The Smugglers' Mine by Chris Mould

Author:Chris Mould
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2011-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

8

The Littlest Pirate

It was late the following afternoon when they spotted Berkeley again. Daisy had been out fishing with her uncle in the morning, and when they returned with their catch she took a good amount of fish up to the Hall for Mrs. Carelli. She stayed awhile, and they all sat out in the sun, basking on the lawn.

They watched the sea move back into the distance and Stanley wondered about the mine being exposed while the tide was out.

Then Berkeley ran across the harbor. He was on his own, and most likely up to no good. Stanley got to his feet, watching Berkeley’s every move. But he’d gone right down into the village and was now out of sight.

“Anybody want to take a walk?” asked Stanley.

Right away, the rest of the treasure-seekers’ alliance were on their feet, trotting along in the sun in order to spy on the young lad.

Stanley had been given a key of his own for the shop, and this made things a little easier when they were snooping. They cut across the back of the shops and houses and entered Victor’s place through the rear door, piling up at the window, shoving their faces at the little square panes and forcing their eyelids wider in the hope that they would see more.

They knocked a row of candles to the floor as they pushed up to the window, each one breaking in half as it landed, before rolling across the floor.

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