6 WAITINU. "The milts of the sods grind slowly," And yet Should we our blessings wholly Forget? "When the seedtimo ta.»ks were done, We know how the earth and air and sun Brought us a beautiful harvest at last!— Then wait. Thie river of life Is mow turning The wheel. Little by little are we now learning To feel That all things work together In sunshine and stormy weather For good: ajid joy will come at last. Then hope. We never understand rightly Just why The sun does not always shine brightly In our sky. Tnt we feel the sunshiny calm Tat follows the furious storm. And smile at the danger that's past. Have fallh. —Olive H. Hills, in Good Housekeeping. PART n. CITAITEIi XII. COUNCIL, OF WAR. There was a great rush of feet across the deck. I could hear people tumbling up from the cabin and the fok's'le; and, •lipping in an instant outside my bar rel, I dived behind the foresail, made a. double toward the stern, and came out upon the open deck in time to join Hunter and I)r. Livesey in the rush for the weather bow. There all hands were already con gregated. A belt of fog had lifted al most simultaneously with the ap pearance of the moon. Away to the southwest of us we saw two low hills, about a couple of miles apart, and rising behind one of them a third and higher hill, whose peak was still buried in the fog. All three seemed *harp and conical in figure. So much I saw almost in a dream, for I had not yet recovered from my ■horrid fear of a minute or two be fore. Aud then I heard the voice of Capt. Smollett issuing orders. The "Hispaniola" was laid a couple of points nearer the wind, and now sailed a course that would just clear the is land on the east. "And now, men," said the captain, when all was sheeted home, "has any one of you ever seen that land ahead?" "I have, sir," said Silver. "I've wa tered there with a trader I was cook In." "The anchorage is on the south, be hind an islet, 1 fancy?" asked the cap tain. "Yes, sir; Skeleton island they call St. It were a main place for pirates ■once, and a hand we had on board kuowed all their names for it. The hill to the nor'ard they calls the Foremast hill; there are three hills in a row run ning' south'ard—fore, main and miz *en, sir. But the main—that's the big 'llll, with the cloud on it —they usually calls the Spy-glass, by reason of a look out they kept when they was in the anchorage cleaning; for it's there they cleaned their ships, sir, asking your pardon." "I have a chart here," says Capt. Smollett. "See if that's the place." Long John's eyes burned in his head as he took the chart; but, by the fresh look of the paper, 1 knew he was doomed to disappointment. This was not the map we found in Billy Bones* chest, but an accurate copy, complete in all things—names, and heights, and •soundings—with the single exception of the red crosses and the written notes. 'Sharp as must have foeen his annoy ance, Silver had the strength of mind to hide it. "Yes, sir," said he,"this is the spot, to be sure; and very prettily drawed out. Who might have done that, I wonder? The pirates were too igno rant, I reckon. Ay, here it is: 'Capt. Kidd's anchorage'—just the name my ahipmate called it. There's a strong current runs along the south, and then ■.way nor'ard up the west coast. Bight you was, sir," says he,"to haul your wind and keep the weather of the Lsland. Leastways, if such was your intention as to enter and careen, and there ain't no better place for that in these waters." "Thank you, man,"says Capt. Smollett. "I'll ask you, later on, to jjive us a help. You may go." I was surprised at the coolness with which .John avowed his knowledge of the island; and I own 1 was half fright ened when I saw him drawing nearer to myself. He did not know, to be sure, that I had overheard his council from the apple barrel, and yet I had, by this time, taken such a horror of his cruelty, duplicity and power, that 1 could scarce conceal a shudder when he laid his hand upon my arm. "Ah," says he,"this here is a sweet •pot, this island—a sweet spot for a lad to get ashore on. You'll bathe, and .you'll climb trees, and you'll hunt goats, you will; and you'll get aloft on thein hills like a goat yourself. Why, it makes me young again. I was going to forget my timber leg, I was. It's a pleasant thing to be young and have ten toes, and you may lay to that. When you want togo a bit of exploring, you just ask old John, and he'll put up a snaek for you to take along." And clapping me in the friendliest way npon the shoulder, he hobbled off lorward and went below. Capt. Smollett, the squire and l)r. Livesey were talking together on the quarter-deck; and, anxious as 1 was to tell them my story, J durst not inter rupt them openly. Whiie 1 was still casting as than a min ute they were all down again, and all was once more silent. The place was entirely land-locked, buried in woods, the trees coming right down to high water mark, the shores mostly flat, and' the hill-tops standing round at a distance in a sort of amphitheater, one here, one there. Two little rivers, or, rather, two swamps, emptied out into this pond, as you might call it; and the foliage round that part of the shore bad a kind of poisonous brightness. From the ship, we could see nothing of the house or stockade, for they were quite buried among trees; and if it had not been for the chart on the companion, we might have been the first that had ever anchored there since the island arose out of the seas. There was not a breath of air mov ing, nor a sound but that of the surf booming half a mile away along the beaches and against the rocks outside. A peculiar stagnant smell hung the anchorage a smell of sodden leaves and rotten tree trunks. I ob served the doctor sniffing, and sniffing, like some one tasting a bad egg. "I don't know about treasure," he said, "but I'll stake my wig there's fever here." If the conduct of the men had been alarming in the boat, it became truly threatening when they had come aboard. They lay about the deck growling together in talk. The slight est order was received with a black look, and grudgingly and carelessly obeyed. Even the honest hands must have caught the infection, for there was not one man aboard to mend another. Mutiny, it was plain, hung over us like a thunder-cloud. And it was not only we of the cabin party who perceived the danger. Long John was hard at work going from group to group, spending himself ia good advice, and as for example no man could have shown a better, lie fairly outstripped himself in willingness and civility: he was all smiles to every one. If an order were given, John would be on his crutch in an instant, with the cheeriest "Ay, ay, sir!".in the world; and when there was nothing else to do, he kept up one song after another, as if to conceal the discontent of the rest. Of all the gloomy features of that gloomy afternoon, tl#s obvious anxiety on the part of Long John appeared the worst. We held a council in the cabin. "Sir," said the captain, "if I risk an other order, the whole ship'll come about our ears by the run. You we, sir, here it is. I get a rough answer, do I not? Well, if I speak back, pikes will be going in two shakes; if I don't, Silver will see there's something un der that, and the game's up. Now, we've only one man to rely on." "And who is that?" asked the squire. "Silver, sir," returned the captain; "he's as anxious as you and I to smother things up. This is a tiff; he'd soon talk 'em out of it if he had the chance, and what I propose to do is to give hini the chance. 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