El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-18
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3 expected ere We we're ready for sea.
B In the meantime 7 went TO Bristol
also. and while looking over the ship
and around the dock. discovered that
/ our cook was a seaman with one leg.
I He was very domineering with the
crew, but servile and smiling 70 the
rest.
began to have ny suspicious but
I he was SO deep and clever that my
doubts Of Long John Silver" were
soon quieted.
We settled aboard our ship the His
PAMELA with captain smollet IN COM
mznd; then one morning. a little be-
I fore dawn, the boatsWain sounded his
pipe and the crew began to man the
| eapstan bars.
Now Barbecue. tip us a stave. A"
cried a voice.
''The old one cried another.
cay, az mates" said Long John who
was standing by with his crutch IN
der his arm, and at once broke into
the air and words I knew 50 well,
Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest"-the crew coming in on the
chorus; and then we were of on our
cruise for the treasure.
At sundown one evening. I went
20 the apple barrel for an apple. and,
finding them low, got into the bar
rel bodily and being rather sleepy, sat
there 8 while IN the dark; soon a
AEaHE A4AA AAE lUhA Win 3 crash
near by; I was about to jump out
when heard John SilYer's voice and
kept very still Before he had said a
dozen words 7 knew that all honest
men aboard were in great danger.
Wen, I made the discovery that
Long John and most OF the crew
were old shipmates OF BIZ Bones and
John Flint; they knew the object Of
our voyage, and were planning 70 do
away with our party and get the
tre1lure for themselves.
A moment more and the lookout
shouted land Hot" and we anchored
at captain Kids anchorage" &C
cording TO the chart I told the doc
tor and the squire what I had heard,
and they had the captain send the
crew ashore, 90 that we might have
an opportunity 70 talk matters over.
II was decided that We must 90 on
and we counted those we could trust.
only to find that We were but six
against nineteen
The next morning II was plain that
mutiny hung over Us ike a thunder
cloud Captain Smollet thought II
best TO give the crew shore leave. ana
a party was made Up including Silver.
Some OF the men, however. remained
aboard. I suddenly took Il into my
head 70 90 ashore, too, and slipped
unseen over the side and into the for
soon as the bow struck among the
shoresids trees caught q branch and
swung ashore, making off into the
nearby thickeE
I cannot tell All the details OF the
voyage; they we're many and exeit-
ing, but one or two happenings
must tell
while wandering about in the
thlclret 7 came upon a Wild looking
man who said he was 4 seaman. Ben
Gum. marooued on the island three
years before 7 got his story and he
ouEE: he was q great help 70 Us as
you shah see.
In the meantime our PARTY had
abandoned the ship and taken up the
fight ashore. I had a notion TO get
out 70 the ship, cut her adrift and let
her 20 ashore where she would, and
so prevent the mutineers frcm sailing
away IN her: and remembering Ben
Gums mention Of a coracls which
he had made and put In hiding, I set
out to find It; being successful made
my way to the ship, and laying hold
OF her haWser, was about 10 finish
cutting her loose when heard voices
from the cabin one recognized as
that Of the c0Xswaiu Israel Hands. the
other was a sailor whose name I did
not know. Both were drunk and when
I got a look at them through the cabin
window, I saw that they were IN a
deaths grip.
The strong current had By this
parted the last strand Of the haWser
which had left, and both coracle and
ship were adrift; with a leap caught
at the Jib boom, and clunE painting,
ola
when I got aft I found the sailor
dead, and Hands IN a sad condition.
De was friendly enough while help
less but as he grew stronger he as
serted himself and Issued orders,
which obeyed until the ship was
round IN the low wooded north inlet.
The excitement OF the last ma
neuTres had interfered with my
watch upon the coEsWain. but some
thing caused me to turn ny head,
when I saw the fellow half way to-
wards me, his dirk In his hand; he
chased me around the deck trying 20
corner me; quick as thought sprang
INTO The mizzen shrouds and ratified
I'D hand over hand into the cross
. trees. none too soon. the dirk had
struck not a foot below me as I
climbed.
Now primed ny pistols and re-
loaded, and Hands seeing this, knew
that the dice were against him. in
spite OF this ne started up after me.
One more step, Mr. Hands" said I.
ana III blow your brains out"
saw his right hand 90 up over his
shoulder, something sang like an ar
row through the air and I was pinned
10 the mast-both my pistols went off
and escaped from my hands. but they
did not 1al alone; with a choking
cry the coxswain loosed his grasp and
plunged down head first and I saw
him through the clear water lying on
the sand beneath
found that ] was held simply by
the skin OF ny arm and pulling my
self free, I finally got ashore. and
with difficulty reached my friends.
they mad had some fierce battling
with the mutineers. but in the end a
Tag Of truce appeared and Silver came