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"He was stanch and true, was little Tonga No ht named he had his boat at the wharf As it chanced, however, there was one of the convict-guard down there,--a vile Pathan who had nevereance, and now I had my chance It was as if fate had placed hiht pay my debt before I left the island He stood on the bank with his back to me, and his carbine on his shoulder I looked about for a stone to beat out his brains with, but none could I see Then a queer thought came into my head and showed me where I could lay my hand on a weapon I sat down in the darkness and unstrappedhops I was on him He put his carbine to his shoulder, but I struck him full, and knocked the whole front of his skull in You can see the split in the wood nohere I hit hiether, for I could not keepquiet enough I made for the boat, and in an hour ell out at sea Tonga had brought all his earthly possessions with hi ba, hich Iabout, trusting to luck, and on the eleventh ere picked up by a trader which was going froried to settle down aood quality: they let you alone and asked no questions

"Well, if I were to tell you all the adventures that h, you would not thankHere and there we drifted about the world, so up to keep us froht of ht A hundred times I have killed hio, we found ourselves in England I had no great difficulty in finding where Sholto lived, and I set to work to discover whether he had realized the treasure, or if he still had it I made friends with someone who could help et any one else in a hole,--and I soon found that he still had the jewels Then I tried to get at him in hters, besides his sons and his khituard over him