Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-01-06
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SYNOPSIS.

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CHAPTER billy Bones, an old Sea
dog. much addicted TO rum, lodges at Ad'
| CHAPTER IL-Stranger, called "Blach
| Dog" meets Bonesi an Interview ends In
| fight and disappearance or stranger
Bones suffers apoplectic stroke.
CHAPTER III-Blind beggar comes To
Inn, presses something in Bones hand
and leaves. Ten o'elockl" Bones
cries. "Six hours. Wen do them YETI" al
which moment he is struck dead by apo
plexy.
CHAPTER IV.-Near Bones body Is
found little round paper, blackened on
one side, on the other the words: You
have till 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 "Flint's fist" the scoundrels
scatter Blind Pew is run down and killed
by a horse.
CHAPTER vL-Young Hawkins takes
packet TO DR.. Livesey, who with Squire
Trelawney opens 1t and finds minute d.
rections for finding of vast treasure.
CHAPTER VIf.-Trelawney fits up ex-
petition TO seek treasure.
CHAPTER Within Hawkins meets
Black Dog at John Silver's inn. Black
Dog runs away, and Silver avows igno-
rance Of his identity.
CHAPTER IX.-Ship's captain thinks
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and asks to have certain precautions tax
en-, among which are the storing of the
powder and arms astern and giving the
doctor and his friends berths beside the
cabin.
CHAPTER X.-"Hispaniol begins her
voyage. Hawkins climbs into apple bar
rel and oyerhears plans Of treaehery on
foot among theerew.
CHAPTER XI-Plot (aid by Silver,
shops cook provides for the strike for
possession of the treasure Immediately 1t
is gotten aboard. Cry of Gland hop
heard.
CHAPTER Kill Hawkins tells of sill.
ver's treachery to Livesey, Trelawney and
Capt Smollett, who hold a council OF war.
CHAPTER XIII.-Mutiny begins to
show in restlessness of men, and captain
decides to give the men an afternoon
ashore. Jim Hawkins slips of with them,
but on the island gives them the slip.
CHAPTER %Iv.-Trom 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
CHAPTER Xv.-Jim meets Ben Gum. a
marooned sailor who had lived on island
three years. Report Of cannon Is heard.
Both run for boat when they see In the
wood the union Jack.
CHAPTER XVI.-Hunter and the doc
tor so ashore IN ioly-boat discover
bloek-house within stockade and de-
eide to provision it. Faithful party Is
Joined by Gray, a mutineer. and the ship
left with the five remaining mutineers on
board.
CHAPTER XVIL-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 sinks
and leaves party to wade ashore Bucca-
neers heard near by in the wood.
CHAPTER XVIiI.-Tig7it with puc-
cancers results in one killed on each side:
Faithful party gain the stockade and
run up the British colors,
CHAPTER XIX.-Jim seeing the colors
knows he is near friends and, leaving Ben
Gum, climbs into the stockade.
CHAPTER XX.-Silver. under flag OF
truce, makes overtures for chart to get the
treasure by, but fails.
CHAPTER XX1-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 had built and decides to cut
Hispaniola," now flying the jolly roger
adrift