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The Treasure-hunt — The Voice Among the Trees

           Itwasextraordinaryhowtheirspiritshadreturnedandhowthenaturalcolourhadrevivedintheirfaces.Soontheywerechattingtogether,withintervalsoflistening;andnotlongafter,hearingnofurthersound,theyshoulderedthetoolsandsetforthagain,MerrywalkingfirstwithSilver’scompasstokeepthemontherightlinewithSkeletonIsland.Hehadsaidthetruth:deadoralive,nobodymindedBenGunn.

           DickalonestillheldhisBible,andlookedaroundhimashewent,withfearfulglances;buthefoundnosympathy,andSilverevenjokedhimonhisprecautions.

           "Itoldyou,"saidhe"Itoldyouyouhadsp’iledyourBible.Ifitain’tnogoodtoswearby,whatdoyousupposeasperritwouldgiveforit?Notthat!"andhesnappedhisbigfingers,haltingamomentonhiscrutch.

           ButDickwasnottobecomforted;indeed,itwassoonplaintomethattheladwasfallingsick;hastenedbyheat,exhaustion,andtheshockofhisalarm,thefever,predictedbyDr.Livesey,wasevidentlygrowingswiftlyhigher.

           Itwasfineopenwalkinghere,uponthesummit;ourwaylayalittledownhill,for,asIhavesaid,theplateautiltedtowardsthewest.Thepines,greatandsmall,grewwideapart;andevenbetweentheclumpsofnutmegandazalea,wideopenspacesbakedinthehotsunshine.Striking,aswedid,prettynearnorth-westacrosstheisland,wedrew,ontheonehand,evernearerundertheshouldersoftheSpy-glass,andontheother,lookedeverwideroverthatwesternbaywhereIhadoncetossedandtrembledintheoracle.

           Thefirstofthetalltreeswasreached,andbythebearingsprovedthewrongone.Sowiththesecond.

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