The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-03-07

ure voyages on any account; and l don't
like them, above all, when they are
secret, and when (besginS your par
don, MIR. ~Trelawney) the secret has
been told to the parrot"
"Silver's parrot?' asked the squire;
IT'S a way Of speaking said the
captain. "Blabbed, I mean. It's my
belief that neither Of you gentlemen
know what you are about; but I'll tell
you my way of it-life or death, and a
close rum"
THAT is all clear, and I dare say, true
enough" freplied DR.. Livesey. w take
the risk; but we are not so ignorant as
you believe us. Next, you say, you
don like the crew. Are they not good
seamen?"
It don't like them, sir" returned
Captain Smollett. And I think l
should have had the choosing OF my
own hands, if you go to that
Perhaps you should" replied the
doctor. my friend should, perhaps,
I'VE taken you along with him; but
the slight, if there be one. was unin-
territorial. And you don't like Mr.. Ar
row?'
II don't, sir I believe he's a good
but he's too free with the
crew to be q good officer. A mate
should keep himself tc himself-shouid
not drink with the men before the
maSt!"
do you mean he drllhs! clieu TIE
squire.
mo, sir" replied the captain; only
hat he is too familiar"
"Well, now, and the short and long
of it, captain?" asked the doctor. Tell
us what you want
well, gentlemen, are you deter
mined to go on this cruiser
Like iron" answered the squire.
Every good,' said he captain.
'"Then, as you've heard me very pa
tiently, saying things I could not
prove, hear me a few words more. They
are putting the powder and arms In
the fore hold. Now, you have a good
place under the cabin; why not put
them there?-flrst point. Then you are
bringing four OF your own people with
you, and they tell me some of them are
to be berthed Onward Why not give
them the berths here beside the cabin
second point
ANY more?" asked Mr.. Trelawney.
"One more" said the captain.
There's been too much blabbing al
ready
Far too much" agreed the doctor.
It'll tell you what I've heard my
SELF" continued Captain Smollett:
"That you have q map of an island;
that there's crosses on the map to
show Where the treasure Is; n that
the leland lies And then he named
the latitude and longitude exactly.
IT never told that" cried the squire,
to a SOUL"
1.-THE hands know It, dr." returned
the captain.
"Livesey, that must lave been you
or Hawkins" cried the squire.
TT doesn't much matter who it
was" replied the doctor. And l could
see that neither he nor the captain
paid much regard to Mr.. ~Trelawney's
protestations. Neither did I, to be sure,
he was so loose a talker; vet in this
case I believe he was really light. and
that nobody had told the situttion of
Z the island
"Wel, gentlemen" continued the
captain, 1T don't know who has this
map; out I make it a point, 1t shall be
kept secret even from me and Mr.. Ar
!, row. Otherwise, 1 would ask you to let
me resign"
, II see,' said the doctor. You wish to
keep this matter dark, and to make a
garrison of the stern part Of the ship,
manned with my friends w people,
!. and provided with all the arms and
. powder on board. In other words, you
fear a mutiny."
i. Sir" said Captain Smollett, witt
! no intention to take o%ffense, / deny
y your right to put words into my
! mouth. No captain, sir, would be JUS
! titled in going to sea at all If he hac
\ ground enough for that. AS for Mr.
: Arrow, I believe him thoroughly hon
:, est, some OF Inc men are lLe same Ill
q may be for what l know But | an
y responsible for the ships safety ant
I the life of every man Jack aboard o
her. I see things going, as / think. no
t quite right. And l ask you to talk
n certain precautions, or let me resigl
G my berth, and that's ALL"
Captain Smollett," began the doc
tor, with a smile, did you ever hea
the fable Of the mountain and tn
mouse? You'll excuse me, I dare say
but you remind me of that fable. Whe,
you came in here I'll stakem my wig 70
If meant more than this"
Doctor" said the captain, "you ar
N smart. When I came in here / mean
to get discharged. 1 had no though
that Mr.. Trelawney would hear
word"
- mo more I would cried the squire
Had Livesey not been here I shoul
r have seen you to the deuce. AS 1t is.
". have heard you. 1 will do as you de
IS sire; but I hin the worse Of you"
g, That's as you please, sir" said tn
81 captain. You'll find I do my duty"
&c And with that he took his leave.
~ ~ ''Trelawney," said the doctor, cor
q trary to all my notions, I believe 20
IL nave managed to get two honest me
o or board with you-that mar an
John Silver"
Silver, If you like" cried the squire
but as for that intolerable humbug,
declare I think his conduct unmanl;
unsailorly and downright un-English
OF We'll" says the doctor, I'VE sha
see"
IL When he came on deck, the men ha
Sc begun already to take out the arm
of and powder, yo-ho-ing at their wor
ms while the captain and Mr.. Arrow stoe
ed by experimenting.
The new arrangement was quite
my liking. The whole schooner he
been overhauled; six berths had be-
made astern, out Of what had been Il
!, afterpart Of the main hold; n tn
set Of cabins was only Joined to Il
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