Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-11
PART IL.
THE SEA COOK.
CHAPTER VII.
I GO TO BRISTOL.

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Il was longer than the squire i'm
/ agined ere we were ready for the sea.
and none Of our first plans-not even
DR.. Liyesey's, OF keeping me beside him
could be carried out as we intended.
The doctor had 10 go to London for
4 a physician to take charge OF his prac-
tice; the squire was hard at work al
Bristol; and / lived on at the Hall un-
der the charge of old l;edruth, the
gamekeeper, almost a prisoner but full
| of sea dreams aud the most charming
anticipations OF strange islands and adj
ventures. / brooded by the hour to-
gether over the map, all the details OF
which / well remembered. Sitting by
| the fire in the housekeeper's room. J
approached that island in my fancy.
\ from every possible direction; eN-
| plored every acre of its surface; !
climbed a thousand times to that tall
hill they call the Spy-glass, and from
the top enjoyed the most wonderful
| and changing prospects. Sometimes
the isle was thick with sa'ages, with
whom we fought. sometimes fun OF
dangerous animals that hunted us; but
in an my fancies nothing occurred to
me SO strange and tragic as our actual
adventures.
So the weeks passed on. til one iinN
day there came letter addressed to DR..
Livesey, with TINS addition: 10 be
opened in the case OF his absence BY
fom Redruth. or yoang HAWKINS.
Obeying this order we found. or rather
found--for The gamckeeper was g
poor hand at reading anything but
prut--the following important news:
| "Od Anchor Inn. Bristol. March /, IL.
Dear I.ivesey AS J do not know wheth.
| er you are a ae llall OF stlh IN London, !
1 send this in doubft 10 both places.
sThe ship Is bought and lifted. She lies
/ at anchor. ready for sea. Nou never inns
| 4gined a sweeter schooner--a child might
| sail her-two hundred tons; name, HIS
PAMELA.
= Eot her through my old friend. Bland
| Is, who has proved himself throughout the
most surprising trump. The admirable
| fellow literally shaved in my interest. and
80. may Say. lid every one IN Bristol, as
soon as they got wind OF the port we sailed
| ior--treasure. mean"
"Redru,h," said |, interruptiug tie
letter. "Dr. Livesey will not like that.
The squire has been talking after all"
Well, who's got better right?'
.rowlcd the gamekeeper. ~ pretty
nm go II squire amt TO talk Tor Dr.
livesey, should think"
At that gave mp all attempts at com
neutsry. and read straight on:
''Blandly himself found the TTlspanlola.
nd by the most admirable management
got her for the merest trile. There IS q
class of men ia Bristol monstrously preju-
diced against Blandly. They go the length
Of declaring that this honest creature
would do anything for money, that the
'Hispaniola' belonged to him and that he
sold il me absurily high-the most trans
parent calumnies None of them dare
however, to deny the merits of the ship.
$50 far there was not a hitch. The work
Deopie 10 81 sUrC-rlc~ers and what not
were most annoyfngly slow: but time cured
that 1t was the crew that troubled me.
Il wished a round score of men-in case
OF natives. buccaneers. or the odious
French-and ] had the worry of the deuce
itself TO ind SO much as half dozen, TN
the most remarkable stroke OF fortune
brought me the very man that required.
Il was standing on the dock, when, by
the merest accident. I fen in talk with him
| found he was an old sailor, Kept a punhc
house. knew an the seaiaring men IN Brls-
toll. had lost his health ashore ana Waat-
ed a good berth as cook 20 get TO sea again
He had hobbled down there that morning
he said. to get a smell Of the salt
Il was monstrously tOuched-so would
YOU have heen-and. ont Of pure pity. en-
gagged him on the spot TO be ship COOK
Long John Silver, h is called, and mas los'
leg; bur that regarded as recommehaa-
4. snFrIf ~ -
ice. under the immortal Hawke. lie mas nc
pension. Livcsay Imagine the abomin-
able age we live In,
"Wen. sir. / thought had only found a
cook. but IL was crew ! had discovered
Between Silver and myself We got 70
gether in a few days company OF me
TOUCHES, old salts maginabie-not pretty
to look at bus fellows, By their faces. OF the
most indomitable spirit declare we couta
fight frigate
Long John cveo got rid of two ont of the
six or seven ! had already engaged, tit
showed me IA a moncut that they Were
just the sort OF fresh-water swans We had
TO fear IN an adventure Of Importance
Il am in the most magnificent health and
spirits. eating like bull, sleeping Ike
tree. yet J shall not enjoy moment III
hear my old tarpAuins tramping round ht
capstan. Seward hol Hang the treasure.
It's the glory Of the sea that has turned
my head SO now, I-ivesey, come post; do
not lose an hour, If you respect me.
Let young Hawkins 80 a once to see
his mother. with Eearuth for a guard. and
then both come FUN speed 10 Bristol.
JOHN TRELA.NNFY.
"P. ST. did not tell you that Blandly
who. ny the way. is 20 send a consort after
US if We don't turn up by the end Of -Au-
gust. had found an admirable fellow FOL
sailint-master-a stiff man, which / regret
out in all other respects. a treasure. Ions
John Silver unearthed a very competent
man for mate. a man named Arrow.
have boatswain who pipes, Livesey. so
things shah 90 fnan-o'-war fashion on
board the good SKIP 'Hispaniola.
Il forgot 10 tcr you that Silver is a man
Of substance. 1 Know of my own knowledge
that he has a bankers account. which has