The Irish standard., 1897-10-02

squire.
OF him. that. 1 tell you, sir, was some
times proud he was an Englishman.
I've seen his topsails with these eyes,
off Trinidad, and the cowarllly son of n
rum-punchcon that l sailed with put
hack--put bnck, Sir. into Port of
Spain"
We'll, Two heard of him myself. in
England" said the doctor. "But the
point is, had he money!"
Money!" cried the squire. "lIavc
you heard the story? What were these
villains after but money? What do they
care for but money? For what would
they risk their rascal carcasscs but
money!"
"flnat we shall soon know" replied
the doctor. "But you are so confound-
eddy hot-headed md explanatory TINT
cannot get n word in. What want to
know is this: Surprising That l have
here in my pocket some clew to where
Flint buried his treasure, will that
treasure amount to much?"
amount, sir!" cried the squire ut
will amount to this; if we have the clcw
you talk about, / 1T out II ship in Bristol
| dock, and take You and Hawkins here
along, and I'll have that treasure if
search u year"
Every we'll" said the doctor. "Now,
then, If Jim is agreeable. we'll open
the packet" and lie Ibid it before him
on the table.
The bundle was sewn together, and
the doctor had to get out his instru-
ment case and cut the stitches with his
medical scissors. 1t contained two
thngs-a book and n sealed paper.
First OF all we'll try the book" OBJ
served the doctor.
Tho squire and / were both pcerine
over his shoulder as he opened il, for
DIR. Livcsey hnd kindly motioncd me to
come round from the side table. where
1 had been eating, to enjoy the sport of
the search On the first page there
were only some scraps of writing, such
as man with pen in his hand might
make Tor idlcncss or practice. One was
the same as the tattoo mark. "I'ily
Bones his fnncy;" and then there WAS
"Mr. w. Bones, mate" "No more rum"
"Olf Palm Key he got itt;" and some
other snntcllcs, mostly single words
and unintclligiblc. could not help
wondering who it was that had got
itt," and what "itt" was that he got.
A knife in his back as like rs not.
Not much instruction there" said
DIR. Livescy, as he passed on.
The next ten or twelve pages were
filled with n curious series of entries.
There was n date at one end of the line
ana ut the other n sum of money, MS in
common ncconnt-books; but instead Of
explanatory writing only varying
number of crosses between tho two
On the 18th Of June. 1745, for instance,
sum OF 97o had plainly become due
TO some one, and there was nothing but
six crosses to explain the cause In
few cnscs, to be sure, the name OF n
place would be added, as "Otfc Carnc-
cas-" or mere entry of Intitude and
longitude. as "G2 degrees. II minutes,
20 seconds. 10 degrees minutes 40 sec
ontls."
The record lasted over nearly 20
gears. the amount of the separate EN-
tries growing larger as time went on,
md at the end grand total had been
made ont after five or six wrong nd
dltions, and these words appcntled:
"Boncs his pile"
81 can't make head or tail of this"
said DIR. Livcscy.
1.-The thing is clcnr MS noontny,"
cried the squire. This is the bIack-
hearted hounds nccount-bnok. These
crosses stand for the nnmcs OF the
ships or towns that they have sunk or
pnndercd. The sums are the scoun-
drcrs sl'nre, and where he feared an
ambiguity. you see he added something
clearer. 'Ofrc Caraccns.' now: you see.
here was some unhappy vessel boarded
OFT that const. God help The poor souls
that manned hcr-cornl long ago"
Fright" said the doctor. "Sce whit
It Is TO nc n traveller. Right! And the