Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-08
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turcly; and, after quite a long passage.
| landed at the mouth of the second
river-that which runs down a woody
cleft of the Spy glass. Thence, bend.
/ ing 10 our left. we began to- ascend the
! slope toward the plateau.
At the first outset. heavy. miry
/ ground and n matted. marsh vrgeta-
I ton greatly delayed our progress;
| hut 10y little and little the hill began II
/ Stccprn and become stony uudcrfoot,
and the wood to change its character
/ and ia grow in a more open order Ii
+ was, indeed. a most pleasant portion of
/ the island that we were now approach
/ ing. \ hcayy-scentcd bloom and many
| Towering shrubs had almost taken the
4 place of grass. Tickets of green nut
meg trees were dotted here and there
with the red columns and the broad
shadow of the pines; and the first min
gled their spice with the aroma of the
/ others. The air. besides. was FRESH and
/ stirring. and this. under the sheer sun
/ beams, was a wonderful cshment
/ To our senses.
/ fan shape. shouting and leaping to and
I fro. About the center. and good
I way behind the rest. Silver and | fol
lowed tethered 10y my rope he pillow p
/ ing, with deep pants, among the slid
| ing gravel. From time To time. in
/ deed. had To lend him hand. or hc
must have missed his footing and fallen
backward down the hill.
We had thus proceeded for about
half mile, and were approaching the
! brow of the plateau. when the man
upon the furthest left began To cry
/ aloud, rs il in terror. Shout after
/ shout came from him, and the others
/ began 10 run in his direction.
''IIe can't have found the treasure .
/ said old Morgan, hurrying past us
/ from the right. "for that's clean a top
Indeed. as we found when we also
reached the spot. il was something
very different. At the foot of pretty
big pine, and involved in green
creeper. which had even partly lifted
some of the smaller bones. human
/ skeleton lay, with a few shreds of cloth
/ ing. on the ground. ! believe a chill
struck for moment to every heart.
lie was a seaman" said George
/ Merry, who, holder than the rest, had
| gone up close, and was examining the
rags of clothing. "Leastways, this is
a good sea-cloth"
"Ay, ay," said Silver. like enough;
YOU wouldn't look to find bishop here.
/ ! reckon. But what sort of a way is
that for bones TO lie? faint in
| natur'."
Indeed. on second glance, il seemed
impossible TO fancy that the body was
in a natural position. But for some
disarray (the work, perhaps of the
birds that had fed upon him, or of the
slow-growing creeper that had grad
uaily enyeloped his remains) the man
/ lay perfectly straight-his feet point
ing in one direction, his hands, raised
above his head like divers, pointing
directly in the opposite.
! I've taken a notion into nv old
numskull," observed Silver. Heres
the compass; there's the tip-top pint
of Skeleton island, stickin' out like a
tooth. just take bearing. will you.
along the line o: them bones"
1t was done. The body pointed
straight in the direction of the island
and the compass read duly L. s. f. by Z.
Il thought so,' cried the cook; this
here is a p'inter. Right up there is our
line for the pole star and the jolly dol.
lars. But, by thunder, if il don't make
me cold inside to think Of Flint. This
is one of his jokes, and no mistake
Him and these six were alone here; h
killed EN-. every man; and this one he
hauled here and laid down by com
pass, SILVER my timbers! They're long
bones, and the hairs been yellow. Ay
that would be Allardyce. You mind
Allardyce, Tom Morgan"
"Ay. ay," returned Morgan, 81 mind
him; he owed me money, he did. and
took my knife ashore with him."
Speaking of knives" said another
why don't we find his'n lying round :
Flint warn't the man TO pick seaman,
pocket; and the birds, guess, woult
leave il be-"
by the powers, and that's true!
cried Silver.
There amt a thing left here" snit
Merry, still feeling around among thu
BONES, mot copper doit nor bacc.
box. 1t don't look nat'ral to me"
"No, by gum, it don't" agreed Sill
YER; mot nat'ral. nor not nice, SAYS
you. Great guns! messmate. but, i,
] i<ip 4,
spot for you and me. Six they were
and six are we; and bones is what the,
are now"
81 saw him dead with these here dead
lights" said Morgan. Billy took me
in. There lie laid, with penny -piecer
on his eyes"
"Dead-ay, sure enough he's dead
and gone below" said the fellow will
the bandage; but if ever speeri
walked, il would be Flint's. Dear heart
but he died bad, did Flint"
"Ay, and that he did" observed an
other; NOW he ragged, and now he hul
Ter for the rum, aud now he sung
Fifteen Men were his only song
mates; and tell YOU true, never right
ly liked TO hear it since. 1t was mail
hot, and the windy was open, and
hear that old song comm out as clear
as clear-and the death-haul on IL,
man already"
Come, come" said Silver, "stow thi'
talk. He's dead, and he don't walk. tina
| know; leastways, he won't walk b,
day, and you may lay TO that. Car,
killed the cat. Fetch ahead for tn
douoloons."
We started, certainly; but in spite o,
the hot sun and the staring daylight
the pirates no longer ran separat,
and shouting through the woods, bu
kept side by side, and spoke with batet
breath. The terror of the dead buc
cancer had fallen on their spirits
lTo BE Continued
wren's Nindication.