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At the Sign of the Spy-glass

           "Wewasa-talkin’ofkeel-hauling,"answeredMorgan.

           "Keel-hauling,wasyou?Andamightysuitablething,too,andyoumaylaytothat.Getbacktoyourplaceforalubber,Tom."

           Andthen,asMorganrolledbacktohisseat,Silveraddedtomeinaconfidentialwhisperthatwasveryflattering,asIthought,"He’squiteanhonestman,TomMorgan,on’ystupid.Andnow,"heranonagain,aloud,"let’sseeBlackDog?No,Idon’tknowthename,notI.YetIkindofthinkI’veyes,I’veseentheswab.Heusedtocomeherewithablindbeggar,heused."

           "Thathedid,youmaybesure,"saidI."Iknewthatblindmantoo.HisnamewasPew."

           "Itwas!"criedSilver,nowquiteexcited."Pew!Thatwerehisnameforcertain.Ah,helookedashark,hedid!IfwerundownthisBlackDog,now,there’llbenewsforCap’nTrelawney!Ben’sagoodrunner;fewseamenrunbetterthanBen.Heshouldrunhimdown,handoverhand,bythepowers!Hetalkedo’keel-hauling,didhe?I’llkeel-haulhim!"

           Allthetimehewasjerkingoutthesephraseshewasstumpingupanddownthetavernonhiscrutch,slappingtableswithhishand,andgivingsuchashowofexcitementaswouldhaveconvincedanOldBaileyjudgeoraBowStreetrunner.MysuspicionshadbeenthoroughlyreawakenedonfindingBlackDogattheSpy-glass,andIwatchedthecooknarrowly.Buthewastoodeep,andtooready,andtoocleverforme,andbythetimethetwomenhadcomebackoutofbreathandconfessedthattheyhadlostthetrackinacrowd,andbeenscoldedlikethieves,IwouldhavegonebailfortheinnocenceofLongJohnSilver.

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