Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Part I.
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The Second Boat Load
We had the advantage of arms. Not one of the men ashore had a musket, and before they could get within range for pistol shooting, we should be able to give a good account of a half dozen at least. The squire was waiting for me at the stern window, all his fatteness gone from him. He caught the painter and made it fast,. and we fell to loading the boat for our very lives. Pork, powder and biscuit was the cargo, with only a musket and a cutlass apiece for squire and me, and red-rooth and the captain. The rest of the arms and powder, we dropped overboard in two fathoms and
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