17/24 It was soon found that there was enough on board to join the enterprise and share the spoils, and the plan was carried out when we were half voyage over. I shall never forget the terrible struggle of that night, nor the bloody work that was done. When I had got command I ran the Storm into the Caribbean Sea, landed all who were suspected, as well as such as more openly opposed the enterprise, on an island, and then put away for the Pacific via Cape Horn. When we got into the Pacific, we hoisted--." The old man paused suddenly and hung down, his head. |