Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-06
John would touch his forelock with 1
solemn way he had, that made me think
he was the best Of men.

John would touch his forelock with 4
solemn way he had, that made me think
he was the best Of men.
In the meantime, the squire and Cap
tain Smollett We're still on pretty dist
ami terms with one another. The squire
made 20 bones about the matter; he
despised the captain. The captain, on
spoken to, and ihen sharp and short
and dry, and not word wasted. He
owned, when driven into corner, that
he seemed to have been wrong about
the crew, that some of them were as
brisk as he wanted to see, and all had
behaved fairly WELL AS for the ship, he
mad taken downright fancy to her.
She'll lie q point nearer the wind than
man has right to expect of his own
married wife, sir. But he would add,
all say is, We're not home again, and
l don't like the cruise
The squire, at this, would turn away
and march up and down the deck, chin
in air.
A trifle more of that man." he
would say, "and I should explode"
We had some heavy weather which
only proved the qualities of the
"Iispaniola. Every man on board
must have been hard to please
If they had been otherwise: for
1t is my belief there was never a ships
company so spoiled since Noah put to
sea. Double grog was going on the
least excuse; there was duff on odd
days. as for instance. If the squire
heard it was a mans birthday; and
always barrel of apples standing
preached In the waist, for anyone to
help himself that had a fancy"
Never knew good to come of 1t yet"
the captain said to DIR. Livesey. Spoil
fok's'le hands. make devils. That's my
belief"
But good did come of the apple bar
rel, as you shall hear; for II 1t had not
been for that we should have had no
note of warning and might all have
persisted by the hand of treachery.
This is how 1t came about:
We had run up the trades to get the
wind of the island we We're after--I am
not allowed to be more plain--and now
we We're running down for 1t with a
bright lookout day and night 1t was
about the last day of our outward voy-
age. by the largest computations; some
time that night, or. at latest, before
noon of the morrow, we should sight
the Treasure island. We We're heading
S. S. W.. and had a steady breeze
abeam and a 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 i'm the brayest spirits.
because we We're now so near an end
of the first part of our adventure.
Now. just after shutdown. when all
my work was over, and 1 was on my
way to my berth, 1t occurred to me
tina. | should like an apple. ran on
deck. The watch was all forward look
Ing out for the island. The man at the
helm WAS Watching tile huff of the
sail, and whistling away gently to him
self: and that was the only sound ex-
cepting the swish of the sea against the
bows and around the sides of the ship.
In got bodily into the apple barrel,
and found there was scare an apple
left; but. sitting down there in the
dark, what With the sound of the wa
ters and the rocking movement of the
ship, ] had either fallen asleep, or was
on the point of doing So when heavy
man sat down with rather clash close
by. The barrel shook as he leaned his
shoulders against 1t, and / was just
about to jump up when the man began
to speak. 1t was Silver's voice, and
before l had heard a dozen words I
would not have shown myself for all
the world, but lay there, trembling and
listening. In the extreme of fear and
curiosity for from these dozen words
I understood that the lives of all the
honest men aboard depended upon me
aloEe.
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