Ten to one they get to fighting between themselves before this is over." The house, being built of semi-green logs, burnt slowly.

As it was consumed, they heard some of the sailors singing and yelling, and heard several pistol shots and a scream of pain.
"Some of them are coming now!" announced Sam, half an hour later.
"Everybody get back out of sight," cried Captain Blossom.
There was a wild scramble, and in the rush Tom tripped and fell.

His foot struck a stone, which went rolling down to the mutineers' feet.
"Hi! hi! there they are!" came in a rough, thick voice.
"Where ?" roared back the voice of Jack Lesher.
"Up there, among the rocks and bushes." "Let's go after 'em!" "Shoot 'em down, boys! They deserve it for burning up the ship!" Up the rocks came the hard-drunken sailors, accompanied by Lesher, and with Dan Baxter in their rear.
"Back! back! All of you, stand back!" cried Captain Blossom.

"Come a step nearer at your peril.

We are all armed and ready to fire!" At these words the sailors halted for a moment.
"Say, cap'n, why did you set the ship afire ?" asked an unsteady voice.
"We had nothing to do with that," answered Captain Blossom.