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CHAPTER XX.-CoNT1NuED.

"Well, here it u.s." said Silver. eve
want that treasure, and We'll have it
that's our point! You would lust as
soon save your lives, I reckon; and
that's yours. You have e.-art, haven't
you?"
"That's as may be-" replied the cap
tain.
"Oh, well, you have, 1 know that"
returned Long John. "You needn't be
so husky with man; there amt par
ticle OF service in that, and you may lay
to it. What mean is, we want your
chart. Now, I never meant you no
harm, myself"
THAT won't do with me, my man."
interrupted the captain. 'We know ex-
'actly what you meant to do, and we
don't care; for now, you see, you can't
do it,"
And the captain looked at him calm
ly, and proceeded to fill his pipe.
''If Abe Gray Silver broke out.
"Avant there!" cried Mr.. Smollett.
3Gray told me nothing, and I asked him
nothing; and what's more, would sec
you and him and this whole island
blown clean out of the water into blaZes
first. So there's my mind for you, my
man, on that"
This little Whit of temper seemed to
cool Silver down. He had been grow
ing nettled before, but now he pulled
himself together.
'Like enough" said he. II would
set no limits to what gentlemen might
consider ship shape, or might not, as
the case were. And, secin' as how yo,:
are about to take pipe, cap'n, I'll make
so free as to do likewise"
And he filed a pipe and lighted it,
and the two men sat silently smok-
ing for quite awhile, now looking each
other in the face, now stopping their to-
bacco, now leaning forward to spit. 1t
was as good as the play to see them.
"Now," resumed Silver, "here it is.
You give us the chart to get the
treasure by, and drop shooting poor
seamen and slowing in their heads while
asleep. You do that, and We'll offer
you a choice. Either you come along
aboard of us, once the treasure shipped,
and then I'll give you my affydavy,
upon my word of honor, to clap you
somewhere's safe ashore. Or, if that
amt your fancy, some of my hands, be-
ing rough, and having old scores on ac-
count of hazing, then you can stay here,
you can. Well divide stores with you,
man for man, and I'll give you my affy-
davy, as before, to speak the first ship
I sight, and send 'em here to pick you
up. Now, you'll own that's talking.
Handsomer. you couldn't look to get,
not you. And 1 hope" raising his
voice "that all hands in this here
blockhouse will overhaul my words, for
what is spoke to one is spoke to ALL
Capt. Smollett rose from his seat, and
knocked out the ashes from his pipe in
the palm of his left hand.
SIS that all?" he asked.
:'Every last word, by thunder!" an
swered John. "Refuse that, and you've
seen the last of me but musket-balls. y
Every wel1,' said the captain. Now
you'll hear me. ii you'll come up one
by one, unarmed, I'll engage to clap you
all in irons, and take you home to a
fair trial in England. If you won't,
my name is Alexander Smollett, I've
flown my sovereign's colors, and III
see you all to Davy Jones. You can't
find the treasure. You can't sail the
ship-there's not a man among you fit
to sail the ship. You can't fight us
Gray, there, got away from five of you.
Your ships in irons, Master Silver:
you're on a lee-shore, and so you'll find.
stand here and tell you SO, and they're
the last good words you'll get from me :;
for, in the name of Heaven, I'll put a
bullet in your back when next I meet
you. Tramp, my lad. Bundle out of