I should have gone down but for that.

It showed me where the hen-coop was." I cannot describe the feeling of joy that filled my heart when he said this.
"Aye, who wos it that throw'd that fire overboard ?" enquired one of the men.
"Don't know," replied another, "I think it wos the cap'n." "You'll find that out when we get aboard," cried the mate; "pull away, lads." In five minutes Fred Borders was passed up the side and taken down below.

In two minutes more we had him stripped naked, rubbed dry, wrapped in hot blankets, and set down on one of the lockers, with a hot brick at his feet, and a stiff can of hot rum and water in his hand..