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PART III.
THE SEA COOK.
CHAPTER VII.
GO TO BRISTOL

IGo TO BRISTOL.
II VS. longer than the squire i'm
hed ere we were ready for the sea,
and none of our first plans-not even
Dr. Livesey's, of keeping me beside him
could be carried out as we intended.
The doctor had to go to London for
q physician 10 take charge of his prac-
lice; the squire was hard at work at
Bristol; and lived on at the Hall I'M
der the charge of old Redruth, the
gamekeeper, almost a prisoner but full
of sea dreams and the most charming
- 2nticipations of strange islands and adj
ventures. 1 brooded by the hour to-
gether over the map. all the details of
which well remembered. Sitting by
the fire in the housekeeper's room, 1
approached that island in my fancy,
from every possible direction; l ex-
plored every acre of its surface;
. climbed o thousand times TO that tall
hill they call the Spy-glass, and from
the top enjoyed the most wonderful
and changing prospects. Sometimes
the isle was thick with savages, with
whom we fought; sometimes full of
dangerous animals that hunted us; but
in all my fancies nothing occurred TO
me SO strange and tragic as our actual
adventures.
So the weeks passed on, till one fine
day there came letter addressed TO DIR.
Livesey, with this addition: TO be
= opened in the case of his absence by
Ton Redruth, or young Hawkins"
0beying thts>erder we found, or rather
i found-for she gamekeeper was
poor hand at reading anything but
print-the following important news:
',oid Anchor Inn, Bristol, March i, IL.
Dear Livesey: AS do not know wheth-
er you are at the Hall or still in London, j
send this IN double to both places.
The ship Is bought and ntted. She lies
at anchor. ready for sea You never i'm
agined a sveeter schooner-a child might
sail her-two hundred tons; name. His
psniola-'
Il got her through my old friend. Bland
iy. who has proved himself throughout the
: most surprising trump. The bic
90. ! may say. did every one In Bristol, s
soon as they got wtnd Of the port we sailed
for-treasure. mean"
~Redruth," said i, interrupting the
letter. DIR. Livesey will not like that.
The squire has been talking after ALL"
well. who's got a better right?"
growled the gamekeeper. "a pretty
rum go IL squire amt 10 talk for DR..
Livesey, I should think"
At that I gave up all attempts at COM
mentary, and read straight on:
'Blandiy himself found the TIispaniola,
and by the most admirable management
got her for the rnerest trine. There Is q
class Of men In Bristol monstrously pretu-
diced against Blandly. They go the length
Of declaring that this honest creature
would do anything for money, that the
Hispaniols' belonged TO him and that he
sold Il me absurd,y high-the most trans
parent calumnies. None OF them dare.
however, TO deny the merits Of the ship.
so far there was not hitch. The work
people 10 be sure--riggers and what not
were most annoy1ngiy slow; but time cured
that. II was the crew that troubled me.
wfsn-d q round score of men-in case
OF natives. buccaneers. or the odious
French-and had the worry OF the deuce
Itself TO ind so much as half a dozen. fill
the most remarkable stroke OF fortune
brought me the very man that required.
Il was standing on the dock. when. by
the merest accident. fell in talk with him.
found he was an old sailor. KEEP; public
mouse. knew All lie Seatar1nk men II BITS
toll had lost his health ashore. and want
ed q good berth as cook 20 get to sea again.
He had hobbled down there that morning.
ne said. to set shell Of the salt.
Il was monstreusly touched-so would
you have bernard. out OF pure pity. en-
gagged him on tho spot TO be ships cook.
Long John Silver. he Is called. and has lost
aleg: but that regarded as a recommends
ton. since he lost It In his country's serv-
ice. under the immortal Hawke. He has no
pension. Liyesey. Imagine the asomin-
able age we live In,
wei, sir, I thought I had only found a
cook. but u was a crew had discovered.
Between Silver and myself we got to-
gether In few days q company Of the
toughest old salts imaginable-not pretty
10 look at. but fellows, by their faces. Of the
most indomita BILE spirit Ideclare we could
Fight q frigste.
Long John even got rid of two out OF the
s1x cr--eyepI had already engaged. He
showed me In a moment THAI they were
just the sort OF fresh-water swabs we had
10 fear In an adventure of importance.
Il am In the most magnificent health and
spirits. eating like a bull. sleeping like a
tree. yet I shall not enjoy a moment till ]
hear my old tarpaulins tramping round the
capstan- Seward no. Hang the TREASURED
It's the glory OF the sea that has turned
my head. So now. Livesey. come post: dc
not lose an hour. II you respect me.
Let young Hawkins go at once to see
HIS mother. with Redruth for a guard; and
then both come full speed to Bristol.
JOHN TRELAwNEY.
''P. ST. AID not tell you that Blandly
who. by the way, is 10 send q eonsort after
us n we don't turn up by the end of Au-
gust. had found an admirable fellow fol
sailing -master-a stin man, which regret
But. In all other respects. q treasure. Ions
John Silver unearthed a very competent
man for a mate. . man named Arrow.
Aaw 49, 49, -
things shall go man-o'-war fashion or
board the good ship 'Hispaniola-'
forgot TO tell you that Silver Is q mar
OF substance; know OF my own knowledge
that he has q bankers account. which Ia,
never been overdrawn. He leave. his wife
to manage the inn: and as she Is a woman
OF color. pair OF old bachelors like you anc
may be excused for guessing that Il Is tn.
wife. quite as much as the health, tina
sends him back to rowing. 1T.
p p. s.-Hawkins may stay one nigh
with his mother. J. T."
You can fancy the excitement int
which that letter put me. / was hal
beside myself with glee; and If ever
despised Q man, 1t was old Tom Red
ruth, who could do nothing but grumbl.
and lament. Any Of the under game
keepers would gladly have changes
places with him; but such was not Tn,
squire's pleasure, and the squire's pleas
are was Ike law among them all. No
body but old Redruth would have daret
- much a. even to grumble.
The next morning he and I set on
On foot for the Admiral Benbow. an,
there ! sound my mother in goot
health and spiets. The captain. win
had y long bas . snas Of % uuel