Five Go To Demon's Rock by Enid Blyton
Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: jack, Blyton
Published: 2011-02-24T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Thirteen
A PLEASANT MORNING - AND A SHOCK!
Where shall we go for our walk? said George, as they wandered through the village. Oh look - theres a tiny little shop with Tom the Tobacconist written over the door. Lets get the tobacco while we remember.
So in went Julian, and rapped on the counter. A very small man appeared like a hob-goblin out of a dark corner.
I want some tobacco for Jeremiah Boogie, please, said Julian. I think you know the kind he wants.
I do that! said Tom, scrabbling about on a shelf. The amount that old Jeremiah has smoked since Ive been here would keep a bonfire going for years. There you are, young sir!
He tells a fine story, said Julian, putting down the money for the tobacco.
Tom laughed. Hes been going on about Bart and Nosey and all them old folk, I suppose, he said. Hes a queer one, is old Jeremiah. Never forgets a thing, even if it happened eighty or more years ago! Never forgives, neither. Theres two folk in this village that he spits at when he passes by them. Naughty old man, he is.
What have they done to earn his spite? asked Dick, in surprise.
Well, they be some kin of his old enemy, One-Ear Bill, said Tom. I reckon he told you about him all right, didnt he?
Yes, he did, said Julian. But all that business about the wrecking happened years and years ago! Surely Jeremiah doesnt visit his anger on any descendants of the wicked One Ear Bill!
Oh, but he do! said Tom. You see, these two fellows he spits at have the job of showing people round the caves here - especially the Wreckers Cave - and I reckon old Jeremiah still broods about One-Ears hidden treasure, and is scared in case these two chaps ever find it. Find it! Its nigh on seventy years since all that happened. Why, that lighthouse yonder was built over sixty years ago - after that wrecking business went on. No one will come across any treasure now!
But surely they might, said George. It depends where it was hidden. If it was in some dry, watertight place, it should still be all right. After all, gold and silver dont decay, do they? Wherever it was hidden, it must still be there!
Thats what all you visitors say! said Tom. And thats what Ebenezer and Jacob say - theyre the two chaps who show people round the caves. But they only say that to make a bit of a thrill for the visitors, you know. Same as old Jeremiah does. Takes them in properly! Well - you believe what you like, youngsters - but you wont find any treasure! I reckon the sea took that years ago! Good-day to you! Ill give Jeremiah the baccy when he calls in.
Well, said Dick, as soon as they were outside the shop, this is all very interesting! I think probably old Toms right. The reason why the treasure was never found is
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