The Forrest City times., 1888-03-17
,on, ,,,er .,ou, came tron Nrm and rns

Shout s'ter .nout came from Nrrn. snd rrs others began to run m his direction.
 "lie can't hare found the treasure" said Morgan. hurying past us from the nshH flor that's clean atop"
 Indeed. as we found when we also reached the spot it was something very different At the foot of a pretty big pine apd in- volved in green creeper, which had even partly lifted some of the smaller bones human skeleton lay, with few shreds ot clothing, on inc ground. I believe chill struck for moment to every heart
 "Be vas a seaman" said George Merry, who. bolder than the rest, had gone up close and was examining the rags of clothing. "I,eastways this is good sea-clOth."
 sAy. ay," said Silver "like enough; you wouldn't look to find bishop here, : reck- on. But what sort of way is that for bones Co lie? 'Tain't in natur."
 Indeed. on a second glance, it seemed im- possible to fancy that the body was In 8 natural position. But for some disarray Uhe work. beihaps of the birds that had fed up' on him, or of the slow growing creeper that had gradually cnyclOped his remains) the man lay perfectly straight-his feet point ing in one direction. his hands, raised above his head like divers, pointing directly In the opposite.
 I've taken a notion into my old num- skull" observed Silver. Here's the com pass; there's the tip-top pint of Skeleton Island. stlekin' out Ike tooth. Just take a bearing, will you, along the line of them bones"
 It was done The body pointed straight In the direction Of the island, and the com pass read duly r. $. l.. by K.
 .'I thought so." ere the cook; ''thls here is p'lnter Right up there is our line for the Pole Star and the jolly dollars But, by thunderl it it don't make me cold Inside to think of Flint This Is one ot his jokes, and no mistake Him and these six was alone here. he killed 'em. every man; and this one he hanl,~l hero and laid down by compass shiver my timh~rsl They're iong bones. and the hairs hseu yellow. Ay. that would be Alaplyce. N-i mind Allard zee, tom Morgahf
 "Ay. ay,n returned Mofsan. Il mind him; he owed me money, he did ana took my knife ashore with him"
 Speaking of knives" said another. "why don't we ind h!s'G lying round? Flint warn't the man to pick seamans pocket; and the birds, 1 guess, would cave it be-"
 By the powers, and that's truep cried Silver,
 There ain't thing left here" said Merry, still feeling round among the bones, mot a copper dolt nor baccy box. It don't look nat'rsl to me-"
 Nc, by gum it don't" agreed slveri mot nst'ra, nor not nice, says you. Great = e,,ns .,s.s..;s.es, .s..ss, bpt if Flint was living this would be 6 hot spot for you and me. Six they were, and six are we; and bones Is what they are now"
 '.t saw him dead with these here dead lighis,r said Morgan. Billy took me In. There he laid, with penny-pieces on his eyes"
 "Dead-ay. sure enough he's dead and gone below" said the fellow with the band age; "but if ever sperrit walked, 1t would be Fllnt's. Dear heart but he died bad, did FlintW
 "Ay, that he did" observed another; "now he ragged, and now he hOllered for tho rum, and now he sang. Fifteen Men were his only song, mates; and tell you true, never rightly liked to hear 1t since. 1t was main hot and the windy was open. and hear that old song comin' out as clear as elear-and the death-haul on the man al. ready"
 Come come" said Silver, "stow this talk. He's dead, and he don't walk, that know leastwAys he won't walk by day, and you may lay to that Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons."
 We started, certainly; but in spite of the hot sun and the staring daylight, the pirates vo Ionerar ran spuartfp nnd ahOutlnv thrnuph the wood, but kept side by side and spoke with hated breath The terror ot the dead buccaneer had fallen on their spirits