Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-08
PART ii.
CHATTER X.-CoNrINUEp.

NOW. tD6t Dlru, SILVER WOULD say.
lis maybe, 200 years old, Hawkins
they live forever mostly; and il any
bodys seen more wickedness, il must
be the devil himself. She's sailed with
Englsud-the great Capt. England,
the pirate. She's been at Madagascar.
and at Malabar and Surinsm, and
Providence. and Portobello. She was
at the fishing up Of the wrecked plate
ships. It's there she learned Pieces of
eight and little wonder; 100000 of
'em. Hawkins! She was at the board
ing of the 'yiceroy of the Indies ont
of Goa. she was; and 70 look at her
you would think she was a babby. But
you smelled powder - didn't you.
cap'n?"
"stand by 10 60 about" the parrot
would scream.
"Ah, she's q handsome craft, she Is, !"
the cook would say. and give her sugar
from his pocket, and then the bird
would peck at the bars and swear
straight on, passing belief for wicked
ness. There" John would add, you
can't touch pitch and not be mucked,
Lad. Here's this poor old innocent
bird Of mine swearing blue fire, and
none the wiser, you may lay TO that.
She would swear the same, in a manner
ofspeakiug. before the chaplain" Aud
John would touch his forelock with a
eolemn way he had. that made me think
be was the best Of men.
IN the meantime, the squire and Capt.
Smollett were still on pretty distant
terms with one another. The squire
made no bones about the matter; he
despised the captain. The captain, on
bis part, never spoke but when he was
spoken 10. and then sharp and short
aud dry. and not q word wasted. He
owned. when driven into a corner, that
he seemed 10 have been wrong about
the crew, that some of them were as
brisk 90 he wanted 10 see, and all had
behaved fairly well. As for the ship, he
,hsd taken . downright fancy TO her.
She'll lie point nearer the wind than
. man has q right to expect Of his own
married wife. sir. But" he would add,
all ! say Is, we're not home again, and
don't like the cruise"
The squire, at this, would turn away
and march up and down the deck. chin
80 afr.
"a trife more Of that man." he
would say. 'and I should explode"
We had some heavy weather which
only proved the qualities Of the
"Hispsniola." Every man on board
seeu4ed well content. and they
must have been hard TO please
n they had been otherwise; for
u 10 my belief there was never a ships
company 80 spoiled since Noah put TO
sea. Double grog was going on the
days. ss for instance, IL the squire
heard II was any mans birthday; and
always q barrel Of apples standing
brosched 10 the waist. for anyone TO
telp himself tsat had a fancy.
'Never knew good 10 come Of IL vet" "
the captain said to DIR. Livesey. "Spoil
fok'sle hands, make devils. That's my
belief"
But good did come Of the apple bar
rel. N You shall hear; for IL 1t had not
been for that. we should have had no
mole of warning and might all have
persisted by the hand Of treschery.
This IL how IL came about:
We had run up the trades TO get the
wind Of the island we were after-I am
not allowed 10 be more plain-and now
we were running down for II with q
bright lookout day and night. II was
shout the last day of our outward voy.
age. by the largest computation; some
time that night, or. at latest. before
noon of the morrow. we should sight
the Treasure island. We were heading
8. g. w. and had a steady breeze
sbesm and q quiet sea. The "Hispan
lola" rolled steadily, dipping her bow
spirit now and then with a Whit OF
spray. All was drawing allow and aloft;
every one was in the bravest spirits
because we were now so near an enc
of the 6rst part of our adventure.
Now. Just sitter shutdown. when al
my work was over. and ! was on my
way to my berth. II occurred to me
that ! should like an apple. ran or
deck. The watch was all forward look
Ing out for the island. The man at the
helm w1s watching the luff of the
sail- and whistling away gently to him
self; and that was the only sound ex
eepfing the swish Of the sea against tn.
bows and around the sides of the ship
In ] got bodily into the apple barrel
and found there was scarce an appl,
3 1eft; but. sitting down there In thu
DARK. what with the sound OF the wa
tess aad the rocking movement Of th,
sAip, I bad sither fallen asleep. or wal
on the point Of doing 90. when a heavy
nsn sat down with rather . clash clos,
By. The barrel shook a. he leaned BIZ
shoulders against 1t. and was Jus
ebDut 10 jump up when the man begaI
70 speak. Il was silver's voice. AND
before I had heard Q dozen words.
would not hsve shown myself for oil
IT, world, bot lay there, trembling and
listening. 10 the extreme Of fear am
eux9o1ty; for from these dozen word,
understood that the lives Of all u.
hsesss men aboard depended upon nj
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