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Two shore boats went ashore from the <font color="#ffff00"><i>Hispaniola</i></font> while the captain, the squire, and I talked matters over in the cabin.

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"If there were a breath of wind, we could overpower the mutineers still on the ship, cut loose the anchor, and sail away," the captain said.

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Then Hunter came in and shut the door behind him.

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"Jim Hawkins was on one of those boats; he's gone ashore with the rest," he said.

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"Even wind won't help us now. We can't leave," the captain said. "I fear for his safety."

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"We may never see the lad again," the squire said.

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We all went up on deck, and there was a nasty stench of illness in the air that made me sick.

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The six remaining scoundrels were sitting and grumbling under a sail in the forecastle.

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Ashore, we could see the two boats tied up, with one man sitting in each, near the mouth of the river.

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"I can't just sit here," I said. "I'm going ashore in the rowboat."

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"I'm going with you," Hunter said.

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The map had indicated a stockade, and Hunter and I steered the rowboat in its direction.

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The two men guarding the shore boats seemed anxious at our appearance; I could see the pair discussing what they ought to do.

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But they had their orders, I suppose, and decided to stay where they were.

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There was a slight bend in the shoreline, and I steered out of their line of sight.

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When we landed, I jumped out and ran, with a pistol in each hand.

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I had hardly gone a hundred yards when I reached the stockade.

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Inside a six-foot-high fence was a sturdy log house with a spring of clear water that rose up underneath it.

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The house could hold thirty people in a pinch, and there were some holes in the walls for men with muskets to defend the stockade.

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Around the building was a wide space that inclined upward, so whoever controlled the log house had every advantage over any attackers.

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"This spring is particularly advantageous," I thought.

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"We have arms and ammunition on the <font color="#ffff00"><i>Hispaniola</i></font>, things to eat, and excellent wines—but no water."

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Just then I heard the cry of a man at the point of death ringing over the island, followed by the distinct clap of a pistol.

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"Jim Hawkins is dead," I thought.

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Immediately, I returned to the shore and jumped in the rowboat, and Hunter made the water fly until the boat was soon alongside the <font color="#ffff00"><i>Hispaniola</i></font>.

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When I was back aboard the ship, I found everyone shaken.

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The squire had his head in his hands, and one of the six crewmen seemed tortured by guilt as well.

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"That one," Captain Smollett said, nodding toward him, "nearly fainted when he heard the gunshot.

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One little push and that man will join our side."

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I told the captain about my plan to take refuge inside the stockade, and we settled on the details:

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Redruth would stay in the galley with loaded muskets for protection.

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Hunter brought the boat just off the stern,

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and Joyce and I started loading powder tins, muskets, bags of biscuits, pork, some wine, and my invaluable medicine chest.

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In the meantime, the squire and the captain stayed on deck.

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"Mr. Hands," the captain called out, "two of us have our pistols out and ready. If anyone signals Silver, you're all dead."

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"We'll see about that," said one of the men, and they ran below deck to the galley, where Redruth was waiting for them.

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The crewmen scattered throughout the ship, and every time one popped his head out of an opening, the captain would point his pistol and say, "Down, dog!"

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By this time, we had the rowboat loaded as much as we dared, and Joyce, Hunter, and I quietly made for shore as fast as the oars could take us.

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This second trip alarmed the lookouts on the beach, and one of them disappeared into the woods.

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We soon touched land and transferred everything into the stockade, and Hunter and Joyce stayed to guard the house while I rowed back to the <font color="#ffff00"><i>Hispaniola</i></font>.

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The squire, who was waiting, caught the boat and secured it, and we started loading it with more provisions.

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After the squire, Redruth, the captain, and I each took a musket and a cutlass,

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we dumped the rest of the arms and powder near the cabin overboard into the sea.

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By this time, we heard sailors faintly calling to each other from the direction of the two boats.

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"Joyce and Hunter should be safe," I said, "but we must hurry!"

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Redruth dropped into the boat, which we then brought around for the captain.

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"Now, men," Smollett said to the rest of the crew, "do you hear me?"

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There was no answer from the forecastle.

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"It's up to you, Abe Gray—it's to you I am speaking."

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Still no reply.

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"Gray," Captain Smollett resumed, a little louder, "I'm leaving this ship, and I order you to follow your captain.

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You are a good man at heart. In fact, not one of you is as bad as he makes out.

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I give you thirty seconds to join me." He paused and waited for a reply.

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"Come, my fine fellow," the captain continued. "Don't wait.

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I'm risking my life and the lives of these good gentlemen every second."

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There was a sudden racket, a sound of blows, and out burst Abe Gray with blood on his cheek.

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"I'm with you, sir!" he yelled, running to the captain.

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He and the captain got aboard with us, and we shoved off.

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We were off the ship, but not yet safe inside our stockade.