Arizona republican., 1899-03-07

crown man-0ne that he was glad to walk slowly with. For my part, as I was not much use at carrying, l was kept busy all day in the cave, packing the minted money into bread bags
 It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones' hoard for the diversity of coin age, but so much larger a~d so much more varied that I think l never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, | Georges and Louises, dOublCcrs and double guincas and moidores and i seauins, the pictures of all the kings of FuroDe for the last hundred years, strange oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spiders web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to wear them round your neck-nearly every variety Of money | in the world must, I think, have found place in that collection; and for num- Der, I am sure they were like autumn leaves, so that my back ached with stopping and my fingers with sorting them out.
 Day after day this work went on; by every evening a fortune had been slowed aboard, but there was another fortune waiting for the morrow; and all this time we heard nothing of the three surviving mutineers.
 At last-I think it was on the third night-the doctor and I were strolling on the shoulder of the kill where it overIooks the lowlards of the isle, when, from out the thick darkness be- low, the wind brought us Q noise be- tween shrieking and singing, It was only a snatch that reached our ears, followed by the former silence.
 Heaven forgive them," said the doc tor; '' 'tis the mutiEeers!
 'All drunk, sir struck in the voice of Silver from behind us.
 Silver, I should say, was allowed his entire liberty, and, in spite of daily re- buffs, seemed to regard himself once more as quite a privileged and friendly dependent. Indeed, it was remarkable how well he bore these sights, and with what unwearying politencss he kept at trying to ingTatiate himself with all. Yet, I think, none treated him better than a dog; unless it was Ben Gum, who was still terribly afraid of his old uuartermaster, or myself, who had real Iv something to thank Eia fer; al- though for that matter, l suppose, l had reason to think even worse of him than anybody else, for I lad seen him meditating Q fresh treachery upon the plateau. Accordingly, it was pretty gruffiy that the doctor answered him.
 Drunk or ravingt" said lie.
 ''Right you were, sir" replied Silver; stand nrecions little odds which, to you and me-
 T suppose you would hardly ask me to call you a humane man." returned the doctor, with sheer, and so my feelings may surprise you, Master Sil- yer But if I were sure they were ray ing-as I am morally certain one, at least, of them is down with fever-l should have this camp, and, at what ever risk to my own carcass, take them the assistance of my slzill.'
 Ask your pardon, sir, you would be very wrong" quoth Silver. You would lose your precious life, and you may lay to that. I'm on your side now, hand and glove; and I shouldn't wish for to see the party weakened, let alone your self, seeing as I know what owes you. But these men down there, they couldn't keep their word-no, not sup posing they wished to; and what's more, they couldn't believe as you could"
 'No,'' said the doctor. You're the man to keep your word, we know that"
 Well, that was about the last news we had of the three pirates. Only once we heard gunshot a great way off, and supposed them to be hunting. A coun- ciI was held, and it was decided thatw must desert them on the island-to the huge glee, I must say, of Ben Gum, and with the strong approval of Gray. We left a good stock of powder and shot, the bulk of the salt gCat, few medicines and some other necessaries, tools, clothing, spare sail, a fathom or two of rope, and, by the particular de- sire of the doctor, a handsome present of tobacco.
 That was about our last doing on the island. Before that we had got the treasure slowed and had shipped enough water and the remainder of the goat meat, in case of any distress; and at last, one fine morning, we weighed anchor, which was about all that we could manage, and stood out of North inlet, the same coIors flying that the captain had flown and fought under at the palisade.
 The three fellows must have been watching us closer than we thought for. as we soon had proved. For, coming through the narrows, we had to lie very near the southern point, and there we saw all three of them kneeling together on a spit of sand, with their arms raised in suppIication. It went to all our hearts, think, to leave then in that wretched state; but we coulc
 lot risk another mutiny; and to take hem home for the gibbet would have
 cen a cruel sort of kindness. The loctor hailed them and ted them of he stores we had left, and where they we're to find them, but they continued