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Updated: June 19, 2025
On the heels of all these came Long John Silver, stumping the granite with his wooden leg, and bidding his fellow buccaneers walk lively. Of course Jim Hawkins was of this party, carrying the pieces-of-eight parrot in one hand and leading Boof with the other. David and Goliath were the next, and each was so pleasant to the other that no one would have guessed they had ever waged a fight.
These unfortunate objects must have been buried and disinterred countless times in company with a French franc-piece. To the eye of faith the whistle and the pencil-case became gleaming ingots of gold and silver, and the solitary franc transformed itself into iron-bound chests gorged with ducats, doubloons, or pieces-of-eight: the last having a peculiarly attractive and romantic sound.
When you have the good ship Rainbow shortened at the stem and ready to carry the jolly Roger over the high seas I should say, fences let me know. In the meantime, he says, slippin' me five twenties, 'here are some pieces-of-eight with which to buy cutlasses, hand grenades and other things we may need. "I has the vet. dock Rainbow's tail, 'n' as soon as it heals I lets Mr. Van know.
"Well, take my advice and don't waste your time," says I. "He's a good deal of a sport and all that, but I don't think he'd fall for anything so musty as this old doubloon and pieces-of-eight dope." "I have proofs," says Rupert, "absolute proofs." "Got the regulation old chart, eh," says I, "with the lone tree marked by a dagger?" No, he didn't have a chart.
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