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PART II.
TIE SEA COOK. :,
CHAPTER VII.
GO TO BRISTOL


Or. Livesey's, of keeping me beside him
could be carried out as we intended.
The doctor had to go to London for
a physician to take charge of his prac
tlce; 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
antlcipations of strange islands and ad-
ventures. l brooded by the hour to-
gether over the map, all the details of
which we'll remembered. Sitting by
the tire in the housekeeper's room, l
approached that island in my fancy,
from every possible directions; l eX-
plored every acre of it's surface; l
climbed 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 a letter addressed to DR.!
Livesey, with this addition: '"To be
opened in the case of his absence by
Tom Redruth, or young Hawkins"
Obeying this order we found, or rather
l found-for the gamekeeper was a
poor hand at reading anything but
print-the following important news:
"Old Anchor Inn, Bristol, March l, IL.
Dear Livesey: AS do not know wheth-
or you are at the Hall or still in London, I
send this in double to both places.
1.-THE ship is bought and fitted. She lies
at anchor, ready for sea. You never i'm
agned a sweeter schooner-a child might
sail her-two hundred tons: name, His
PAMELA
Il got her through my old friend, Bland
ly. who has proved himself throughout the
most surprising trump. The admirable
fellow literally shaved in my interest, and
so, may say, did every one in Bristol, as
soon IS they got wind of the port we sailed
for-treasure, mean"
"Redruth," said L, interrupting the
letter, "Dr. Livesey will not like that.
The squire has been talking after all"
"Well, who's got better right"
growled the gamekeeper. "a pretty
rum go if squire amt to talk for Dr.
Liyesey, I should think"
At that gave up all attempts at COM
mentary, and read straight on:
"Blandly himself found the 'Hspaniola,
and by the most admirable management
got her for the merest tride. There is a
class of men in Bristol monstrously preju-
~, f1,n1 !,
OF declaring that this honest creature
would do anything for money, that the
'Hispaniola' belonged to him and that he
sold it me absurdly high-the most trans
parent calumnies. None of them dare,
however. to deny the merits Of the ship.
80 far there was not hitch. The work
people to be sure-riggers and what not
were most annoyingly slow; but time cured
that. 1t was the crew that troubled me.
II wished a round score Of men-in case
OF natives buccaneers, or the odious
French-and I had the worry Of the deuce
itself to find SO much as half dozen, till
the most remarkable stroke of fortune
brought me the very man that required.
II was standing on the dock, when, by
the merest accident, fell In talk with him.
found he was an old sailor, kept public
house. knew all the seafaring men in Bris-
tol. had lost his health ashore. and want
ed good berth as cook 20 get to sea again.
He had hobbled down there that morning.
he said. to get smell of the salt.
II was monstrously touched-so would
you have been-and, out of pure pity, en-
gagged him on the spot to be ships cook.
Long John Silver, he Is called, and has lost
aleg: but that regarded as arecommenda-
ton, since he lost it in his country's serv-
ice under the immortal Hawke. He has no.
pension, LiveSey. Imagine the abomin-
able age we live in!
''Well, sir, thought 7 had only found a
cook, but 1t was a crew had discovered.
Between Silver and myself we got to-
gether in few days a company Of the
toughest old salts imaginable-not pretty
to look at but fellows, by their faces of the
most indomitable spirit. declare we could
fight frgate.
Long John even got rid of two out Of the
six or seven ] had already engaged. He
showed me in moment that they were
just the sort of fresh-water swabs we had
to fear in an adventure Of Importance.
Il am in the most magnificent health and
spirits, eating like bull, sleeping like
tree, yet I shall not enjoy moment till
hear my old tarpaulins tramping round the
capstan. Seward no! Hang the treasure!
It's the glory of the sea that has turned
my head. So now, Livesey, come post; do
not lose an hour, if you respect me.
Let young Hawkins go at once to see
his mother, with Redruth for guard and
then both come full speed to Bristol.
JOttN IRELA w NE4.
Up. ST. did not tell you that Blandly,
who, by the way, is to send consort after
us If we don't turn up by the end Of Au-
gust, had found an admirable fellow for
sailing master-a stiff man, which regret,
but, in all other respects, treasure. Long
John Silver unearthed very competent
man for mate, man named Arrow. l
have boatswain who pipes, Livesey: so
things shall go man-o'-war fashion on
hOa ri the good shin 'TIiSpa nio1a
Il forgot to tell you that Silver Is man
of substance; know of my own knowledge
that he has a bankers account, which has
never been overdrawn. He leaves his wife
to manage the inn; and as she is woman
Of color, pair OF old bachelors like you and
may be excused for guessing that it is the
wife, quite as much as the health, that
sends him back to rowing. j..
"P. P. S.-Hawkins may stay one night
with his mother. j. T."
You can fancy the excitement into
which that letter put me. was half
beside myself with glee; and if ever l
despised man, it was old Tom Red
ruth, who could do nothing but grumble
and lament. Any of the under game
keepers would gladly have changed
places with him: but such was not the
squire's pleasure, and the squire's pleas
lire was like law among them all. No
body but old Redruth would have dared
SO much as even to grumble.
The next morning he and set out
on foot for the Admiral Benbow, and
there l found my mother in good
health and spirits. The captain, who
had so long been a cause of SO much
discomfort, was gone where the wicked
cease from troubling. The squire had
had everything repaired, and the pub