The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-16
TREASURE ISLAND
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Condensation by Alice G. Grozier

Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey
and the others have hidden me tell
the story Of our search for old Bucca-
neer Flint's hidden treasure, and SO
go back to the time when my father
kept the Admiral Benbow inn. Then
1t was that the seaman, Bill Bones,
came to us for lodging, his sea chest
following after in a handbarrow.
At his request We called him Cap
tain; he settled down, always on The
watch for a seaman with one Leg"
and constantly singing an old sea
song:
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest,
1o-lO-hO, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the
Eo-ho-ho, and bottle of rum!"
Then one day an old blind man left
him the pirates Summons" or black
spot" which SO excited him that, COM
blned with the effect Of his rum drink
ing, it brought on a stroke, and We
found him dead upon the floor
Mother and l opened his sea chest,
where l discovered a packet done up
in oil-silk; this l took with me, and
as soon as l could, went to the doc
tors house, where I found him with
the squire.
To them I told the story Of the hap
penings at the inn, and gave them
the packet.
You have heard of Flint, I sup
pose?" laughed the doctor, as he
handled the packet.
Heard of HIM" said the squire,
heard of him, you say! He was the
blood-thirstiest buccaneer that ever
sailed! If we have here the clue to
old FIints treasure, as you seem to
think, then I'll fit out a ship in Bris-
tol, take you and Hawkins here along
and III have that treasure if l search
a year."
When they opened the packet, there
fell out the map OF an island, with
every particular needed to bring a
ship to safe anchorage on its shore
and full directions for finding the
treasure.
Tomorrow" said the squire, 81
start for Bristol; in two weeks-yes,
in ten days. Well have the best ship,
Sir, and the choicest crew in England
You shall be ships doctor, Livesey,
jim cabin boy and l am admiral"
But it was longer than the squire
expected ere we We're ready for sea
In the meantime I went to Bristol
also, and while looking over the ship
and around the dock, l discovered that
our cook was q seaman with one leg
He was very domineering with the
crew, but 6erVile and smiling to the
rest
I began to have my suspicious but
he was so deep and clever that my
doubts Of Long John Silver" were
soon Quoted.
We settled aboard our ship the His
PAMELA with Captain Smollet in COM
mand; then one morning, a little be
fore dawn, the boatswain sounded his
pipe and the crew began to man the
capstan bars.
"Now Barbecue, tip US a stave,"
cried a voice.
The old one" cried another.
"Ay, ay, mates" said Long John,
who was standing by with his crutch
under his arm. and at once broke into
the air and words I knew so we'll:
"Fifteen men on the dead mans chest"
the crew coming in on the chorus;
and then we were off on our cruise for
the treasure
At shutdown one evening, I went to
the apple barrel for an apple and
finding them low. got into the barrel
'CN-A4J G~--A bS4iASo 4tLt4ItL sleepy, SdI
there a while in the dark; soon a
heavy man sat down with a crash
nearby; I was about to jump out when
l heard John Silver's voice and kept
very still. Before he had said a dozen
words I knew that all honest men
aboard were in great danger
Well, I made the discovery that
Long John and most of the crew were
old shipmates OF Bill Bones and John
Flint; they knew the object OF our yOy-
age, and were planning to do away
with our party and get the treasure
for themselves.
A moment more and the lookout
shouted Land Ho!" and We anchored
at captain Kidd s anchorage" accord
Ing to the chart. l told the doctor
and the squire what l had heard. and
they had the captain send the crew
ashore, so that we might have an op-
portunity to talk matters over.
1t was decided that We must 90 on,
and we counted those we could trust.
only to find that we We're but six
against nineteen.
The next morning it was plain that
mutiny hung over US like a thunder
cloud. Captain Smollet thought it
best to give the crew shore leave, and
a party was made up including Silver.
Some of the men, however, remained
aboard. l suddenly took it into my
head to go ashore, too, and slipped
unseen over the side and into the for
ward sheets Of the nearest boat; as
soon as the bow struck among the
shore-side trees, I caught a branch
and swung ashore, making off into the
nearby thicket.
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voyage; they were many and exciting,
but one or two happenings l must tell,
While wandering about in the
thicket I came upon a wild looking
man who said he was a seaman, Ben
Gum, marOOned on the island three
years before. l got his story and he
ours; he was great help to us as
you shall see.
In the meantime our party had aban-