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I'd barely climbed onto the bowsprit when a sail filled up with another breeze and flapped sharply, sounding like a gunshot.
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The sail almost hit me, nearly tossing me into the sea.
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Quickly, I crawled along the bowsprit and tumbled headfirst onto the deck.
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From where I landed, I couldn't see anyone, but the deck, not cleaned since the mutiny, was dirty with footprints.
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A broken bottle tumbled to and fro.
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Suddenly the Hispaniola went right into the wind, and the whole ship shuddered with a horrible sound.
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At the same moment, the mainsail boom groaned and swung aside, and that's when I saw the two pirates.
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Red Cap was stiff and flat on his back with his arms stretched out, like a cross.
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Nearby, Israel Hands was leaning against a barrel, his chin on his chest, his hands lying open before him on the deck, and his face deathly white.
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The ship kept rising and falling, turning this way and that, as the boom swung to and fro and the mast groaned loudly under the strain.
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Blasts of sea spray occasionally drenched the deck, and the men's bodies swayed with every movement of the ship.
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The deck was stained with splashes of dark blood.
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"Have they killed each other?" I wondered.
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Suddenly Israel Hands turned and moaned with pain.
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His jaw was hanging open, and I felt pity for him—until I remembered he had planned to kill us.
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"Are you all right, Mr. Hands?" I asked, keeping my distance.
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"Get me some brandy," he croaked as he rolled his eyes to try and focus them.
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"He may be dying," I thought. I raced down the stairs to the captain's cabin.
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"What have they done?" I gasped as I looked at the mess in the cabin.
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Anything that had been locked was broken open in the pirates' search for the map.
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Mud covered the floor where they'd sat drinking.
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The white walls were smeared with dirty handprints, and dozens of empty bottles clinked together in the corners.
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The doctor's medical book lay open on the table, half of the pages torn out.
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"They probably used the pages to light their pipes," I thought in disgust as the lamp still cast its smoky glow.
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I went into the galley. The barrels were gone, and empty bottles were lying everywhere.
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"They were drunk the whole time!" I said.
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I found a bottle with some brandy left, and discovered some biscuits, pickled fruits, cheese, and a bunch of raisins.
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I came on deck, went to the water supply , and had a good deep drink.
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Then I gave Israel Hands the brandy bottle.
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The pirate gulped all he could. "Aye, by thunder," he said, "I needed some brandy!"
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I sat down and ate.
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"Are you hurt much?" I asked.
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"If that doctor was aboard," growled the pirate, "I'd be all right. But I have no luck."
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He pointed to Red Cap. "That swab is good and dead."
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Then he looked at me. "And where did you come from?"
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"I'm taking possession of this ship, Mr. Hands," I said.
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"Please regard me as your captain until further notice."
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He looked at me angrily but said nothing.
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"I don't like your flag, Mr. Hands," I told him.
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I ran and pulled down their black flag and threw it overboard.
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"God save the king!" I yelled. "Captain Silver has lost!"
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The pirate watched me slyly, his chin on his chest.
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"I reckon, Captain Hawkins," he said at last, "you'll want to get ashore now. Let's talk."
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"Why, yes," I replied, "with all my heart, Mr. Hands. Talk on."
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I sat down again and continued eating.
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"I and this man," he began, nodding at the corpse, "we put the sails up to get her back to the island.
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Well, he's dead now, so who will sail this ship? You can't; you're just a boy.
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Now, if you give me food and drink and an old handkerchief to tie up my wound , I'll tell you how to sail her. That's fair, I think."
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"I won't go back to Captain Kidd's anchorage," I said.
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"I'm going to North Inlet and we'll beach the ship there."
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"I know I lost, and you have the better of me," admitted the pirate.
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"North Inlet? Fine! I'd help you sail up to Execution Dock if you asked me, by thunder!"
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"Good!" I said confidently. "We have a deal then."
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In a couple of minutes, I had the Hispaniola sailing easily along the coast of Treasure Island.
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"If we sail around the northern point before noon," I thought, "we should reach North Inlet before high tide.
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We can beach her safely when the tide permits us to land."
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I tied the wheel so the ship wouldn't go off course and went below to my own sea chest.
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I found my mother's soft silk handkerchief and helped Israel Hands bind up the bleeding stab wound in his thigh.
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After he'd eaten a little and drunk more brandy, he sat up and looked like a new man.
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The breeze served us well, and we watched the coast of the island passing by swiftly.
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"It's a beautiful day, Mr. Hands," I said cheerfully.
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I had plenty of water and good things to eat, and I felt better now about leaving my friends.
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My great conquest, in my mind, made up for my desertion.
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I would have felt on top of the world except for my companion's scornful eyes and his odd smile, full of treachery.
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Israel Hands craftily watched, and watched, and watched me at my work.