There will be no occasion to quarrel about these dollars here,' thought Davidson, getting on board quietly.

He never paused to look if there was anybody about the decks.

As a matter of fact, most of his crew were on shore, and the rest slept, stowed away in dark corners.
"He had his plan, and he went to work methodically.
"He fetched a lot of clothing from below and disposed it in his hammock in such a way as to distend it to the shape of a human body; then he threw over all the light cotton sheet he used to draw over himself when sleeping on deck.

Having done this, he loaded his two revolvers and clambered into one of the boats the _Sissie_ carried right aft, swung out on their davits.

Then he waited.
"And again the doubt of such a thing happening to him crept into his mind.