Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
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CHAPTER billy Bones, an old sea
dog. much addicted to rum, lodges at Ad-
CHAPTER TL-Stranger, called BLACK
Dog" meets Homes; an interview ends IN
fight and disappearance OF stranger
Bones suffers spoplectic stroke.
CHAPTER II.-Blind beggar comes to
Inn, presses something in Bones hand
cries. erie six hours Wen do them yet;" at
which moment he is struck DEAD py apo
pleXy
CHAPTER Iv.-Near Bones body is
found a little round paper. biackenel on
have TN ten tonight" 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 ,''FInt's fist" the scogndre-s
scatter. Blind Pew is run down and killed
by a horse.
CHATTER vI.-Young Hawkins taxes
packet to DR.. Livesey, who with Squire
Trelawney opens II and finds minute d.
rections for finding of vast treasure
CHAPTER VII.-Trelawney fits up ex-
pedition to seek treasure.
y CHAPTER VIII-Jim Hawkins meets
Black Dog at John Silver's inn. Black Dog
runs away. and Silver avows ignorance OF
CHAPTER IX.-ship's captain thinks
some things on board somewhat singular
and asks to have certain precautions
II,
the powder and arms astern and giving
the doctor and his friends berths beside
the cabin.
voyage Hawkins climbs into apple bar
rel and overhears plans OF treachery on
foot among the crew. GO,
CHAPTER XI.-Plot 0a!d by Silver,
ship's cook provides for the strike Tor
possession Of the treasure Immediately II
Is gotten aboard. Cry of Land no
heard. ,
CHAPTER XII.-Hawkins tells of Sill
yer's treachery to Livesey, Trelawney and
Capt Smollett. who hold council OF war
CHAPTER XIII.-Mutlny begins to show
in restlessness of men, and captain de-
cides 10 give the men an afternoon ashore.
Jim Hawkins slips OF with them. but on
the island gives them the slip.
CHAPTER AIV.-r ON cover Jim sees
Silver Kill one of the honest hands. and
also learns of the murder Of another In
another part of the island and runs from
the scene.
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 20 ashore in jolly-boat discover a
block-house within a stockade and de-
Joined by Gray, a mutineer, and the ship
left with the five remaining mutineers on
board.
CHAPTER XVII.-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 ball passes over boat which anns. SIM.
neers heard near by in the wood.
CHAPTER XVIII.-Fight with buc-
cancers results in one killed on each side:
Faithful party gain the stockade ana
run up the British colors
CHAPTER XIX.-Jim seeing the coloTs
knows he is near friends and, leaving Ben
Gum, climbs into the stockade.
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truce, makes overtures for chart 10 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
find Ben Gum. Jim slips off to seek boat
Ben Gum he'd built. and decides to cut
"Hispaniola." now dying the jolly roger,
adrift.
CHAPTER XXI1I. - Schooner now
manned by only two OF the pirates, and
they in a drunken brawl. is cut from an
chor. Jim then, from sheer exhaustion.
faf aaiPl1s n %Va~ak6k 9Stf2 e9kfeae Jim
the ''Hispaniola' helplessly drifting and
by great effort reaches her and leaps.
catching the 1ibboom.
CHAPTER XXV.-Jim finds one of tha
mutineers (O'Brien) dead. killed by Hands,
and Hands. the only survivor on hoard,
ship In North inlet.
CHAPTER XxVI-Hands rhanag~, -
secure a dirk. Jim discovers the lredcntTy
and escapes up mast, to which he is
pinned by Hands throwing his dirk. Jim
fires his pistol.
-..Irn XXVII.-Hands pierced Dy
a 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 revolt and they
take council during which Silver tells
Jim he will stand by him.
CHAPTER XXIX.-Buccaneers return
and give Silver the BLACK spot. on one
side of which is written "deposeo." Sill
yer, in answer, throws to them the chart
of the island, showing location of treasure.
which they had SO long coveted and he
Is again made the buccaneer chieftain.
CHAPTER xxx. - Doctor attends
wounded buccaneers has a short talk
with Jim. when latter tells of his ex-
ploits. Doctor advises Silver to. keep the
boy close beside him as he goes on his
treasure hunt that day.
CHAPTER XXXI.-Pirates set OF, &C
cording to chart, for buried treasure: come
upon a human skeleton which brings to
them gloomy recollections of the dead
Capt. Flint
CHAPTER XXXII.-Going a little fur
ther the superstitious buccaneers are
stopped by the sound Of Capt. Flfnts old
sea song, but, reassured on recognizing
voice of their old companion Ben Gum,
march onto find the hidden treasure
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