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Chapter 29

           "Afterthishappydeliverance,weimmediatelybeganoursearchforyourdeadbody,Ralph;andyouhavenoideahowlowourheartssankaswesetoff;dayafterday,toexaminethevalleysandmountain-sideswiththeutmostcare.Inaboutthreeweekswecompletedthesurveyofthewholeisland,andhadatleastthesatisfactionofknowingthatyouhadnotbeenkilled.Butitoccurredtousthatyoumighthavebeenthrownintothesea;soweexaminedthesandsandthelagooncarefully,andafterwardswentallroundtheouterreef.Oneday,whilewewereuponthereef,Peterkinespiedasmall,darkobjectlyingamongtherocks,whichseemedtobequitedifferentfromthesurroundingstones.Wehastenedtowardsthespot,andfoundittobeasmallkeg.Onknockingouttheheadwediscoveredthatitwasgunpowder."

           "ItwasIwhosentyouthat,Jack,"saidIwithasmile.

           "Forkout!"criedPeterkinenergetically,startingtohisfeetandextendinghisopenhandtoJack."Downwiththemoney,sir,elseI’llhaveyoushutupforlifeinadebtor’sprisonthemomentwereturntoEngland!"

           "I’llgiveyouanI.O.U.inthemeantime,"returnedJack,laughing,"sositdownandbequiet.Thefactis,Ralph,whenwediscoveredthiskegofpowderPeterkinimmediatelytookmeabetofathousandpoundsthatyouhadsomethingtodowithit,andItookhimabetoftenthousandthatyouhadnot."

           "Peterkinwasright,then,"saidI,explaininghowthethinghadoccurred.

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