VOL* XXXY
Grand Clearance Sale
OF £ Boots, SHOES and Rubber Goods. £
A money saving sale tor economical buyers—a sale which will be talked of in
every family—a grand cut of prices on all goods, none wi'l be spared. It will pay
vou to come miles ro attend ti is sale— I we need room and must reduce our sto k
and here are the low prices they will go at.
i lot ladies' fine dongola pat. tip shoes, regular price 50, reduced to »,- .9"- 1 !
1 lot ladies' waterproof kangaroo ca'f but. shoes regular price $1 40 reduced to .90
1 lot chi'd's solar tip grain shoes, regular price 75c reduced to 5° I
I lot men's fine satin calf shoes Eng. Bals., regular price $1.50 reduced to.. 1.00 (
1 lot ladies' heel and spring heel rubbers, regular price 35c reduced to 15 ;
I lot children's rubbers, regular price 25c, reduced to j
I lot men's all solid working shoes do.nble sole and regular price si-4°»
reduced to I -°° >
1 lot la-lies'fine dongola hand turn and liaad welt shoes, regu'ar price £3.00,
$3-5° anc ' yonr choice at 2 -°° j
1 lo' ladies' warm lined shoes, regular price ii.25, reduced to. 75 !
1 lot ladies' warm lined slippers, regu'ar price 90c, reduced to 5° j
A line of holiday slippers which sold at 90c, and Jr. 35 will be closed
out at *>s
Our stock of fe't boots and rubber goods to be closed out cheap. Sheffield sole
leather by the side 20c per pound and best cut, cut in strips at 25c per -pound.
Cut soles at ioc per pair. All kinds of findings and shoe-makers supplies at rock
bottom prices
Men's best felt boots with first grade woonsocket overs at .75
Boy's felts and best overs at 1.25
Youth's felts and best overs at 9°
Men's woonsocket first quality rubber boots at 2.00
Boy's woonsocket boots at - 1.25
Children's rubber boots at 75
Boy's storm king rubber boots at 1-5°
Youth's storm king rubber boots at - 1-25
JOHN BICKEL.
HUM'S G -Vl rk s,ie
IN BOOTS and SHOES.
There will be lively shoe selling in this house for
some time to come. We have taken the balance
of several of our fine lines -sizes are somewhat
broken —and marked them down to
About 50c on the Dollar!
Misses' Shoes. mostly narrow widths A, B and C.
One lot of fine Dongola, plain toe, a "' narrow feet wiU have a rare
spring and heel, former price $1.25, $1.50 '
and f?.oo, now 75c and $l.O0 —sizes One lot of Ladies' Lace Shoes, former
ji price ft 25 and #2.00; now 75c and SI.OO.
Children's, same stvle, 8% to it, re- One lot of Ladies'soft Dongola shoes,
dnctd to 50c and 75c." Sizes 6 to 8, 35c button and firns. plain and tip, former
ami 50c. price $4.00 and *4.50; now $ 1.50 and
One Lot Women's ?°' ~
Heavy Leather Shoes-former price omen s Ruobers at 18c, 20c and 25c.
r.25; now 75c. Wool Boots and Stockings.
Men's and Boys' Shoes. Men's Wool Hoots and Rubbers at
One lot of Call hand-made Congress $1.35 and |2.00.
Shoes former price $3-00; new #1.50. Men's Rubber Shoes, good at 50c.
Sizes 6 to 3. VVe have buckle and storm arctics at 75c
Boys' Shoes at 75c and {(too. Sizes 1 and sr.oo. Rubber Boots, all kinds you
to 5 '/£. may ask for. Tell us what you want.
Ladies' Shoes. We smve il -
One lot fine Dongola, lace and but- *"*' inter goods-warn, lined Shoes
ton, former price $2,00, *3 00 and #4.00; ! am! M! PP ers at a Breat8 reat reduction,
now (too, Jti 50 and $2.00. These are! YOU WILL FIND US
Butler's Leading °pp° site Hotel Lowr y-
Shoe house, 102 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
1 & YOUNG,
Tailor,fatter and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and keeping cool a hard one
But wt've solved it; ard for <nee economy, comfort and fashion go hand in hand
Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
lianjever before, they fit your curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfits. The
prices may surprise you.
J. S. YOUNG, Tailor.
io*.S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, VA \
They Fit Well,
I V&y* wear well.
II I Al / NEW YEAR IDEAS Unless your
111 / /\l / I 1 clothes nre up-to-date they might as well be
I\y (iI | several years behind the times. If you wan
RK jl v\*l the best ideas in clothing you should get youi
V\ ■ clothing of men who have the ideas. Yoi
\\l "L want them to look well and wear well. If
&!**rr they are not satisfactory you justly blame the
S —w tailor. We make the clothes in correct style
/and you are sure of them fitting for we guaran
\jf tee them and make the clothes to suit you.
fi P kTPfk' MERCHANT TAILOR-
• r\.L«VIx, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Penn'a
BIG SALE
Our Stock Must Be Reduced
before .we take invoice, and in order to do so we
will offer rare bargains from diamonds down to
the smallest article in our line. Space will only
permit a few of the many bargains.
Ladies' diamond rings $8 and $lO ones now $6;
Good watch (guaranteed) $2.50; Finewalch, you
pay $7 for now $5; 8 day clock, regular $4 ones
now $2.25; Black iron clock gilt trimming, was
$lO now $6; Alarm clock warranted 65c.
Come and examine our stock and get what you
need in our line cheaper than you ever dreamed of
C. F. T. PAPE & BRO,
JEWELERS, 122 South Main St.. Butler. Pa.
Old silver and gold taken the same as cash. Sale until Feb. Ist.
Advertise in the CIIIZEN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Much in Little
Is especially true of Hood's Pills, for no medi
cine ever contained so preat curative power in
50 small space. Tfacy are a whole medicine
Hood's
chest, always ready, al- "KB
ways efficient, always sat- ■ | I
I isfactory; prevent a cold | fill
j or fever, cure all liver ills,
sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25c.
The only i'ilLs to Uke with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Thousands are Trying It.
In order to prove the great merit of
j Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Iler.d. we have pre-
I pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Getitof your druggist or send 10 ents to
ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
I ever sinco a boy. and I never hop< ! for
cure, hut Ely's Cream Halm seen:;; to do
even that. Many acquaintance s have us .1
it with excellent results. —Oscar Ostrum,
4j Warren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cur.-"for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
60 cents. At druggists or by mail.
We All Know
that the slovenly dressed man
never receives the respect and
consideration the well dressed
man gets. One secret in dres
sing well lies in the selection of
the right tailor.
our Garments
are cut anil made in cur cv n
workshop in this city. We are
particular about the fit, fashion
and all the minute details in
their construction.
Would be pleased to show
volt a proiluc.' of our shop and
also give you a pointer in econ
omy.
fail patterns
now displayed
ALAND,
MAKER OF
tLOTHEb
SEANOR & HACES
L« ery, Feed and Sale Stable
11E\R OF WICK HOUSE,
BUTLER, PA.
tof horff* m<l tiift e'ars
hand ar.d or h;.e.
!;, h■ nreomtiifetiaos >" town f<r pt-rru;--
ni-ui i'Oardinp »L><t ira:: :ent tradi*. *>pn -
al C4r<- (.iiar'juteed.
Sul'le room lor pixfy five noises.
4 g< •>! i-f hi">i». both di ii era and
U»ri>en always on band ;iud lor sale
■inder » mil gnarai tee; scd hordes bocght
up.in proper mitifioaiion hv
SKA N0 It <t NACK.
Telephone, No 219.
B. <V ».
I * 1
news for your
pockeibook
—prices made to hurry up the
| shelf emptying—such determined
sacrifice of choice goods as, when
investigated, will show financial
advantage beyond any ever ex
perienced in your dry goods buy
ing.
32 inch all wool neat Mixtures
that were 25c are 15c.
38 inch all wool dark Mixtures
20c.
40 inch all wool Novelties—
nice effects, 25c —under price to
such exteiit as shows we mean to
empty the shelves at once.
Novelty Dress Goods and
Suitings 35c, 50c to sl.
Assorted lines solid color Dress
i Goods same»way —half price, and
iess—chances for good useful
gowns and skirts that mean
money saved—get samples and
let goods at the prices prove it.
Black Goods shelves and Plaid
and Flannel shelves also being
emptied—with prices. Nice
Black Goods reduced to 25, 35c.
$50,000 worth of choice silks
sacrificed—among them are lots
at 35, 50, 65, 75c to $1 yard
—both fancy and plain colored
silks -values that warrant your
getting samples of for dressy
waists, for gowns and for linings.
Not a surplus lot of goods
spared—prices made to sell them
now's the time to Luy—and
save.
Bo« <>s & Buhl
~ CT>
ALLEGHENY, PA.
EYES EXAUBEI) FREE 'Jp CBAKGE
R L. KlrXpdtrick, Optician and Jewelei
Next to Court House Butler, Late
Gradnate La Port Harol ogicl institnte
ABRAMS, BROWN & Co
Insurance andißeil Estate.
STRONG COMPANIES
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OKJ'K F.: Corner of Main St. and the Dla
mond. uorth of Court House. Itutler i'a.
M. C. WAGNER,
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER,
139 South Main street.
Over Shaul & Nast s Clothing Store
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY '2l, 1 ■ is
ROBERT "LOUI^jTEVE^IIt
SYNorsie.
CHAPTER L—Billy Bones, an old sea
flog, much addicted to rum, lodges at Ad
miral Benbow Inn.
CHAPTER ll.—Stranger, called "Black
Dog." meets Bones; an interview ends In
tight and disappearance of stranger.
Bones suffers apoplectic stroke.
CHAPTER lll.—Blind beggar comc3 to
Ir.n, presses something in Bones' hand
and leaves. "Ten o'clock!' Bones
cries. "Six hours. We'll do them yet: at
which moment he is struck dead by apo
plexy. , . .
CHAPTER IV.—Near Bones body la
found a little round i<aper, blackened on
one side, on the other the words: "Jou
have till ten to-night." Gold Is found to
Hones' sea chest, and an oilskin packet.
Flight taken from Inn.
CHAPTER V.—Blind man (Pew) with
companions attack the inn. ChaKrined at
not finding - Flint's list." the scoundrels
scatter. Blind Pew is run down and killed
by a horse.
CHAPTER Vl.—Young Hawkins taxes
packet to Dr. Livesey, who with Squire
Trelawney opens it and finds minute di
rections for finding of vast treasure.
CHAPTER Vll.—Trelawney fits up ex
pedition to seek treasure.
CHAPTER VIII—Jim Hawkins meets
Black Dog at John Silver's inn. Black Dog
runs away, and Silver avows ignorance of
his identity.
CHAPTER IX.—Ship's captain thinks
gome things on board somewhat singular
and asks to have certain precautions
taken, among which are the storing of
the powder and arm* astern and Riving
the doctor and his friends berths beside
the cabin.
CH V.PTER X.—"Hlspaniola" begins her
voyage. Hawkins climbs into apple bar
rel and overhears plans of treachery on
foot among the crew.
CHAPTER Xl.—Plot (laid by .Silver,
ship's cook) provides for the strike for
possession of the treasure immediately it
is gotten aboard. Cry of "Land ho
heard. .
CHAPTER Xll.—Hawkins tells of Sil
ver's treachery to Bivesey, Trelawney and
Capt. Smollett, who hold a council of war.
CHAPTER XIII Mutiny begins to show
in restlessness of men, and captain de
cides to give the men an afternoon ashore.
Jim Hawkins slips off with them, but on
the island gives them the slip.
CHAPTER ATY.
THE FIRST BLOW.
I was so pleased at having given the
Blip to Long John that I began to enjoy
myself and look around me with some
interest on the strange land that I was
in.
I had crossed a marshy tract full ol
willows, bulrushes, and odd outland
ish, swampy trees, and I had now come
out upon the skirts of an open piece ol
undulating, sandy country, about b
mile long, dotted with a few pines, and
a great number of contorted trees, not
unlike the oak in growth, but pale in
the foliage, like willows. On the fai
side of the open stood one of the hills
with two quaint, craggy peaks, shining
vividly in the sun.
I now felt for the first time the joy
1.1 exploration. The isle was uninhab
ited; my shipmates I had left behind,
and nothing lived in front of me out
dumb brutes and fowls. I turned
hither and thither among the trees.
Here and there were flowering plants
unknown to me; here and there I saw
snakes, and one raised his head from
a ledge of a rock and hissed at me with
a noisa not unlike the spinning of 8
top. Little did 1 suppose that he was e
deadly enemy, and that the noise was
the famous rattle.
Then I came to a long thicket of these
oak-like trees —live or evergreeiii oaks,
I heard afterward they should be called
—which grew low along 1 the sand like
brambles, the boughs curiously twist
ed, the foliage compact, like thatch
The thicket stretched down from the
top one of the sandy knolls, spreading
and growing taller as it went, until it
reached the margin of the broad, reedy
fen, through which the nearest of the
little rivers soaked its way into the an
chorage. The marsh was steaming in
the strong sun, and the outline of the
Spy-glass trembled through the haze.
All at once there began to go a sort oi
bustle among the bulrushes; a wild
duck flew up with a quack, another fol
lowed, and soot, over the whole surface
of the marsh a great cloud o< birde
hung screaming and circling in the
air. I judged at once that some of mj
shipmates must be drawing near along
the borders of the fen. Jsor was I de
ceived; for soon I heard the very dis
tant and low tones of a human voice,
which as I continued to give ear, grew
steadily louder and nearer.
This put me in great fear, and 1
crawled under cover of the nearest live
oak and squatted there, hearkening, as
silent as a mouse.
Another voice answered; and then
the first voice, which I now recognized
to be Silver's, once more took up the
story, and ran on for a long while in a
stream, only now and again interrupt
ed by the other. By the sound they
must have been talking earnestly, and
almost fiercely; but no distinct word
came to my hearing.
At last the speakers seemed to hove
paused, and perhaps to have sat down;
for not only did they cease to draw any
"Jim! Jim!" X h»ard him shoutlag.
nearer, but the birds themselves began
to grow more quiet, and to settle again
to their places in the swamp.
And now I began to feel tiiut I was
neglecting my business; that since 1
had been so foolhardy as to come ashore
witlj these desperadoes, the least I
could do was to overhear them at their
councils; and my plain and obvious
duty was to draw as close as I could
manage, iinder the favorable ambush
of the crouching trees.
I could tell the direction of,the speak
ers pretty exactly, not only by the
sound of their voices, but by the be
ha\ior of the few birds that stilj liung
in alarm above the heads of the in
truders.
Crawling on all-fours, I made
steadily but slowly toward them; till
at last, raising my head to an aperture
among the leaves, I could sec clear
down into a little green dell beside the
marsh, and closely set about with trees,
where Long John Silver and another
of the crew stood face to face in con
versation.
The sun beat full \ipon them. Silver
had thrown his hat beside him on the
ground, and his great, smooth, blonde
lace, nil shining with licat, was lifted
to the other man's in a kind of appeal.
"Mate," he was saving-, "it's because
I thinks gold-dust of )o<i —gold-dust,
ai;d you may lay to that! If 1 hadn t
took to you like pitch, do you think I'd
have been here a-warning of you? All's
up—jou can't make nor mend; it's to
save your neck that I'm a-speaking.
and if one of the wild 'uns knew it.
where 'ud I be, 'lorn —now, tell me.
where 'ud I be?"
"Silver," said the other man —and
I observed Jie was not only red in the
face, but spoke as hoarse as a crow, and
his voice shook, too, like a taut rope—
"Silver," says he, "you're old, aud
you're honest, or has the name for it;
and you've money, too, which lots of
poor euilors hasn't; and you're brave,
or I'm mistook. And will you tell me
vou'll let yourself be led away with
that kind of a mess of swabs? not you!
As sure as God sees me, I'd sooner lose
my hand. If I turn again my dooty—"
And then all of a sudden he was inter
rupted by n noise. I had found one of
the honest hands —well, here, at that
same moment, came news of another.
Far away out in the marsh there arose,
all of a sudden, a sound like the cry of
anger, then another on the back,of it;
and then one horrid, long-drawn
scream. The rocks of the Spy-glass re
echoed it a score of times; the whole
troop of marsh-birds rose again, dark
ening heaven, with a simultaneous
whir; and long after that death yell
was still ringing in my brain, silence
had reestablished its empire, and only
the rustle of the redescending birds
and the boom of the distant surges dis
turbed the languor of the afternoon.
Tom hod leaped at. the sound, like a
horse at the spur; but Silver had not
winked on eye. lie stood where he
was, resting lightly on his crutch,
watching his companion like a snake
about to spring.
"John!" said the sailor, stretching
out his hand.
"Hands off!" cried Silver, leaping
back a yard, as it seemed to me, with
\lie speed and security of a trained
gymnast.
"Hands off, if you like, John Silver,"
said the other. "It's a black conscience
that can make you feared of me. Put,
in Heaven's, name, tell me what was
that?"
"That?" returned Silver, smiling
away, but warier than ever, his eye a
mere pin-point in his big face, but
gleaming like a crumb of glass.
"That? Oh, I reckon that'll be Alan."
And at this poor Tom flashed out like
a hero.
"Alan!" he cried. "Then rest his
soul for a true seaman! And as for
you, John Silver, long you've been a
mate of mine, but you're mate of mine
no more. If I die- like a dog, I'll die in
my dooty. You'vo killed Alan, have
you? Kill me, too, if you can. But I
defies you."
Aud with that, this- brave fellow
turned his back directly 011 the cook,
and set ofE walking for the beach. But
he was not destined to go far. With a
ery, John seized the branch of a tree,
whipped the crutch out of his armpit,
and sent that uncouth missile hurling
through the air. It struck poor Tom.
point foremost, and with stunning
violence, right between the shoulders
in the middle of bis back. His hands
flew up, he gave a sort of gasp, and
fell.
Whether he was injured much or
little none could ever tell. Like enough,
to judge from the sound, his back was
broken on the spot, but he had no time
given him to recover. Silver, agile as
a monkey, even without leg or crutch,
was on the top of him the next moment,
and had twice buried his knife up to the
hilt in that defenseless body. From my
place of ambush I could hear him pant
loudly as he struck the blows.
I do not know what it rightly is to
faint, but I do know that for the next
little while the whole world swam
away from before mc in a whirling
mist; Silver and the birds and the tall
Spy-glass hilltop, going round and
round and topsyturvy before my eyes,
and all manner of bells ringing and dis
tant voices shouting in my ears.
When I came again to myself, the
monster had pulled himself together,
his crutch under his arm, his hat upon
his head. Just before him Tom lay
motionless upon the sward; but the
murderer minded him not a whit,
cleansing his blood-stained knife the
while upon a whisp of grass. Every
thing else was unchanged, the sun still
shining mercilessly 011 the steaming
marsh and the tall pinnacleof themoun
tain, and I could scarce persuade my
self that murder had actually been
done, and a human life cruelly cut
short a moment since before my eyes.
But now John put his hand into his
pocket, brought out a whistle, and blew
upon it several modulated blasts, that
rang far across the heated air. I could
not tell, of course, the meaning of the
signal, but it instantly awoke my tears.
More men would be coming. I might
be discovered. They had already slain
two of the honest people; after Tom
and Alan, might not I come next?
Instantly I began to extricate myself
and crawl back again, with what speed
and silence I could manage, to the more
open portion of the wood. As I did so,
I could hear hails coming and going be
tween the old buccaneer and his com
rades, and this sound of danger lent me
wings. As soon as I was clear of the
thicket I ran as I never ran before,
scarce minding the direction of my
flight, so long as it led me from the mur
derers; aud as I ran, fear grew and
grew upon mc, until it turned into a
kind of frenzy.
Indeed, could anyone be more entire
ly lost t,han I? When the gun fired,
how should I dare go down to the boats
among those fiends, still smoking from
their crime? Would not the first of
them who saw me wring my neck like
a snipe's? Would not my absence itself
be an evidence to them of my alarm,
and therefore of my fatal knowledge?
It was all over, I thought. Good-by
to the Hispaniola; -rood-by to the
squire, the doctor and tliecaptain. There
was nothing left for me but death by
starvation or death by the hands of the
mutineers.
All this while, as I say, I was still
running', and, without taking 1 any no
tice, I hail drawn near to the footof the
little hill with the two peaks, and bad
got into a part of the island where the
wild oaks grew more widely apart, and
seemed more like forest trees in their
bearings and dimensions. Mingled
with these were a few .scattered pines,
some 50, some nearly 70 fret high. The
air, too, smelled more freshly than
down beside the marsh.
And here u fresh alarm brought me to
a standstill with a thutnping- h^nrt
CIIAPTF.It XV.
THE MAN OF THE I PI.AND.
From the side of the- hill, vv'iicli was
here steep and stony, a ;:f pi • i
was dislodged and fell rattli- g •
bounding through the trees. My 1 yes
turned instinctively in that t! r> ' >".
ud I Mnrdgtmleap with great rapid
ity behind the trunk of a pine. What it
was, whether l>ear or man or monkey, I
could in no wise tell. It seemed dark
aud shaggy; more I knew 1 ot. But the
terror of the new apparition brought
me to a stand.
I was now, it seemed, cut otT upon
both sides; behind me the murderers,
beforemetbis lurkingnocde>eript. And
immediately I began to prefer th» dan
gers that I knew to those I knew not.
Silver himself appeared le>< terrible ir
contrast, with this creature of the
woods, and I turned on my heel, and,
looking sharply behind me over my
shoulder, began to retrace my steps in
the direction of the boats.
Instantly the figure reappeared, and.
making a wide circuit, began to head
me off. I was tired, at any rate; but
had I been as fresh as when I rose, 1
could see it was in vain for me to con
tend in speed such an adversary. From
trunk to trunk the creature flitted like
a deer, running man-like on two legs,
but unlike any man that I had. ever
seen, stooping almost double as it ran-
Yet a man it was. I could no longer be
in doubt about that
I began to recall what I had heard of
cannibals. I was within an ace of call
ing for help. But the mere fact that
he was a man. however wild, had some
what reassured me, and' my fear of Sil
ver began to revive in proportion. I
stood still, therefore, and cast about
for some method of escape; and ns I
was so thinking, the recollection of my
pistol flashed into my mind. As soon
as I remembered I was not defenseless,
courage glowed again in my heart;
and I set my face resolutely for this
man of the island, and walked briskly
toward him.
He was concealed by this time, be
hind another tree trunk; but he must
have been watching me closely, for as
-soon as I began to move In his direction
he reappeared and' took a step to meet
me. Then he hesitated, drew back,
'v
I
■liver burled hie knife twice in that defcnes'.eis
body.
came forward again, and at last, to
my wonder and contusion, threw him
self 011 his knees and held out his
clasped hands in supplication.
At that I once more stopped.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Ben Gunn," he answered, and his
voice sounded hoarse and awkward, like
a rusty lock. "I'm poor Ben 'iunn, I
am; and I haven't spoke with a Chris
tian these three years."
I could now see that he w;t,« a white
roan like myself, anc that hi,* features
were even pleasing. His skin, wher
ever it was exposed, was burned by the
sun; even his lips were black, and his
fair eyes looked quite startling in so
dark a face. Of all the beggar-men that
I had seen or fancied, he was the chief
for raggedness. He was clothed with
tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea
cloth; and this extraordinary patch
work was all held together by a system
of the most various and incongruous
fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick,
atjd loops of tarry gaskin. About his
waist he wore an old brass-buckled
leather belt, which was the one thing
solid in his whole accoutrement.
"Three years!" I cried. "Were you
shipwrecked?"
"Nay, mate," said he —"marooned."
I had heard the word, and I knew it
ptood for a horrible kind of punish
ment common enough among the buc
caneers, in which the offender is put
ashore with a little powder and- shot,
and left behind on some desolate and
distant island.
"Marooned three years agone," he
continued, "and lived on goats since
then, and berries, and oysters. Wher
ever a man is, says I, a man can do ior
himself. But, mate, my heart is sore
,for Christian diet. You mightn't hap
pen to have a piece of cheese about you,
now? No? Well, many's the long
night I've dreamed of cheese —toasted,
mostly—and woke up again, and here
I were."
"If ever I can get aboard again," said
I, "you shall have cheese by the stone."
All this time he had been feeling the
stuff of my jacket, smoothing my hands,
looking at my boots, and generally, in
the intervals of his speech, showing a
childish pleasure in the presence of a
fellow creature. But at my last words
he perked up into a kind of startled sly
ness.
"If you ever get aboard again, says
you?" he repeated. "Why, now, who's
to hinder you?"
"Not you, I know," was my reply.
"And right you was," lie cried. "Xow
you—what do you call yourself, mate .
"Jim," I told him.
"Jim, Jim," says he, quite pleased, ap
parently. "Well, now, Jim, I've lived
that rough as you'd be ashamed to a
hear of. Now, for instance, you
wouldn't think I had a pious mother
to look at me?"' he asked.
"Why, no, not in particular," I an
swered.
"Ah, well," said he, "but I had—re
markably pious. And I was a civil,
pious boy, and could rattle off my cate
chism that fast, as you couldn't tell
one word from another. And here's
what it come to, Jim. and it begun with
ehuek-farthen 011 the blessed grave
stones! That's what it begun with,
but it went further'n that; and so my
mother told me, and predicked the
whole, she did, the pious woman. But
It were Providence that put me here.
I've thought it all out in this here lone
ly island, and I'm back 011 piety. You
can't catch me tasting rum so much;
but just a thimbleful for luck, of
course, the first chance I have. I'm
bound I'll be good, and I see the way to.
And, Jim—" looking all around him,
and lowering his voice to a whisper—
"l'm rich."
I now felt sure that the poor fellow
had gone crazy in his solitude, and I
suppose I must have shown the feeling
in my face, for he repeated the
statement, hotly:
"Rich! rich! I says. And I'll tell
you what; I'll make a man of you, .Jim.
Ah, Jim, you'll bless your stars, yov
will, you was the first that found
me!"
And ut this there came suddenly a low
princ shadow over his face, and he
tip! vnH hi - grasp upon my hand, and
Ml'; D a f. rctiuger threateningly be
fore my eyes.
.Tin'., j u tell me true; that
ain't Flint's ship?" he asked.
At this I had a happy inspiration. I
be-rai to believe that I had found an
ally, and 1 answered him at nnce.
"It's not Flint's ship, and Flint is
dead; but I'll tell you true, as you ask
, ne _there are some of Flint's hands
aboard; worse luck for the rest of
lis."
"Not a man —with cne—leg'.'' he
gasped.
"Silver?" 1 asked.
"Ah, Silver!'' says he; "that were his
name."
"Ifi's the cook; and the ringleader,
too."
He was still holding me by the wrist,
and at that he gave it a quiet wring.
"If jou was sent by I.ong John,' he
said, "I'm as pood ;is pork, and 1 know
it. I'.ut where was you, do you sup
pose?'
1 had made my mind up in a moment,
and by way of answer told him the
whole story of our voyage, and the pre
dicament iu which we found ourselves,
lie heard me with the keenest interest,
and w hen 1 had done he patted me on
the-head.
"You're a good lad, Jim," he t»iid;
"and you're all in a clove hitch, ain't
you? Well, you just put your trust in
lien Gum. lien Gunn's the man to do
it. Would you think it likely, now,
that your squire would prove a liberal
minded one iu case of help—him being
in a clove hitch, as you remark?"
I tolii him the squire was the most lib
eral of men.
"Ah, but you see," returned Ben
Gtmn, "I didn't mean giving me a gale
to Keep, and a suit of livery clothes,
and such; that's not my mark, Jim.
What 1 mean is, would 1;.- be likely to
come down to the toon of, say £ 1,000
out of money that's as good as a man's
own already?"
"I am sure he would," said I. "As it
was, all hands were to share."
"And a passage home?" he added,
with a look of great shrewdness.
"Wl.. I cried, "the squire's a gen
ticmar.. Vi.d, besides, if we got rid of
the others, we should want you to help
work the vessel home."
"Ah," said he, "so you would." And
he seemed very much relieved.
"X'iw, I'll tell you what," he went
ou. "So much I'll tell you, and no more.
I were in Flint's ship when he buried
the tr;: nre; he and six along—six
st >g seamen. Tbey was ashore nigh
on a v. ,-ek. and us standing oIT and
on in the o'd "Walrus.' One line day
up went the signal, a: d here come
Flint by himself iu a lit-tle boat, and his
head <1 :-.e up in a b'.ne scarf. The sun
was petting tip. and mortal white he
locked about the cat-water. Hut, there
he was, yon mir.d. and the six all dead
—cead a: ' buri -d. How had he done
it, n:»t a man aboard us could make out.
It v.-- • br.ttli. nmrt'or s»rd sudden death,
len ■'«; —hitr> r.pains't six. Billy
Hone.- v a« ti;e mate; L-mg John, he was
quartermaster; and they asked him
where the treasure was. 'Ah,' says he,
'you can go ashore, if you like, and
stay,' he says; 'but as for the ship, she'll
beat up for more, by thunder!' That's
what he said.
"Well, I was in another ship three
years back, and we sighted this island.
'Boys,' said I, 'here's Flint's treasure;
let's land and find it.' The captain was
displeased at that; but my messmates
were all of a mind and landed. Twelve
days they looked for it, and every day
they had the worse word'for me, un/til
one fine morning all hands went
aboard. 'As for you. Benjamin Gunti,'
says they, "here's a musket,' they says,
'and a spade, and pick-ax. Yo'i can
stay here, and find Flint's money for
yourself," they says.
"Well, Jim, three years have 1 been
here, and not a bile of Christian diet
from that day to this. But now, you
look here; look at me. Do I look like a
man before the mast? Xo. says you.
Nor I weren't, neither, I says."
And with that he winked and pinched
me hard.
"Just you mention thein words to
your squire, Jim"—he went on: "Nor he
weren't, neither—that's the words
Three years he were the man of this
island, light and dark, fair and rain;
and sometimes he would, inaybe, think
upon a prayer (says j'ou), ancf some
times he would, maybe, think of his old
mother, so be as she's alive (you'll say);
but the most part of Gunn's time (this
is what you'll say)—the most part of
his time was took up with another mat
ter. And then you'll give him a nip, like
I do."
And he pinched me again, in the most
confidential manner.
"Then," he continued —"then you'll
up and you'll say this: C-unn is a good
man (you'll say), and he puts a precious
sight moreeonfidence—a precious sight,
mind that—in a gen'leman born than in
these gen'lemen of fortune, having
been one hisself."
"Well," I said, "I don't understand
one word that you've been saying. But
that's neither here nor there; for how
am I to get on board?"
"Ah." said he, "that's the hitch for
sure. Well, there's my boat that I
made with my t.wo hands. I keep her
under the white rock. If the worst
come to the worst, we might try that
after dark. Hi!" he broke out, "what's
that?"
For just then, although the sun had
still an hour ortwo to run,all the echoes
of the island awoke and bellowed to
the thunder of a cannon.
"They have begun to fight!" I cried.
"Follow me."
And I began to run toward the
anchorage, my terrors all forgotten;
while, close at my side, the marooned
man in his goatskins trotted easily and
lightly.
"I,ejt, left," says he; "keep to your
left hand, mate Jim! Under the trees
with you! There's where I killed my
first goat. They don't come down here
now; they're all mastheaded on them
mountings for the fear of Benjamin
Gunn. Ah! and there's the cetemery"
—cemetery he must have meant.
"You sec the mounds? I come here
and pray, uows and thens, when I
thought maybe a Sunday would be
about doo. It weren't quite a chapel,
but it seemed more solemn like; and
then, says you, Ben Gunn was short
handed —no chapling, nor so much as a
Bible and a flag, you says."
So he kept talking as 1 ran, neither
expecting nor receiving any answer.
The cannon-shot was followed, after
u considerable interval, by a volley of
small arms.
Another pause, and then, not a
quarter of a mile in front of me, I be
held the Union Jack flutter in the air
above a wood.
PART IV.
THE STOCKADE. ,
CHAPTER XVI.
NARRATIVE CONTINUED BT THE
DOCTOR IIOW THE SHIP WAS
ABANDONED.
It was about half-past one—three
bells in the sea phrase—that tli* two
boats went ashore from the "Ilispani
ola." The captain, the squire and 1
were talking matters over in the cabin.
Had there been a breath of wind, we
should have fallen on the six mutineers
who were left aboard with us. sli lined
our cable, and away to sea. Ilut the
wind was wonting; aud to complete
our helplessness, down came Hunter
willi the i.ews that Jim Ilawkins had
slipped into a boat and was gone
ashore with the rest.
It had never occurred to us to doubt
Jim Hawkins; but we were alarmed
for hi.s safctj. With the men in the
temper they were in, it seemed au eveu
< hanee if we should see the lad again.
We ran on deck. The pitch was bubbling
in the seams: the nasty stench of the
place turned roe sick; If ever a man
smelled fever and dysentery, it was in
that abominable anchorage. The sis
scoundrels were sitting grumbling
under a sail In the forecastle; ashore
we could see the gigs made fast, and a
man sitting in each, hard by where the
river runs in. One of them was whist
ling "Lillibullero."
Waiting was a strain; and it was de
cided that Hunter and 1 should go
ashore with the jolly-boat, in quest of
information.
The gigs had leaned to their right;
but Hunter and I pulled straight in, in
the direction of the stockade upon the
chart. The two who were left guard
ing their boats seemed In a bustle at
our appearance; "Lillibullero" stopped
off, and I could see the pair discussing
what, they ought to bo. Had they gone
and told Silver, ali might have turned
out differently; but they had their
orders, I suppose, and decided to sit
quietly where they were and hark
back again to "Lillibullero."
There was a slight bend in the coast,
and I steered so as to put it between
us; even before we landed we had thus
lost sight of the gigs. I jumped out,
and came ns near running as 1 durst.
\ri 4 l> -i Ivrr sil'< hnndV*r?hief under my
hat for coolness' sake, and a brace of
pistols ready primed for safety.
I had not gone 100 yards when I came
on the stockade.
This was how It was: A spring of
clear water rose almost at the top of a
knoll. Well, on the knoll, and inclosing
the spring, they had clapped a srtout
log house, fit to hold two score people
on a pinch, and loop-holed for mus
ketry on every side. All round this
they had cleared a wide space, and then
tie thing was completed by a paling
six feet high, without door or open
ing, too strong to pull down without
time and labor, and too open to shelter
the besiegers. The people In the log
house had them In every way; they
stood quiet In shelter and shot the
others like partridges. All they want
ed was a good watch and food; for,
short of a complete surprise, they
might have held the place against a
regiment.
What particularly took my fancy wa«
the spring. For, though we had a good
enough place of it In the cabin of the
"Hlspaniola," with plenty of arms and
ammunition, and things to eat, and ex
cellent wines, there had been one thing
overlooked —we had no water. I wae
thinking this over, when there cam*
ringing over the island the cry of a
man at the point of death. I was not
new to violent death—l have served
his royal highness the duke of Cum
berland, and got a wound myself at
Fontenoy—but I know my pulse went
dot and carry one. "Jim Hawkins ia
gone," was my first thought.
It Is something to have been an oW
soldier, (but more still to have been s
doctor. There is no time to dilly-dallj
in our work. And so now I made up my
mind instantly, and with no time losl
returned to the shore and jumped oi
board the jolly-boat.
By good fortune Hunter pulled a
good oar. We made the water fly; and
tbe boat was sooa and I
aboard the schooner.
I found them oil shaken, as was nat
ural. The squire was sitting down, ai
white as a sheet, thinking of the harm
[ he bad led us to, the good soull and one
I of the six forecastle hands was little
better.
"There's a man," said Capt. Smollett,
nodding toward him, "new to thii
work, ne came nigh-hand fainting,
doctor, when he heard the cry. An
other touch of the rudder and that man
would join us."
I told my plan to the captain, and be
tween us we settled on the details of its
accomplishment.
We put old Redruth in the gallery
between the cabin and the forecastle,
with three or four loaded muskets and
a mattress for protection. Hunter
brought the boat round under the
stern port, and Joyce and I set to work
loading her with powder tins, muskets,
bags of biscuits, kegs of pork, a cask
of cognac and my invaluable medicine
chest.
In the meantime the squire and the
captain stayed on deck, and the latter
hailed the cockswain, who was the
principal man on board.
"Mr. Hands," he Bald, "here ore two
of us with a brace of pistols each. If
any one of you six make a signal of any
description, that man's dead."
They were a good deal taken aback;
and after a little consultation, one and
all tumbled down the fore companion,
thinking, no doubt, to take us on the
rear. But when they saw Redruth
waiting for them in the sparred gal
lery, they went about ship at once, and
a head popped cut on deck.
"Down, dog!" cries the captain.
And the head popped back again; and
we heard no more, for the time, of these
six very faint-hearted seamen.
By this time, tumbling things in as
they came, wo had the jolly-boat loaded
as much as we dared. Joyce and I
got out through the stern port and we
made for shore again as fast as our
oars could take ns.
This second trip fairly aroused the
watchers along the shore. "Lillibul
lero" was dropped again, and just be
fore we lost eight of them behind the
little point one of them whipped
ashore and disappeared. I had half a
mind to change my plans and destroy
their boats, but I feared thot Silver
and the others might be close at hand,
and all might very well be lost by try
ing for too much.
We had soon touched land in the
some place before we set the provi
sion in the block-house. All three made
the first journey, heavily laden, and
tossed our stores over the palisade.
Then, leaving Joyce to guard them—
one man, to be sure, but with half a
dozen muskets —Hunter and I returned
to the jolly-boat, and loaded ourselves
once more. So we proceeded without
pausing to take breath, till the whole
cargo was bestowed, when the two serv
ants took up their position in the
block-house, and I, with all my power,
sculled back to the Hlspaniola.
That we should have risked a second
boat load seems more daring than it
really was. They had the advantage
of numbers, of course, but we had the
advantage of arms. . Not one of the men
ashore had a musket, and before they
could get within range for pistol-shoot
ing, we flattered ourselves wo could be
able to give a good account of a half
dozen at least.
The squire was waiting 1 for me at
the stern window, all his faintness gone
from him. lie caught the painter and
made it fast, and we fell to loading- the
boat for our very lives. Pork, powder
mod biscuit was the cargo, with only a
tonsket and cutlass apiece for squire
and mo and Redruth and the captain.
Tke rest ofthe arms and jjowdej- were
No 4
dropped oi< rl>oord in two fathoms and
a half of water, so that we could see
the bright steel shining far below us
in the sun, on the clear, sandy bottom
By ibis time tbe tide was beginning
to ebb, and the ship was swinging
around to her anchor. Voices were
heard hallooing in the direction of the
two gigs; and though this reassured u*
for Joyce and Hunter, who were well to
the eastward, it warned our party to
be off.
Hedruth retreated from his place in
the gallery and dropped into the boat,
which we had brought round to the
ship's counter, to be handier for Capt.
Smollett.
"Now, men," said he, "do you hear
me?"
There wr>» no answer from the fore
castle.
"It's to you, Abraham Giay —it's to
you I am speaking."
Still no reply.
"Gray," resumed Mr. Smollett, a little
louder, "I am leaving this ship, and I
order you to follow your captain. I
know you are a good man at bottom,
and I dare sny not one of the lot of
you's as bad as he makes out. I have
my watch here in my hand; I give you
30 seconds to join me in."
There was a pause.
"Come, my fine fellow," continued
the captain, "don't liaug so long in
stays. I'm risking my life, and the
lives of these good gentlemen, every
second."
There was a sudden scuffle, a sound
of blows, and out burst Abraham Gray
w' th a knife cut on the side of theclieek,
and came running to the captain, like a
dog to the whistle.
"I'm with you, sir," said he.
And the next moment he and the cap
tain had dropped aboard of us, and wo
had shoved off and given way.
We were clear out of the ship, but
not yet ashore in our stockade.
fro BE cosTtxr«».l
The Cnt Direct.
"For years he was well known to me,"
So the physician eadly said,
"But now, called to his autopsy,
I am obliged to cut him dead."
—Harlem Life.
A COMFOIITIJfU SCCGESTIOW.
Gigantic Footballer (to little Tlbbins,
who has been persuaded into taking the
place of an absentee) —We must see if
we can't make the next half a little
more exciting, ole chap!— London Fun.
Always in Debt.
Take th® future as It comes.
And though It may look black.
Never borrow trouble for
You cannot pay It back.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How It Happened.
"I wish," said the young mac, "that
you would be less informal and call me
by my first name."
"I'd rather not," replied his fair com
panion; "your last name suits me."
A few minutes later they were dis
cussing the merits of the different firms
that supply furniture upon the install
ment plan.—Chicago News.
llow It Affect* Them.
"There are only two classes of wom
en who cry at weddings," said he.
"Name them, please," she replied, her
curiosity excited.
"Those who are married themselves
and those who have never had an oppor
tunity to marry."—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Proof Positive.
Sheriff of Frozen Dog (bragging)—l
met Hurricane Bill one day, when he
WTIZ drunk and looking fer fight, and I
jess simply—
Bronco I'ete—Run like a jack rabbit,
of course!
Sheriff —What makes you think that?
Bronco Pete —You're here. —Puck.
No Change.
She—Would you love me just the
same if I were poor us you do when Fm
*ih?
lie—Just the same; and there was*
covert meaning in the tone that her
confiding nature did not grasp.—De
troit Free Press.
Wanted Her Free of ChU(«.
"I came to ask for your daughter in
marriage, sir," said the young man.
"Have you any money of your own?"
asked the careful parent.
"Oh, you misunderstand me, sir! 1
do not want to buy herl"—Yonkern
Statesman.
Mlatrcan anil Maid.
Mrs. Slimdiet (boarding house keep
er) —What haveyou in this pot, Bridget?
Bridget (who is trying to clean the old
lamp burners by boiling them)—Plaze,
muin, thim's th' ould lamp tops. They
waz no use at all at all.
Mrs. Slimdiet—Well, dont forget to
put in plenty of seasoning.—N. Y. Week
ly-
Alivaja a Remnant.
"There is one thing I can't under
stand."
"What is it?"
"If a man dies his widow is called his
relict."
"Yes?"
"And if she dies herself she is called
the remains." —Chicago News.
At the Table.
Near-sighted Boarder—Where did Mr.
Blimchap get that beautiful yellow
chrysanthemum he is smelling? What
an enormous one it is, too.
Miss Prudity—That is not a chrysan
themum; it is only cold slaw on the
end of Mr. Slimchap's fork, Mr. Near
sight.—Cincinnati Commercial.
A Sordid Sonl.
Jinks —Of all mean, grasping men, I
think Minks is the worst. I don't be
lieve lie ever gets his thoughts off of
dollars and cents.
Blinks —What has he been doing?"
Jinks —He's been asking me for a pal
try ten dollars I borrowed of liim some
yenrs ago.—N. Y. Weekly.
Torture.
She (reading)—l see by the paper that
Mr. Gladstone suys that practice is
needed for the completion of an educa
tion.
He —Yes; I think about a week more
practice by the girl in the next flat
will complete my education for an in
sane asylum.—l'p-to-Date.
Front Day* to Day,
With cheer and with ardor each new day
begins
And hope never totally lapses;
Though yesterday passes with sad "Might
have-beens,"
To-morrow la full of "Perhajnea."
—Washington stair.