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What I Heard in the Apple Barrel

           "Andcanyoutrustyourmissis?"askedtheother.

           "Gentlemenoffortune,"returnedthecook,"usuallytrustslittleamongthemselves,andrighttheyare,youmaylaytoit.ButIhaveawaywithme,Ihave.Whenamatebringsasliponhiscableoneasknowsme,Imeanitwon’tbeinthesameworldwitholdJohn.TherewassomethatwasfearedofPew,andsomethatwasfearedofFlint;butFlinthisownselfwasfearedofme.Fearedhewas,andproud.Theywastheroughestcrewafloat,wasFlint’s;thedevilhimselfwouldhavebeenfearedtogotoseawiththem.Wellnow,Itellyou,I’mnotaboastingman,andyouseenyourselfhoweasyIkeepcompany,butwhenIwasquartermaster,lambswasn’tthewordforFlint’soldbuccaneers.Ah,youmaybesureofyourselfinoldJohn’sship."

           "Well,Itellyounow,"repliedthelad,"Ididn’thalfaquarterlikethejobtillIhadthistalkwithyou,John;butthere’smyhandonitnow."

           "Andabraveladyouwere,andsmarttoo,"answeredSilver,shakinghandssoheartilythatallthebarrelshook,"andafinerfigureheadforagentlemanoffortuneIneverclappedmyeyeson."

           BythistimeIhadbeguntounderstandthemeaningoftheirterms.Bya"gentlemanoffortune"theyplainlymeantneithermorenorlessthanacommonpirate,andthelittlescenethatIhadoverheardwasthelastactinthecorruptionofoneofthehonesthandsperhapsofthelastoneleftaboard.ButonthispointIwassoontoberelieved,forSilvergivingalittlewhistle,athirdmanstrolledupandsatdownbytheparty.

           "Dick’ssquare,"saidSilver.

           "Oh,Iknow’dDickwassquare,"returnedthevoiceofthecoxswain,IsraelHands."He’snofool,isDick."

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