Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-18
here in nv pocket some clew to where

along, ana III have that treasure II L
search n year"
Very WELL" said the doctor. snow.
then, II Jim is agreeable. we'll open
the packet" and he laid it before him
on the table
The bundle was sewn together, and
the doctor had TO get out his instru-
ment case and cut the stitches with his
medical scissors. IL contained two
things-a book and a sealed paper.
First Of all we'll try the book" OBJ
served the doctor.
The squire and l were both pccring
over his shoulder rs he opened il, for
DIR. Lnesey had kindly motioned me to
come round from the side table, where
] had been eating, 70 enjoy the sport OF
the search. On the first page there
were only some scraps of writing, such
as man with pen in his hand might
make for idleness or practice. One was
the same as the tattoo mark, BILLY
Bones his fancy" and then there was
"Mr. W. Bones, mate" 'No more rum"
'Off Palm Key he got itt;" and some
other snatches, mostly single words
and unintelligible. | could not help
wondering who Il was that had got
itt," and what lit" was that he got
A knife in his back as like IA not
Not much instruction there" said
DIR. Liyesey, as he passed on.
The next ten or twelve pages were
filled with a curious series of entries.
There was a date at one end of the line
and at the other n sum of money, as in
common books; but instead of
explanatory writing only n varying
number of crosses between the two.
On the 12th of June, HAS, for instance,
a sum of { 20 had plainly become due
TO some one, and there was nothing but
six crosses 10 explain the cause. In
a few cases. to he sure, the name of a
place would he added, as "Offe Carac-
cas-" or a mere entry Of latitude and
longitude, as ''62 degrees, IL minutes,
20 seconds, 10 degrees . minutes 40 sec
onds."
The record lasted over nearly 20
years, the amount of the separate en-
tries growing larger as time went on.
md at the end q grand total had been
made out after five or six wrong adj
ditions. and these words appended:
Bones his pile"
81 can't make head or tail of this"
said DIR. Livesey.
The thing is clear as MONDAY"
cried the squire. This is the black
hearted hounds account-book. These
crosses stand for the names of the
ships OF towns that they have sunk or
plundered. The sums are the scoun-
drers share, and where he feared an
ambiguity, you see he added something
clearer. '0ffe Caracas now; you see,
here WINS some unhappy vessel boarded
off that coast. God help the poor souls
that manned her-coral long ago"
Right said the doctor. "See what
it is to he n traveller. Right. And the
amounts increase, you see, as he rose
In rank"
There was little else in the volume
but a few bearings of places noted in
the blank leaves toward the end, and a
table for reducing French, English and
Spanish moneys to a common value.
Thrifty mani" cried the doctor. lie
wasn't the one 10 be cheated"
"And now" said the squire, "for the
other"
The paper had been sealed in several
places with a thimble by way of seal;
the very thimble, perh .ps, that I had
found In the captains pocket. The doc
tor opened the seals with great care.
and there fell out the map of an island.
with latitude and longitude, soundings,
names of hills and bays and inlets. and
every particular that would be needed
to bring a ship to a safe anchorage
upon its shores. II was about nine
miles long and five across, shaped, You
might say, like a fat dragon standing
up, and had two fine land-locked har-
bors, and a hill in the center part
marked THE Spy Glass" There were
several additions of n later date, but.
above all, three crosses Of red ink-two
on the north part of the island, one in
the southwest, and beside this last, in
the same red ink, and in a small, neat
hand, very different from the captains
lottery characters, these words: Bulk
of treasure here"
Over on the back the same hand had
written this further information:
Tall tree. Spy glass shoulder. bearing a
point to the N. Of n. N. f.
Skeleton Island E. 8. E. and by E.
| Ten feet.
THE bar silver is in the north cache: you
can find II by the trend of the east hum
mock. ten fathoms south Of the black crag
| with the face on II.
THE arms are easy found. in the sand
=
e. and a quarter N. j. F."
That was all; but forief as it was, and
TO me, incomprehensible, II filled the
squire and DR.. Livesey with delight.
"Livesey," said the squire, you will
give up this wretched practice at once.
Tomorrow start for Bristol. In three
weeks time-three weeks!-two weeks
ten days-we'll have the best ship
sir, and the choicest crew in England
Hawkins shall come as cabin boy
You'll make famous cabin boy, Haw.
kins. You, Livesey, are ships doctor;
I am admiral. Wen take Redruth
Joyce and Hunter. Well have favor.
able winds and a quick passage, and
not the least difficulty in finding the
| sPOt, " Sde-tO iOii
play duck and drake with ever after"
"Trelawney," said the doctor, at
go with you; and I'll go bail for II, sc
will Jim, and be a credit to the under.
taking. There's only one man I'm
afraid Of"
"And who is that?" cried the squire
"Name the dog, siri"
"You," replied the doctor; "for you
cannot hold your tongue. We are no,
the only men who know of this paper
These fellows who attacked the inn to-
night-bold, desperate blades, for SURE
and the rest who stayed aboard tina,
lugger, and more, l dare say. not far
off, are, one and all, through thick ant
thin, bound that they'll get that money
We must none of us go alone till we
get to sea. Jim and l shall stick to
gether in the meanwhile; you'll TAX,
Joyce and Hunter when you ride &c
Bristol, and. from first to last, not on,
Of us must breathe a word Of wha,
we've found"
'Livesey," returned the squire, '.yor