It was tattooed in several places . `` Here 's luck , '' `` A fair wind , '' and `` Billy Bones his fancy , '' were very neatly and clearly executed on the forearm ; and up near the shoulder there was a sketch of a gallows and a man hanging from it -- done , as I thought , with great spirit . `` Prophetic , '' said the doctor , touching this picture with his finger . `` And now , Master Billy Bones , if that be your name , we 'll have a look at the colour of your blood . Jim , '' he said , `` are you afraid of blood ? '' `` No , sir , '' said I. `` Well , then , '' said he , `` you hold the basin '' ; and with that he took his lancet and opened a vein . A great deal of blood was taken before the captain opened his eyes and looked mistily about him . First he recognized the doctor with an unmistakable frown ; then his glance fell upon me , and he looked relieved . But suddenly his colour changed , and he tried to raise himself , crying , `` Where 's Black Dog ? '' `` There is no Black Dog here , '' said the doctor , `` except what you have on your own back . You have been drinking rum ; you have had a stroke , precisely as I told you ; and I have just , very much against my own will , dragged you headforemost out of the grave . Now , Mr. Bones -- '' `` That 's not my name , '' he interrupted . `` Much I care , '' returned the doctor . `` It 's the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance ; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness , and what I have to say to you is this ; one glass of rum wo n't kill you , but if you take one you 'll take another and another , and I stake my wig if you do n't break off short , you 'll die -- do you understand that ? -- die , and go to your own place , like the man in the Bible . Come , now , make an effort . I 'll help you to your bed for once . '' Between us , with much trouble , we managed to hoist him upstairs , and laid him on his bed , where his head fell back on the pillow as if he were almost fainting . `` Now , mind you , '' said the doctor , `` I clear my conscience -- the name of rum for you is death . '' And with that he went off to see my father , taking me with him by the arm .
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