Calwood, who had been on duty here, said that two men had dropped down upon them; and when the third man came to learn the cause of the disturbance, he had been secured by two more.
This was the noise that Christy had heard when he sent two hands from the forecastle to ascertain the occasion of it.

The three prisoners had been disarmed, bound, and concealed in the cabin.

They were threatened with instant death if they made any outcry, and one of their own revolvers was pointed at them.

Linman, who had been sent to learn what had become of Hopkins and White, was treated in the same manner.

Then he went himself, and the mate had dropped upon him, while those from under the bales secured Bench and Kingman.
Every sailor was fully instructed in regard to the part he was to have in the programme, and Christy had crawled forward to the point where he found the aperture in which Groomer, the mate, had been concealed.