Finally he took a wrong turn and ran a few steps past me , towards the hamlet , crying , `` Johnny , Black Dog , Dirk , '' and other names , `` you wo n't leave old Pew , mates -- not old Pew ! '' Just then the noise of horses topped the rise , and four or five riders came in sight in the moonlight and swept at full gallop down the slope . At this Pew saw his error , turned with a scream , and ran straight for the ditch , into which he rolled . But he was on his feet again in a second and made another dash , now utterly bewildered , right under the nearest of the coming horses . The rider tried to save him , but in vain . Down went Pew with a cry that rang high into the night ; and the four hoofs trampled and spurned him and passed by . He fell on his side , then gently collapsed upon his face and moved no more . I leaped to my feet and hailed the riders . They were pulling up , at any rate , horrified at the accident ; and I soon saw what they were . One , tailing out behind the rest , was a lad that had gone from the hamlet to Dr. Livesey 's ; the rest were revenue officers , whom he had met by the way , and with whom he had had the intelligence to return at once . Some news of the lugger in Kitt 's Hole had found its way to Supervisor Dance and set him forth that night in our direction , and to that circumstance my mother and I owed our preservation from death . Pew was dead , stone dead . As for my mother , when we had carried her up to the hamlet , a little cold water and salts and that soon brought her back again , and she was none the worse for her terror , though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money . In the meantime the supervisor rode on , as fast as he could , to Kitt 's Hole ; but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle , leading , and sometimes supporting , their horses , and in continual fear of ambushes ; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way , though still close in . He hailed her . A voice replied , telling him to keep out of the moonlight or he would get some lead in him , and at the same time a bullet whistled close by his arm . Soon after , the lugger doubled the point and disappeared . Mr. Dance stood there , as he said , `` like a fish out of water , '' and all he could do was to dispatch a man to B -- to warn the cutter . `` And that , '' said he , `` is just about as good as nothing . They 've got off clean , and there 's an end .
Only , '' he added , `` I 'm glad I trod on Master XXXXX 's corns , '' for by this time he had heard my story .
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