| Show iiii iiii aim mil ii 1 mil n ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii i iiii iiii ii iii ii i ii ii ii by richard le gallienne I 1 PIECES being the authentic narrative of a treasure discovered in the bab bahama arna 0 OF F EIGHT islands given to in the the public year 1903 1003 now first I 1 IDI mi ii mm mi ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii 1 m ii 1 ii i TO THE roan who fell arila this vita vit lory call a A bilm th the hero tor far horl b 1 la hi illas friend J john a saunders d brill sh 1 official 11 1 ID WAs W As damon bahama charlie webster st L local hall merchant cozie oom pleto the trio file of ihaas C mr turning ap upon burled boas treasure eur S sblendora ira produced ru a written ile pur to b be the I 1 A beath A A bad am batata im abent me of henry tobias table a euc ct lul A pirate armp at made do by nom him I 1 in jf it am gleb t two akots a chero to t two a all if anil a haaf a or at treasure trea aure wera burled b by him bud hla his compan vA umu lorr the th cori aln ot of me flirea briod 1 overheard heard by A A pock marked tran ge the document a however tas haa arest copy rest the A hero h 0 I 1 determined hod to beak it the bur burard 1 ti treasure calli ch artera the me auxiliary schooner hl r maggie dar 1 ling th the pock bd mu man is A taken it an 6 As ae a pa EBenger r for or span but walla 11 mr tom ti in A and bof cures s am da A mascot of I 1 tor are M the abec hero it 11 has haa tho virtue to ot at keep im off I 1 the choat au or of the th far who y guards it pirate jor treasure reame on the tha voyage somebody abod eama th the to tank k sa and the hea hero facts he anil ad the me ge eor clash he lands babin the he pa 1 who I 1 a manifesto as if bearing tha th at A henry P TI jr with gadu uh a new crew the maggie it dar ling and th IB a by Y another other are tile buian bu ian B th the hem landa oo im dead men isse a a sheea has I 1 CHAPTER VI CAt continued luMI 1 I cant afford to give you yen th that t theodore 1 11 I it die for dat he declared take this handkerchief instead buts but meanwhile mi eyes were mem open tag ing take this instead theodore I 1 dugges tat I 1 I 1 d die for dat lie he repeated touch ing the tie III bis voice roke find oil touch made do roe am ahl and afraid just as people in a lunatic asylum make oue n afes afraid I 1 d loots look out I 1 As murmured u emited emoted tom at my elbow and just then I 1 noticed hiding in some bushes b mm of if seven ablen year apple trees fr two fares face I 1 had bad good rome reason to know knew I 1 id had barely tire time to 1 pull I ont at the A 8 re revolver vAlver from my iny pocket I 1 knew it 14 to be either the pockmarked pock marked genius or the engl nem but for the moment I 1 sas nas not at to be sure save which one mm I 1 had bad hit for as aa my gun went off something heavy came down on my head and to tor the Is it time me I 1 was as shut off from whatever 1 else I was going on which did I 1 hit tome tom were my first best words word as I 1 came back to the glory of the world but I 1 did dian didn I 1 t say them lor for a long time and fr from am what tom told me A it was a wonder I 1 ever eer said them at all AIL there the he to is ear bar said bald T tom 0 in p point lot lag ing to a long der dark ii flowes figure stretched out near by 1 I in afraid heat he a not the man you were looking tor for poor fellow P I 1 I 1 said mid it was moss aco george g a th the 8 engineer T im in sorry tout but I 1 the muzzles of their guns gnus sucking sticking out but tummies tum of the he bush there it nas as they or me that no a us lie bar or and it it it he do 1 been tor for that fish alsha 3 skin you yen be here now it ft did decint t aa bava me f from aa pretty pet 17 good one on the head ta tom did it no bar or but that waa use just it it if it hadr t been tor far that knock on the head pulling you down lust just that ral minute ute that mae pockmarked pock marked fell fellow would old tiara bull got you As A it waa wm he grazed ree d your cheek and got one of his fas own m men it killed led by I 1 I 1 the flue very fellow law that at hit you tuero there lie he leaver lisor leor or IN there and chos that other tom I 1 asked pointing to another dark ngwe a law few yards lord away own that a the captain capital sar bar the captain oh tin im sorry for that god knows tin im sorry tor far that yes tea ear at he was ono one of the finest gentlemen I 1 ever knowel was ves captain tat tomlinson B brave man anda end a good it navigator and he be d token taken a powerful a of fancy to you tor for mh han you got get I 1 that a rack crack on the head he picked up your gun and began blazing biasing away with worda I 1 should never hem have expected fr from a rall gau man the others the ex As cent our special frieri friend let B s call him hi tobias b from fr now on am mt tom I 1 interposed d well lit him sar kept lit hla a nerve but the others ran for the boats boat as it the devil we was arts after r the them but tho the I 1 cap maln kalns gun was quicker and ay only iy tour four of them got to tit the so susan B the he other two fell on thele their macei as if 1 gone bome thing had tripped them up in a couple camal of to feet at 0 of f water but just then tobias hit th 1119 caphil in 1 the heart sit ah I 1 it if only IY be had bad an one of those skins kho but he always langl lauguds ild off it such both things ag GU an eth there or re was only me bad and table M then e A and the dog ter for the engineer boy had bad gone on his bin knees to the su so an an B fellows at the first crack and ad begged bagge them to take him away with mith them there them st was no an an one a I 1 left art but to ta his bias and ma the dog and it me a and ad I 1 an ans sure my end as not I 1 off far I 1 A beer much of a eliof t A aa god is my witness ul tacia eur or I 1 was rise 03 to die and ad time me aaa a moment m naion it I 1 thought that tile the time ind bd 11 B but abl tobias ddlan filched I 1 a w to m tue toe top 6 bc the bluff and ad by boubli calls engled d out but to the sob sor susan that w ana just at up her satis balls at 11 hla noid laid they put out a boat beat for far him and while little he be waited he cone down doun the hill bill todd me and the dog that tood food graigg grott ling over you yen and for suns sum I 1 thought it vas me the end ad ent but he said a tell that flaw there th that t im I 1 an not going to kill a defit lem man he night he ha 0 killed me A once ca hot but hii he lid t it a bound to be a an one of et us as some iome day or other but dal despise m me a all lie likes im not of mch buch mini can ion as he thinks me A and ad tf if he only like likes to keep out ot f jr rov we way Y I 1 in willing to keep out of his tell him bim m when he he wakes up that ns As long A as he gives give up going after what belongs belong to me for r it waa my inc grandfather ed father a 9 he la is site but the alii in ut ute he be iwa his fruit foot a or hand ad a on ahat hot is mine atif it a either his life or mine and then he turned emay away and was med to the susan B and they soon man sid sailed afley y INI with t i the he black tine dog at the peak I 1 suppose tom said I 1 ft ell t that ara t waa a fine fim D dit it quite a flight of orn tory and I 1 im in sure I 1 im in obliged to him for far the if life fe that 5 still tast north having la in spite spit a of this ungodly ungo illy aching in my head but how about the poor cap tain there I 1 W where ere does all his eloquence quest come A in there he cant can t call it self elf defense they viere waiting ready to murder order us A as you ou saw li 1 afraid the captain and the law be tween twee them are all 11 that 1 la necessary rm ly to 0 look cook the goose of our friend he henry ry P tub tobias As jr without any help from ne me though as the captain died tor for me a I 1 should prefer p fr they allowed me to make it 4 personal matter it ft s the beginning of the me price T aid d tom the beginning of the price its it a the dead acad hand con continued tilled tom you II 11 remember that who ever ver treasure is there a a ghost of a dead man keeping guard end and waiting uniting till mother another bend man comes a along I 1 one to take up semen sentry dut duly Y so to say my the ghost is getting busy base and it makes me think thick that were coming pretty near me to the treasure trea suie or we s have had ad all I 1 this happen mark me the mach treasures treasure near by or the he ghost be so malicious on and then looking ground around where the captain and the engineer and ad Ilian lie odoro dom lay I 1 said bald the first feet thing we ve re got to do Is to bury ury I 1 these hese p por relies fellows but wh where ra I 1 added mm are the other two that fell I 1 io B the water on oh said lit tom to a r minae couple of sharks b kl got them just before you woke moke up CHAPTER vil vl in which tom and I 1 I 1 attend several funerals t when to tom and ad I 1 came to look lack over ever the ground with a view to finding a burial place for the dead I 1 resulted realized nith ft ith grim emphasis the truth of charlie W hater s remarks la in those snuggery nights that seemed sit BO ro rii note and d tar far away on the nature of at anoual noual the soil which would have to be gone over in quest of my treasure ivan io flonder he had spoken of dynamite why tom tm I 1 said lit there thare lant a wheelbarrow told load of real soil an 1 in a square manite mile tt NA 0 could t dig a liver grave for a dog in stuff like this and as aa I 1 spoke the post rIlle rock rack under my teet feet clanged and echoed with a metallic sound come along tom I 1 cant stand any more of this we well 11 h have to im leae a our cor fort funerals emle it till fil I 1 tomorrow and get aboard tor for the night tor for the mekle dar darling 1 ing was mas till still floating there them serenely us As though men and their violence leisure bad no esi existence stence on an t the b a planet IN a it halt bettor cover tl them up p git against gi t the fork turkey b buzzards ard b s said lo 10 lorn m two run of busm unsavory ry birds rising in the air as we returned to th the shore h A m we did this us as veil mail as we me were able with sith rocks cla c la and the wreckage arial stife of an old boat beat steel strewn a on the beach I 1 don t think two men were mom ever so an glad of the morning driving before it the haunted night after breakfast our that first thought was a naturally to the sad ad and disagreeable business before I 1 s 1 I tell you u what hat ive been thinking sar bar bald tom as wad we rowed bavm bud and I 1 managed aged haap to pull I 1 1 aown n turkey i b buzzard a that ma t rose at our approach happily our coverings had bad proved fair ly eire effective its 1 I ve been thinking that hat the only one me of tile the three that bealli matters it la Is IN tho captain and ne a can tied find sufficient boll U for far him 1 in one of those these big hall boles how beat about the others weh to tell the truth I 1 nna think 19 ig that bark are am good enough tor for fit them they deserve no better TOM and I 1 think w we amy a as well mall get rid of the them first ho be it use was casdone ideas done as A we me said lit and it car them thein its bv the feet and should shoulders to the edge of the bluff george and silly theodore and the hamblem giant who he had knocked me down so t tum cl lv we ae skillfully flu flung them in bud and they glided gilded off alt with scar bearce a alloh then we me turned to the poor caitlin and carried him a gently atly as 11 we 11 could ill over oer the mu rough an ground to tit alie if of at the b banana halts iia as the u pe rall call the them nod and there we weve were able to dig abir him a fairly respectable grave tom nud and sailor and I 1 were now to the best of our belief alone on the almalta island and a tone er spot it would fit be haril hard to imagine or one touched at certain hours with mith a fail fairer beauty a beauty bud anil ilk dihe a sea are shell shelf haunted ban led v mith ith the marvel of the sea rort we went meet over or our or at stores and ad thanks thank to those poor dead mouths months that did not need to be rack reckoned A ad with mith say any we had bad plenty of AN everything thing tu te last us for at I least it a month not to speak of fishing at which ashick tom we wan an expert when limi however ever we turned to our PI plans for th the fr treasure re bunting binding we soon c came to a dead stop the andl given by tobias seemed in the face ot of each a terrain naive to a degres degree po ably the land had and changed since his zy day some little of course it must have done tom and I 1 I 1 went over tobias dir directions sections again and there ft a as the compass carved on an the rack and the moss cross there m was a sam bome thing definite something able if it I 1 waa over ever there at all was there them still for in that climate the weather loaves leaves things almost a as in egypt sitting on an the highest bluff ve a could find tom and I 1 looked around that compass Is somewhere hem among these infernal rocks if it ever was use carved the there at nil 11 ahta one a th thing 11 M cert armin tom i but took look at the rocks rack 1 over twenty miles of belci north and south and ad from two me to sl I 1 fr from east at to west at A more hopeless job the s ff they withal glided off with S scarce a splash mind fail of man coald old not conceive T tom A shook book his if head ad and ad scratched his gro grai 1 ing 19 9 wool 1 I 1 9 go most by the ghost an sar he ver said tit all these men 1 hid as never be been an killed tf it the ghost had haan hadn t hem been I 1 ernne am a abele near mark me it if we so find the treasure it 11 be by the ghost that 0 all very wk 11 1 I laughed but how are am me filing to get the ghost to show ills his hand bond he alas 3 got such bloodthirsty ways with mith hima him they always 1 y be have bar or said mid tom no a doubt with some ac ancestral trl shudder of voodoo worship 1 in 1 his I 1 blood yes yea ear they always cry out for hima it 3 all the ie 10 got to live ou on they think it like you and me drink coffee or ar rum be it 3 terrible to he hear them hem 1 in the night well tom e I 1 remar remarked iced you way may be right but of one thing I 1 in certain cerium if the ghost a going to get uny nay on one tt it sha he n t be you weve both got one good chance against them tom was mas beginning do don t tell me again at beat about that old sucking fish fis I 1 mind you keep it safe for all that said tom gravely 1 I lose less mine ter for a thousand pounds pound well all right hot but let a target forget the damned old ghosts for far the present pm eal wo we to try a plan t that m was A mail really Y no DO plan at at an that is to bul ha to beck A ck et moio or less at random till we consumed all our stores except just enough to take us home MauA meanwhile hala we me would mould each of 0 us ua ery da cut a etca sort soft of radiating swathe be working r ter sin I 1 from t the cote lt pee tas mu eh thus we me would woud in prospect 0 as much Q of f the country a aa possible in a sort art of fan both of us keeping our or A ees open do for far a compass pass cred on a rack ck in carfer this tha w wy way Y we might hope to coer no 1 1 in sal stretch h of the country an try in the three and moreover t the a re country hobt likely to give gie some bouie re as being that lying in a be semicircle ai train from the little harbor uha i litre us the hips would hae am e lain join it I 1 gasn wasn am I 1 much of a plan hut bill it seems seemed d tin amt sible union amons the me chopus a bl work th thin we had d taku 1 no men im liae a a emr r it thi ihl i I 1 a to be I 1 it A would be have bielien at v t the bebak baa of the me bosit ot bubli lit aai abil I 1 I 1 0 vineis heb ma ae reached the boat beat at sunset east we had bad coached scarce strength left to eat our supper aupper and roll it into our or bunka |
