Treasure Island
contributor: Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.)
creator: Stevenson, Robert Louis
date: 0000-00-00
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language: en
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subject: man
subject: captain
subject: silver
subject: doctor
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subject: hand
subject: robert
subject: louis
subject: stevenson
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subject: judy
subject: boss
subject: omaha
subject: treasure
subject: island
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full text: [pg/etext94/treas10.txt] TREASURE ISLAND, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON This etext was typed by Judy Boss in Omaha, Nebraska. And proofread by John Hamm <John_Hamm@Mindlink.bc.ca> Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson April, 1994 [Etext #120] This text is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson TREASURE ISLAND To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his affectionate friend, the author. TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buccaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold Exactly in the ancient way, Can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today: --So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations lie! CONTENTS PART ONE The Old Buccaneer 1. THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW 11 2. BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS . . . . 17 3. THE BLACK SPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4. THE SEA-CHEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. THE LAST OF THE BLIND MAN . . . . . . . 36 6. THE CAPTAIN'S PAPERS . . . . . . . . . . 41 PART TWO The Sea Cook 7. I GO TO BRISTOL . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 8. AT THE SIGN OF THE SPY-GLASS . . . . . . 54 9. POWDER AND ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 10. THE VOYAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 11. WHAT I HEARD IN THE APPLE BARREL . . . . 70 12. COUNCIL OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 PART THREE My Shore Adventure 13. HOW MY SHORE ADVENTURE BEGAN . . . . . . 82 14. THE FIRST BLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 15. THE MAN OF THE ISLAND. . . . . . . . . . 93 PART FOUR The Stockade 16. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: HOW …