The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-04
CONDENSED
CLASSICS
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TREASURE ISLAND
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ROBERT louis STEVENSON
Condensatlon by
Alice q. Croker

compelling power and sweetness In the
smileD courteous waving gestures Of
his long, nervous hands, q lit cigarette
generally held between his nngers''
Ills cOnversatiOn was incompaRably
brilliant, yet he did not domlnate the
TALK "rathcr he helped everyone about
him to discover unexpected powers Of
their own"
Henley says 'he radlates talk ~ the
sun does light and heat. Co1vin conn
parcs his warm humanity to the steady
name at heart Of q great driftwOOd
the myriad colored flames.
Stevenson had moreover the most
stcrllng sense of duty ana Of Justice.
eve were put here" he says, 'to do
what service we can, for honor and
not for hire"
He WINS eager to risk his life ut the
time OF the agrarlan troubles In IRE
land, and again in Samoa. he was
threatened with deportation for HIS
activities n BEHALF Of the natives. TIia
loyalty u best expressed in . letter to
barrie about their beloved Scotland.
singular that should Hive here IN the
South Seas under conditions 20 new
tfOa 10 continually inhablt that cold old
hudd1e Of gray hills"
Bat shove all be was tempera-
mentally . poet. From childhood 1t
was his
To hear
The great bell beating far and near
The odd. unknown. enchanted gong
That on the road hales men along.
That from the mountain calls afar.
That lures the vessel from a star,
And with still. aerial sound
Makes all the earth enchanted ground.
INQUIRE TRELAwNEY, Doctor
Livesey and the others have bid
den me tell the story Of our
search for old Buccaneer Flint's hid
den 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 hand-barrow.
At his request we called him "cap-
tain" he settled down. always ON the
watch for a seaman with enc Leg"
and constantly singing an old sea
song: 43lt@
"Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest
Yo-ho-ho, and bottle Of ruml
Drink and the devil had done for the
rest
Yo-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
bined with the effect of his rum drink
ing, 1t brought on a stroke, and we
found him dead upon the floor.
Mother and opened his sea chest,
where l discovered packet done up
In oil-silk; this / took with me. and
MS soon rs I could, went to the doc
tors house. where l found him with
the squire.
To them I told the story Of the hap
penlngs at the inn, and gave them the
packet.
"You have heard Of Flint, I sup
poser" laughed the doctor, as he ham
died the packet.
"Heard Of him!" said the squire,
"heard Of him, you say! He was the
blood-thirstiest buccaneer that ever
sailed! II we have here the clew to
old Fllnt's treasure, NJ you seem to
think. then I'll fit out ship In Brls-
toll, take you and Hawkins here along,
and I'll have that treasure II search
year,"
When they opened the packet, there
fell out the map Of an island, with
every particular needed to bring ship
to safe anchorage ON its shore, and
full directions for finding the treas
ure.
Tomorrow" said the squire, ri start
for Bristol; in two weeks-yes, in ten
days, we'll have the best ship, sir. and
the choicest crew In England. You
shall be the ships doctor. Llvesey,
Jim cabin boy and am admiral"
But 1t was longer thGn the squire
expected ere we were ready for sea.
In the meantime went to Bristol also,
pnd while looking over the ship and
around the dock. discovered that our
cook was a seaman with one leg. He
was very domineering with the crew,
but servile and smiling to the rest.
began to have my suspicious, but
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
mand: then one morning. little be-
fore dawn, the boatswain sounded his
pipe and the crew began to man the
cNpstAn bars.
snow, Barbecue. tip us a stave,"
cried 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 knew so 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, went to
the apple barrel for an apple. and.
finding them low. L got into the barrel
bodily and being rather sleepy. sat
there q while in the dark; soon a
heavy man sat down with crash
poor rive 7 vrao ahnnt IA fnurN ont