The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

as though he had been struck. Bat
with Silver the blow passed almost in
stnntly. Every thought of his soul
had been set fuli-stretch, like racer,
on that money; we'll, he was brought up
IN single second, dead; and he kept his
head, found his temper and changed
his plan before the others had had time
to realize the disappointment.
Jim" he whispered, take that. aud
stand by for trouble"
And he passed me double-barrelcd
pistol.
At the sume time he began quietly
moving northward, and in few steps
had put the hollow between us two
and the other five. Then he looked al ME
and nodded, US much as to say: Here
Is narrow corner" as, indeed, I
thought it was. His looks were now
quite friendly; and was SO revolted
at these constant changes that could
not forbcar Whispering: $50 you've
changed sides again."
There was no time left for him to
answer in. The buccaneers, with ouths
and cries, began to leap, one after am
other, into the pit, and TO dig with
their fingers, throwing the boards aside
as they did so. Morgan found Il piece of
gold. He held it up with a perfect
spout of oaths. Ii was Il two-guinea
piece, and it went from hand to hand
among them for quarter of min-
ute.
1.-TWO guineas!" roarctl Merry, shak-
Ing it at Silver. That's your e 100000,
is it? You're the man for bargains,
ain't you? You're him that never bum
gled nothing, you woodcn-hcaded lub-
bert"
dig away, boys" said Silver, with
pig-nuts, and shouldn't wonder"
"Pig-nuts?" repeated Merry, in
scream. "Mates, do you hear that? l
tell you, now, that man there knew it
all along. Look in the face of him, and
you'll see it wrote there"
"Ah, Merry" remarked Silver. "stand-
ing for cap'n again? You're Il pushing;
lad, to be sure"
But this time evervou" Was entirely
in Merry's favor. They began to scram-
bic out of the excavation, darting flu
4ioNo looho tJCllllItl AlC tulHp
observed, which looked well for us;
they all got out upon the opposite side
from Silver.
Well, there we stood, two on one
side, five on the other, the pit between
us, ard nobody screwed up high enough
to offer the first blow. Silver never
moved; he watched them. very upright
on his crutch, and locked as cool as ever
l saw him. He WAS brave, and no mis-
take.
At last, Merry seemed to think
speech might help matters.
MATES" says he, there's two of
them alone there; ones the old cripple
that brought us all here and blundered
us down to this; the others that cub
that mean to have the heart of. Now,
mates"
He was raising his arm and his voice,
and plainly meant to lead Il charge.
But just then-crack! crack! crack!-
three muskct shots flashed out of the
thcket. Merry tumbled head foremost
into the excavations; the man with the
bandage spun round like Il tectotum,
and fell all his length upon his side,
where he lay dead, but still twitching:
and the other three turned and ran
for it with all their might.
Before you could wink Long John had
fired three barrels of a pistol into the
struggling Merry; and as lie man rolled
up his eyes at him in the last agony.
George" said lie, II reckon settled
YOU"
At the same moment the doctor, Gray,
and Ben Gum joined us, with smoking
mnskets, from among he nutmeg trees.
Forward" cried the doctor.
Double quick, my lads. We must head
'em off the boats"
And we set of at great pace, some
times plunging through the bushes to
the chest.
I tell You. but Silver was anxious to
keep UP with us. The work that man