honae. TboaewhoetaflttotevorDr. Ooer with their ^^nc* pi wtt 1 owm hi* doing his utmost —»*«! operation* in a perteet manner. LEON C. BALL & CO. Funeral Directors I Embalming und*r the direction ot Mr. I I Will SI OuWey, traduata of the United 1 We are here to woik, to do your work. TYHIE * C WW** Will be in town *mUK&DAYS and FRIDAYS of each week. gy Office in Warren Block. KEYES& MOORE \ Contractors and Builders J Estimates made and plans furnished on short notice. Work guaranteed. Massenet Springs, H. Y. CHIIRCfiES. M ETHODIST EPIBOOSAIr-Sunaay preach- tog at 10:90 a. m» ana 7:00 ». m. Sunday iwnool 18:10 p. m-ioiaes mwting 10:00». ut. and 1*3* P- avsL *P*°*Hi w**^ «*» t>B> — - prayer meeting at 7*.oo. ,.. ..„.» rtesite your wxjuaiafe A DVENT-rrSnnd«y»ohool 10:00a.m. Preach EocHipr.m. Jralse eertlce 7.00 p. m. Keatih&g;?!»0»vm. WeeWrprayernieet- incwWnewlayawnlngatr:80, strangeraaro C ONOBEOAWQNAfc-Snnday aervioea and prea^SngatWi»a. m. and 7:00p.m. Bun- SaP^ooiatM^tt, X.P.s.O.E. prayer needa* evOMngatriOO. strangers win receive • cordial welooW WaM ont^eryloM. »IV. A. H. WIHS, Paetor. nAPTI8T~8unday'Pr«achlng at 10:80 a. m. JUnie«tlng«:80p.nt,,3Bitaotilng 7JOQ„ Hid- woewy ier'loes on Wednesday evening at 7:00 atthaWamloea. «m. yncum. *™™*> t S i?. 9c^'mmmov/o^mmpgm,y«t ana. ¥«£&£« 10^! toHww^hy Stindtt^hoot Evphlng prayTSir atrsOOxrtslook. Oornmunion first anridaVln each month at morning pwyer CHAPTER gfi?iiW*?S «TNOP»Ift BHly Bonea. an old «ea !cttd to mm, lodge* at Ad- ton, X--9trang*r. ©ailed \Blaojt ion»»: an Interview ond* to Bonea Buffer* f^plec^lp atroke. •trangar. I ffX—Blind beggar oqmea to i .^omatWne to Bpnaj? band W Wa'ado^ttewyat;\ at ; ha 1« struck dead by apo- CHAPTBB ton. premie* &*&&«> crie*. \Btt not which motnani plexy< ^__ ^CHAPTBB tV^-Naar Bonea' Jjoflr » round a. lltUej round paper, Waqkened on on* aide, on Iht^mrtyf *ot&*X \Jon hava Uif ten/to»nlght.*\ Gold }• found in Bonea' sea ejbeat, and »n olleltta packet. Plight taken front ton, CHAPTER y,~ Blind, man ffW) Tjlth companion* attack the Inn. Chagrined at not finding 'Witotf* flat.\ \ ——•«— •catter. Blind Pewtann by * home. - CHAPTER Vt-Toung Hawkln* t*ke» pack*t to Dr. Uve«ey. wjjo^#lth Squirt Vrelawney open* it and find* minut* di- rectlona for finding of vast treasure. CHAPTER VlX-^rrelawoejr «t* up a*. pedltlon to B9ek treasure, CHAPTER VnL-Jim Hawklna meet! Black DSg at John 'iilv^alm,. Black Soi rnna'**«/, «n4 euwrayows Ignorancfd OHA?THCR IX-ShlP'» captato \ )»« somewhat d^n^o^ soma things on bo; and asks to have certain, pn taken, -among which, are the storing . - the doctor ana hi* friends berths beside the cabin, ' \ •,-.•••• CHAPTER X-\Hl*panlqla\ beglrj* her voyage. Hawkins climb* into apple bar. ref and overheats plant of treachery on foot among \the crew,' CHAPTER apt.-Plot - aald by ^ Silver, ship's -cooky provides for the strike for possession of the treasttr* tamefltately ]a gotten aboard. Cry of \Land *-~ heard, CHAPTER XO-HawklnB tell* of SU- ver's treachery to Llyesey, Trelawney and Cajpt. Smollett, who hold a council of'war, m rasuessnesa or men. and captain de- cides to give the men an afternoon ashore. Jim Hawkins alios o« with them, but on the. Island gives them the slip. CHAPTER Xrv.—Fcom cover Jton sees Silver kill one or the honeat hand*, and also learns of the murder of another in another part of the island and runs from the scene. CHAPTER XV.-JTlm meets Ban Gum), * marooned saJBor who bad «»ed on island ttwe* years. .Beport of a cannon is heard. Both run for boat when they see In the wood the union .Jack. CHAPTER XVX-Hunter and,the doc- tor go, ashore to • Jolly-boat, discover a WocE-houae within a afockade and de- cide to provision It Faithful oarty la iOtoad by Gray, a mutineer, and the ship (eft with the Ova remaining mutineers en boasMt. CHAPTER :mi-Jo«r*boat starts on last trip to shore .overloaded with pro- visions. Mutineer* oo sup man the gun. C strata* OK «HS sAoaifJ aEAjafJfSSSJS* wm alternate Sunday* beginning Septem- berW andat 95»otfor flnndaya. Vespers at t-,m etttr Bunpay evening. • Jtaes every moaning ai 8:00. BBV. P. SQt-^% Paator. U srraiWAlittT^»?waohing service Bnnday afternoon >t Jt« o'otoek to Orange HaU. 4 \ '• , 1' I-.-:, v.-v'-^v; '.•-'\.r > _ _ _ se a neers heard'near by to the wood. CHAPTER, XVnt-Bight with buc- caneer* result* to one killed on each side. Pa«A£ul pajrto iraln We stockade and run up the British Color*. , CHAPTER XDC-Jlm seetog the colors knows be is near friends and. leaving Ben Gunn, climb* Into the atockade. CHAPTER XX.—Sliver, under flag of truce, make* overture* for chart to get the treasure br.,but falla, CHAPTER\ \XXl.-^BOccaneers attack •tockads. are. worsted, leaving five dead behind. The faUhful party loses two, and Capt. Smollett wounded. CHAPTER XXn.—Doctor seta out to find Ben Gunn. Jim slips off to seek boat Ben Gunn baa built, and decides to out \Hispanlola sew flying the Jolly roger, CHAPTER XXm. — Schooner now manned by only two of the pirates, and they In a drunken brawl, is cut from an* chor. Jim then, from sneer exhaustion, fan* asleep in bottom of coracle. CHAPTER XXIV.—Awaking Jim sees the \Hlspamiole\ helpleaaly drifting, and by a great effort reaches her end leaps, catching the Jlbboom. CHAPTER jratV.--Jlm finds one of the mutineer* (O'Brien) dead, killed by Hands, and Hinds, the only survivor on board, severely wounded; decides to reach the ship to North Inlet CHAPTER XXVX-Hands mana*»gt» secureadlrk. Jimdlacover*the^treachery and escapes up a mast, to which he j* pinned by Hands throwing his dirk. Jim Urea his jrfstoL CHAPTER XXVIt—Hand* pierced, by a bullet fall* into the water and sinlw. Jim makes Cast the vessel and retarns'by moonlight to »tockijdl*, to discover bwbss faneSHnto thehosSe camp. . CHAPTER XXVfi£-A quarrel among the buccaneers causes, e, .revolt and they take councU, during which SDver tens Jun be will stand by him. deal and still bled freely} but It was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when i used my arm. Then I looked around me, and as the\ ship was now, in a sense, my own, 1 began to think of clearing It from its but passenger—the dead man, O'Brien. Be had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet; life- size, indeed, but how different from life's color or life's comeUnesal la that position I could easily have my way with him, «nd as the habit of tragical auventurea had worn off almost all toy terror for the dead, I took him b y the waist as if he had been a sack of bran and, with one good heave, tumbled him overboard. He went in with a sounding plunge, « red cap came off and re- mained floating on the surface, and as soda as the .splash subsided 1 could see him and Israel lying side by side, both wavering with the tremulous movement of the water. .O'Brien, though still quite a young man, was very bald, 'fhere he lay. with that bald head across the knees of the man who had killed him and the quick fishes steering to and fro over both. I was nor-' alone upon the ship; the tide had just turned. The sun was within so few degrees of setting thai already the shallow of the pines upon the western shcie began to reach right across the anchorage and fall in pat- terns on the d *ek. Theevening breeae had sprung u and though it was well warded off t' the hill wuh the two peaks upon f east, the cordage had be- gun to sinp little softly to itself and the idles- to rattle to and fro. I began vO see a danger to the ship. The jibs I speedily doused and brought tumbling to the deck; but the mainsail was a hard matter. Of courfle, when the scboone. canted over the boom had swung out-board and the cap of'it and a foot or two of sail bung even under water. 1 thought this made it still more dangerous; yet the strain was so heavy that I half feared to meddle. At last I got my knife and cut the halyardy. The\ peak ^dropped instantly, » great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water, and since, pull as 1 liked, 1 could not budge the downhaul, that was the extent of what X could accom- plish. V«t the ires*, the \Hispanlola\ must trust to took, like jaywlt m^ By this time the whole anchorage bad fallen into shadow— the ia£t rays. 1 re- member, failing through a giatse of (be wood and shining, bright as jew>ls, o» tb* ilowery mantle oj the wreck. It began to be chill, the tide was rapidly fleeting seaward, the ssbooner settling more -and more on her beam-ends. I scrambled forward and looked over, It seemed shallow enough and, holding the cut hawser in both bands for** last security, I let myself drop softly over- board* The water scarcely reached my waist, the sand was firm and covered with ripple marks, and I waded ashore in great spirits, leaving the'\Hiapani- ola\ on her side, with her mainsail trail- ing wide upon the surface of the bay. About the same time the sun went fair- ly down and the breeze whSstled'low in the dusk among the* tossing pines. ' At least, and at last, I was off the sea, nor had 1 returned thence empty- handed. There 1 lay the schooner, clear at lastfrom buccaneers, and ready for our own men to board and get to sea again, I had nothing nearer my fancy than to get home to the atockade and boast of my achievements. Possibly 1 might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the \Hispaniola 0 was a clinching answer, and I hoped that even Capt, 'Smollett would con- fess I had not lost my time. So thinking, and in famous spirits, J began to set my face homeward for the block-house and my companions, 1 re- membered that the roost easterly of the rivers which drain into Capt. Kidd'a anchorage ran from the two-peaked hill upon my left, and I bent my course In that direction that I might pass the stream while it was small. The wood was pretty open, and, keeping along the lower spurs, I soon turned the cor- ner of that hill, and not long after waded to the mid-calf across the water course. This brought me near to where I en- countered Ben Gunn, the maroon, and 1 walked more circumspectly, keeping an eye on every side. The dusk'had come nigh hand completely, and, as 1 opened oat the cleft between the two peaks, I became aware of a waver- ing glow against the aky, where, as 1 judged, the man of the island was cook- ing his supper before a roaring fire. And yet 1 wondered, in my heart, that he should show himself so careless. For if I could see this radiance, might it not reach the eye of Silver himself where he camped upon the - shore among the marshes? Gradually the night fell blacker; it was all I could do to guide my- self even roughly toward my des- tination; the double hill behind me and the Spy-glass on my right hand loomed faint and fainter;' the stars were few and pale; and in the low ground where I wandered 1 kept tripping among the bushes and rolling into sandy pits. Suddenly a kind of brightness fell about me. I looked up; a pale glim- mer of moonbeams bad alighted on the summit of the Spy-glass, and soon aft- er I saw something broad and silvery moving low down behind the trees, and knew the moon had risen. With this to help me I passed rapid- ly over what remained to me- of my journey; and, sometimes walking, sometimes running. Impatiently drew nebr to the stockade. Yet, a s I began to thread- the grove that lies before it, f was not so thougbtleaB but that t slacked my pace and went a trifle war- ily. It would have been a poor end to my adventures to get shot down by my own party in mistake. The moon was climbing higher and higher; its light began to fall here and there in masses through the more open districts of the wood, and right in front of me a glow of a different color appeared among the trees. It was red and hot, and now and again it was a little darkened*-** it were tbe embers of a bonfire smoldering.' For the life of me 1 coold not think what it might be. - At last I came right down upon the borders of tbe clearing. Tbe western end was already steeped in moonshine; the rest, and«tbe block-house itself, still lay to a black shadow* checkered with long silvery streaks of light. On the oth- er side of the houseattinunensenre bad burned itself into clear embers, and shed a steady, red reverberation, con- trasted strongly with tbe mellow pale- ness of tbe moon. TJiere was not a soul stirring, nor. a sound beside tbe noises of tbe breeze. I stopped, with much wonder in my heart, and perhaps a little terror also. It had not been our way to build great fires; we were, indeed, by tbe cap- tain's orders, somewhat niggardly of firewood; and 1 began to fear that something bad gone wrong. while I was absent. I stole round by the eastern end. keeping close in shadow, and a t a con- venient place where the darkness was thickest, crossed the palisade. To make assurance surer, 1 got upon my hands and knees, and crawled, with- out a word, towasd tbe corner of tbe house. As I drew hearer, my heart was suddenly and. greatly lightened. It was not a pleasant noise in itself, and I had; often complained of it at other times, but just then it was like music to bear my friends snoring to- gether so loud and peaceful in their sleep. The sea-cry of the watch, that beautiful \All's well,\ never fell more reassuringly on my ear. In the meantime, fhere was no doubt of one thing; they kept an infamous bad watch. If It had been Silver and his lads that were now creeping to on tbeml not a soul would have seen daybreak. That was- what it was, thought I. to have the captain wounded; and again I blamed myself sharply for, leaving them in that danger wfth so few to mount guard. By this time I had got to the door and stood* up. All was dark -within, so tha t I could distinguish notthlagby the eye. As for sound*, there wa* the steady drone of the anprers, and* small occa- stonai noiae, afi1ck*ria#;or pecking that I could in no way aceountft>r, Wift ray arm* before me I walked steadily la. I sbOuTd lt« doWb trr\nty- ow# place'(I thought, with .a silent chuckle) and enjoy l'heir (ace* when they found me in tbe morning My toot struck something yieldsnjj^-it was a sleeper's leg; and be turned and groaned, but without awaking.. And then, all of a sudden, a shrill voice broke forth out of the darkness: •TWeces of eight 1 pieces of eight I pieces of eight] pieces of eight I pieces, otf eight!\ and so'forrti, without pause Or change, tike the clacking of a tiny 'mill;''.' Silver's green parrot, tapt. Flint! It was she whom, I had beard pecking at a piece of barki tt was abe, keeping bet- ter watch than any human being, wbb tbua announced .my arrival with ber wearisome refrain, I had no time left me to recover. At the sharp, clipping tone of tbe parrot, tbe sleepers awoke and sprung up; and with a mighty oath, the voice of Silver cried: \Who goes?\ I tnrned to rnn. struck violently against one person, recoiled, and ran foil into tbe arms of a second, Who, for bis part, closed upon and held me tight. \Bring a torch. Dick,\ said Silver, when my«apture was thus assured. And one of the men left tbe log-bouse, and presently returned with a lighted brand. PABT VI. CAPTAIN SJXVEB. CHAPTER XXVHI. m THE ENEMY'S CAMP. Tbe red glare of the torch, lighting up the Interior of the block-house, showed me the worst of my apprehen- sions realized. The pirates were in pos- session of the house and stores; there waa a cask of cognac, there were the pork and bread, as before; and, what tenfold increased my horror, not a sign of any prisoner. I could only judge that ail had perished, and my heart smote me sorely -that I bad not been there to perish with them. There were six of tbe buccaneers, all told; aot another man •was left alive. Five of them were on their feet, flushed and swollen, suddenly called out of the first sleep of drunkenness. The sixth had only risen upon his elbow; hewaaj deadly pale, and . the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed. I remembered the man who had beenebot and had run back among- the woods in the great at- tack, and doubted not that this was he. The parrot sat, preening her plumage, on Long John's shoulder. He himself. I thought, looked somewhat paler and more stern than I was used to. He still wore his fine broadcloth suit in which be had fulfilled bis mission, but tt -was <bitterly tbe worse for wear, daubed with clay and torn with the sharp briars of the wood. \So said he, \here's Jim Hawkins, shiver my timbers! dropped in, like, eh? Well, come, I take that friendly,\ And thereupon be sat down across tht> brandy-cask, and began to fill a irlpe. \O^ve me the loan of a link, Dick,\ said be; and then, when he had a good light, \thatfB do, lad,\ he added, '%ttck the glim in the wood heap; and you. gentlemen, bring yourselves tot—yon needn't stand up for Hawkins; he'll excuse you, yon may lay to that. And so, Jim\—stopping the tobacco—\here yon are, and quite a pleasant surprise for poor old John, tseeyouweresniari when first I set my eyes on you; but this here gets away from me clean, it do.*? To all this, as may be well supposed, I made no answer. They had set me with my back against the wall; and I stood there, looking Silver in the faee. pluckily enough, t hope, to all outward appearance, ont with black despair it, nay heart. Silver took a' whiff or two of hi* pip* with great composure, aod then ran oi again. \Now you see. Jim, so be as you arr hero,\ says be, \I'll give yon a piece ot my mind. I've always liked you, 1 have for a tad of spirit, and tbe picter of mj own self when I was young and hand- some, I always wanted you to jine and take yonr share, and die a gentleman, and now, my cock, you've got to. Cap's- Smollett's a fine seaman, as I'll own up to any day. but stiff on discipline. 'Dooty is doory,' says he. and right be Is. Just yon beep clear of tbe cap'n The doctor himself is gone desd again yon—'ungrateful scamp' was what he •aid; and the short and the long of tbe whole story is about here; you can't go back to your own lot, for they won't have yon; and, without you start a third ship's company all by yourself, wbicb might be lonely,you'll have to jine with Cap'n Silver.\ So far s o good. My friends, then, were still alive, and though 1 partly be- lieved tbe truth of Silver's statement, that the cabin party were incensed at me for my desertion, I was more re- lieved than distressed by what I beard. \X don't say nothing as to your be- ing in our bands,\ continued - Silver, \though there you are, and you may lay to it. I'm all for argyment; I never seen good come ont o' threatening. If yon, like the service, well, you'll jine; and if you don't, Jim. you're free to answer no—free and welcome, ship- mate; and if fairer cap be 'said by mor- tal seaman, shiver my sides!\ \A'm I to answer, then 1\ I asked, with a very iremulous voice. Through all this sneering talk, I was made to feel tbe threat of death that overhung me, and my cheeks burned and my heart beat painfully in my breast. \Lad.\ eaid Silver, \no one's a-preas- log-of you. Takg your bearing*. None of us won't hurry yob, mate: time goes so pleasant in your company, you see.\ \Well says I, growing a bit bolder, \if I'm tocboose, I declare I have a right to know what's what, and why you're here, and where my friends are,\ •'Wot's wot?\ repeated one of tbe bu<K cancers, In a deep growj. \Ah. be'd be a lucky ones*knawed thai!\ \You'll perhaps batten down your hatches till you're spoke, my friend,\ cried Silver, trortrlently. to this 6pe\ah er , \Yesterday rnorn'Itrg., \Mr Haw kins.\ said be. \Ju the dogfwotch; dowp came Dr, Llvejsey with a flag of truce Says-he: \Oap'o Sllcer. you're sold out .Ship's jrooet'\ Well, mo^be we'd been taking a glass, and a song to help it round I won't say oo. Leastways none of us had looked out; We looked put. and. by thunder! the old ship was pone. I never seen a pack o' fools look fishier; and you may Iny to that., if I tells you rhar I looked the fishiest 'Well.* aays the doctor, 'let's bargain.' We bargained, him aod I. aod here we are; stores, brandy, block-bouse, tbe flre-<wood yon was thoughtful enough to cot, and. In a manner of speaking, the whole blessed boat, from cross-trees to keelson. As for them, they've tramped; I don't know Where's they are.\ Be drew again quietly at bis pipe. \And lest you should take it ruto that bead of yours.\ be went on. \that you was included in tbe treaty, here's the last words tbat was said: 'Bow many arc you?\ says I, 'to'leave?' 'Four, aays he—'four and one of'tis wounded. As for the boy, 1 don't know where ha is, confound him,' says be, 'nor l don't much care. We're about sick of him.* These waa hi* words.\ \Is that all?\ 1 asked. \Well it's all you're to bear, my son.\ returned Silver* \And now I am to choose?*' \And now yon are to choose, and you tnoy lay t o that**' «*Jd Sfiser. \Weli»** aaid 1» \1 aaa not saeb a fool but I know pretty well what 1 have to look for. Let the worst come to tbe worst* it's little I care. I've seen too many die since I fell in with you. But there's a thing or twoihavetoteByou,\ E said, and by this time 1 was suite ex- cited; \and the first is this; Here yon ate in the bad way; ship lost* treasure tost, men lost; yonr whole business K ne to \wreck; and if you want to ow who .did It—it was II 1 was in the apple barrel the night you sight- ed bwd, and I heard yon, John, and you, Dick Johnson, and Sands, who is now at the bottom of theses, and told every word yon said before the hoar was out. And a* for the schooner, it was I who ont her cable, and i t waa J who killed the. men yon had aboard of her, and It wan I who brought - her where you'll never see her more, not one of you. The laugh's on my side; I've bad the top of this business from the first; X no more fear you-than Hear a fly. BUI me, if you please, or spare me. But one thing' 111 any, and no more; if yon spare me, by-gones are by-gones, and, when yon fellows are in ; court for piracy. Til save you all lean. It is for you to choose. Sill another and do yourself no good, or spare ma and keep a witness to save you from thegailows.\ I stopped, for, 1 tell you, 1 was out of breatn, and, to my wonder, not a man of them' moved, but all sat staring at me like as many sheep. And while they were still .staring, 1 broke out again; \ * \And now, Mr. Silver/* * said, \1 be* lieve you're the test man here, and if thing* go to the worst, HI take It kind of yon t o let the doctor know the way I took it,\ •Til bear it in mind,\ said Silver, with on accent so curious tbat 1 coold not, for tbe life of me, decide whether be were laughing at my request or bad been favorably affeoted by my cour- »ge- 'Til put one to tbat,\ cried the old mahogany-faced seaman—Morgan by name—whom I had seen in Long John'* pubBe, house upon the quay* of Bristol. % waa bint that knowed Black Dog-.* \W*H and see, here, 1 ' added the sea- cook. \Til put another again to that, by thuriderl For it «»» ine same bo\ that faked the chart from Billy Bones First 'and last we've spilt upon Jim tOawkmai\ • \Then here goes'\ aaid Morgan, with an oath. And be sprang up, drawing bis knife aa if be bad been twenty.' „ \Avast thereJ\ cried Stiver. \Who are you, Tom Morgan? Maybe yon thought you were captain here, per* haps. By the powers, 111 teach you better! Cross me, and you'll go where many a good man's gone before you first and last, these 30 year back—some to the yard-arm, shiver my aides! and some by the board, and all to feed the fishes. There's wsvutr a man looked me between the eyes and seen n good day a'terward, Tom Morgan, you may lay to that.\ Morgan paused; but a hoarse mur- mur rose from the others. \Tom's right,\ said one. \1 stood basing long enough from one.\ added another; 'Til be hanged if I'tl be hazed by you, John Silver/' \Did any of you gentlemen want to have, it out with me?\ /oared Silver, bending,far forward from bis posi- tion on the keg, with bis pipe still glowing In his right hand. \Put a name on what you're at; you ain't dumb, I reckon. Him that wants shall get it. Have I lived this many years, and a son of a runx puncheon cock his bat athwart my hawse, at tbe latter end of it? Yon know the way; you're count.' VVeli. I'm ready. \ Take a, cut- lass him that dare*. uo*«J 1*11 Be? tb*. iolor of his inside, crutch fod all, be- fore t.bqt pipe's»mpty.\ Not a niaq stirred: not A mab an- swered. ' i • \That's your sort, is it?** he added, returning bis pipe to his mcAith. \Well you're a gay lot to look at, .anyway. Not much worth to tight, yon ah/V P'r'aps yon can understand King t>eorge> English. I'm cap'n here by 'lection. I'm cap'n here because I'm the best man by u long sea-mile, Ton won't tight, as gentlemen o' fortune should: then, by thunder, you'll ohey, and you may lay to it! I like tbat boy, now: and I never seen a better boy than that. He's more of a man than any pair of rats of you in this here bouse, and what I say is this: Uet me see hint as'll lay a band oo him—that's 1 what i •ay. and you may lay to tt.\ There oat a long pause after this, i stood straight up against the wall, my bean still going like a sledge-ham- mer, out with a ray of hope now shin- ing in oil- bosom. Silver leaned back against tbe wait, his arms crossed, his pipe in tbe corner of his mouth, ascaim a« tbougb he had been inchurciuyethis eye kept wandering furtively, and ha kept the tail of it on bis unruly foI» towers. They on their part drew grad- ually together toward the far end of the block-bouse, and tbe low hiss of their whispering sounded in my ears contin- uously, like a stream. One after an- other they would look up,' the red light of the torch would fall tor a sec- ond on their nervous face*; but it was not toward me. It was toward SUvet tbey turned tbeir eyes. \You seem to have a lot t o say,\ re- marked Silver, spitting far into the air. \Pipe up and let me hear it, or lay to.\ \Ax yonr pardon, air,\ said one ot tbe men, \you're pretty free with some of the rules; maybe you'U kindly keep an eye upon tbe rest. This crew's dis- satisfied; this crew don't vally bully- ing a marlinspike;- this crew has it* rights like other crews, 1'tt make so free as tbat: and b y your own rules, 1 take it we can talk together. 1 ax your pardon, sir, acknowledging yon for t o be capttng at this present; but I claim my right, and steps^outsid© for a coun- cil.\ t And with an elaborate sea-*elute, this fellow, a long, ill-looking, yellow-eyed •man-of flve-andi^hii^i-i^ ,• toward* the daofc and disappeared out Of the- house. One after another the rest followed his example; each mak- ing a salute a* hcTbassed; each adding eaid one. •%o'lf»'le)#incft,' , said Me*-, gan. And so. with one remark or an- other, all marched out, and left' Stiver,, and : mealoae;with7lhHorch, •\ pipe. \Now Iwk berev Jim i3awklB8,'' he eaid; In a steady whisper, tfiWwafenb more than iudible,^ > yo^^''w1tlln\'lilf a punk/'of death', •ana.. T ^,^^ ^ T - sight vwwe,nfTtojiure^ to throw me oft. • But you mark^ I stand by you through thick and thin. 1 didn't mean to: rib. net-till you spoke up, t was about deaperatf'to lose that much blunt, and be banged into the 'bargain. But f see you vpa* the right sort. I says to myself: You \stand by Bawkins, John, and Bawkibs'll stand by yon. You're Mi laat card, iibd by the living thunder, Johitk he's yonrst Back to back, say* t *a*o&4iv&irow ivitness, and beil save your neck!\ I began dimly to understand,, \You mean all ialoBtf^i'iskedT' \Ay by gum. i dot\ hiVjbiii^re'tfr ••Ship gone, neck' goa»^thV©»»f$HS'Jii*ie i r IT. tincel looked Into that be VrJlw Hawkins, and seen no achooner—welt, I'm tough, but gave oat. As for that tot an*their cotinRtLmar^kni^iiAHMr^ outrtghlJ^is-=at«#^6A)?a^d«,'«I , lr(t*va youHIf 6*!f so torn ( ean^fronktbem* But see here, ,$im^titioHat**you aave Long John from swinging;.\ --. > I was bewildered; it seemed a thing so hopeless he waa asking 1 —be, the old buccaneer, the ringleader throughout. \What I can do. that Pll do,\ I said, \It's a bargain!\ cried Long John. \You speak up plucky, and, by tbnnderl I've a chance.*' He hobbled to tbe torch, where tt stood proppe^among the firewood, and took a fresh ligbt to bis pipe. \Understand* me; Jim.\ be sntdv re- turning. 'Tveabeadon my ahonlder*. I have. I'm on squire's side, now, I know you've got that ship safe some- wheres. Bow you don* it, I doi^kbow, but safe tt is. 1 gueta^J$aMs> and O'Brien turned soft; • Ii»#^^pcl> be- lieved In neither of thjf#^ ;s Now yon mark me. t oak M^000^ii nor 1 won't let others. l'ft|to^en»i«ame'a up. I do; and l know* li^^atra stanch. Ah. you that's yo^g-^b^a'nd. me might have ddn*-a'-|K^er-' l , i : of good to- gether!\ '-.'''6w&F-V •?•' » He drew some cogrieo from the cask into a tin amm&df\ ;*'•.«* '< . \Will ym^'Mik^y messmate?\ he asked; and»hM%Md refused: \Well. I'll take a drain myself, Jim,\ aaid he. \I DeMlefigft^ hond.---«d«»fm^^*rooble, why did tbat do4m^^-hii«V#techart. Jito?\ My;;f^5ejrp^jied;- a- wonder\ so un- affpet^ th*t he sawihe Heedlessness of f^berqb:ei(ti&nii. L . . «*A€; welh he did. though.\ said be. *!&&$'there's something under that, no doubt—something, surely, under that, ^ihaMjad or good.\ And he took another swallow of tbe brandy. Shaking bis great fair head like a man who looks forward to the worst. . The sea-cook injmntl^ireEaoved his pipe'/'' * '• -\'.' t \><;^i-W'\.' . ;. ••• ••nan fear* toe*,* aaM til gentlemen ot fortune, by your ac- CHAPTER XXIX. THE) BLACK 8POT AGAIN. Tbe council of the buccaneer* had tasted some time, when one of them reentered the bouse, and with a repeti- tion of tbe same «aJute, which had in my eyes an Ironical air, begged for a moment's loan of tbe torch.. Silver briefly agreed; and this emissary re- tired again, leaving OS together bjt the dark. (To ha euuBsaa) ''/,•-'£ -•••pi, m '•'*Hfe4 1 •J ' /'iS^' S\ K.'v, '. '*,i 'i • \$>£* '-*.* \ : m '•v ! : • > I* 1 /I v.* •v<iv&
