Treasure Island
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"Budge, y o u skulk! " cried Pew. " D i r k was a fool and a coward f r o m the f i r s t — y o u w o u l d n ' t m i n d h i m . They must be close by; they can't be far; y o u have your hands on it. Scatter and look for them, dogs! Oh, shiver m y soul, " he cried, " i f I had eyes! " This appeal seemed to produce some effect, for t w o of the fellows began to look here and there among the lumber, b u t half-heartedly, I thought, and w i t h half an eye to their o w n danger all the time, w h i l e the rest stood irresolute on the road. " Y o u have your hands on thousands, y o u fools, and y o u hang a leg! Y o u ' d be as rich as kings if y o u could f i n d it, and y o u k n o w it's here, and y o u stand there skulking. There wasn't one of y o u dared face Bill, and I d i d it—a b l i n d man! A n d I ' m to lose m y chance for y o u ! I ' m to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for r u m , w h e n I m i g h t be rolling i n a coach! If y o u had the pluck of a weevil i n a biscuit y o u w o u l d catch them still. " " H a n g it, Pew, we've got the doubloons! " grumbled one. "They m i g h t have h i d the blessed thing, " said another. "Take the Georges, Pew, and don't stand here squalling. " Squalling was the w o r d for it; Pew's anger rose so h i g h at these objections till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left i n his blindness and his stick sounded heavily on more than one. These, i n their turn, cursed back at the b l i n d miscreant, threatened h i m i n h o r r i d terms, and tried i n v a i n to catch the stick and wrest it f r o m his grasp. This quarrel was the saving of us, for w h i l e it was still raging, another sound came f r o m the top of the h i l l on the side of the hamlet—the tramp of horses galloping. A l m o s t at the same time a pistol-shot, flash and report, came f r o m the hedge side. A n d that was plainly the last signal ...
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