"Tall tree, Spy-glass shoulder, bearing a point to the N. of N.N.E.

"Skeleton Island E.S.E. and by E.

"Ten feet.

"The bar silver is in the north cache; you can find it by the trend
of the east hummock, ten fathoms south of the black crag with the
face on it.

"The arms are easy found, in the sand hill, N. point of north inlet
cape, bearing E. and a quarter N. J. F."

That was all; but brief as it was, and, to me, incomprehensible, it
filled the squire and Dr. Livesey with delight.

"Livesey," said the squire, "you will give up this wretched practice at
once. To-morrow I start for Bristol. In three weeks' time--three
weeks!--two weeks--ten days--we'll have the best ship, sir, and the
choicest crew in England. Hawkins shall come as cabin-boy. You'll make a
famous cabin-boy, Hawkins. You, Livesey, are ship's doctor; I am admiral.
We'll take Redruth, Joyce, and Hunter. We'll have favourable winds, a
quick passage, and not the least difficulty in finding the spot, and
money to eat--to roll in--to play duck-and-drake with ever after."

"Trelawney," said the doctor, "I'll go with you; and, I'll go bail for
it, so will Jim, and be a credit to the undertaking. There's only one man
I'm afraid of."

"And who's that?" cried the squire. "Name the dog, sir!"

"You," replied the doctor; "for you cannot hold your tongue. We are not
the only men who know of this paper. These fellows who attacked the inn
to-night--bold, desperate blades, for sure--and the rest who stayed
aboard that lugger, and more, I dare say, not far off, are, one and all,
through thick and thin, bound that they'll get that money. We must none
of us go alone till we get to sea. Jim and I shall stick together in the
meanwhile; you'll take Joyce and Hunter when you ride to Bristol, and,
from first to last, not one of us must breathe a word of what we've
found."

"Livesey," returned the squire, "you are always in the right of it. I'll
be as silent as the grave."

PART II

THE SEA-COOK

CHAPTER VII

I GO TO BRISTOL

It was longer than the squire imagined ere we were ready for the sea, and
none of our first plans--not even Dr. Livesey's, of keeping me beside
him--could be carried out as we intended. The doctor had to go to London
for a physician to take charge of his practice; the squire was hard at
work at Bristol; and I lived on at the Hall under the charge of old
Redruth, the g