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

CLASSICS
MEASURE ISLAND
IpEpr LOUIS STEVENSON
Condensation by
AIIes q. Croker .
LOUIS STEVENSON
condensation by
kIIes q. Croker

Alice y. N'0A p
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Stevenson had "the
~ - n presenecsJ a steady,
spshHs, a.. An the widest eyes, a
snss .-.r ana sweetness I'm the
eln.s I,.ous waving gestures OF
..veus hands, q lit cigarette
E "a hetween his nngers.'
Php .,,on was fncomparabiy
'''' w.. ~ did not dominate the
',t y, Ne helped everyone about
f, sa..sver unexpected powers Of
svA ahe rndiates talk ~ the
!" $50 49, and heat.1 Coivin COM
- -s,m humanity 20 the steady
" 800 Of n great driftwood
~, M flashing humor was IKE
la eoIored flames
had moreover the most
.s..e Of duty and Of Justice.
ant here" he says, "to do
,,rIee we can, for honor and
,.~,, 20 risk his life at the
-. arrarIan troubles I'm Ire
,rnln In samoa, he was
- with deportation for HIS
". !. behalf Of the natives. Hts
!. nest expressed IN n letter 20
.hsvt their beloved Scotland.
\, that i should live here I'm the
. -. nader conditions so new
.,vItIug, and yet my imng1na-
sa.tlnunIIy Inhabit that cold old
K Of gray hills
Il shsve all he WINS tempern-
In poet. From childhood IL
" To hear
IA, hell beating far and near
IA unknown, enchanted gong
f m Inc road hales men along.
from the mountain calls afar.
lures the vessel from a star.
lin a still. aerial sound
all the earth enchanted ground.
bUIRE TREI.AwNBY, Doctor
llyesey and the others have bid
Ben me tell the story OF our
for old Buccaneer Fllnt's hid
sasure, and so l go back to the
when my father kept the Admiral
bw Inn. Then II was that IRE
an, Bill Bones, came to us for
tg bis sea chest following after
and-barrow.
r his request we called him "cap-
be settled down, always on the
for a seaman with one Leg"
constantly singing an old sea
zen men on the dead mans
chest
hOho, and a bottle Of ruml
and the devil had done for the
rest
ho-ho, and a bottle of rum !"
. one day an old blind man left
be pirates summons" or "black
which so excited him that, COM
with the effect Of his rum drink
brought on a stroke, and we
him dead upon the floor.
Der and opened his sea chest,
| discovered packet done up
tlk; this l took with me, and
% as could, went to the doc.
house, where / found him with
ule.
hem | told the story OF the hap
2 at the Inn, and gave them the
have heard OF Flint, I sup
laughed the doctor, as he ham
Ne packet.
am Of hlmp said the squire,
Of him, you sayl He was the
nlrstlest buccaneer that ever
II we have here the clew to
llnrs treasure. as you seem to
men I'll fit out a ship in Brls-
y you and Hawkins here along,
nave that treasure IL / search
Z mey opened the packet, there
y me map Of an island, with
N'ucular needed to bring a ship
sncnorage on its shore, and
'''uOnS for finding the treas
su'Iow'' said the squire, II start
s~l In two weeks-yes, In ten
'sn have the best ship, sir, and
iA'ss' crew In England. You
me ships doctor, Livesey,
W. Ooy and I am admiral"
vas longer thQn the squire
ue we were ready for sea.
s Ssan'lme l went to Bristol also,
lay looking over the ship and
I. .'s uock' | discovered that our
Seaman with one leg. He
',y u 'uOmlneering with the crew,
I" ana smiling to the rest.
- % have my suspicious, but
!, y ueep and clever that my
elsted. "'''er "ere
.' u',1 aboard our ship. the His
A.. NJ" captain Smollet in COM
u u'n !. one morning, a little he
M N 'ue ooatswnIn sounded his
bars visa" " man tne
voice w 10 d staVe'
ID q one" cried another.
n, 49,. ~s,es'" said Long John.
ii, ~, auulng by with his crutch
Ana , and at once broke into
n ma. words I knew so well:
tina 'u on the dead mans
ana . ', coming In on the
ir a u'en we were on on our