Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Part I.
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The book contained only some scraps of writing, such as a man with a pen in his hand might make for idleness or practice. But I could not help wondering who it was that had got it and what it was he got. The next ten or twelve pages were filled with a curious series of entries. There was a date at one end of the line and at the other end of some of money - but instead of explanatory writing, only a varying number of crosses between the two. On the 12th of June 1745, for instance, a sum of 70 pounds had plainly become due to someone, and there was nothing but six crosses to explain the cause. In a few cases,
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