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Chapter 26

           ThenIshalllandwithallthemenexcepttwo,whoshalltakecareoftheschoonerandbereadywiththeboattotakeusoff.Wecancreepthroughthewoodstotheheadofthevillage,wherethesecannibalsarealwaysdancingroundtheirsuppersofhumanflesh;andifthecarbinesofthemenareloadedwithaheavychargeofbuck-shot,wecandropfortyorfiftyatthefirstvolley.Afterthatthethingwillbeeasyenough.Thesavageswilltaketothemountainsinabody,andweshalltakewhatwerequire,upanchor,andaway."

           Tothisplanthemateatlengthagreed.Asheleftthecabin,Iheardthecaptainsay:

           "Givethemenanextraglassofgrog,anddon’tforgetthebuck-shot."

           ThereadermayconceivethehorrorwithwhichIheardthismurderousconversation.IimmediatelyrepeatedittoBill,whoseemedmuchperplexedaboutit.Atlengthhesaid:

           "I’lltellyouwhatI’lldo,Ralph.I’llswimashoreafterdarkandfixamuskettoatreenotfarfromtheplacewherewe’llhavetoland,andI’lltiealongstringtothetrigger,sothatwhenourfellowscrossitthey’llletitoff,andsoalarmthevillageintimetopreventanattack,butnotintimetopreventusgettin’backtotheboat.So,MasterCaptain,"addedBillwithasmilethat,forthefirsttime,seemedtometobemingledwithgood-naturedcheerfulness,"you’llbebalkedatleastforonceinyourlifebyBloodyBill."

           Afteritgrewdark,Billputthisresolveinpractice.

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