Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-23

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lief that she would haVo trcasur,
aboard. He could not get at hen
alone, and, being pCnLilcsS and ONLY
Il common sailor, he feared that il
he gave his information away hC
; would not he fairly dealt with.
think he trusted IN" simply because
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though having been a sailor myself
my heart hud warmed toward hln
Il bit.
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send her TO tn" island 10 overhaul
the hulk. If there was II" treasure,
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no one I" dispute our claims.
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sand We were condulin,, with c,rh
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schooner began TO crawl Had the
cable been SMALLER if wuuid hov.
broken undrr lhr h,ovv strain ,s
the schooner surs,,L away.
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incline a ulstancc of 10 feet and il
moved almost inch by inch Some.
times the schooner GAINED some.
times she stood still, and we eyuect-
ed to see the sails fiv AWAY. 81, tbo
mastS 20 overheard. Everything
held. however, and at the end of an
hour the hulk WAS so far up the
beach that she would be entirely
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and felt that the heaviest part of
our work was ACCOMPLISHED. Next
day we ran the schooner around
through an opening in the reef and
into small bay, to he left to care
for herself, and set ND Il camp close
by the hulk.
We began work on the wreck bv
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