The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-16

doned the ship and taken up the fight
ashore. l had a notion to get out to
the ship, cut her adrift and let her
go ashore where she would, and so
prevent the mutineers from sailing
away in her; and remembering Ben
Gums mention Of a coracle which
he had made and put in hiding, I set
out to find it; being successful l made
my way 10 the ship, and laying hold
or her haWser, was about to finish
cutting her loose when I heard voices
from the cabin; one I recognized as
that Of the COXSwain Israel Hands, the
other was a sailor whose name l did
not know. Both were drunk and when
l got a look at them through the
cabin window, l saw that they were
in a deaths grip.
The strong current had by this part
ed the last strand OF the hawser
which l had left, and both coracle and
ship were adrlft; with a leap l caught
at the job boom, and chung painting.
left without retreat on the Hispaniola
When | got aft I found the sailor
dead, and Hands in a sad condition.
he was friendly enough while help.
less but as he grew stronger he assert
ed himself and issued orders, which
l obeyed until the ship was round in
the low wooded north inlet.
The excitement of the last manoeuv-
ers had tnterfered with my watch
upon the cOXsWain, but something
caused me to turn my head, when
saw the fellow half way towards me
with his dirk in his hand; he chased
me around the deck trying to corner
me; quick as thought l sprang into
| the niZzen shrOuds and ratified up
hand over hand into the cross-trees;
none too soon, the dirk had struck
not foot below me as I climbed.
Now primed my pistols and reload
ed, and Hands seeing this, knew that
the dice We're against him; in spite of
this he started up after me. One
| more step, Mr.. Hands," said I, land
| II blow Your brains OUT" l saw his
right hand 90 up over his shoulder,
something like an arrow through the
air. and | was pinned to the mast
both my pistols went off and escaped
| from my hands, but they did not FALL
alone; with a choking cry the cox
swain losed his grasp and plunged
down head first and l saw him through
the clear water lying on the sand
beneath
| found that I was held simply by
the skin Of my arm and pulling my
self free, I finally got ashore. and
with difficulty reached my friends.
They had had some fierce battling
with the mutineers, but in the end a
flag Of truce appeared and Silver came
forward to bargain. The doctor, much
to the surprise of all, gave him the
chart; but this was explained later,
for when they dug for the treasure
and reached the bottom Of the cache.
nothing was found but a broken pick
and a board with the word "Walrus"
burnt into 1.-THE name Of FIiat's
ship,
Ben Gum was the real hero Early
in his stay on the island he had come
upon the treasure, and with great
difficulty transported it to a cave and
hidden it; seventeen hundred thousand
pounds in miHtcd money of all ma
ttOns, besides heavy bars Of gold.
The doctor had wormed the secret
out Of Ben Gum and then arranged
to give the chart to Silver knowing
that the cache was empty.
We piled the treasure aboard the
ship, set sail and finally reached a
port on the Mexican coast, where we
added to our crew.
After a good voyage we reached
A4CAA4C JOoL as II IC4IuS OL the squire were
about starting out in search Of the
Hispaniola.
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