He came nigh-hand fainting , doctor , when he heard the cry . Another touch of the rudder and that man would join us . '' I told my plan to the captain , and between us we settled on the details of its accomplishment . We put old Redruth in the gallery between the cabin and the forecastle , with three or four loaded muskets and a mattress for protection . Hunter brought the boat round under the stern-port , and Joyce and I set to work loading her with powder tins , muskets , bags of biscuits , kegs of pork , a cask of cognac , and my invaluable medicine chest . In the meantime , the squire and the captain stayed on deck , and the latter hailed the coxswain , who was the principal man aboard . `` Mr. Hands , '' he said , `` here are two of us with a brace of pistols each . If any one of you six make a signal of any description , that man 's dead . '' They were a good deal taken aback , and after a little consultation one and all tumbled down the fore companion , thinking no doubt to take us on the rear . But when they saw Redruth waiting for them in the sparred galley , they went about ship at once , and a head popped out again on deck . `` Down , dog ! '' cries the captain . And the head popped back again ; and we heard no more , for the time , of these six very faint-hearted seamen . By this time , tumbling things in as they came , we had the jolly-boat loaded as much as we dared . Joyce and I got out through the stern-port , and we made for shore again as fast as oars could take us . This second trip fairly aroused the watchers along shore . `` Lillibullero '' was dropped again ; and just before we lost sight of them behind the little point , one of them whipped ashore and disappeared . I had half a mind to change my plan and destroy their boats , but I feared that Silver and the others might be close at hand , and all might very well be lost by trying for too much . We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the block house . All three made the first journey , heavily laden , and tossed our stores over the palisade .
Then , leaving Joyce to guard them -- one man , to be sure , but with half a dozen muskets -- Hunter and I returned to the XXXXX and loaded ourselves once more .
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