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Updated: May 9, 2025
One would have thought that such treatment would have broken the spirit of the poor little foundling, but it had just the opposite effect upon Tom Chist, who was one of your stubborn, sturdy, stiff-willed fellows who only grow harder and more tough the more they are ill-treated. It had been a long time now since he had made any outcry or complaint at the hard usage he suffered from old Matt.
He was really hung because he was a pirate, and we know that it was the log books that Tom Chist brought to New York that did the business for him; he was accused and convicted of manslaughter for killing of his own ship carpenter with a bucket.
Here I am." "If I was after bein' the king," said Olson, "I'd pin the V.C. on your noble chist; but bein' only an Irishman with a Swede name, for which God forgive me, the bist I can do is shake your hand." "You will not be punished," said Bradley. "There are four of you left if you four want to come along and work with us, we will take you; but you will come as prisoners."
Cap'n Ira, hobbling around from the front of the house, hailed his wife in some rancor: "I don't see why you have to do that. Don't we pay that woman for washing them clothes? And ain't she supposed to take 'em down off'n the halyards? I swan! You'll be inter that basket headfirst, yet, like ye was inter the grain chist. Look out!" "They wasn't all dry when Myra Williams went home, Ira.
I'm thinking it is no use to try to get near them there; but they will keep feeding on and on until they get over the ridge; and what we will do now is we will chist go aweh down wind, and get round to them from anither airt." It was little that Lionel knew what was involved in this apparently simple scheme.
"There was that city boarder I took care of, the summer she gi'n out down here," went on Sabrina dreamily. "I liked her an' I liked her clo'es. They were real pretty. She see I liked 'em, an' what should she do when she went back home, but send me a blue silk wrapper all lace and ribbins, just like hers, only nicer. It's in that chist. I never've wore it.
"I'll be goin' off this night, ma'am I'll pack me chist, and not stop here any longer at all," said Bridget, in a tone that betokened her anger. "Going off what do you mean? You don't say you 're going to leave us so suddenly, Biddy?" inquired Mrs. Preston, with surprise.
"I 'low they'll ketch that feller that stole your chist, Miss Frances, 'bout the time two Sundays come together in the week," he declared. "He's had plenty of time to make himself scarce." "But the trunk?" cried Mrs. Peckham. "That was some heavy, wasn't it?" "Aw, he had a wagon handy. He wouldn't have tried to take the chist if he hadn't. Don't you say so, Miss Frances?" said the teamster.
Oh, come, sir come, sir; let us make haste and find it!" "Stay! stay!" said the good gentleman, holding up his hand; and again Tom Chist noticed how it trembled and shook. His voice was steady enough, though very hoarse, but his hand shook and trembled as though with a palsy. "Stay! stay! First of all, we must follow these measurements.
Of course Tom said nothing, even to her, about the treasure, and he and the reverend gentleman kept the knowledge thereof to themselves. About three weeks later Parson Jones managed to get him shipped aboard of a vessel bound for New York town, and a few days later Tom Chist landed at that place.
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