Arizona republican., 1899-03-05
Treasure
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BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
CContinued From Yesterday.)

The other men were variously bur dened, some carrying picks and shov- els-for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the spaniola''-others laden with pork, bread and brandy for the midday meal All the stores. l observed, came from our stock; and I could see the truth of Silver's words the night before. Had he not struck bargain with the doctor he and his Elutineers, deserted by the ship. must have been driven to subsist on clear water, and the proceeds of their hunting. Water would have been little to their taste; a sailor is not usually q good shot; and, besides all that. when they were so short of eat ables, it was not likely they would be very flush of powder.
 Well, thus equipped, we all set out even the fellow with the broken head. who should certainly have kept in shad ow-and struggled, one after another, to the beach. where the two gigs await cd us. Even these bore trace of the drunken folly of the pirates. one in a broken thwart, and both in their mud Gled, unbailed condition. Both were to be carried along with us for the sake of safety; and so, with our numbers di- vide>l between them, we set forth upon the bosom of the anchorage.
 As we pulled over there was some discussion on the chart. The red cross was, of course, far too large to be q guide; and the terms of the note on the back, as you will hear, admitted of some ambiguity. They ran, the reader may remember, thus: Ts
 'TaI tree Spy-glass shoulder, bearing point to the N. of N N. E.
 Skeleton Island, E. S. D. and by-E.
 "tTen feet"
 4 tall tree was thus the pRiRcipal mark. Now, right before us, 4Ae an chorage was bounded by platealf from two to three hundred feet high, ,5Rdjoin- ing on the north the sloping southern shoulder of the Spy-glass, andsTisipg again toward the south into the5Eough, cliffy eminence called the Mizzefl@mast Hill The top of the plateau was dotted thickly with pine trees of varying height. Every here and there, one Of different species rose forty or fifty feet clear above it's neighbOrs. and which of these was the particular tall tree" of Capt. Flint could only be decided on the spot, and by readings of the compass.
 Yet, although that was the case. every man on board the boats Nhad picked favorite of his own ere we were halfway over, Long John alone struggling his shoulders and bidding them wait till they were there.
 We pulled easily by Silver's direc- tions. not to weary the hands prema- turely; and, after quite lorg passage, landed at the mouth Of the second river-that which runs down woody cleft of the Spyglass. Thence, bend ing to our left, we began to ascend the slope toward the plateau.
 At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and q matted, marsh vegeta- ton greatly delayed our progress; but by little and little the hill began to steepen and become stony underfoot. l and the wood to change its character and to grow in a more open order. It was, indeed, most pleasant portion of the island that we were BOW approach ing. A heavy-scented bloom ard many towering shrubs had almost taken the p4.ce of grass. Thickets of green nut meg trees were dotted here and there | wt:h the red columns and the broad 1 shadow of the pines; and the first min glesi their spice with the aroma of the others. The air, besides, was fresh and stirring, and this, under the sheer sun beams, was a wonderful refreshment l to our senses.
 The party spread itself abroad, in a fan shape, shouting and leaping to and fro. About the center, and good way behind the rest, Silver and l fol- i lowed-I tethered by my rope, he blew ing. with deep pants, among the slid ing gravel. From time to time, in deed, had to lend him a hand, or he must have missed his footing and fallen backward down the hill.
 We had thus proceeded for about i half mile, and were approaching the l brow of the plateau, when the man upon the frrthest left began to cry aloud, as if in terror. Shout after shout came from him. and the others | began to run in his direction.
 He can't have found the treasure '' said old Morgan, hUrrying past us from the right. flor that's clean atop"
 Indeed, as we found when we also | reached the spot, it was something
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