The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-29

corning TO the chart. / told tha A..
tor and the squire what had boav6
ana they had the captain sa.d ,h~
crew ashore so that we might have an
opportunity to talk matters over
IL was decided that we must co =,
and we counted those we cou,d ,,.rs.
only to find that we were but s,T
against nineteen. OLA
The next morning It was p,aIn I'm,
mutiny hung over us like A thundor,
cloud. Captain Smollet Thought n hos,
to give the crew shora leave. ana =
party was made up including silver
Some of the men. however. remained
aboard. I suddenly took IL into INV
head to go ashore, too, and slInnod
unseen over the side and into the fors
ward sheets Of the nearest boat. a,
soon as the bow struck among tho
shore-side trees, caught n branch
and swung ashore. making Of into
tho nearby thicket.
cannot give all the details NJ Tho
voyage; they were many and exciting
but one or two happenings must tell
While wandering about in the thick.
ct 1 came upon Withholding man.
who said he was a seaman. Ben Cunn.
marooned on the island three wears
before. 1 got his story, and he ours;
he was a great help to us, as you shall
see.
In the meantime our party had
abandoned the ship and taken I'M the
fight ashore. I had a notion TO 90,
out to the ship, cut her adrlft and LET
her go ashore where she would, and 50
prevent the mutineers from sailing
away In her; and remembering Ben
Gums mention Of coracle which he
had made and put in hiding. I set
out to find Il; being successful. made
my way to the ship, and laying hold
OF her hawser, was about to finish cut.
ting her loose when I heard voices
from the cabin; one recognized as
that Of the coxswnln, Israel Hands,
the other was sailor whose name
did not know. Both were drunk, and
when got look at them through the
cabin window, saw that they were
in deaths grip.
The strong current had by this part
ed the last strand OF the hawser which
I had left. and both coracle and ship
we're adrift: with a leap l caught at
the lib boom. and chung painting. left
without retreat on the Hispanlola.
When I got aft found the sailor
dead, and Hands In sad condition.
He 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 maneuv-
ers had interfered with my watch
upon the cOxswain. but something
caused me to turn my head, when ]
saw the fellow halfway towards me,
his dirk In his hand; he chased me
around the deck. trying to corner me
quick as thought sprang into the
mizzen shrOuds and ratified up hand
over hand into the crOss-trees; none
too soon. the dirk had struck not a
foot below me as climbed.
Now 1 prlmed my pistols and re-
loaded, and Hands seeing this, knew
the dice were against him; IN spite of
this he started up after me. zone
more step. Mr.. Hands" said !. "and I'll
blow your brains out !" / saw his
right hand 90 up over his shoulder
something sang like an arrow through
tho air, and I was pinned to the mast
both my pistols went of and es-
capped from my hands, but theT did
not fall alone; with choking cry
the cUxswain loosed his grasp and
plunged down head FIRST and l saw
him through the clear water, lying on
the sand beneath.
found that 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 flag OF
truce appeared and Silver came Tor
ward to bargain. The doctor, mach 10
the surprise OF all, gave him the chart
but this was explained later for when
they dug for the treasure and reacheu
the bottom OF the cach0. nothing was
found but broken pick and a Doaru
with thu word "wnlrus" burnt INTO "
the name Of Fllnt's ship!
Ben Gum was the real hero Eaily
in his stay on the island he had come
upOn the treasure, and with great OH,
ficulty transported 1t to a cave aAo
hidden It, seven hundred thousand
mounds IN minted money OF all ma
lions, besides heavy bars Of gold
The doctor had wormed the secfe'
out OF Ben Gum and then arranged 70
give the chart to Silver, knowing tlu'
the cache was empty
We piled the treasure ABOARD w.
ship, set sail and finally reached pol s
on the Mexican coast, where we auueu
10 our crew. h.d
After good voyage we reir',e sI
home lust as friends of the SOUR
we're about starting out In search VI