“‘The real chart I now hastily sewed up in the lining of my jacket, and now I could breathe more freely.
“‘Indeed, once more did wave after wave of happiness flow over mind and soul as I thought of the beautiful girl Aileen O’More, who in a few months’ time would be all my own.
“‘We arrived in Jamaica in good time, and making secret inquiries, I found that a man-o’-war was leaving almost immediately.
“‘On her I secured a passage, and to her I transferred the gold I had in the bank.
“‘Then I went on board the pirate admiral’s ship to say good-bye.
“‘I had just received letters, I told him, that demanded my immediate presence in England, else I should lose a little fortune that had been left me.
“‘Morgan seemed much downcast. At all events, he said, I must dine with him that night.
“‘I promised to, but well I knew he would not permit me to go on shore alive.
“‘But I was as clever as he. I bribed the captain of the man-o’-war to hoist the Blue Peter, and have all hands on board that night. Then I sent a letter of apology, a long, kind one it was, telling Morgan that I dared not leave the man-o’-war, which might sail at any moment.
“‘Sly dog that I was, I even advised him to keep safely the chart we had made, and which could guide him at any time to the hidden gold!