A very strange sailor by the name of Bill Bones stalked proudly into the inn of Jim Hawkins ' father. Learning that the inn was seldom crowded, Bones quickly decided that it would be an almost perfect hideout for him. He carefully watched the shore by day and drank heartily in the inn at night. Jim 's father waited patiently for Bill Bones to pay his rent, but Bones never offered him any more money after the first day. Jim 's father was so afraid of Bones that he could not ask his guest for the money. Somewhat later, Bones received the Black Spot, a very terrible symbol to a pirate. The Black Spot has always been known as a death notice for pirates. The Black Spot held such awful terror for Bones that he died of a stroke. Him and his