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Each man looked as if he'd been punched, but with Long John, the shock seemed to pass almost instantly.
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"Jim," he whispered, passing me a pistol, "stand by for trouble and stick close."
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"So you've changed sides again," I whispered back as I untied the rope around my waist. Long John didn't answer.
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Jumping into the pit one by one, the pirates threw the boards aside and began digging with their fingers.
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Tom Morgan found one small gold coin.
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"One stinking coin!" he shouted, as he tossed it to the nearest man.
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"Is that all?" George Merry roared. "That's our seven hundred thousand dollars' worth of gold?"
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"Dig away, boys," Long John said coolly, moving so that we were atop the steeper, harder-to-climb side of the pit.
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"You'll find some tasty nuts down there too, I bet."
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"Nuts!" George Merry screamed. He pointed accusingly at Long John.
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"He knew the treasure was gone the whole time!"
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The pirates scrambled out, and there we stood—Long John and I on one side of the pit, the five angry pirates on the other.
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"Mates," George Merry said, "that swab brought us to this miserable island!
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Let's kill him and his young friend!"
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He raised his arm to signal the others to charge.
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But just then—crack! crack! crack!—three musket shots flashed out of some nearby trees, and George Merry tumbled headfirst into the pit.
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The man with the bandage spun like a top and fell dead. The other three turned and ran.
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Long John took out his pistol and fired two shots into George Merry as he struggled to get out of the pit.
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"George, I reckon I've settled with you."
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The doctor, Abe Gray, and Ben Gunn emerged from the trees with smoking muskets.
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"Hurry, lads," commanded Dr. Livesey. "We have to beat them to the boats!"
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We set off at a fast pace, plunging into the woods, as Long John hobbled on his crutch behind us.
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His strength as he tried to keep up was astounding; he never stopped, even though his chest must have felt ready to burst.
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"Doctor! Wait!" Long John called when we finally paused for a moment.
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From the plateau, we could see the three pirates running toward Mizzen Hill,
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and since we were closer to the boats than they were, we waited until Long John caught up.
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"Thank you, Doctor! You came in the nick of time," Long John said. "So it was you, Ben Gunn!"
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"Yes," replied the marooned man, embarrassed. "How are you, Mr. Silver?"
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"Ben, Ben," Silver murmured. "Good to see you, mate."
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"Gray," the doctor said, "run back and bring us one of the pickaxes they left behind."
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As we proceeded to the boats, the doctor told the story of the missing treasure.
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"Ben Gunn's our hero. He found the skeleton.
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He found the treasure, dug it up, and carried it on his back from that tall pine to his cave.
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It's been there for over two months."
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Bashful, Ben Gunn kept his head down as we walked.
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"I got this secret out of Ben after the attack at the stockade.
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The next morning, when I saw the ship was gone, I gave the useless map and possession of the stockade to Silver.
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We moved to the safety of Ben Gunn's cave to guard the money.
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"As for you, Jim," the doctor continued, "I knew you would suffer when the pirates discovered the treasure was gone.
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So I left the squire to guard the captain in the cave, while Gray, Ben Gunn, and I raced to the tall pine.
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But you and the others were too fast.
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So Ben Gunn ran ahead and played the part of Flint's ghost, which delayed matters until Gray and I could get into position."
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"Lucky for me Hawkins was there," said Long John. "You would have let them cut me to bits."
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"Without a doubt," Dr. Livesey agreed cheerily.
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We reached the boats, and the doctor, with the pickax Gray had, demolished one of them.
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We boarded the other and set out for North Inlet to check on the ship.
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As we passed Rum Cove, we saw someone on shore outside Ben Gunn's cave.
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"It's the squire!" I waved and started cheering: "Hip! Hip!—"
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"Hooray!" we all shouted.
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We finally sailed just inside the mouth of North Inlet, and there was the Hispaniola.
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"The tide lifted her!" I cried. "She's standing straight as ever."
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"There's a problem with the mainsail," Gray said. "But she'll get us home.
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After I drop you off at Rum Cove, I'll go back to the ship."
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So we rowed back to the cave. The squire came out to greet us, saying, "I'm glad you're safe, Jim."
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Long John saluted politely.
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Trelawney gave him an angry look. "You're a villain and an impostor.
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I was told not to prosecute you, so I won't.
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But those dead men will haunt you."
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We entered the large, airy cave, and before a big fire lay Captain Smollett.
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In a far corner, shining in the firelight, were great heaps of coins and gold bars.
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"I know of seventeen men who died for that," I thought.
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"And how many more? How much blood, sorrow, and cruelty was involved? No one alive can tell."
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"You're a good boy, Jim," the captain said, "but I don't think you and I will go to sea again.
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Is that you, John Silver? What brings you here, man?"
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"I've come back to do my duty, sir," replied Silver.
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"Ah!" was all the captain said.
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That night, we dined on Ben Gunn's salted goat meat, with fruit and wine from the Hispaniola.
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"No one has ever been happier," I declared, "than we are right now."
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And there was Silver in the corner, eating heartily and joining quietly in our laughter—the same eager-to-please seaman I'd met in Bristol.