VOL* xxxv
MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN.
GREAT ANNUAL OPENING
OF
SPRING DRESS GOODS 5 SILKS.
Our assortment consisting of the latest colorings, weaves and designs b% far
surpa&sts ail our former exhibitions, and by reason of our excellent Eastern connec
tions, we are able to offer the season's most deiirable goods at prices much lower
than th .se asked for similar goods elsewhere.
We shall gladly furnish Samples for comparison upon application.
Ladies'. Suits, Skirt-Waists and Millinery Dep't
has been thoroughly renovated and enlarged. We now have one of the largest,
best lighted cloak rooms in Western Pennsylvania outside the large city stores. A'e
have on display in our new room advance styles in Ladies' Silk waists which in
clude fancy weaves, stripes and satin?. Trices range from i 2 5D to <9 co; Ladies'
Suits in Coverts, Serges and Novelty cloths from #5 00 to #25 00; Ladies' Separate
Skirts iu all the new weaves anil colorings also, Black Satin and Morie Velvet
Skirts—prices range from $1 00 to sls 00.
New Spring Millinery
5b OUR MOTTO: R . J- I r„
S.. .... n S also on display. Exper
g Above All In Quality, r 1 r
£ Below All in Price. ienced trimmers in our
Miilinery department all
the year round.
firs. J. E. Zimmerman.
jj Wall Paper. I
|) _ We havi just opened one of the most complere lines ever shown >
i) in Butltr consisting of the latest designs and colorings selected 5
from the leadiug wall paper factories of the U. S. with a view of *
. | pleasing all lx)th in quality and price we consider it a pleasure ti J
e have you call and inspect our goods as we feel confident we can f
e please yon, and the prices are as low as the lowest. #
!| Special Notice I
A We have remnant* you can have at prices that will astonish yon; 5
.j also headquarters for Books, Stationary, etc. .
Ira C. Black. & Co. s
SUCDESSORS TO DANIEL KINCH. *
1 S , YOUNG '
Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and kecpiug cool a hard one
But we've solved it; and for once econcmy, comfort ar.d fashion go hand in haud
Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
ban ever before, they fit your cuives and ye! they're not sweat bath outfits. The
prices may surprise «ou.
J S. YOUNG. Tailor.
toi S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, I'A
I «g They Fit Well,
i vv '" wear we "-
I A 1 If NEW YEAR IDEAS U' less you
.11 / /li 11 i| clothes ere up-to-date they might as well be
Ir -1 I I I I several years behind the times. If you wan
nY/ JI \ \*l 1 tlie Itst ideas in clothing you shoul<l get vr.tii
r \\ I I v- "M clothing of men who have the ideas. Vol
\ \\l ft I •'! want them to look well and wear well. If
I t bey are not satisfactory you justly blame the
. J— f ailor. We make the clothes in correct style
f /--NX' a nd yf>u are sure of them fitting for we guaran
' S W tee them and make the clothes to suit you.
UP K&C k MERCHANT TAILOR
' r • ■VEfWrv, 14 2 North Main Street Butler Penn'a
—
Pape sros,
JEWEbCRS.
We Will Save You Money On
Toiamonds, Watches Clocks, >
S Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros.
S Plateware and Sterling Silver^
Our Repair Department takes in all kinds of Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry, etc
122 S. Main St.
Old gold and si'ver taken the same as cash.
• * ' "V*"
m improved U. S. Separator's m
Vermont Dairymen's Convention.
leads everywhere is used; sub
|l stantially made more thorough iu separa
■Vß A \K FREDERICKSSURG, PA., June I, 1597.
II I*l M My daughter, 6 years old, can set the
II ml #r -1 N°- 6 Improved U. S. Separator in perfect
■ U order and run it. It runs much easier
the Be l.aval. DAVIO UMBURGER.
m VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., - Bellows Falls, Vt. W
Advertise in the CITIZEN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Library
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES
I'., |{T"I«'III<T «V LI, K.
Train? depart No 12 0:40 A. M No.
j 14. 5:07 P. M. Butler time.
TRAINS ARRIVE: NO. 'J. '•> :55 A. M; NO.
11. 2:55 P. M. BUTLER TIME.
No. 12 runs through to Erie and con
nects with W. N. Y. IA." P at Huston
• Junction for Franklin and Oil City,
and v.-ith N Y. L E. <Sr W. at Shenan
so for all point- east. No 14 rnns
through to Albion and connects with
1 W. N. V. & P. for Franklin and Oil
' City. A. li. CROUCH, Agent.
1)I rTS BL'KG & WE3I E.< N
Railway. Schedule of I'as-
Trains in effect Nov. 21,
I i 897. BLTLER TIME.
iLVJART. ANIVR.
A «NNNKIDATI.NI *> £"■ A.M 1» 17 AM
] ALLEGHENY "FIVRR" 8 1}" <J M "
NV\» « A«-CUUIHN*LATI.>II .. 1 »' * '•* 1 •
AKRON MAI!.. * 1' 7 <C, I X
ALLEGHENY A«X'*IINI<XUTIOII. . L'» 03 " 12 1* 4
I ALLEGHENY K.\J I 1"» P.* ■"» "
I ALLEGHENY "FLYER" i '
I OIICAGO EXPRMR 3 4"> " 12 1»
ALLEGHENY MAIL 5 4<> " » <*• "
ALLEGHENY "FLYER" 7 US "
ELL WOOD ACOAIIIIIO'LATIOII •"» 411 M 7 '^s
CLIICAP LIMITED . •» " «17 A.M
I KANE AND Itiswlfonl Mail 'J *•" A M -<» P.M
CLARION ACO'LITLII"UITI'-II 5 :J5 P.M '* •• A M
> I SDA Y TK.VL N>.
AIL*>GH<*NY KXPR»-*« 8 1". A M X> "
NEW ('TURTLE ACCOMUI-LATION 8 L'» A M 7 «TT "
GUCMD CZBREN 3 #B M '• W
ALLEGHENY ACCON INITIATION 7 OU "
TRAIN ARRIVIUG AT 5J»7 P.M. 11. X O.
P!TT>BNRG NT .'>. l"» J».M AND I'. AC W., ALLEGHENY AF 3.:N»
J». IN.
FOR THROUGH TKKFN !«• ALL J»"IIIT- IN THE WC«T, NORTH-
W«*T OR AOUTHWMIT AMI INFORMATION REGARDING RO»IT«*»,
TIME OF TRAINS ETC. APPLY TO
A. D. CROUCH, AGENT,
K. B. REYNOLDS, SUP'T, BUTLER, PA.
FUXBURG, I'A. W. BASSKTT,
A. «. P. A.. ALLEGHENY, I»A
PENNSYLVANIA t.
WFSTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
BCHKDCLK IX KRRRCT NOV. jit, 1*97.
SOUTII. WEEK DAYS
A. M. A. M A 31. P. M P. M
BUTLER L«» V.. •. L~> * <»•'. 11 I*. 2 x', r> <V»
SAXONLIURG IRRIVO •; .VI K .'IOLL -IH 3 <*> •"> 2*
BUTLER .FUNCTION.. " 7 27 * 12 02 '■» H>
BUTLER JUNCTION.. .LEAVE 7 'Hi r "»•; 12 22 '■> '!■'> O .VI
NATRONA ARRIVE* 7 .'l* 9 <»1 12 .'«» 33 «;
TAREUTUNI 7 4J ft </7 !2 .V# 42 *» «C
S|»RING<LALE 7 ■">» 'J 1»» 12 L"» .*I2 ....
(JIARVM «NT FT I 4 'M. », 27
SLIARJTKLOIRG M (17 ft LI'L 111 4 12
ALLEGHENY O 2«> ft 48 1 2-'» 4 2- R > <I 43
A. 31. A. 31. I'. 31. P. 31.|P. 31.
SUNDAY TRAINS.—LEAVE BUTLER FOR ALLEGHENY
<'ITY AND PRINCIPAL IUTCRNN'DIATC FTATIOURT AT 7:3 R > A. IU.,
AND s*>U P. TO.
NORTH. WEEK DAYS
A. 31 A. 31 \ 31 P. 31 P. 31
ALLEGHENY CITY.... I'HTC* 7 < 4» •» (M» 11 2*» 2•" 010 J
.SHARPMBURG 7 11 ft 12 11 37 2 4/>J ...
C.-IREMOIIT FT IFT 11
'j :'Ai 11 £>•» •'# 1«> •» :j7
TARENTUM 7 IIL ft •';!» 12 07 3 23 '» 40
NATRONA 7 ft 43 12 12 3 31 0 51
BUTLER JUNCTION...ARRIVE 7 4«>. ft .V) 12 22 3 4O / «»♦»
BUTLER J UNCTION, .LEARE 7 4«» ft 12 2-> 4 07 7 NO
SAX UIOURG 8 1 10 15 12 4!» 1 :H» 7 24
BUTLER.» ARRIV< n 4O|LO 1 17. 5 OT> 7 50
A. 51.J A. 31 P. 31. P. M.JP. 3!
SI'ND.W TRAINS.— L«AVI- ALLEGLIENY ' ITY F«»R BUT*
L»-R AND PRIN INTERIU IIATE IRTATIOUS AT 7:* JO A. IN. AND
FT:-*! P. M.
WRU DAY- FOR THE EAST. WEEK DAVS.
P 31 A. 31. | P. M P 31.
2 3'# 0 25 1 V LLT-TMEB AR ....' 1 17
» 2-"» 7 27 AR BUTLER JUNCTION IV . 11 2"»
4 7 4- IV IIN TIER JUN<IION IR* H 12 OM
4 «'*. 7 IFT AR FN-EPO'RT IV 8 28 12 00
4 "ft 7 53|'• ALLEGHENY JUNCTION.. .." ,82412 01
421 H<4 •
4 *O H >\ 44 PAULTON
*. ORI M 51; " SALTRTBIIRU' 44 730 '1 <•'.«
541 ft 22 '• BLAIRHVILL. '• 700 TO 40
5 "»O :YI " IHMRTFVILLC INTERUECTION.. . 44 5 .V» LO LO
8 .VI 11 35; " ALTOONA 4 * 315 800
1 IKI 10; " ILARRI L.URN 44 II 45 3 10
4 LIO 0 2TJ '• PHILIFLELPLIIA , H .'IO 11 20
A. 31. P 31 |A. 31. P. 31
On Suut'-iy, train having Butler 7.3" a. m., connects
for IlarriflairK, All<"»na and Philailelphia.
THROUGH TNTIN- THE ERMT LEA\E PITTNL-URG (UNION
STATION), A- FOLLOW*
ATLANTIC EXPREIW, DAILY 3:30 A.M
PENNNYLVAUIA LIMITED . 44 7:15 44
DAY JSXPREW, 44 7:!J0 44
3!AI:I LIN«- KX|>R«-A, 14 ....8:00 U
F.T«FR»RR "ERPRE*", 14 . . #:»•»'» M
FA«T LINE, 4 8:LO * 4
PTIILA'L A M;DL. SUNDAVH ONLY 8:40 V.M
FOR D«*TAILE<L IUTORMATIOII, A<IDNTA TIKK. E. WATT, PAW.
AGT. WESTERN DIWTRICT, CORNER FIFTH AVENUE AND HMITH
FLELD STREET, PITTSBURG, PA.
J B. HUTCHISON, J R. WOOD
GENERAL MANAGE <IEN7 "A«»I»R. AGENT.
Have You Time
TO ATTEND
C. E. HILLER'S
—CLOSING OUT SALE
WINTER SHOES AND
RUBBERS,
When you come to Butler bring
a fe\<' dollars with you arid attend
this sale you can buy footwear at
your own price for the next few
weeks or until all Winter Good
are closed out.
GOOD THINGS FOR
LITTLE MONEY
Men's good solid boots.. . .$1.40
B'iy's good solid boots 1.20s
Men's good solid shoes.. .98
Boy's school .shoes 98
Men's fine buff shoes 98
Ladies' waterproof shoes... .98
Ladies' fine shoes, button
or lace 98
Misses' fine shoes, button or
lace 98
RUBBERS ABOUT
HALF PRICE
Boy's low rubbers 10c
Ladies' cloth overs 25c
Ladies' fine rubbers, pointed..2sc
Ladies' good heavy rubbers... 25c
Men's heavy rubbers 40c
Men's fine rubbers 50c
Boy's rubber boots $I .50
Ladies', Misses' ar.d Chil
dren's boots 98c
LARGE STOCK OF FEL.T
BOOTS and OVERS.
Don'i fail to atend
this sale f in need
of footwear
C. E. MILLER.
215 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, L»A.
Selling Out £
5 —OUR— 7
I Entire Stock I
$ Wall Paper. <
S Choicest patterns are left. V
} vVe want to quit die busi- C
P ness. \ I
V Bargains at asto 1 rate 7 •
} DOUGLASS' V
I Butler.
Liver Ills
Like biliousness, dyspepsia. headacne, cor.rtt
ration, soar stomach, indigestion are promptly
! cureu by Hood's Fills. They do Uielr *vork
Hood's
! easily and thwoucbly. * I I
; Kest after dinner pills. 111
■1 ■ ■
I Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass.
Tiie onto mil to take with Hood's Sarsuiardla.
TliounancU ar* Tryinc It.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the moft effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents,
tiet it of your druggist or send It) cents to
ELY BROS., 50 Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of tho worst K ; nd
ever since a boy, and I never li'iprd for
cure, but Ely's Crentn llalm t-eems to do
even that. Many acquaintance sL».t used
it with excellent results. —Oscar Ostrurn,
45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
curefor catarrh and contains no cocaine,
merctiry nor any injnrious drug. I'ri -e,
60 cents. At druggists or l«y mail.
We All Know
that the slovenly dressed man
never receives the respect and
consideration the well dressed
man gets. One secret in dres
siig well lies in the selection cf
the right tailor.
our garments
are cut and made in cur own
workshop in this city. We are
paiticular about the fit, fashion
and all the minute details in
their construction.
Would be pleased to show
you a product of onr shop and
also give >* ou a pointer in econ
omy.
fall patterns
now displayed
ALAND,
MAKER OF
MEN'S LLOTHES
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House, Butler, Penn'a.
Tin- best of horses and llrst, class rlsfs al
wars on band and fur hire.
Hest am mi modal lons in town for perma
nent lioardliiK and transient trade. Speci
al care guaranteed.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
A jS(Mui clan* of horses, h'»tli drivers and
drH.fih<>rs<*s always on hand and for sale*
i:j»on projKT notification hy
PEARSON B. NACE.
Telephone, No. 219.
"L C.WICK,
DEAI,ER_IN J
Rough $ Worked Lumber
OK ALL KINIJS.
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Sliingles and Lath
Always in Stock.
LIME, H \IK AND PLASTER
Office oppositef!'. & U'. Oepot.
BUTLER. PA,
<~ D. L. CLEELAND, 1>
< Jeweler and Optician, >
( Butler, Pa.
—HENRY BICKEL—
HAS OPKNKD
UP THB LARGE BRICK
LIVERY STABLE
ON
WEST JEFFERSON STREET,
DUFFY BLOCK,
and is prepared to Furnish first-class rigs
at prices to suit the times. When want
ing anything in the livery line, it will
pay you to call on him first, as he is
there to do business—to accommodate
the public.
—HENRY BICKEL,
Bell Phone 36. People's I^s.
ynui is THE TIME TO HAVE
nUW Yotir Cloth
CLEANED or DYED
If you want good and reliable
cleaning or dyeing done, there is
just one place in town where you
can get it, and that is at
i»t sums ok imiis
til *5 CJonter avenue,
Kr-5i„VVe do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a picture ol
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for the .Jamestown SHdincr
blind Co.—New York.
P.. FISHER & SON.
OIL MEAL
I'ee.d for Homes, rows. Sheep, Hoifs, Fowls
etc. Health, strength ami nroduetlve power
\> animals. Are you feeding If, <heap,.,t
in tin* market.
LINSEED OIL I;"';,,,
years ii.i house, barn or fence. Mixed paints
are doubtful i|iiallty: some wood and some
very had. Writ.-fur our eln-ular.
I'or pure l.lnsi-ed oil or meal, and wldt.
1 ' •. * 1 - / " »* '•* "Thomi,soil 's." or add res*
manufacturer I lIoMI'HON .V < <». I.", \\
Diamond Street Allegheny, I'a.
BUTLER, P.A., THURSDAY, MARCII 17, ISOS
[ROBERT LOUIS STEVEf^n.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER L—Billy Bones, an old sea
dog, much addicted to rum, lodges at Ad
miral Uc-nbow Inn.
CHAPTER ] I.—Stranger, called "Black
Dog," meets Hones; an interview ends in
fight and disappearance of stranger.
Bones suffers apoplectic stroke.
CHAPTER lll.—Blind beggar comes to
Inn, 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 JV.—Near Bones' body is
found a little round paper, blackened on
one side, on t.'ie other the words: "You
have till ten t»-night." Gold is found In
Rones' sea chest, and an oilskin packet.
Flight taken from inn.
CHAPTER V.— Blind man (Pew) with
companions attack the inn. Chagrined at
not finding "Pint's fi.3t." the scoundrels
scatter. Blind Pew Is run down and killed
by a horse.
CHAPTER Vl. *nung Hawkins taxes
packet to Dr. Lives y, who with Squire
Trelawney open 3 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 Sliver's inn. Black Dog
runs away, and Silver avows ignorance of
his IdenUty.
CHAPTER IX.—Ship's captain thinks
some things on board somewhat singular
and asks to have certain precautions
taken, among which aro the storing of
the powder and arms astern and giving
the doctor and his friends berths beside
the cabin.
CHAPTER X.—"Hispaniola" 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 Livesey, Trelawney and
Capt. Smollett, who hold a council of war.
CHAPTER Xlll.—Mutiny begins to show
In restlessness of men. and captain de
cides to give the men an afternoon ashore.
Jim Hawkins slips oft with them, but on
the island gives them the slip.
Onnri f.it XXV.—F.om cover Jim sees
Sliver kill one of the honest hands, and
also learns of the murder of another in
another part of the island and runs from
the soene.
CHAPTER meets Bon Qunn, a
marooned sailor who had lived on island
three years. Report of a cannon is heard.
Both run for boat when they see in the
wood the union jack.
CHAPTER XVl.—Hunter and the doc
tor go ashore in a Jolly-boat, discover a
block-house within a stockade and de
cide to provision it. Faithful party Is
Joined by Gray, a mutineer, and the ship
left with the five remaining mutineers on
board.
CHAITER XVII.— Jolly-boat starts on
last trip to shore overloaded with pro
visions. Mutineers on ship man the gun.
Trelawney picks off one of the gunners.
Cannon ball passes over boat, which sink!
and leaves party to wade oshire. Bucca
neers heard near by in the wood.
CHAPTER XVIII— Fight with buc
caneers re.iulta In one killed on each side.
Faithful party gain the stockade and
run up the British colors.
CHAPTER XlX.—Jim seeing the colors
knows he Is near friends and, leaving Ben
Gunn, climbs Into the stockade.
CHAPTER XX.—Silver, under flag of
fruce, makes overtures for chart to get the
treasure by, but falls.
CHAPTER XXl.—Buccaneers attack
stockade, are worsted, leaving five dead
behind. The faithful party loses two, and
Capt. Smollett wo.unded.
CHAPTER XXll.—Doctor sets out to
find Ben Gunn. Jim slips off to seek boat
Ben Gunn h«d built, und decides to cut
"Hispaniola," now flying the Jolly roger,
adrift.
CHAPTER XXIII. Schooner now
manned by only two of the pirates, and
they In a drunken brawl, is cut from an
chor. Jim then, from sheer exhaustion,
falls asleen in bottom of coracle.
CHAITER XXlV.—Awaking Jim sees
the "Hispanioltt" helplessly drifting, and
catching me jfr>no->in ' • -..1,1 ir.-,.,.
CHAPTER XXV—Jim finds one of th«
mutineers (O Brien) dead, killed by liandH,
and Hands, the only survivor on board,
severely wounded; decides to reach the
ahip lriJS'orlh ipiet
CHAPTER XXV! .—Hands ruaoag.
secure a dirk. Jim discovers the tr> aehery
and escapes up a mast, to which he U
pinned by Hands throwing his dirk. Jim
fires his pistol.
... ir.n XXVII.—HandH pierced oy
a bullet falls Into the water and sinks.
JIM makes fast the vessel and returns by
moonlight to stockade, to discover he has
fallen into the hostile camp.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—A quarrel among
the buccaneers causes a revolt and they
take council, during which Sliver tell*
Jim he will stand by him.
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE BLACK SPOT AGAIN.
The council of the buccaneers had
lasted some time, when one of them
reentered the house, and with a repeti
tion of the same salute, which had in
my eyes an Ironical air, begged for a
moment's loan of the torch. Silver
briefly agreed; and this emissary re
tired again, leaving us together in the
dark.
"There's a breeze coming, Jim," said
Silver, who had by this time adopted
quite a friendly and familiar tone.
I turned to the loop-hole nearest me
and looked out. The embers of the
great fire had so far burned themselves
out and now glowed so low and dusky
that I understood why these conspir
ators desired a torch. About half way
down the slope to the stockade they
were collected In a group; one held the
light; another was on his knees in their
midst, and I saw the blade of an open
knife shine in his hand with varying
colors in the moon and torchlight. The
rest were all somewhat stooping, as
though watching the maneuvers of this
last. I could just make out that he
had a book as well as a knife in hii
hand, and was still wondering how
anything so incongruous had come in
their possession, when the kneeling fig
ure rose once more to his foet and the
whole part} - began to move together to
wnrd thehouM.
"Here they come," said I, and I re
turned to my former position, for it
seemed beneath my dignity that they
should find me watching them.
"Well, let 'em come, lad—let 'em
come," said Silver, cheerily. "I've still
a fihot in my locker."
The door opened and the five men,
standing huddled together Just inside,
pushed one of their number forward.
I fi any other circumstances it would
have been comical to see his slow ad
vances, hesitating as he set down each
foot, but holding his closed right band
in front of him.
"Step up, lad," cried Silver. "I won't
eat you. Hand it over, lubber. I know
the rules, I do; I won't hurt a depyta
tlon."
Thus encouraged the buccaneer
stepped forth more briskly and, baring
passed something to Silver, fromhmul
to hand, slipped yet more smartly back
again to his companions.
The sea cook looked at what had been
given him.
"The black spot! I thought so," he
observed. "Where might you have got
the paper? Why, hlllo! look here, now;
this ain't lucky! You've gone and cut
this out of a Bible. What fool's cut a
Btbfer
"Ah, there!" said Morgan—"there.
Wot did I say? No good'll come o' that
I said."
"Well, you've about fixed it now,
among you," continued Silver. "You'll
ail swing now, I reckon. Wliat soft
headed lublx-r had a Bible?"
"It was Dick," said one.
"Dick, was it? Then Dick can get to
prayers," said Silver. "He's seen his
slice of luck, has Dick, und you may lay
to that."
But here the long inan with the yel
low eyes struck in.
"Belay that talk, John Silver," liu
said. "This crew lias tipped you the
black m>"t in full council, as in dootv
bound; just you turn it over, :is in dooty
bound, and see what's wrote there.
Then you can talk."
"Thankv, Ceorge," replied the sea
cook. "You always was brisk for busi
ness, and has the rules by heart, George,
as I'm pleased to see. Well, what is it,
anyway? Ah! 'Deposed'—that's it, is
It? Very pretty wrote, to be sure; like
print, I swear. Your hand o* write,
George? Why, you was gettin' quite a
leadin' man in this here crew. You'll
be eap'n next, I shouldn't wonder. Just
oblige me with that torch again, will
you? This pipe don't draw."
"Come, now," said George, "you don't
fool this crew no more. You're a funny
man, by your account; but you're over
now, anil you'll maybe step down off
that barrel and help vote."
"I thought you said you knowed the
rules," returned Silver, contemptuous
ly. "Beastways, if you don't, I do, and
I wait here —and I'm still your cap'n,
mind—tjll yon outs with your griev
ances and I reply; in the meantime yonr
black spot ain't worth a biscuit. After
that we'll see."
"Oh," replied George, "you don't be
under no kind of apprehension; we're
all square, we are. First, you've made
a hash of this cruise—you'll be a bold
man to say no to that. Second, you let
the enemy out o' this here trap for noth
ing. Why did they want out I Idunno;
but it's pretty plain they wanted it.
Third, j-ou wouldn't let us go at them
upon the march. Oh, we see through
you, John Silver; you want to play
booty, that's what's wrong with you.
And then, fourth, there's this here boy."
"Is that all?" asked Silver, quietly.
"Enough, too," retorted George.
"We'll all swing and sun dry for your
bungling."
"Well, now, look here, I'll answer
these four p'luts; one after another I'll
answer 'em. I made a hash o' this
cruise, did I? Well, now, you all know
what I wanted; and you all know, if
that had been done, that we'd 'a' been
aboard the 'Hispaniola' this night as
ever was, every man of us alive, and fit,
and full of good plum-duff, and the
treasure in the hold of her, by thunder!
Well, who crossed me? Who forced my
hand, as with the lawful cap'n? Who
tipped me the black spot the day wo
landed and began this dance? Ah, it's
a mighty fine dance —I'm with you
there—and looks mighty like a horn
pipe in a rope's end at Execution Dock
by London town, it does. But who done
it? Why, it was Anderson and Hands,
and you, George Merry! And you're the
last above board of that same meddling
crew; and you have the Davy Jones'
insolence to up and stand for cap'n over
mo—you, that sunk the lot of us! By
the powers! but this tops the stiffest
yarn to nothing."
Silver paused, and I could see by the
faces of George and his companions
that these words had not been said iu
vain.
"That's for number one," cried the
brow, for }ie"h;W'beeiT'iiTlking with a
vehemence that shook the house.
"Why, I give you my word, I'm sick to
speak to you. You've neither sense nor
memory, and I leave it to fancy where
your mother was that let you come to
sea. Sea! Gentlemen o' fortune! I
reckon tailors is your trade."
"Go on, John," said Morgan. "Speak
up to the others."
"Ah, the others!" returned John.
"They're a ndce lot, ain't they ? You say
this cruise is bungled! Ah! by gum,
if you could understand how bad it's
bungled, you would see! We're that
near the gibbet tfiat my neck's stiff
with thinking on it. You've seen 'em,
maybe, hanged in chains, birds about
'em, seamen, p'inting 'em out as they
go down with the tide. 'Who's that?'
says one. That! Why, that'B John Sil
ver. I knowed him well,' says another.
And you can hear the chains aa
you go about and reach for the other
buoy. Now, that's about where we are,
every mother's son of us, thanks to
him and Hands, and Anderson, and
other ruination fools of you. And If you
want to know about number four, and
that boy, why, shiver my timbers! isn't
he a hostage? Are we going to waste
a hostage? No, not us; he might
be our last chance, and I shouldn't
wonder. Kill that boy? Not me, mates!
And number three? Ah, well, there'?
a deal to say to number three. Maybe
you don't count it nothing to have a real
college doctor come to see you every
day—you, John, with your head broke
—or you, George Merry, that had the
ague shakes upon you not six hours
agone, and lias your eyes the color of
lemon peel to this same moment on the
clock ? And maybe, perhaps, you didn't
know there was a consort coming,
either? But there is, and not so long
till then; and we'll see who'll be glad to
have a hostage when it comes to that.
And as for number two, and why 1
made a bargain—well, you came crawl
ing on your knees to me to make It—on
your knees you came, you was that
down-hearted—and you'd have starved
too. If I hadn't—but that's a trifle! yon
look there —that's why r !"
And ho cast down upon the floor 0
paper that I Instantly recognized—none
other than the chart on yellow paper,
with three red crosses, that Iliad found
in the oilcloth at the bottom of the cup
tain's chest. Why the doctor had given
it to him was more than I could fancy.
But if it were inexplicable tome the
api>earance of the chart wis incredible
to the surviving mutineers. They
leaped upon it like cats upon a mouse.
It went from hand to hand, one tear
ing it from another; and by "the oaths
ami the cries and the childish laughter
with which they a«?ompanied their ex
amination, you would have thought, not
only they were lingering the very gold,
but were 'at sea w<ith it, besides, in
safety.
"Yes," said one, "that's Flint, sure
enough. J. P., and a score below, with a
clove hitch to'it, so lie doneever."
"Mighty pretty," said George. "But
how are we to get away 'with it, and us
no ship?"
Silver suddenly sprung up, and sup
porting himself with a hand against
the wall: "Now, I give you warning,
George," he cried. "One more wonl of
your sauce, and I'll call you down und
fight you. How? Wl.y,howdolknow?
You had ought to tell me that —you
and tho rest, that lose me my schooner,
with your interference, burn you!
But not you, you can't; you hain't got
the invention of a cockroach. Hut civil
you can speak, and shall, George Merry,
you may lay to that."
"That's fair enow." said the old man
Morgan.
"Fair! I reckon *o," said the sea-cook.
"You lost theship; I found the treasure.
Who's the better man at that? And
nonv I resign, by thunder! Electwhom
you please to toe your cap*n now; I'm
done -with It."
"SilTer!" they cried. "Barbecue for
ever'. forcap'n!"
"So that's the toon. Is It.?" cried t"he
cook. "G-eorge, I reckon you'il have to
wait another turn, frien<l. and lucky for
you as I'm not a revengeful man. But
that was never my way. And now,
shipmates, this black spot? Taln't
much good now, is it? Dick's crossed'
his lucktind spoiled his Bible, and th-at's
about all."
"It'll do to kiss the book on still, won't
it?" growled Dick, who was evidently
uneasy at "the curse he had brought
upon himself.
"A Bible with a bit cut out!" returned
Silver, derisively. "Xot it. It don't
bind no more'n a balVad-book."
"Don"t it, though?" cried Dick, with
a sort of joy. "Well, I reckon that's
worth having, 'too."
"Here, Jim—here's a cur'osity for
you," said Silver; and he tossed me the
paper.
It was a round about the size of e>
crown-piece. One side was blank, for
it had been the last leaf; the other con
tained a verse or two of Revelation —
these words among the rest, which
struck sharply home upon my mind:
"Without are dog's and murderers."
The printed side had been blackened
with wood-ash, which already began to
eotne off and soil my fingers; on the
blank side had been written with the
same material theone word, "Deposed."
I have that curiosity beside me at this
moment; but not a trace of writing now
remains beyt>nd a single scratch, such
as a man might make with his thumb
nail.
That was the end of the might's busi
ness. Soon after,with a drinkall round,
we lay down to sleep, and the outside
of Silver's vengeance was to put George
Merry up for sentinel, and threaten
him with death if he should prove un
faithful.
It was long ere I could close as eye,
and Heaven kno»wslhad matter enough
for thought in the man whom I had
slain that afternoon, in my own most
perilous position, and, above all, In the
remarkable (fame that I saw Silver
now engaged upon—keeping the muti
neers together with one hand, and
grasping, with the other, after every
means, possible and impossible, to
make his peace and save his miserable
life. He himse-lf slept peacefully, and
snored aloud; yet my heart was sore
for him, wicked as he was, to think on
the dark perils that environed, and the
shameful gibbet that awaited him.
CHAPTER XXX.
ON PAROLE
I was wakened—lndeed, we were all
wakened, for I could see even the senti
nel shake himself together from where
he had fallen against the doorpost by
a clear, hearty voice hailing ua from the
margin of the wood:
"Block -house, ahoy!" It cried. "Here's
the doctor."
And the doctor it was. Although I
was glad to hear the sound, yet my
gladness was not without admixture.
I rcmejnbered with confusion my in
subordinate and stealthy conduct; and
when I saw where It had brought me —
among what companions and surround
ed by what dangers—l felt ashamed to
look him in the face.
ne must have risen in the dark, for
the day had hardly come; and when I
ran to a loop-hole and looked out I saw
him standing, like Silver once before,
up to the mid-leg in creeping vapor.
"You, doctorl Top o' the morning to
you, sir!" cried Silver, broad awake and
"Bright and early, to be sure, and It's
the early bird, as the saying goes, that
gets the rations. George, shake up your
timbers, «on, and help Dr. Livesey over
the ship's side. All a-dooin' well, your
patients was —all well and merry.**
So he pattered on, standing on the
hill top, with his crutch under his el
bow and one hand upon the side of the
log house —quite the old John in voice,
manner and expression.
"We've quite a surprise few you, too,
»ir," ho continued. "We've a little
ktranger here—he! hel A ne>o boarder
and lodger, sir, and looking fit and taut
as a fiddle; slep' like a supercargo, be
did, right alongside of John—stem to
stem we was, all night."
Dr. Livesey was by this time across
the stockade and pretty near the cook,
and I could hear the alteration in hi«
voice as he said:
"Not Jim V
"The very same Jim as ever wan," says
Silver.
The doctor stopped outright, although
he did not speak, and it was some sec
onds before he seemed able to move on.
"Well, well," he said at last, "duty
first and pleasure afterward, as you
might have said yourself, Silver. Let
us overhaul these putlents of yours."
A moment afterward he had entered
Ihe block-house, and, with one grim
nod to me, proceeded with his work
among the sick. He seemed to me un
der no apprehension, though he must
have known that his life among these
treacherous demons depended on a hair,
and he rattled on to Ids patients as if
he were paying an ordinary profes
sional visit in a quiet English family.
Ills manner, I suppose, reacted on the
men, for they behaved to him as if
nothing occurred—as If he wore still
ihip'B doctor and they still faithful
hands before the mast.
"You're doing well, my friend," he
kaid to tlie fellow with the bandaged
iicad, "and if ever any person had a
close shave, it was you; your head must
be as hard as ircl. Well, George, how
goes it? You're a pretty color, certain
ly; why, your liver, ma.ll, is upside
down. Did you take that medicine?
Did betake that medicine, men?"
"Ay, ay, sir, be took it, sure enough,"
returned Morgan.
"Because, you see, since I am muti
neers' doctor, or prison doctor, as I pre
fer to call it," said Dr. livesey, in his
pleasantest way, "I make it a point of
honor not to lose a man for King
George (God bless hlml) and the gal
lows."
The rogues looked nteach other, but
swallowed the home-thrust In silence.
"Dick don't feel well, sir," sold one.
"Don't he?" replied the doctor. "Well,
step up here, IMek, and let me see your
tongue. No, I should be surprised Jf
ho did; the man's tongue Is fit to
frighten the French. Another fever."
"Ah, there," said Morgan, "thatcomei
of sp'iling Bibles."
"That corned—as you cdll It—of be
ing arrant asses," retorted the doctor,
"and not having mnae enough to koon
honest air from poison, and the dry
land from a vile, pestiferous slough. 1
think It niaht probable—though, of
course. It's only an opinion—that you'll
all have the deuce to pay before you
fret tliut malaria out of your systems.
Camp in u bog, would you? Silver, I'm
surprised at you. You're less of a fool
than many, tiike you all rotund; butyou
don't appear to me to linne the rudi
ments of u notion of the ruin's of health.
Well," he added, after he liad dosed
them round, and they h«d token hit
prescriptions, with really kurghable hu
mility, more like charity school chil
dren thun blood-guilty mutineers and
pirates—"w<fl, that's done for to-day.
And now I should wish to have a talk
with that boy, please."
And lie nodded his head Kn my direc
tion carelessly.
> r -_
George Merry was at the door, spit
ting and spluttering- over dome bad- '
tasted medicine; but at the first word of
the doctor's proposal he swung round
with a deep flush and cried: "No!" and
swore.
Silver struck the barrel with his open
hand.
"Si-lence!" he roared, and looked
about him positively like a lion. "Doc
tor," he went on, in his usual tones,
"I was a-thlnking of that, knowiug as
how you had a fancy for the boy. We're
all humbly grateful for your kindness,
and, as you see, puts faith in you, and
takes the drugs down like that much
grog. And I take it I've found a way
us'll suit all. Hawkins, will you give mc
your word of honor as a young gentle
man, for a young gentleman you are, al
though poor born—your word of honor
not to slip your cable?"
I readily gave the pledge required.
"Then, doctor," said Silver, "you Just
step outside o' that stockade, and once
you're there, I'll bring the boy down
on the inside, and I reckon you can yarn
through the spars. Good-day to you,
sir, and all our dooties to the squire and
Smollett."
The explosion of disapproval, which
nothing but Silver's black looks had
restrained, broke out immediately the
doctor had left the house. Silver was
roundly accused of playing double—of
trying to make a separate peace for
himself—of sacrificing the interests of
his accomplices and victims, and, in one
word, of the identical, exact thing that
he was doing. It seemed to me so obvi
ous, in this case, that I could not im
agine how he was to turn their anger.
Dut he was twice the man the rest were,
and his last night's victory had given
him a huge preponderance on their
minds. He called them all the fools
and dolt 6 you can imagine, said it was
necessary I should talk to the doctor,
fluttered the chart in their faces, asked
them if they could afford to break the
treaty the very day they were bound
a-treasure hunting.
"No, by thunder!" he cried, "it's us
must break the treaty when the time
comes; and till then I'll gammon that
doctor, if I have to ile his boots with
brandy."
Ami then he bade thetm get the Are
lighted and stalked out upon his
crutch, with his hand on my shoulder,
leaving them in a disarray, and silenced
by his volubility, rather than con
vinced.
"Slow, lad, slow," he said. "They
might round upon us in a twlnicle ol
an eye, If we were seem to hurry."
Very deliberately, then, did we ad
vance across the sand to where the
doctor waited us on the other side ol
the stockade, and as soon as we were
within easy speaking distance Silver
stopped.
"You'll make a note of this here, also,
doctor," says he, "and the boy'll tell
"And now I should wish to hav« a talk with
that boy." said the doctor.
you how 1 saved his life, and were de
posed for It, too, and you may lay to
thwt. Doctor, when a man's steering
as near the wind as me—playing chuck
farthing with the lust breath in his
body, like—you wouldn't think it too
much, mayhap, to give him one good
wordl You'll please bear in mind it's
not my life only now—it's that boy's
into the bargain; and you'll speak me
fair, doctor, and give n»e a bit o' hope
to go on, for the sake o' mercy."
Silver was a changed man, once he
was out there and had his back on his
friends and the block-house; his cheeks
seemed to have fallen in | his voice-trem
bled; never was a soul more dead in
earnest.
"Why, John, you're not afraid?"
asked Dr. Livesey.
"Doctor, I'm no coward; no, not I—
not so much!" and he snapped his fin
gers. "If I was I wouldn't say it. But
I'll own up fairly I've the shakes upon
mo for the gallows. You're a good
man and a true; I never see a better
man! And you'll not forget what I
done good, not any more than you'll
forget the bad, I know. And I step
aside—see here—and leave you and Jim
alone. And you'll put that down for
me, too, for it's a long stretch, is that!"
So saying, he stepped back a little
way till he was out of earshot, and
there sat upon a tree-stump and be
gan to whistle; spinning round now
and again upon his seat so as to com
mand a sight sometimes of me and the
doctor, and sometimes of his unruly
ruffians as they went to and fro in the
Band, between the fire—which they
were busy rekindling—and the house
from which they brought forth pork
and bread to make the breakfast.
"So, Jim," said the doctor, sadly,"hen
you are. As you have brewed, so shall
you drink, my (boy. Heaven knows, J
caiuiot find it in my heart to blame
you; but this much 1 will say, be 11
kind or unkind; when Capt. Smollett
was well, you dared not have gone off;
and when he was ill, and couldn't helj
It, by George, it was downright cow
ardly!"
I will own that I here began to weep
"Doctor," I said, "you jnight spare me
I have "blamed myself enough; my life'i
forfeited anyway, and I should have beer
dead now, if Silver hadn't stood for me;
and, doctor, believe thlß, 1 can die—and
I dare say I deserve it—but what I feat
is torture. If they come to torture
me —"
"Jhn," the doctor interrupted, aiu!
hl« voice was quite changed, "Jim, 1
can't huve this. Whip over, and we'l'
run for it."
"Doctor," said I, "I passed my word.'
"I know, I know," he cried. "We
can't help that, Jim, now. I'll take il
on my shoulders, holus bolus, blame
and shame, my boy; but stay here, J
cannot help you. Jump! One jump
and you're out, and we'll run for it like
antelopes."
".N'o," I replied, "you know right well
you wouldn't do the thing yourself;
neither you nor the squire, nor captain;
and no more will I. Silver trusted me; 1
passed my word, and back I go. But
doctor, you did not let me finish, il
1 hoy come to torture me, I might let sltf
a word where the ship is; for I got the
ship, part by luck and port by risking
and she lies in North inlet, on the south
ern beuch, and Just l>elow high wuter
At half-tide she must be high and dry.'
"The ship!" exclaimed the doctor.
ltapidly I described to him my adven
tures, and he Iw-ard me out in silence
"There Is a kind of fate in this," Ik
observed when I had done. '"Kvery
step it's you that saves our lives; unt
do yoqjjUpWJgtf ky any chance we are
No. 11
going to let you lose yours? Thai
would be a poor return, my boy. Yot
found out the plot; you found BenGunr
the best deed that ever you did, 01
will do, though you live to ninety. Oh.
by Jupiter! and talking of Ben Gunn,
why, this is the mischief in person.
Silver!" he cried! "Silver! I'll give yoi
a piece of advice," he continued, as the
cook drew near again; "don't you be
In any great hurry after that treas
ure."
"Why, sir, I do my possible, whick
that ain't," said Silver. "1 can only,
asking your pardon, save my life and
the boy's by seeking for that treasure,
ond you may lay to that."
"Well, Silver," replied the doctor, "ii
that is so, I'll go one step further; look
out for squalls when you find it!"
"Sir," said Silver, "a» between man
and man, that's too much and too little.
What you're after, why you left the
block-house, -why you give me thai
there chart, I don't know now, do 17
And yet I done your bidding with my
eyes shut, and never a word of hope!
But no, this here's too much. If you
won t tell me what you mean plain out,
just say so, and I leave the helm."
"No," said the doctor, musingly, "I've
no right to say more; it's not my secret,
you see. Silver, or, I give you my word,
I'd tell it you. But I'll go as far with
you as I dare go, and a step beyond, for
I'll have my wig sorted by the captain,
or I'm mistaken! And, first, I'll give
you a bit of hope; Silver, if we both
get alive out of this wolf-trap, I'll dc
my best to save you, short of perjury
Silver's face was radiant. "You
couldnt say more, I'm sure, sir, not
if you was my mother," he cried.
"Well, that's my first concession,"
added the doctor. "My second is a piece
of advice: Keep the boy close beside
you, and when you need help, halloo.
I'm off to seek it for you, and that itself
will show you if I s,peak at random.
Good-by, Jim."
And Dr. Livesey shook hands with
me through the stockade, nodded to
Silver, and set off at a brisk pace into
the wood.
(TO BE CONTtltrßß.]
WIT AND WISDOM.
—Poet—"Give me a word that's syn
onymous w-ith crop." Amateur Fanner
(sadly)—"Failure."—World.
—"Are the lawyers making any prog
ress with that will case?" One of the
Heirs—"Oh, yes. They've used up about
naif the money."—Life,
i —Mother—"What Tyould poor mam>
jma do without her boy if he went
Her Boy—"You could whip
Fido when you were cross and just pre*
(tend it was me, couldn't you?"— World.
—Hobkiiys—"My brother bought' a
wheel here last week, and you said if
anything broke yon would supply anew
[part." Dealer—"That's right. Whatdo
(you want?" "I want two deltoid mus
fcles, a new set of knuckles and knee
ban."—Life.
[ —Reuben Railfence—"What do you.
think about this here thing of gdrin'
(women their rights equal with men?"
Henry Harrow—"Puffectly proper. I
give 'em to my wife. I have that blessed
(woman out in the field to work as soon
as her breakfast work is done up."—
fuck.
( —"Suppose," suggested the teacher,
fthat you have a piece of beefsteak and
but it into halves, then cut the halves
into quarters, the quarters into eighths,
&ad the eighths into sixteenths, into
♦rhat could the sixteenths be cut?"
"Hash," responded Tommy, whose
jnother kept a boarding house. And the
■SIILS. ■ « ■■
—The phyAfcian in churge had decided
that an operation should be performed.
f'Do you iirink," asked a relative anx
iously, Uiat the operation will do any
jjood?" "Well, I should gay it would,"
replied the doctor, confidently. "And
feeD live?" "Oh, dear, no; not at all.
2 at It will settle a medical point that
Bbeenin dispute for the last 50 years."
Evening Post.
A Hint to Advertisers.
Murphy—Do yez moind the Dago sign
in the window beyaut? O'Brien says it
manes there's a mon inside whot spokes
F rinch.
Flannigan—Thin why don't they put
it in English so ivery wan would know?
—Town Topics.
Her Faith Was Great.
He —Do you believe in palmistry—
that you can tell anything by the hand?
She—Certainly. Now, for example, if
I had a certain kind of ring on a cer
tain finger of my left hand, people
would know that I was engaged. —Tit-
Bits.
Disagreeable tor All.
Gowper—l don't know how it is, but
wherever I go there is Btire to be some
thing disagreeable.
Stickin—And wherever you go that's
just what everybody else says.—Boston
Transcript.
A Higher Value.
Klondike Bride—And do you think
I am worth my weight in gold, love?
Klondike Bridegroom—Worth your
weight in gold, pet? Why, blame my
eyes, If I don't think you're worth your
weight in canned goods!— Puck.
Infantine Philosophy.
Tottle (aged five)—l wonder why. ba
bies is always born in de night time.
Lottie (aged seven, a little wiser)—
Don't you know? It's cos' they wants
to make sure of findln' their mothers at
home.—llarlem Life.
In the Line of Progress.
"Some doctor claims that the stom
ach can be removed without injury to
the patient."
"Yes? I wish he'd find out how to
remove the s-norlng apparatus of some
of the folks who snore."—Puck.
A Qnlet (Jams.
Tommy—('an we play at keeping
store in here, mamma?
Mamma (who has n headache) —Yes,
but you must be very, very quiet.
Tommy—All right, we'll pretend we
don't advertise. —N. Y. Truth.
Her Complaint.
Mrs. Malonc (at the window, watch
ing a funeral-procession pass)— Bad
luck we're hovin'! Moike has drove thot
hearse fur foive years with niver a
chance to drolve it fur his own wolfe.—
Judge.
Hot nifllcnlt.
"I'm writing an article on how to liva
on ten dollars a week."
"I don't sec how you can figure it
out."
"Oh, it's much easier to figure it out
than to do it." —N. Y. IMb.
An I nfalllna Ml«n.
"Just look at that conceited ass!"
"How do you know he's a conceited
ass?"
"He has better clothes than I have."
—Chicago Journal.
I.lke It, Only Worse.
"Talk about trouble! You've never
had four children down with the
measles at once, have you?"
"No, Mrs. Cranthy, but we've had 14
boarders this summer."—Judge.
\ot Much of a TlilnUer.
]j e —J always say what I think.
She—lf you don't sny nny more you
won't strain your —N. Y. Journal.