Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-17
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER L-BLly Bones, an old sea
dog, much addicted to rum. lodges at Ad-
miral Benbow Inn.
CHAPTER IL-Stranger, called BLACK
Dog" meets Homes; an interview ends In
fight and disappearance Of stranger.
Bones suffers Rpoplectic stroke.
CHAPTER III.-Blind .beggar comes TO
and leaves. ''Ten o'clockr' Bones
cries six hours. Well do them YETI at
which moment he is struck dead by apo
plexy.
CHAPTER Iv.-Near Bones body. is
found a little round paper. blaskened dor, on
nave t ten ten oe tongh Gs Gold is found in
Bones sea chest and an oilskin packet.
Flight taken from inn.
CHAPTER V.-Blind man (Pew) with
companions attack the inn. Chagrined at
not finding 'Flint's fist" the scoundrels
scatter. Blind Pew is run down and killed
by a horse.
CHAPTER vI.-Young Hawkins taxes
packet to DR.. Livesey, who with Squire
Trelawney opens IT and finds minute d.
rections for finding Of vast treasure
CHAPTER VII.-Trelawney fits up ex-
pedition to seek treasure.
CHAPTER VIIL-Jlm Hawkins meets
Black Dog at John Sllvers inn. Black Dog
runs away, and Silver avows ignorance OF
his identity.
CHAPTER IX.-Ship's captain thinks
some things on board somewhat singular
taken, among which are the storing OF
the powder and arms astern and giving
the doctor and his friends berths beside
CHAPTER X-"Hispaniola" begins her
voyage. Hawkins climbs into apple bar
rel and overhears plans OF treachery on
CT CHAPTER Xf.-Plot Qaid by Silver,
ships cook provides for the strike for
possession of the treasure immediateiy Il
is gotten aboard. Cry OF Land no.
CHAPTER XII.-Hawkins tells Of Sill
ver's treachery to Livesey. Trelawney ana
Can't Smollett, who hold a council OF war.
CHAPTER XIII-Mutiny begins to show
In restlessness of men, and captain de-
cides to give tho men an afternoon ashore
Jim Hawkins slips off with them. but on
the island gives them the slip.
CHAPTER AIV.-f ON cover Jim sees
Silver kill one of the honest hands, and
another part of the island and runs from
the scene.
CHAPTER XV.-Jim meets Ben Gum, q
marooned sailor who had lived on island
three years. Report of a cannon is heard.
Both run for boat when they see In the
wood the union jack.
CHAPTER XVI.-Hunter and the doc
tor go ashore in a jolly-boat. discover
block-house within a stockade and de-
eide to provision 1t. Faithful party Is
Joined BY Gray. mutineer. ,i,Iers anq tne sh,p up
board.
CHAPTER xvIL-Jolly-boat starts on
last trip to shore overloaded with pro-
visions. Mutineers on ship man the gun.
Trelawney picks off one Of the gunners-
Cannon bali passes over boat, which sinks
and leaves party TO wade ashore Bucca-
CHAPTER XVHI--Fight with buc-
cancers results in one killed on each side:
Faithful party gain the stockade and
run up the British colors.
CHAPTER xIX:IJim seeing the colors
knows he is near friends and, leaving Ben
Gum. climbs into the stockade.
CHAPTER XX.-Silver, under flag of
truce, makes overtures for chart to get the
treasure by, but fails.
CHAPTER XXI.-Buccaneers attack
stockade, are worsted. leaving five dead
behind. The faithful party loses two and
Capt Smollett wounded.
CHAPTER XXII.-Doctor sets out to
Ben Gum had built, and decides to cut
"Hlspaniola." now flying the jolly roger
adrift.
CHAPTER XIII. = Schooner now
they in drunken brawl, is cut from an
chor. Jim then, from sheer exhaustion.
falls i4 a1leeg & i{g IN 5ott9m lqt% q coIEacle
the "Hispaniola' helplessly drifting, and
catching the 1tpDooIns, ataaTt her nd iea ns
CHAPTER XXV.-Jim finds one Of the
mutlneers 90 Brien) dead. killed by Hands,
and Hands. the only survivor on board,
severely wounded; decides to reach the
''t-P cHAPTER iAfs Hlia 3RvL-uands manog- -
secure a dirk. Jim discovers the treachery
and escapes up mast. to which he Is
pinned by Hands throwing his dirk. Jim
fires his pistol
- Ir1r XXVII.-Hands pierced by
bullet falls into the water and sinks.
Jim makes fast the vessel and returns by
moonlight to stockade to discover he has
fallen Into the hostile camp.
CHAPTER XXVIII-A quarrel among
the buccaneers causes a revolt and they
take council, during which Silver tells
Jim he will stand by him.