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PART III.
CHAPTER XV.-CoNTINUED.

ALI tDlS tlIne ne 1du DeeH lceIlHP Ine
stuff of my jacket, smoothing my hands,
looking at my boots, and generally, in
the intervals of his speech, showing
childish pleasure in the presence of n
fellow creature. But at my last words
ne perked up into a kind of startled sly
ness.
"If you ever get aboard again, says
ou?" he repeated. why, now, who's
o hinder you?"
"Not you, know" was my reply.
"And right you was" he cried. Now
you-what do you call yourself, mate?"
Jim" told him.
Jim, jim" says he, quite pleased, ap-
parently. well, now, Jim, I've lived
that rough as you'd be ashamed to a
hear of. Now, for instance, you
wouldn't think l had pious mother
TO look at me?" he asked.
'~Wby, no, not in particular" | an
swered.
"Ah, we'll" said he, "but l had-re-
rnarkably pious. And / was a civil,
pious boy, and could rattle off my cate
chism that fast, as you couldn't tell
one word from another. And here's
what it come to, Jim, and it begun with
cbuck-farthen on the blessed grave
stones! That's what it begun with,
but it went further'n that; and so my
mother told me, and prediclied the
whole, she did, the pious woman. But
1T were Providence that put me here.
I've thought it all out in this here lone
Ry island, and I'm back on piety. You
scau't catch me tasting rum so much;
but Just a thimbleful for luck. of
course, the first chance | have. I'm
bound I'll be good, and see the way to.
And, jim" looking all around him,
and lowering his voice to whisper
I'm rich"
now felt sure that the poor fellow
aad gone crazy in his solitude, and
suppose must have shown the feeling
in my face, for he repeated the
statement, hotly:
erich! rch / says. And I'll tell
you what; I'll make man of you, jim.
Ah, jim, you'll bless your stars, you
will, you was the first that found
mel"
And a this there came suddenly a low
ering shadow over his face, and he
frightened his grasp upon my hand, and
raised a foretinger threateningly be-
fore my eyes.
Now, Jim, you tell me true; that
ain't Flint's ship?" he asked.
At this | had a happy inspiration.
began to believe that | had found an
ally. and l answered him at once.
"Ifs not Flint's ship, and Flint is
dead; but I'll tell you true, as you ask
me-there are some of FIints hands
aboard; worse luck for the rest of us
mot a man-with one-leg?" he
gasped.
"Silver?" I asked
"Ah, Silver" says he; that were his
name."
Hes the cook; and the ringleader
700"
He was still holding me by the wrist
and at that he gave it a quiet wiring.
"If you was sent by Long john" he
said, I'm as good as pork, and know
ii. But where was you, do you sup
pose|
had made my mind up in a moment
and by way of answer told him thu
whole story of our voyage, and the pre-
dicament in which ~ found ourselves
lie heard me with the keenest interest
and when | had done he patted me OF
the head.
you're a good lad, jim" he said
sand you're all in a Glove hitch, ain
you? Well, you just put your trust il
Hen Gunn-Ben Gums the man to dC
1T. Would you think it likely, now
that your squire would prove a liberal
minded one in case of help him being
in a Glove hitch, as you remark?"
told him the squire was the most lib
eral of men.
"Ah, but you see" returned Bel
Gum, 81 didn't mean giving me a gat
to keep. and a suit of livery clothes
and such; that's not my mark, Jim
What | mean is, would he be likely t.
come down to the toon of, say 100
out OF money that's as good as a man
own already?"
II am sure he would" said l. "As i
was, all hands were to share"
And { passage home?" he added
with look of great shrewdness.
"Why," | cried, 1.-The squire's a gen
tleman. And, besides, if we got rid o
the others, we should want you to nell
work the vessel home"
"Ah," said he, $50 you world" An,
ne seemed very much relieved.
CHOW, I'll tell you what" he wen
on. $50 much I'll tell you, and no more
were in Flint's ship when he burie
the treasure; he and six along-si
strong seamen. They was ashore mig
Du week, and us standing off an
or in the Old 'Walrus.' One fine da
IN went the signal, and here com
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