Arizona republican., 1899-02-27
Treasure
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BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
(Continued From Yesterday)

Yet 1 felt sure that I could trust him
 in one point, since in that our interests
 jumped together, and that was in the disposition of the schooner. We both de-
 sired to have her stranded safe enough.
 in sheltered place, and so that, when
 the time came, she could be got oil again with as little labor and danger as might be; and until that was done considered that my life would certainly
 be spared.
 While was thus turning the business over in my mind I had not been idle with my body. l had stolen back to the cabin, slipped once more into my shoes, and laid my hand at random on bottle of wine, and now, with this for an eX- cuse, made my reappearance on the deck.
 Hands lay as I had left him, al fallen together in q huddle, and with his eye lids lowered, as though he were too weak to bear the light. He looked up, however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle, like a man who had done the same thing often, and took good swig, with his favorite toast of there's lucll." Then he lay quiet for little, and then, pulling out stick of tobacco, begged me 10 cut him quid.
 'Cut me junk O that," says he, flor I haven't no knife, and hardly strength enough, so be as 1 had. Ah, J in, Jim, I reckon I've missed stays. Cut me quid as'll likely be the last, lad; for I m for my long homc, and no mistake.''
 "Weu,'' said I, I'll cut you some to- bacco; but if l was you and theught myself so badly, l would go to5F my prayers, like q Christian man."
 "Why?" said he. NOW, you tell me why"
 .Why?" I cried. "You were asking me just now about the dead. You've broken your trust; you've lived in sin and lies and blood; there's a man you killed lying at your feet this moment; and you ask me why. For Gods mercy, -AIr. Hands, that's why" s@
 spoke with a, little heat. thinking of the bloody dirk he had hidden iii his pocket. and designed, in his i'll thoughts, to end me with. He, for his part, took great draught of the wine, and spoke with the most unusual solemnity.
 For % year." he said, i've sailed the seas, and seen good and bad, better and worse, fair weather and foul, pro- visions running out, knives goingS-and what not. Well, now, tell you, l never seen good come O goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views-amen, so be it. And now, you look here,' he add ed, suddenly changing his tone, we've had about enough of this foolery. The 1o just take my orders, Capn Hawkins, and we'll sail slap in and be done with it."
 All told, we had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate, the entrance to this northern anchor age was not only narrow and shoal. but lay east and west, so that the schooner must be nicely handled to be got in. I think I was a good, prompt subaltern, and I am very sure that Hands was an excellent pilot; for we went about, and dodged in, shaving the banks, with a certainty and a neatness that were pleasure to behold.
 Scarcely had we passed the head be- fore the land closed around us. The shores of North inlet were as thickly wooded as those of the southern an chorage; but the space was longer and narrower, and more like, what in truth it was, the estuary of a river. Right be- fore us, at the southern end, we saw the wreck of a ship in the last stages of dilapidation It had been a great vessel of three masts, but had lain so long exposed to the injuries of the weather, that it was hung about with great webs of dripping sca-weed, and on the deck of it shore bushes had taken root, and now Aourished thick with flowers. It was sad sight, but it showed us that the anchorage was calm.
 'Now," said Eands, Hook there; there's q pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never catspaw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship"
 And once bcached, inquired, "how shall we get her off again?'
 Why. so," he replied; you take Q line ashore there on the other side at low water: take q turn about one O them big pines; bring it back, take q turn round the capstan, and lie to for the tide. Come high water. all hands take q pull upon tine line, and off she comes as sweet as natur'. And now, boy, you stand by We're near the bi. now, and she's too much way on her. Starboard a little - o-steady-star- board = larboard q little - steady steady"
 So he issued his commands, which I obeycd, til, all of q sud den. he cried: NOW, my hearty, luff!" And l put the helm hard IF, and the '.HispanioIa'' swung round rapidly, and ran stem oa for the loHv-wooded shore
 The excitement of thesc list man. cuvers had somewhat intcrfered with