Show I I I f I I I y 7 U J i oU outs I SitT t on Island I The Th Master ot of T uro and Mr Cb ae or khi et etc c. c len lie Io had I COUI X t to ope o. o oren t p tho thio 1 i 10 cor- cor rn t I case caso bottle Lotte of ot In uric ua b bring and now o 8 sit sat l with his back aqua HI at t th the th table Ever or and ad n aln to h he 2 woUl i S F ri rh be d with ii l fit It of de deadly W c and nd groan aloud anti ana shudder to his lops lop CarrYinG th otte spirits b bY the mouthful dOWn th tie r 1 I Stepped loco behInd him Where he run am denly coso clap clap- ping my two sat upon his 0 d do hands shoulders dI T r shoulder Ah I I I My uncle Al n nc ind 0 of i broken cr cry a like a n lie his a bloat bleat P arms and ana tumbled tun Sr 1 n a dead deail ane to tl lh man I wa I HV s shocked at this but I hail had MS first of all lo to myself nIl to look and ami did not flOt j to o I let Jet t him lie le as ns he ho hail had hac fallen Calen rho ro han hanging In II th tho cupboard few ow CW bottles to furnish before wi tB arms m my uncle should 1 come s to hiS s anti and n U COIe f devising evil 4 In the tho t few feb cw bottles some apparently y of a great many bilk bis and Ic or which I should willingly ly rP h have havo o nm- nm o maged magad had c Olf and a n few fow i 1 na had c necessaries that the nothing t in t to my I purpose Thence I T to turn o tho time chests chest The Thu first w wag full of I the tho second of mone money bags baKs ul nd tied ted Into sheaves In the thir th rd fh th many things nail and or I e most part ane c clothes Highland othes hound nd l dirk dick a ru tho ugly scabbard 1 looking This This then I lio d lt i m my waist waist- coat and turn turned vr uncle to lie He lay Iny as he 1 I Hen an all hud bud ls had a tiled Hee with wih one lri nc l anti one no arm IP spra sprawling road s face faco had a strange color ot or e and anc ho he seemed to o ho navo td breathing Fear ear camo came tat he was wan dead ead on that then hon I got cot u. u tt r mn mo l. l an dashed It I In I his face face- and with ho he seemed to come a n little to himself 1 elf elt- w working his mouth and eyelids Q At last ho lie looked saw me mc and thero there came camo u UD up h 11 S a n terror that WI was ls S not of this worl world Come come 8 I UP Aro Aro yo alive he sobbed If O 0 man are arc ye yo alive afe nl e said That I 1 am nm Sal salon r. r I Small Smal thanks to you rou y Ho lie had bc for tor his breath lo begun n n t to s sed k with deep sl hg Thc blue luo phi phial ial said Bald he hoIn In he in the th tho IC tho blUe phial nl breath slower sti still I ran to the tho cupboard an and SUO sure suio enough found round b blue Phial of ot mc medicine with wih tho doO written on It Iton Iton on Oil a paper and to him him with wih what might Its Is tho the ld he hc reviving rc a little Itle I I have havo a trouble lo Davic Davie Its It's Is I's tho the heart tou I set him on a chin cair 1 and looked hooked at nt him It I is true truo cut Il some pity 1 for fora forn a n man that sick but 1 I was wasI full tul of rl v niia OUS anger andI and I numbered over oer h him the points on which I h ho he lied ted to me at word wh whY lie he feared that I o houI leave him Wily why he dl disliked I I t. t tn hn that he and m my father rather V were Vre re twins lus Is Is that because be bo- bo- bo cause causo it is wl why ho I had hail given me mo moner to to which I was convinced con I 1 ha had nO and ane last of nil all nU why he lie had tried to I kill hUh J mc me Ho lie heard rao mo all through h in n silence and then thou In a brok broke ni i hog bogged el moto mo 1110 moto to let Jet him him go to bt Ill toll tol yo ye th tho bf morn he lie sal said as assure assure sure auto as death deth 1 I III And AncI so o weak IL that I could do 10 nothing but hut I locked him Into his room r and ancI pocketed tho key and to tho the kitchen made uJ up Ich Icha ch a blaze as ns had hadnot hadnot not flOt shone there thero a lyn year Car and wrapping m my plaid lay down upon the tHo chois and fell en asleep eli CI CHAPTER Pi V V. V I Go Gu lu do the t n Ferry r Much uch rain fell Cel th night and tho the next morning ther Iq blew a n bitter wintry wintry win win- try wind out olt of Is northwest tIny tIny- In ing scattered Cloud For all aU that anil and before tho the HUH suii le to peep or on thelast tho the last of ot tho s j mafa mad mado m my way to t P a l the burn burul and mil had n IL plunge c I ii leej e whirling pool 1001 All Al aglow fron 1 bath 1 I sat St down own once niece more lJ be ad 11 tho the tr tire which I replenished gravely gra to consider con Colt COI- COI sidor sider I my There was WIS tow no ho doubt doubt I I r carried t my life In tn nS n'S ri w hand an and ho would leave no that ho he might compass nut But I 1 i was wa young oung and ant anti and like Iko most lads that have havo o hn cn countr country bred brec 1 I hall hail hada halla a great of ot my shrewdness shrewdness I had hat come como t C his hla door no better boter than thana a beggar aid ad little more than a n child he had met mn with wih treachery and vio violence io hence lence It I a n lino consummation to take the upper upper hand and drive him like Iko a n herd I sat there thero nursing my knee knoo and smiling rc and I saw SW m myself in fancy out his secrets one ono after another r and nid grow to bo be that mans man's kin kins and anti ruler The warlock ot of sa say had made mado a mirror In h men could coull read the tho future It mUt must have hAVO he been en of ot other stuff than burning buring coal for or In all al the shapes shape and pictures that I sat and anel gazed at nt there was never nover a n ship nevera never nevera a 0 a a hairy cap never a abig Q abig big bludgeon for Cur my si silly head or orthe ortho ortho tho the least sign of all ni those tribulations that were ripe to fall rai on me mc Presently all al swollen with wih conceit I wont vent upstaIrs and Dd gave c my prisoner his liberty Ho gave mo me good mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing log civilly and I gave the same to him smiling down g e him from rom the tho upon nt nf- nf v ionn oon wo WC eio b were 61 set sett 10 to i breakfast aki 3 as It t might hao have been e n tho day before Well V sIr raid paid I wI with th n a C Jeering tone have you ou u nothing more moro to say to mo me Ani then as ho made male no articulate M rap reply It U will wi bo be time I think to to understand each oth r. r I 1 continued y YOU took me flue for tor n a c CoUntry cun CoUn- un un- tr try Johnnie YOI her R Raw Ran with wih no more mor mOl Iv wu wit t ihm ban a n porridge k A I took you OU for tor a n good gooel man or no Ito 10 worse than others at t least It I seems wo we 1 0 were both wrong What hat cause CUS cuso you OU OUI have I Ve to fur fear ear me rno me to 10 cheat me moo and ant to attempt my life life- Ito 10 c J something about a a murmured Jest Jest and that he lie hiked a bit it of or fun an 01 anti and nl d then se seeing log mo rno smile smie chan changed ed 1 lust hist 1 s1 to tone e and an assured assur mo me ho tie would I make anc had hadI Inke all al clear d 4 as soon as we wo 1 I cea I Ir r by his face ace that I h P bad no io He lie ready read 5 for or me though ii bo ht was as hard JQ at nt vork rk preparing one and andI 11 think i Va as wore about to tell him himI him f so o. o when we we- were vere Interrupted by a aft a aI anO I knocking nO at door tho I Bidding ft at my Sit si ho WItS was I I unco went WOnt to it and found round on tho 9 noon en doorstep p a P gro I bo boy IP ii If sea aea clothes clothes H no flO sooner seen geen me mo 0 I 1 than he b bOga eri ac to Ilance lance some somO steps I I of at the tho sea h Snipe 1 n I 9 which I had never ne before heard far less seen snap snap- II I pIng ng his no ers 0 In It in the air and footing t right r Cle cleverly s. s For nil all that ho lie was vas I Hue lue th VoW old Id and there thero 0 wa wn ing face c a n look hook between bet tears and 1 I S r that was highly I aughter I oty pathetic of t Coni Con Con- ted ill f with wih his gay gay- i ra t 0 2 tnT to sa says s 's he with wih a a crack l- l i I asked 4 to name namo his pleure 0 ho and then beP he be began egan p to a Ing rug P For I It Its It's 8 4 ot of a shiny night In Bew cason n a 0 ol of the ta year ear car carWell 4 Well have havo no pleas pleas- ou el T If It you o ha ur r sid I be so 50 unman- unman at all ven be even as wll out taut OU have yOU OU Sta cried no funY nether h or cr do c. c you wont trant to S a 10 out Ret you brOught a letOld let let- ler ter fr rn rashed he P Ive to Mr Del Be- P Old gf H mo me 1 a n hotter lotter loter as he 1 Poke i lie le i I Sy sarI e mate he ho added m r And c I I come me Into the tho house bouse Id I bite if I So go empty for nn y It h he e 1 I setI sot set I t I place him bun In where and aDd ho holy mY 0 the remains ot of I fOIto on 01 ly to me between kisS which hl I think t I ul til nanY faces maui maui- h I the i DOof uncle had rend read this th can ft then le air andI great all h h t lith h n ft his us teet nie me apa apart rt In into to fe e l al the room ot of roOm It nc f rth t t corner d b be and nd put the tho thoI let r Id I a I IT me mc jt h a I ll Is T II at the Queens Queen's I Ferry Fern Sir Sir T T lie le here with wih t thy tny banser hawser haw ban ser up unit and down doin and send m my ray cabin boy to If I you have nn any further further fur fur- ther thor commands for tor over sens to today a will wl be the last occasion as the the wind will wi servo serve us Yell well out of ot tho the firth I 1 will wi not seek Beek to deny that I have ha hart hail crosses wi with th your OU r doer I Mr her lor of or which I If not speedily re redd d up you OU may mav locke to see some sonic losses Josses follow I I have hai hn c drawn n a a bill bi upon you as per margin and sir I am nm your our most humble servant senant ELIAS Iq HOSEASON EASO u Agent I You v ap int n clo do as as soon oon as i ho ho lie saw that I h had li dono I have havo n a venture with wih this man I Hoseason tho the captain o of a 0 trading brig tho the Covenant Co of ot Dysart Now ow I If you and mo ma was to walk over with wih yon Yen 01 lad I could see seo the captain at I the tho l Hawes or ot maybe on board tho the Covenant Cov- Cov If I there thero was papers to be I signed and so far for from rom a n loss of timo wo we can cnn jog on to tho the law lawyer er Mr I After a n that's come como and ye e would be he swier r. r to believe bellevo mo upon l my naked word but yell yeU el can belove be be- lieve love lies He's les le's factor to half hair II tho the gentry in these parts an auld man man forby highly and anel ho lie kenned your our father Catler Unwilling j I I stood awhile and thol thought ht I was j I I going to tu some place of or shipping I which was WC doubtless populous and where my 01 uncle durst attempt t no vie vie- I lenco enco and amid indeed oven tho the society 1 of the tho cabin boy so far Car prote protected me II Once there I believed bele 1 I could force i I on the visit to tho the lawyer even It I i n y uncle wore were now Insincere In proposing pro pro- j posing it I and perhaps in the tue bottom i of my heart I wished a nearer view of or the sea and ships You to arc aro ro- ro j I member I hail had hived nil all 0 mv un life In ii n i I the inland hills and just two da days before booro had hlll m my first sight of ot the lying like lUw a blue floor foor and the tho sailed ships moving on the tho face Cace of It no It bigger er than toys One thing thins with wih anOther an an- other thel- thel thelI I made mado up my mJ mind I Very ory well says sas I I. I let Jet us lS go to tho the ferry 1 My uncle got sot into hie his hat and coat cont I and anel buckled an old rust rusty cutlass on on and then wo we trod the fire fre out locked the door and set forth Corth upon our walk I The Tho wind being in that cold coM tor ter the northwest blew nearly In our I faces as ns wo wont It I was the month of o June Juno the tue grass was nil all LU white with daisies and the trees with hlo blossom som but to judge b by our nails and aching wrists tho time timo might ha o ha been beon winter and the whiteness a De- De comber frost trost Uncle Ebenezer trudged in tho the ditch dich Jogging from sl side e to side I c like Jo an arm old fIe ploughman loughman coming coining home from work ork oll I He lie never no said a word ord tho the whole way j and I was thrown for tor talk on the cabin I Iho ho boy hoy lie Ho told mo me his name was Ransome Ran Rau- Bore some flome and ant that lint ho he hn had followed the sea since Inco ho was nine could not n fa say nay how lion old he lie was il sis ho hod lost Jost his reckoning lie le showed slowed me Ij tattoo marks marJ s. s baring his breast in tho teeth of ot the wind and anel in spite spie of m my may re re- re for I thought It was I I enough to kill him h he he swore horribly whenever he remembered but more moro like a silly siy schoolboy than a man and f boasted of or many wild and auth anc bad things J ho lie had done stealthy thefts raise false ac accusations nc- nc a ay ny and even murder but all 01 with such a dearth of or likelihood In tho details and anti such a t weak and crl crazy swagger in the tho delivery as disposed dig die posed mo me rather to pity than to behove be bc- hove him I asked him him of ot tho brig which ho declared was tho finest ship that sale sailed and of ot Captain Hoseason in whoso praise he was equal equally loud leas Heasy for Cor so ho he still named the tho skipper was as n n. man IJ by his account that minded for nothing either in j heaven or earth ono that as people said sall would crack on all aU sail sai into the day of or judgment rough fierce Unscrupulous un unscrupulous unscrupulous un- un scrupulous and brutal and all aU this my poor cabin boy had taught himself to admire as n something seamanlike and arid manly He lie would only admit admi ono one flaw in his idol Ho lb aint no seaman sea sen- man mun ho he admitted Mr Il Shuan m that navigates na the brig hes he's tho the finest seaman In th trade only for or drink and I tell tel you OU I believe belove it I h Why look Jook ere era and turning down his stocking he showed mo me 00 a great reat raw red rell wound that made mado my blood run cold Ho lie Hol l nr that that- fr rr Oh hlll ii innA If it hr hn o mu 11 I ton f l an o with an air of pride r-pride pride What I cried do o you Ol tako such savage usage at his hands Why hy you OU are arc no slave slavo to be bo so handled No said tho the poor moon calf changing his tuno tune at once and so hell he'll hel find Ind See Seo ore and ho hue showed mo nie moa 00 a great knife case which ho told mo me 00 was stolen O 0 sa says s h lie he lot hot mo me seo him try I dare him to Ill I'll Il do tie for tor him 0 O ho iio aint time the first And ho he it with a a poor si silly ugly uI oath I h hare havo vo never felt such uch a pity tel for any ono one In this wl wide o world as 1 I felt tel for or that witted half hal creature creaturo and It I Ibe be began nn to como come over mo nio 10 that the brig Covenant for Cor all ni her pious name was lIttle better than a n hell hel upon the tho seas Have you no friends said I I. I Ho ire said sal lie ho had hael a 3 father rather in some somo English seaport I for forget et which Ho lie was sas a fine man too too he lie said but hes he's dead In heavens heaven's heven's name cried I I. I can cn you OU find no reputable life Iro on shore O 0 0 no mio says sas he he winking and lookIng looking look look- loot loot- Ing very Yen sly 91 they would put ut mo to a trade I know a n trick worth two of that I do del dol delI dolI I asked him him what trade could bo he boso heso so 80 dreadful as the tho ono ho followed where ho he ran the continued peril peri of oC his lila life not alone from wind and ecu bu but t by the tho horrid Cruelty |