Long John Silver
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And he and Red Ruth backed with a great heave that sent her stern bodily underwater.
The report fell in at the same instant of time.
This was the first that Jim heard, the sound of the squire's shot not having reached him.
When the ball passed, not one of us precisely knew, but I fancy it must have been over our heads, and that the wind of it may have contributed to our disaster.
At any rate, the boat sank by the stern, quite gently, in three feet of water, leaving the captain and myself facing each other on our feet.
The other three took complete headers and came up again drenched and bubbling.
So far there was no great harm, no lives were lost, and we could wade ashore in safety.
But there were all our stores at the bottom, and to make things worse, only two guns out of the five remained in a state for service.
Mine I had snatched from my knees and held over my head by a sort of instinct.
As for the captain, he had carried his over his shoulder by a bandolier, and like a wise man, lock uppermost.
The other three had gone down with the boat.
To add to our concern, we heard voices already drawing near us in the woods along shore, and we had not only the danger of being cut off from the stockade in our half crippled state, but the fear before us whether, if Hunter and Joyce were attacked by half a dozen, they would have the sense and conduct to stand firm.
Hunter was steady, that we knew.
Joyce was a doubtful case, a pleasant polite man for a valet, and to brush one's clothes, but not entirely fitted for a man of war.
With all this in our minds we waded ashore as fast as we could, leaving behind us the poor jolly boat and a good half of all our powder and provisions.
End CHAPTER seventeen
Chapter eighteen of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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