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The Fall of a Chieftain

           Thatmorning,findingthatIwastobeinvolvedinthehorriddisappointmenthehadpreparedforthemutineers,hehadrunallthewaytothecave,andleavingthesquiretoguardthecaptain,hadtakenGrayandthemaroonandstarted,makingthediagonalacrosstheislandtobeathandbesidethepine.Soon,however,hesawthatourpartyhadthestartofhim;andBenGunn,beingfleetoffoot,hadbeendispatchedinfronttodohisbestalone.Thenithadoccurredtohimtoworkuponthesuperstitionsofhisformershipmates,andhewassofarsuccessfulthatGrayandthedoctorhadcomeupandwerealreadyambushedbeforethearrivalofthetreasure-hunters.

           "Ah,"saidSilver,"itwerefortunateformethatIhadHawkinshere.YouwouldhaveletoldJohnbecuttobits,andnevergivenitathought,doctor."

           "Notathought,"repliedDr.Liveseycheerily.

           Andbythistimewehadreachedthegigs.Thedoctor,withthepick-axe,demolishedoneofthem,andthenweallgotaboardtheotherandsetouttogoroundbyseaforNorthInlet.

           Thiswasarunofeightorninemiles.Silver,thoughhewasalmostkilledalreadywithfatigue,wassettoanoar,liketherestofus,andweweresoonskimmingswiftlyoverasmoothsea.Soonwepassedoutofthestraitsanddoubledthesouth-eastcorneroftheisland,roundwhich,fourdaysago,wehadtowedtheHispaniola.

           Aswepassedthetwo-pointedhill,wecouldseetheblackmouthofBenGunn’scaveandafigurestandingbyit,leaningonamusket.Itwasthesquire,andwewavedahandkerchiefandgavehimthreecheers,inwhichthevoiceofSilverjoinedasheartilyasany.

           Threemilesfarther,justinsidethemouthofNorthInlet,whatshouldwemeetbuttheHispaniola,cruisingbyherself?

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