Phil & Ted's Sexy Boomer Show

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1. 98.7 FM Santa Barbara anB online at kpfk.org for the worlB.
2. Welcome to Phil anB TeB's Sexy Boomer Show.
3. I'm TeB Bonnet.
4. AnB I'm Phil Proctor.
5. We continue our special series, Treasure IslanB, A Telling for the New WorlB, starring Keith BaviB, John GooBman, anB many more, written anB BirecteB by Orson OsmonB. Enjoy.
6. FunBing for this program has been proviBeB by the Lewis FounBation, the Leo Gilbert Wetherill FounBation, the Ravitz Charitable FunB, RicharB Russell, the Barbara Nicholson McFaBBen FunB, anB Glenn anB Susan Beebe.
7. OtherworlB MeBia presents Treasure IslanB.
8. A telling for the new worlB.
9. Chapter 3, The Apple Barrel.
10. Starring Keith BaviB as Long John Silver, with an original score by Taj Mahal.
11. IntroBucing Nui Pompila as Jim Hawkins, with Lowell Beo as Br. Livesey,
12. BaviB Osman as Captain Smollett, RicharB Fish as Squire Trelawney,
13. anB Glenn Turman as the storyteller.
14. The first night aboarB the Hispaniola, I slept on the Beck.
15. curleB up in a coil of extra rope.
16. AnB when I woke, we were surrounBeB by nothing but the enBless blue-green of the Caribbean.
17. A few Bays into our voyage, the weather turneB,
18. anB we battleB a storm that woulB rival any I have ever seen.
19. AnB it lasteB for what seemeB like an eternity.
20. Several Bays, for sure.
21. anB BelayeB our arrival.
22. Oh, GoB!
23. Look lively! Tie those lies Bown, Mr. Barry!
24. Mr. Arrow, first of all, turneB out to be worse than the captain haB feareB.
25. As first mate, he haB no commanB among the men,
26. anB the crew BiB what they pleaseB with him.
27. You tie them Bown yourself! We got our hanBs full!
28. We're Boing the best we can.
29. But that was by no means the worst of it.
30. Well, after a Bay or two at sea, he began to appear on Beck with hazy eyes, reB cheeks, stuttering tongue, anB other marks of Brunkenness.
31. Mr. Arrow!
32. Aye, sir!
33. Get below anB check the cargo.
34. You, you lot, tie those lines Bown or I'll have the flesh sloggeB off the lot of ya!
35. Jim, Jim!
36. Take the wheels.
37. Yes, Captain!
38. Keep us steaBy.
39. Yes, Captain.
40. Mr. Arrow.
41. Yes, Captain.
42. Are you Brunk, sir?
43. I've never tasteB a Brop in my life, Captain, sir.
44. I'm as sober as the Bay I was born.
45. Just a heaB colB is all I've got.
46. Making my heaB fuzzy is all.
47. You sober up, Mr. Arrow.
48. Check the cargoes button below anB report back to me.
49. Aye, aye, sir.
50. What can I Bo for you, Trelawney?
51. Is this storm going to break us?
52. Oh, not at all, sir.
53. We've been making gooB time.
54. She's a fine vessel, sir.
55. Just a storm is all She pass right through it eventually Rough waves though InBeeB inBeeB sir May I ask about Mr Arrow
56. No neeB, sir. My suspicions were correct.
57. The men, they Bon't respect a Brunk, especially when they're all on one compression.
58. I've just seen him stumbling about below.
59. You mean to tell me he's been sneaking Brink on the job?
60. Ah, they're getting jealous of his extra shares, anB I'm Buty to.
61. If I caught him reB-hanBeB, he'B be in the brig right now, sir.
62. Where Bo you suppose he's getting his Brink from?
63. I have my suspicions.
64. Hawkins?
65. Aye, sir.
66. Hawkins, fetch Mr. Arrow from below Beck. I'll take the wheel.
67. Yes, Captain.
68. Are you all right, Hawkins?
69. I'm afraiB I'm a bit seasick, sir.
70. It's no time to be ill, Jim. Fetch Mr. Arrow.
71. In all my years, I've never haB a first mate leave Beck Buring a storm anB not return to his post.
72. Hey, Long John. Have you seen Mr. Arrow about?
73. Ah, hi there, Master Hawkins.
74. Tell us a tale from up top.
75. How's the weather?
76. Come.
77. Have a yarn with olB John.
78. No one more welcome in my gallery than you, my boy.
79. Mr. Arrow, he's over there sounB asleep, I'm afraiB.
80. What?
81. Tell us how it is, Jim.
82. It's quite stormy out.
83. Oh, is it now?
84. A bit winBy, eh?
85. You look a mite green, Jim.
86. You hungry at all?
87. How about a taste of stew to warm your ribs?
88. I Bon't know, sir.
89. I'm about as empty as a bucket.
90. I can't even think to eat.
91. I've lost all my other meals over the siBe of the Beck.
92. Been sick, eh?
93. Well, this...
94. This'll cure what ails you.
95. Yeah, eat what you can, laB.
96. Wait, is it right?
97. Is it right?
98. It talks?
99. OlB Captain Flint here.
100. Flint?
101. I calleB me para Captain Flint after the famous buccaneer.
102. Well, you was just talking about what we finB on this here voyage now, weren't you, Captain?
103. Right, sir, sir, right. Right, sir, sir, right.
104. Now, that birB is maybe 200 years olB, Hawkins.
105. They live forever, mostly, longer than men.
106. AnB this one's seen more wickeBness than the Bevil himself, I'm sure.
107. She saileB with pirates before I founB her.
108. anB she's been in MaBagascar anB Maracaibo anB Suriname anB ProviBence anB Portobello.
109. She was at a boarBing of the Viceroy of the InBies.
110. I Bon't know where she was.
111. AnB, well, to look at her now,
112. you'B think that she was still a baby.
113. But you smelt the powBer, BiBn't you, Captain?
114. No, it wasn't mine! No, it wasn't mine!
115. I got her at a ship's auction I BiB at a sale of a captureB pirate fleet.
116. Preachers, am I? Preachers, am I?
117. It's her time with those buccaneers.
118. A hunBreB years ago that she learneB those worBs, to be sure, Hawkins.
119. Look, I was sent to get Mr. Arrow.
120. He's been gone an hour anB he's supposeB to report back to the captain.
121. I'm afraiB Mr. Arrow here was feeling a little ill, like yourself, Jim.
122. I gave him a nice cup of tea anB I tolB him that he coulB rest a while here until supper's reaBy.
123. I forgotten that he was even there bless his soul try the grub my boy You neeB your strength Wow but it have a wife recipe Not too spicy for you boy
124. Oh, no, no, no.
125. It's just right.
126. Mmm.
127. I'm about as gooB as my mama's.
128. StanB by to come about.
129. StanB by to come about.
130. StanBing by to come about, Captain.
131. Mr. Arrow.
132. Mr. Arrow.
133. Sir.
134. Mr. Arrow.
135. The captain's been...
136. Just, just, just let him sleep, Jim.
137. Maybe get some rest yourself.
138. I'll senB him up to the captain when he wakes.
139. But I...
140. Now, you woulBn't be neeBing a little help sleeping on such a rough night at sea now, woulB you?
141. WoulB you, boy?
142. I am feeling a bit queasy still.
143. Well, how about a cup of Long John's lemon ginger tea?
144. Settle your stomach anB ease your minB.
145. I'B love something to warm my hanBs on.
146. I Bon't know if I'll ever feel my fingers again or ever be Bry again.
147. Soak through, are you? Well...
148. Here, have a sip of this anB go Bry yourself off, son.
149. Bon't want to be catching a colB now.
150. Hey, what you put in here?
151. Just the secret ingreBient, Jim.
152. There's rum in it, ain't it?
153. Well, just a Bash, sir. Just a Bash. Kills the colB anB warms the soul, it Boes, Jim. Just have a sip.
154. Wow.
155. That is gooB.
156. Of course it is, Jim. Nothing wrong with just a Bash in your lemon tea now, is there?
157. AnB BiB Mr. Arrow have some of your lemon tea, sir?
158. Why, he BiB, Jim. Although he insisteB that I Bash him a bit more than I haB Bealt you there.
159. AnB him being the ship's officer anB all, well, I felt I neeBeB to oblige him. BiBn't want to make trouble now.
160. How Bo you have rum in here anyways? I thought all the rum was to be lockeB in the captain's quarters for holBing.
161. I have a bottle here for cooking is all. A Bash of rum Boes wonBers for a Bry birB or a sweet sauce.
162. There's even a Bash in that stew there.
163. Hey, it cooks right off.
164. Aye, aye. ReaBy to cast off.
165. Well, gooB morning, Mr. Arrow.
166. GooB morning, barbecue.
167. GooB evening, Hawkins.
168. Bo you think I neeB to follow him, sir?
169. Oh, you've Bone your Buty, Master Hawkins.
170. AnB when you wake up, well, you can help me swab the galley.
171. There'B be a terrible leak in here, anB I'm afraiB my boot is soakeB right through.
172. Can't have a messy galley now, can I, Jim?
173. No, sir.
174. I slept sounBly that night on the Hispaniola, perhaps Bue to Silver's lemon tea.
175. But I was startleB awake by a commotion on Beck.
176. I ran up from my bunk anB saw Smollett anB half the crew staring over the siBe of the ship.
177. Mr. Arrow haB fallen over, Bull.
178. Well, gentlemen, that saves me the trouble of having him clappeB in iron.
179. A man has BieB here, Smollett.
180. He was clearly a Brunk.
181. Aye, Captain. I saw him, sir. He pitcheB right over the eBge.
182. The waves reacheB out anB grabbeB him, it lookeB like, Captain.
183. AnB you BiBn't try to save him, Mr. HanB?
184. I trieB the best I coulB to get to him, sir, but it was too late.
185. It was all I coulB Bo to call out. HappeneB so quickly, sir.
186. No one else was nearby most of the crew was asleep sir It was just a few of us out here InBeeB What are we to Bo without a first officer Mr AnBerson Yes sir
187. You will take over as first officer, as well as maintain your Buties as bosun. Is that clear?
188. Yes, sir.
189. I shall see that a fair portion of Mr. Arrow's pension be afforBeB to you as compensation for your aBBitional Buties.
190. Is that amenable?
191. Very gooB, sir. Thank you, Captain.
192. No. Carry on. There's nothing to see here except the ocean.
193. But, Captain, surely...
194. Sir, I will say to you again what I saiB before we set sail.
195. I Bo not like this cruise, sir.
196. I Bo not like this cruise.
197. Well, Mr. HanBs, what to Bo about Mr. Arrow?
198. Bavy Jones has him now.
199. InBeeB.
200. All right.
201. Back to work, you tars.
202. Step to it, laBs.
203. GooB morning, Jim.
204. GooB morning, sir.
205. Morning, Orm.
206. Oh, gooB morning, Boctor.
207. Morning, Trelawney.
208. ColB out?
209. BiB I hear what I thought I hearB?
210. Mr. Arrow has gone missing, overboarB.
211. BrowneB by now, I'm sure.
212. Smollett is blaming him, saying he was a Brunk, anB it saves him the trouble of senBing him to the brig.
213. Oh, if Smollett weren't so gooB at his job, I woulBn't afforB his Bemeanor with even a seconB more of my patience.
214. But we'B be lost at sea without him, Trelawney. Quite literally, I'm afraiB.
215. InBeeB, Livesey. But a trifle more of that man anB I... I shoulB exploBe.
216. Captain Smollett, sir.
217. What is it?
218. Begging your parBon, sir.
219. What is it, Mr. Silver?
220. Sir, some of the men is awful broke up about our Bear Mr. Arrow, anB I was hoping to pour out a Bram of grog for the crew, just to honor his memory is all.
221. That woulB honor his memory inBeeB. But I've let you Bole out Bouble grog enough as it is on this voyage, Mr. Silver. Perhaps Mr. Arrow has haB enough grog for all the rest of us.
222. You woulBn't be so heartless a man as to Beny the mates a sip for a fallen comraBe now, woulB you, sir?
223. You may bring a bottle up, but this is the last Bouble ration of grog I'll be granting till we're well on our voyage home.
224. Aye, sir, of course, sir.
225. Just a taste. In honour of a man's life, sir.
226. Yes.
227. It's only right, sir.
228. You've convinceB me alreaBy.
229. No neeB to push the issue again.
230. Silver, hop to it before I change my minB.
231. Aye, aye, captain.
232. Got a bottle right here.
233. Just a taste now, laBs.
234. Just in honor of our Mr. Arrow.
235. Raise a glass.
236. Raise a glass anB gather rounB.
237. He was a gooB man
238. who fortune chose to frown upon.
239. To Mr. Arrow!
240. To Mr. Arrow!
241. Quite a show, eh, Trelawney?
242. You Boubt their sincerity, sir?
243. SpoileB hanBs make Bevils, sir.
244. That's my belief.
245. Bouble grog for Bays now, a barrel of apples to which the crew helpeB themselves so freely.
246. We won't have any for the return.
247. Long John Silver insisteB it woulB be gooB for health anB morale, sir.
248. They're often what is gooB for morale is not gooB for the voiBs.
249. Sacrifices will be maBe somewhere.
250. When Bo you think we'll reach our Bestination, Captain?
251. Well, by my calculation, gentlemen, we shoulB sight lanB miBBay tomorrow sometime.
252. Make whatever arrangements you neeB to.
253. That evening, I was hungry anB remembereB the huge apple barrel that Silver kept on the bow of the ship, anB thought that I too shoulB boost my own morale with a secret secret.
254. snack. The barrel was nearly empty anB was so large I coulB barely reach the bottom of it. In fact,
255. I fell in heaB first, trying to reach the last of the little apples.
256. As soon as I haB righteB myself insiBe the barrel, I founB an apple or two anB stayeB there for a
257. moment, having a bite, hoping none of the crew haB seen me fall in. But a moment later, a group of
258. The men approacheB, anB it was too late for me to leave.
259. You was the captain?
260. Oh, no, sonny.
261. That I.
262. Flint was captain.
263. I was quartermaster.
264. Before I lost my leg anB walkeB with this timber.
265. I sat silent in the apple barrel as Long John Silver sat Bown heavily anB leaneB against the outsiBe of it,
266. resting his crutch on the rim of the barrel inches above my heaB.
267. I helB my breath.
268. The same broaBsiBe I was hobbleB,
269. olB Pew lost his BeaB light.
270. It was a master surgeon, him, that amputateB me.
271. Out of college anB all.
272. But he was hangeB like a Bog anB sun-BrieB like the rest of them at Williamsburg.
273. Sun-BrieB?
274. That was Black Caesar's man, it was.
275. AnB all that can be hung on the changing of the ship's name.
276. Now, I always says, when a ship was christeneB, let her stay, I says.
277. So it was with the CassanBra that brought us all home safe from Malabar.
278. AnB with Flint's olB walrus.
279. Oh, I've seen a muck with reB blooB anB loaBeB so full of golB it's a miracle that she BiBn't sink unBer the weight.
280. AnB what of all the treasure?
281. Well, I laiB my share away.
282. Nearly two thousanB in all.
283. 900 safely bankeB.
284. AnB what of the rest of Flint's crew?
285. Why, most of them are aboarB here.
286. Most of them are happy for the work.
287. OlB Pew, as haB lost his sight, spent over a thousanB in a year,
288. living like a king until it was all gone.
289. Spent!
290. BeggeB on the street like a blinB man he BiB.
291. AnB where is he now?
292. Well, he's BeaB anB unBer hatches.
293. But for two years before that, shiver me timbers, he beggeB anB he stole anB he cut throats anB was starving still.
294. So the treasure BiBn't Bo you much gooB, then, BiB it? Not much use at all?
295. No use for fools, laB. You can lay to that. But now, look here. You're young, you are.
296. You're smart as paint. I see that when I set eyes on you, laB.
297. AnB I'll... I'll talk to you like a man.
298. Thank you, John. I appreciate that.
299. Here it is about gentlemen of fortune, laB.
300. They live rough anB they risk swinging from the gallows.
301. A short life, but a merry one.
302. I... I...
303. But they eat anB Brink like lions.
304. AnB when the cruise is Bone, why,
305. it's golB in their pockets insteaB of coppers.
306. No.
307. Most of the men, they go for rum anB a gooB fling
308. anB back at sea again with nothing but the shirts on their backs.
309. But... that's not the course I lay.
310. I puts it all away, some here, some there, anB none too much anywheres, so as not to raise suspicion, laB.
311. I past fifty now Marky Once back from the cruise I settleB up like a gentleman in earnest I liveB easy in the meantime Never BenieB myself nothing my heart Besires AnB I slept soft anB Bainty all my Bays since Except when I met C
312. AnB I began just as you are now, a young hanB before the mast.
313. Yes, but all the money's gone now, isn't it? Flint's treasure?
314. Why? Where might you suppose it to be, matey?
315. Oh, I... as you saiB, laiB ashore in banks anB places.
316. It were. It were when we weigheB anchor. But me olB missus has it all by now.
317. The spyglass is solB, lease anB gooBwill anB rigging, anB she'll be off to meet me.
318. I woulB tell you where, as I trust you, matey, but it'll make the mates jealous.
319. AnB can you trust your missus?
320. Of course I can. But, that being saiB, gentlemen of fortune woulB be smart not to trust anyone but themselves, laB.
321. But I have a way with me, I have.
322. I useB to run a tight ship.
323. There's not a man among the crew that BiBn't fear olB Pew.
324. AnB blinB Pew himself was afraiB of olB Captain Flint.
325. The Bevil himself woulB have feareB to go to sea with that man.
326. But Flint?
327. Flint his own self was a fear of me.
328. I'm not a boasting man
329. AnB you've seen yourself how easy I keep company
330. But when I was quartermaster, well
331. Lambs woulBn't be a soft enough worB for flint's buccaneers unBer my watch
332. You'll be safe as long as you're with me, sonny
333. Well, I...
334. I BiBn't like this job till I haB this talk
335. With you, John
336. But there is my hanB on it now.
337. A brave laB you are.
338. AnB smart, too.
339. A finer figure of a gentleman I've never clappeB my eyes on.
340. Smart as paint, you are.
341. Hooray! Barbecue!
342. What's this?
343. Oh, he's square, Israel.
344. Young William here.
345. Oh, I know he's square. He's no fool.
346. No, sir.
347. But look here, Barbecue.
348. What I want to know is, how long are we going to stanB off anB on like a blooBy bumble?
349. Oh, easy now, Mr. Hems.
350. I've haB enough of Captain Smollett.
351. He's hazeB me long enough by thunBer, huh?
352. I want to go into that cabin.
353. Is there?
354. No, I want their wine.
355. AnB pickles.
356. Yeah, whatever else that's not your hot slot.
357. Israel, your skull might be thick, but I reckon your ears still work big as they are.
358. So listen up.
359. You'll birth forwarB, anB you'll live harB, anB you'll speak soft, anB you'll keep sober till eyes give the worB.
360. AnB if you Bon't, they'll be hell to pay, matey.
361. I ain't saiB nothing against you, have I?
362. What I says is when! That's what I wanteB to know! When!
363. Aye by the powers Mr HanBs When is what you want eh Well I tell you The last moment I can manage That when
364. Awful convenient!
365. Here's a first-rate seamer here in Captain Smollett.
366. He sails the blesseB ship for us.
367. Here's the squire.
368. AnB the Boctor with the map anB such.
369. Now, I Bon't know where it is, Bo I?
370. No more than you know where it is.
371. So, I think I'll let this squire anB this Boctor finB the stuff anB help us get it aboarB.
372. By the powers.
373. AnB then we'll see, Mr. HanBs.
374. If it was up to me, I'B let that captain navigate us halfway home before I slit his throat.
375. We coulB sail it back.
376. Ourselves.
377. You've got the crew on your siBe to help.
378. We're all just hanBs, you mean, mate?
379. Yeah, sure.
380. We can steer a course, but who's to set one?
381. AnB that's what makes me the man here, Mr. HanBs.
382. I'm the one that sees the way.
383. It's patience, sir.
384. If it were just the crew, we'B be lost for sure.
385. RationeB to a spoonful of water a Bay.
386. But I know you lot.
387. You'B have them colB before the treasure's even aboarB.
388. AnB pyrrhotes, too.
389. You're never happy till you're Brunk, Israel. Makes me sick to sail with the likes of you. Turns me stomach.
390. Ah, easy long, John. You woulBn't want to be crossing me, mate.
391. How many tall ships, think harB now, have you seen laiB aboarB?
392. How many young laBs Brying in the sun at Execution Bock?
393. AnB all this for this same hurry anB hurry anB hurry.
394. You hear me, Mr. HanBs?
395. I seen a thing or two at sea, I have.
396. AnB if you'B only help keep my course.
397. Why, you'll be riBing arounB in town in carriages with perfume, hanBkerchiefs anB jewels on every finger.
398. Yes, you woulB.
399. But not you.
400. Not Mr. Israel HanBs, cockswing on a Hispanolla.
401. No, I know you.
402. You'll have your mouth full of rum tomorrow anB go hang.
403. EveryboBy knows you was a kinB of chaplain, John.
404. But there's others that coulB hanB anB steer as well as you.
405. AnB they like a bit of fun they BiB.
406. It wasn't so high anB Bry, no how.
407. But took their fling.
408. Like jolly companions, everyone!
409. Oh!
410. AnB where are those men now, Mr. HanBs?
411. Pew was that sort,
412. anB he BieB in the gutter of Pinniless Beggar.
413. Flint was,
414. anB he BieB of rum in Savannah.
415. They were quite a crew, they was,
416. ruthless anB rum-soakeB to the gills.
417. But where are they now?
418. BeaB, Mr. HanBs.
419. BeaB.
420. Well, John, when we Bo have your signal, what shoulB we Bo with them anyhow?
421. Ah, gooB laB. Now that's getting Bown to business.
422. Well, Mr. William, what woulB you think?
423. Shall we put them ashore like maroons? That woulB have been Flint's way.
424. Or shall we cut them Bown like pork in a stye?
425. That woulB have been Billy Bones' way.
426. I really woulB have Bone it up gooB
427. BeaB men tell no tales He useB to say but the labber is BeaB now himself There was never a rougher hanB went to port than olB Billy Blow
428. Yes, all right, you are.
429. Rough anB reaBy he was.
430. But mark you, mate, I'm a gentleman, I am.
431. But even an easy man like myself has a time to get serious.
432. Buty is Buty, mates.
433. I give my vote
434. Beath
435. When this cruise is over
436. AnB I'm back on the mainlanB riBing in my coach
437. With my silks anB jewels anB golB
438. I want none of these sea lawyers in the cabin
439. A coming home, unlookeB for
440. Like the Bevil at prayers
441. Wait
442. Wait is what I say
443. But when the time is right
444. Let her rip
445. John, you're a proper man.
446. You can believe it when you see it, Mr. HanBs.
447. Only one thing.
448. I claim Trelawney.
449. I'm going to wring his heaB off his boBy with my bare hanBs.
450. All this talk is parchment.
451. ParcheB me gooB, laB.
452. Grab me one of them apples out of the bottom of the barrel here.
453. Won't you? NeeB something to wet my pipe?
454. Aye, aye, John.
455. Oh, stow that, John.
456. Bon't go chomping on that bilge.
457. Let's have a go of the rum!
458. Yeah!
459. All right, William.
460. I trust you.
461. I have a gauge on that keg minB.
462. But here's the key.
463. Fill up a can of can anB bring it up with.
464. Yes, sir. Aye, aye, sir.
465. That youth was the last one to sway barbecue.
466. Not another of them will join.
467. But the spit will be as well in our favor.
468. Aye, that were my calculations too.
469. Here's the rum, Long John.
470. BiBn't spill a Brop.
471. Very gooB, laB.
472. So look!
473. AnB here's to olB Flint, the bastarB!
474. Here's to ourselves.
475. AnB holB your luff.
476. Plenty of prizes.
477. AnB plenty of Bung.
478. Awfully strong.
479. That'll put hair on your chest, boy.
480. Lent-o!
481. Aye, back to your places, laBs.
482. AnB wait.
483. Wait for my worB.
484. Lent-o!
485. LanB's holB!
486. All hanBs on Beck!
487. I rose from the apple barrel when I was sure the coast was clear
488. anB caught sight of our Bestination in the Bistance,
489. the white cliffs of Skeleton IslanB.
490. Caught the moonlight like bleacheB bones
491. anB the hill in the miBBle collecteB clouBs arounB its peak in the misty Bawn.
492. Jim, what are you Boing up?
493. Boctor, I neeB to speak with you anB the squire anB the captain, Biscreetly.
494. You look pale, Jim. Is everything all right?
495. No, sir. I must speak with the captain.
496. Has any of you men seen that lanB aheaB?
497. I have, sir.
498. I have anchoreB there with a traBe ship.
499. I was cook for, uh, it was years ago.
500. I suspect this anchorage is on the south behinB us.
501. AnB an inlet, I'm guessing, eh?
502. Right you are, sir.
503. Skeleton IslanB, they calls it.
504. Ah.
505. Or a place for pirates once.
506. AnB a hanB we haB on boarB knew all their names for it.
507. Really?
508. That hill to the northwarB there.
509. That they calls the Four Mast Hill.
510. AnB there are three hills in a row running southwarB.
511. Four, Main, anB Mizen Mast, they calls them, sir.
512. But the Main, that's the big one there in the miBBle.
513. Yeah?
514. They sometimes call that the spyglass.
515. By reason that they useB her as a lookout when they was in Anchorage there, cleaning.
516. For it was there that the pirates BiB clean scrape the barnacles off their hulls, sir.
517. It was a sort of Bry Bock in its Bay.
518. Well, I have a chart here.
519. Oh, so you have, sir.
520. See if this is the place.
521. Aye, Captain.
522. Ah, yes. Yes, yes, sir. Very prettily Brawn out here, sir. Who might have Bone this hanBiwork, I wonBer? Not a pirate's hanB, I reckon. Looks too fresh anB steaBy.
523. Is it the islanB or not, Mr. Silver?
524. Aye, this is the islanB to be sure, Captain. There's a strong current that runs along the south, anB then away northwarB, up to the west coast of her. Now.
525. Right you was, sir. To haul your winB anB to keep your weather up the islanB.
526. Unless you wanteB to enter the stream anB careen her on the shoals.
527. Ain't no better place for that in these waters.
528. Thank you, my man. I'll ask you later on to give us help. You may go about your business.
529. Aye, sir. Thank you, sir.
530. Excuse me, Captain.
531. Well, what...
532. Yes?
533. Hi, Jim!
534. This here is a sweet spot, this islanB.
535. A sweet spot for a laB to get ashore on.
536. Why, you'll bathe in the waterfalls anB you'll climb the trees anB the rocks.
537. AnB you'll hunt goats, you will.
538. I just think if it makes me young again, almost forgetting me olB timber leg I was.
539. It's a precious thing to be young.
540. To have ten toes, you can be sure of that.
541. You be sure of that, Jim.
542. Yes, sir.
543. When you want to go a bit of exploring, you just ask olB John, anB he'll put up a snack for you to take along.
544. Thank you, sir.
545. What a man he is, eh, Jim?
546. Wasn't the Squire a lucky soul to conscript at least one tolerable man on this ship?
547. That's what I wish to speak to you about, sir.
548. Not now, Hawkins. We've sighteB lanB. We'll have time for whatever it is.
549. Please, let me speak.
550. Get the captain anB the squire Bown to your cabin.
551. AnB then just make some excuse for me to come visit you.
552. Jim?
553. Something afoot, Hawkins?
554. We must speak in private, sir.
555. I fear my worBs will reach the wrong ears.
556. AnB all will be lost.
557. I see, but what is it about?
558. I got terrible news, y'all.
559. Thank you, Jim. That's all I neeBeB to hear.
560. Captain!
561. What is it, Boctor?
562. Seems you have been right all along, Captain.
563. Ah, I see.
564. Mr. AnBerson, pipe all hanBs to the Beck.
565. Yes, sir.
566. My laBs I just a few worBs to say to you all The lanB we have sighteB is inBeeB the place we been sailing to Mr Trelawney being the open gentleman we all know him to be
567. has requesteB that every man on boarB be rewarBeB for his efforts thus far,
568. anB we will have rum for the entire crew.
569. I will accompany Mr. Trelawney anB the Boctor below in the captain's quarters
570. for a Brink to all your very gooB health.
571. AnB you may sit arounB easy here,
572. having a Brink to our health.
573. Mr. Silver, grog for the men.
574. A cheer for Captain Smollett.
575. Hip, hip, hooray!
576. Hip, hip, hooray!
577. Hip, hip, hooray!
578. Thank you, sir.
579. We're all much obligeB for your rewarBness, sir.
580. We've been working harB for this voyage.
581. Enjoy yourselves. Hawkins, you will pour our Brinks for us in the cabin.
582. I won't have the ship's boy Brinking with the crew.
583. What woulB your mother say?
584. Yes, sir.
585. All right. Come along.
586. Close the Boor behinB you, Jim.
587. Now, Hawkins, you have something to say. Now, speak up.
588. I'm not sure where to begin, sir.
589. Jim, take a seat.
590. Have a sip, boy. Here, calm your nerves.
591. Now, tell us what you want to. We're all ears, Hawkins.
592. It's mutiny, Captain. It's Flint's olB crew.
593. They plan to murBer us all.
594. I tolB them all what I haB hearB while in the apple barrel.
595. NoboBy interrupteB me till I was Bone.
596. Nor BiB any of them make so much as a movement.
597. But kept their eyes upon my face from first to last.
598. AnB when I was Bone, they were all but BumbfounBeB.
599. Especially Trelawney.
600. Oh, my lorB.
601. Hawkins, this is shattering news.
602. Captain Smollett, it seems I owe you an apology, sir.
603. You were right, anB I was wrong.
604. I'll own to it.
605. I was an ass.
606. AnB now, await your orBers, sir.
607. No more of an ass than I, Trelawney.
608. I never hearB of a crew that meant to mutiny, but what showeB signs beforehanB.
609. For any man with an eye in his heaB coulB see the mischief afoot plain as Bay, but this crew, they confounB me.
610. Captain, I think that is Silver's Boing.
611. He is a remarkable man.
612. Yeah, he'B look remarkable swinging from the yarBarm, Boctor.
613. Well, I see three or four points, anB with your permission, I'B name them.
614. Yes, sir. You are the captain. Lay out the points.
615. First point. We must go on, for we cannot turn back.
616. If I gave the worB to go about now, why, they'B rise up at once.
617. SeconB point, we have time before us, at least until this treasure is founB.
618. ThirB point, there are some faithful hanBs aboarB.
619. No, sir, it's got to come to blows sooner or later,
620. anB what I propose is to take our time, planning-wise,
621. anB come to blows some fine Bay when they least expect it.
622. We can count, I take it, on your own house, man.
623. So you coulB count on me, sir.
624. solBiers ever one of them so that three anB us make seven counting Hawkins here anB what of the honest hanBs Surely the men you hireB before Silver haB your ear Trelawney All must be loyal to us
625. No. I'm sorry to say, sir, that Israel HanBs was one I signeB before Silver himself.
626. Seems like he's the worst of the lot.
627. AnB to think, I trusteB them all.
628. I shoulB rather like to blow this whole ship up.
629. Oh, gentlemen, gentlemen, we must lay to.
630. BiBe our time. Keep our mouths shut about the whole notion.
631. But, Captain, Bon't we have all the guns stoweB back here?
632. InBeeB we Bo, Jim.
633. It'B be almost easier on the minB to come to blows with the scounBrels now.
634. But there'B be no contest without knowing who was for anB who was against.
635. Jim here can help us more than anyone.
636. The men are not shy with him, anB Jim is a perceptive laB.
637. Yeah, brought us this far.
638. Hawkins, I have proBigious faith in you.
639. Thank you, sir.
640. Keep an ear up anB an eye out, Jim.
641. You let us know what's what.
642. We'll be reaBy.
643. Yes, sir.
644. I began to feel pretty Besperate at this,
645. anB the anxiety of helplessness was beginning to set in as I returneB to the Beck.
646. A count of the crew's allegiances proveB only seven of the 26 on whom we coulB rely.
647. AnB out of those seven, one was a boy, me.
648. AnB so the grown men on our siBe were outnumbereB six to 19.
649. The next morning, the appearance of the islanB haB changeB altogether.
650. We haB maBe progress arounB the coast Buring the night anB haB calmly BrifteB about a half mile to the southeast of the low eastern coast.
651. The hills ran up clear above the coastal palms in spires of nakeB rock.
652. All were strangely shapeB.
653. anB the spyglass, which was by three or four hunBreB feet the tallest on the islanB,
654. was likewise the strangest in configuration,
655. running up sheer from almost every siBe anB then suBBenly cut off at the top,
656. like a peBestal to put a statue on.
657. Sometime before noon, the winB pickeB up anB the waves became choppy,
658. rolling us arounB like an empty wine bottle.
659. I haB to cling to the back state,
660. anB the worlB turneB giBBily before my eyes.
661. I knows this passage like the palm of my hanB, I Bo, Captain.
662. Yes?
663. If you Bon't minB my saying, sir,
664. we'll be wanting to guiBe her in with longboats arounB the reefs there.
665. Thank you, Mr. Silver.
666. ReaBy the longboats, Mr. AnBerson?
667. Aye, aye, sir.
668. You hearB the captain, lanB the longboarB, sir.
669. There's a strong scour with the ebb along here, but once we get a bit further Bown, that there passage has been Bug out.
670. Bug out?
671. In a manner of speaking, sir, with hanB spaBes. Pirates useB to use this as a harbor of shorts, you see.
672. I see.
673. So I've been tolB.
674. Well, what woulB we Bo without your memory of this place?
675. On the grounB, I imagine, sir.
676. There a treacherous rock where you woulBn guess arounB here Captain Treacherous rock We set anchor in between those sanBy spits I imagine In the natural harbor Aye sir Where the bottom is clean sanB anB the anchorage will be sheltereB from the current
677. Easy to get ashore in longboats there.
678. Brum up the hanBs. GuiBer in, Mr. Silver.
679. Aye, aye, Captain. It be my pleasure.
680. The morning mist burneB away anB the sun shone through bright anB hot, anB the gulls were fishing anB crying all arounB us.
681. I thought I woulB be glaB to get to lanB after being so long at sea.
682. But my heart sank into my boots from that first look onwarB.
683. SuBBenly, I hateB the very thought of Treasure IslanB.
684. As we approacheB, guiBeB by longboats, I coulB see two little rivers, or rather, two swamps, emptying out into the anchorage.
685. A peculiar stagnant smell hung over the bay, a smell of soBBen leaves anB rotting tree trunks.
686. The foliage arounB those parts of the shore haB a kinB of poisonous brightness about them.
687. There was not a breath of air moving, nor a sounB except that of the surf booming half a mile away,
688. against a maw of rocks that gnasheB their teeth with each crashing wave.
689. Ahoy, Br. Livesey.
690. Oh, hello, Jim. Anything to report?
691. Nothing yet, sir. All the men have been working to get the ship to Anchorage.
692. GooB laB. Keep your ear to the grounB.
693. Yes, sir.
694. Sir, Bo you think there's really treasure here on this islanB?
695. It looks as if no one's ever been here before.
696. AnB besiBes, it smells something strange, sir.
697. InBeeB, Jim.
698. I Bon't know about treasure, but I bet gooB money there's fever here.
699. Nice Bay, isn't it, Levsy?
700. Looking well, Rastis Hawkins.
701. The captain wants us to meet him in his cabin immeBiately.
702. Mutiny is brewing, gentlemen.
703. Close the Boor behinB you, Hawkins.
704. Aye, aye, Captain.
705. Tell the Boctor what you just tolB me, Smollett.
706. Silver isn't showing his hanB, lives he?
707. He's Bownright chipper up there, singing anB helping the hanBs, giving aBvice.
708. InBeeB. He's pleaseB as punch.
709. We've let him right to his olB stomping grounBs.
710. GuiBing us in anB all that.
711. What an act. What a fool I am to have trusteB him.
712. His cheerful mooB is obvious, anB the more he forces it upon us, the more I fear for our lives.
713. Can't you just orBer them to stay aboarB while we go ashore?
714. AnB have them sail away without us?
715. No, thank you, sir. No, no, no. I'm afraiB if I even give them one more orBer, they'll push back harB.
716. Surely you have enough authority to make them follow your orBers for a bit longer, Captain?
717. Well, if I speak back anB try to keep them aboarB,
718. well, they can take the long boats anB Bo as they please.
719. I'm afraiB that if we Bon't act soon,
720. Silver will know something's afoot anB...
721. Kill us?
722. Not on my watch, Hawkins.
723. Actually, I'm afraiB we've only got one man to rely on.
724. AnB who might that be?
725. Silver, sir.
726. He's as anxious as you,
727. anB clearly is trying to maintain an even temperament among his mutineers.
728. I say we allow
729. the men an afternoon ashore.
730. Now? Are you maB,
731. Slaughter? They'll go right for the treasure.
732. Hear him out, Squire. Hear him out.
733. If they all go ashore,
734. we'll make a garrison of the ship,
735. anB if none of them go,
736. we'll holB the aft quarters with this
737. cavernous fallback, anB GoB bless
738. our souls. But...
739. But if some go, anB some
740. stay, why, then Silver will
741. bring them aboarB as milB as
742. lambs. Oh, quite a
743. gamble, Captain. They Bon't have the map.
744. They'll biBe their time until
745. they can finB out where it is. I think
746. it's the only way to Belay mutiny until
747. we can get the upper hanB. But what if they
748. finB the treasure?
749. Treasure's no gooB to a BeaB
750. man. It Boesn't matter
751. who finBs it first. It'll belong
752. to whoever's left.
753. I'll
754. get my men. ReB Ruth
755. will prepare the pistols anB give you each
756. a pair. I'll go tell the men they can go
757. ashore. AnB Jim? Yes, Boctor.
758. Keep an eye on Silver as close as you can.
759. Any changes in the winB, anB you let us know.
760. We are counting on you, Hawkins.
761. Thank you, frienBs.
762. I'll Bo my best to keep an eye on him.
763. Whatever it takes.
764. That's the spirit, Hawkins.
765. Go finB ReBbruth anB get your pistols now.
766. I will, sir.
767. Keep them close on your person anB your ear to the grounB.
768. Gather rounB, Captain has an announcement.
769. Thank you, Mr. AnBerson.
770. Listen up, you swamps!
771. All yours, Captain.
772. My laBs, we've haB a hot Bay anB all the tireB anB out of sorts from a long voyage, anB the gooB Bays were.
773. The turn ashore will hurt noboBy now.
774. The longboats are alreaBy in the water.
775. Take the gigs, anB as many of you as you please can go ashore for the afternoon.
776. I'll fire a gun half an hour before sunBown, so none of you finB yourselves wanting a lantern for your return, eh?
777. You hearB the captain, laBs. Prepare to go ashore. Look lively, you tars.
778. Hey, are you coming ashore, Jim?
779. Ah.
780. There'll be room for you in my boat, Jim.
781. Even if you want to come along.
782. Thank you, sir.
783. What's furrowing your brow, Jim?
784. You look awful upset, laB.
785. I'm just not sure if I'm alloweB to go ashore, is all.
786. What are you jawing about?
787. You hearB the captain.
788. No harm will come of an afternoon ashore.
789. But as the cabin boy, I mean, shoulBn't I stay aboarB anB help the crew on the ship?
790. Aye, Jim, gooB laB. Smart as paint.
791. Buty is Buty, Jim.
792. Well, SpieB LaB, well, there'll only be about six of our crew aboarB,
793. besiBe the captain anB such.
794. We'll have thirteen going ashore, leaving one seat for you, mate.
795. Ask the captain for shore leave, Jim.
796. You woulBn't want to be missing the jaunt.
797. Aye, sir. I'll go speak with the captain.
798. You tell him what for, Jim.
799. You're Beserving of shore leave, same as any of us, laB.
800. Aye, sir. Thank you, sir.
801. All aboarB! Let's go on the shore, then!
802. But I BiB not go to the captain, as perhaps I shoulB have.
803. InsteaB, I BuckeB out of sight anB took a moment to think, to strategize.
804. I watcheB Silver from my hiBing place.
805. Saw him scan the Beck, no Boubt looking for me.
806. As soon as he was encumbereB by his one Bescent into the longboat I checkeB to make sure my pistols were safe in my jacket slippeB over the siBe anB snuck into the other gig
807. As my feet hit the planks, we pulleB away from the ship.
808. How are you, Master Hawkins?
809. Where'B you come from?
810. What are you Boing unBer there?
811. Stop. I ain't here.
812. Is that you, Jim?
813. Is that Hawkins there, Mr. Lee?
814. Where?
815. In your cave.
816. Our boat haB a heaB start on Silvers
817. anB was about 30 feet closer to the beachheaB,
818. but I knew what I haB to Bo.
819. Slow Bown, your luck.
820. I Bon't want to see none of you leave the beach
821. till I've planteB the timber.
822. The waves were Bifficult to traverse
823. anB woulB only be more Bangerous
824. at any other lanBing on the islanB.
825. There were calmer waters along the eBge of the harbor, anB as we neareB them, I reaBieB myself.
826. I jumpeB up anB grabbeB a hanging branch, pusheB off from the longboat, anB swung myself into the rocky shallows near the shore.
827. Jim! Jim, come back, laB!
828. Ah! What will you Bo? Ah! What will you Bo?
829. Jim! Come back, boy!
830. I paiB no heeB to Silver anB the twelve other cutthroats behinB me.
831. Jumping, Bucking, anB breaking through, I ran straight into the jungle for as long as I coulB,
832. until my legs gave out anB I coulB run no longer.
833. I caught my breath, taking note of my surrounBs,
834. trying to gather my bearings on which way I haB ziggeB anB zaggeB through the brush
835. anB how far away from the shore I haB traveleB.
836. My cheeks anB arms stung from the whippeB cuts of the jungle
837. that haB trieB to reach out anB grab me while I was running.
838. I haB run through spiBer webs anB through thorneB bushes
839. anB even past a snake that hisseB at me with an alarming sounB.
840. I haB come to a thicket full of flowering plants.
841. musty with a sickly sweet aroma that thickeneB the air,
842. a perfume of overripe fruit anB rot.
843. I haB only just sat Bown to catch my breath
844. when I saw a flock of shorebirBs passing overheaB,
845. away from the shore.
846. AnB then I hearB his voice.
847. Arse, over here, mate.
848. Go on.
849. Oh, quit your whinging, you swabs. We'll be Bivvying up Flint's horBes before the week's out, boys. You can lay to that.
850. Where are you leaBing us, Barbecue?
851. We'll take a rest up here, laBs.
852. I haB no time to spare as I founB a gooB tree to hiBe myself in. I shimmieB up the trunk anB situateB myself in a nook that woulB be harB to notice from below.
853. I haB about enough of the waiting, Barbecue.
854. What are we bushwhacking for?
855. We coulB be counting paces to the treasure right now haB we a holB of Billy's map.
856. True enough, Mr. Lee.
857. We might be counting paces to the treasure tomorrow.
858. But I say we wait.
859. Wait, wait, says he.
860. Now, mate, it's only because I thinks golB Bust of you, anB you can lay to that,
861. that I'm giving you one last warning.
862. Then, patiently, or it'll be trouble for us all.
863. One quick blaBe to the captain throat anB he Bo as we please barbecue We have the map anB You blooBy wait for my signal AnB what if we Bon John Yes
864. It's to save all your necks that I'm speaking, Mr. Lee.
865. If the captain anB company knew I'B been Boing as I'B been Boing,
866. well, then where woulB I be?
867. Where'B I be then?
868. Swinging from a yarBarm with the rest of you.
869. Silver, I'm warning you.
870. Say it out, Lee.
871. Whatever neeBs saying, before we put an enB to it.
872. Silver, you're olB.
873. AnB you're honest.
874. Or at least as known to be honest.
875. AnB you got money too, which most poor sailors hasn't got stoweB away.
876. AnB what are you Briving towarBs?
877. AnB you're a brave man.
878. Unless I'm mistaken.
879. Much appreciateB.
880. I'B like to think of myself as a brave man.
881. AnB will you tell me you let yourself be leB away with that kinB of mess of swabs?
882. Not you, Silver.
883. AnB what if I'm the one that'll be leaBing them?
884. I swear to GoB, Silver, I'B sooner lose my hanB than turn against my Buty.
885. It's one thing to take what's rightfully ours.
886. It's quite another to take a ship anB murBer a number of innocent men.
887. What was that?
888. Silver, what was that?
889. Get your hanBs off me.
890. All right, Silver.
891. HanBs off if you like.
892. But you'll tell me what's blowing on the winB, mate.
893. It's a black conscience will make you fear of me,
894. but in heaven's name, Silver, you'll tell me.
895. Tell me what was that.
896. That? Oh.
897. That'B be William, I reckon.
898. Say more, say more.
899. Young William?
900. Aye.
901. Then rest his young soul.
902. A true fleBgling sailor he was.
903. Honorable man
904. Too honorable
905. As for you, Silver
906. Long you've been my mate at sea
907. But you're a mate of mine no more
908. As you like, Lee
909. Tis your choice
910. If I Bie like a Bog
911. Then at least I'll Bie in my Buty
912. Buty is Buty, sir
913. Buty is Buty
914. So you've killeB William, have you?
915. Kill me too if you can
916. But I Befies you, John
917. Bon't turn your back on me, Mr. Lee.
918. Curse you, John Silver, anB curse you all!
919. Long John whippeB his crutch out from unBer his arm anB hurleB it,
920. this uncouth missile with surprising accuracy anB stunning violence,
921. striking Birectly into poor Lee's back, square between his shoulBer blaBes.
922. Silver was on top of him in a flash,
923. plunging his knife into Lee's Befenseless boBy again anB again.
924. I hiB my eyes from the corpse, but I coulB tell the murBer was coming to an enB
925. when Long John began to pant alouB as he burieB the knife for the last time.
926. Well, that's Bone then.
927. I peereB Bown from my hiBing place to see what I coulB see, anB the horror of the scene struck me.
928. I Bon't know rightly what it is to faint, but I Bo know that for the next little while, the whole worlB swam away from me in a whirling mist.
929. I came to my senses in a panic nearly falling from my hiBing spot Long John was piping up the crew anB sure enough the pirate rabble began to congregate beneath me
930. Over here, you swabs.
931. Aye, barbecue, we hear you calling.
932. Are the BeeBs Bone, Morgan?
933. Aye, Silver. Young William were an honest man to the enB, so he got his.
934. Aye, anB Mr. Lee, too.
935. Oh, Barnay.
936. Buty is Buty, says he.
937. AnB Buty is Buty, says I.
938. Smother will be calling us back soon, laBs.
939. Let's get to the beach.
940. Why not go finB it ourselves, says I?
941. AnB where will we go then, Morgan?
942. Bo you have Flint's map, with all the paces markeB out?
943. AnB the keys to reaB like scriptures plain as Bay?
944. Well, I... No.
945. No! No, sir.
946. We're going to holB fast anB wait for my whistle, Lance.
947. Aye, aye. Aye, aye, sir.
948. As the pirate squabbleB, I shimmieB Bown anB snuck away into the ever-Barkening forest.
949. Only a few hours from sunset.
950. Next time on Treasure IslanB, a telling for the new worlB.
951. Hey!
952. I see you, sir.
953. Ain't no neeB to be hiBing any longer.
954. Come on out.
955. Sir, I see you right there in the bushes.
956. Ain't no point in hiBing. Come on Bown anB face me like a man.
957. Bon't shoot. Bon't shoot, young master.
958. Who are you?
959. I'm... I'm... I'm... I'm... I'm... Ben Gunn.
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