The Irish standard., 1897-10-02

0lCSu against ol0uOly. 4Hey 10 VQo lSuRI0
OF declaring that this honest creature
would do anything for money. that the
'Hispaniola' belonged to him and that he
sold 1t mo absurdly high-the most trans
parent calumnies. None Of them dars.
however. to deny tho merits Of the ship.
people to be sure-riggers and what not
were most annoytngly slow: but time cured
that. It was the crew that troubled me.
II wished round score Of men-in case
French-and had the worry Of the deuce
itself to find so much as half q dozen, till
the most remarkable stroke Of fortune
brought me the very man that required.
II was standing on the dock, when. BY
the merest accident. fell In talk with him.
I found he was an old sailor. kept public
house. knew all the seafarins men In Bris-
tol. had lost his health ashore. and want
ed good berth as cook to get to sea again.
He had hobbled down there that morning.
he said. to get a smell of the salt
II was monstrously touched-so would
you have been-and. out OF pure pity, ell
gagged him on the spot to be ships cook.
Long John Silver. he Is called. and has lost
a leg: but that rega rded as recommends.
ton. since he lost 1t In his country's serv-
ice. under the immortal Hawke He has no
pension. L.ivcsey Imagine the abomin-
able age we live in
We'll. sir. thought had only found q
cook. but 1t was a crew had discovered.
Between Silver and myself we got to-
scther in u few days a company OF the
toughest old salts imaGinable-not pretty
to look at. but fellows, by their faces. Of the
most indomi,able spirit. declare we could
fight friSatc.
Long John even got rid OF two out OF tho
six or seven had already engaged. He
showed me In moment that they were
just the sort OF fresl-water swabs we had
to fear IN an adventure of Importance
II am In the most magnificent health and
Spirits eating like BULL sleeping like a
tree. yet ! shall not enjoy a moment till
hear my Old tarrauins tranping round tho
capstan. Seward no! Hang tho TREASURED!
It's the glory of the sea that has turned
my head. So now, l.ivescy, come post: do
not lose an hour. II you respect me.
lie, young Hawkins go at once to SEQ
his mother. with Rcdruth for guard; ana
then both come fun speed to Bristol.
JOHN TRELAWNEY.
"r. ST. DID not tell you that Blai!dy,
who. by tina way. is to send a consort after
US II We don; turn UP by the end OF Au.
gust. had found AN admirable fellow for
sailing -master-a stiff man. which regret.
hut, IN ALI other respects. Il treasure Long
John Silver uncurthcd q very competent
man for mate man named Arrow.
have II h"atswain who pipes Livesry: SO
things shall 20 man-ownr fashion on
huard the good ship ilispaniola.'
II forgot to tell you that Silver is man
OF substance; know of my own knowledge
that Ii" has n bankers account, which has
never been ovrrirawn, He leaves his wifo
TO ;nanar" the inn: and as She ~ Il woman
of color. IL pair OF old bachelors like you and
may he excused for guessing that it Is tho
wife" quite as much us the health, that
sends him back to rowing. j. r.
up. l.. S.-llawhins may stay one night
with Ills mother. j. T."
You can fancy tho excitement into
which that letter put me- was half
beside myself with glcc; and il ever T
dcspiScd IL man, il was old Tom Red
ruth, who could do nothing but errumble
and lament. Amy OF the under game
Keepers would gladly lave changed
places with him; but such was not tho
squirc's pleasure, and the squrcs pleas
IRE WIS like law among them all. No
GoLy but old Ecdruth would have dared
so much as even TO grumblc.
The next morning he and l set out
ON foot for the Admiral Bcnbow, and
there l found my mother in good
health and spirits. The captain, who
Ind so long been cause of so much
discomfort, was gone where the wicked
cease from troubling. The squire had
had everything repaired, md the pub
lilo rooms and the sign reprinted. and
had added some furniture-nbove all o
beautiful armchair for mother in the
bar. lie had found her Il boy as an up
prentice also, 30 that she should not
want help while was gone.
1t was on seeing that boy that un-
derstood, for the first time. my sltua-
ton. had thought up to that moment
of the adventures before NE. not at all
of the home That | was leaving: and
now, ut sight of this clumsy stranger,
who was TO stay here in my place beside
my mother. ! had my first attack Of
tcum. l am nfrnid ! led that boy a
dogs life. for he was new to the work.
had hundred opportunities OF set
ting him right and putting him down.
and ] was not slow to profit by them.
The night passed. and the next day.
after dinner, Rcdruth and were afoot
again aud on the roa1. l snid good-by
to mother and the cove where had lived
since | was born, and the dcnr old Adj
miral l!cnbow- since he was reprinted,
no longer quite SO dear. One of my last
thoughts wns of the captain, who had
so often strobe along the beach with his
cooked hat, his sabcr-cut check, and his
old brass telescope. Next moment We
had turned the corner, and my home
was out of sight.
The mail picked us up about dusk
ut the Royal George, on the heath.
was wcdgcd in between Rcdruth and
stout old gentleman, and in spite of
the swift motion and the cold night dir.
must have lozed great deal from
the very first, and then slept like n
log uphill and down dale through stage
after stage; for when was awakened,
at last, it was by punch in the ribs,
and opened my eyes to find that we
were standing still before n large build
ing in city street, and that the day
had already broken long time.
"Whcre are wc?" l asked
bristol" said Tom. Get down."
MIR. Trelnwncy had taken up his resi-
dcnce ut an inn FIR down the docks, to
Bupcrintcnd the work upon the schoon-
err. Thithcr We had now to walk, and
our why, to my great delight, lay along
the qnays and beside the great multi
tude OF ships Of all sizes and rigs and
nations. In one. sailors were singing
at their work; in another, there were
men nloft. high over my head. hanging
TO threads that seemed no thicker than
a spdcr'a. Though l had lived by the
shore all my life. | seemed never to