Part 24 (1/2)

That they came on shore without leave, and that they should not plant or build upon the island; it was none of their ground”--”Why,” says the Spaniard, very callishht starve and be d--ed, they should not plant nor build in that place”--”But what nior?” says the Spaniard Another of the brutes returned, ”Do! d--n them, they should be servants, and work for theht with your lishiven it to the to do there but theo and burn all their new huts; they should build none upon their land

”Why, Seignior,” says the Spaniard, ”by the same rule, we , ”and so you shall too, before we have done with you;”two or three G--d d--mme's in the proper intervals of his speech The Spaniard only smiled at that, and made him no answer However, this little discourse had heated the up, one says to the other, I think it was he they called Will Atkins, ”Coo and have the other brush with them; ill demolish their castle, I arrant you; they shall plant no colony in our do aith every un, a pistol, and a sword, andthemselves, of what they would do to the Spaniards too, when opportunity offered; but the Spaniards, it seems, did not so perfectly understand theeneral, they threatened thelishmen's part

Whither they went, or how they bestowed their ti, the Spaniards said they did not know; but it seeht; and then lying down in the place which I used to call my bower, they eary, and overslept themselves The case was this: they had resolved to stay till ht, and so to take the poor ed it afterwards, intending to set fire to their huts while they were in them, and either burn them in them, or murder them as they came out: and, as e they should not have been kept waking

However, as the two h a , it happened, and very luckily for theone abroad, before the bloody-ues came to their huts

When they caone, Atkins, who it seems was the forwardest man, called out to his comrades, ”Ha! Jack, here's the nest; but d--n them, the birds are flown” They mused awhile to think what should be the occasion of their being gone abroad so soon, and suggested presently, that the Spaniards had given them notice of it; and with that they shook hands, and swore to one another, that they would be revenged of the Spaniards As soon as they had ain, they fell to ith the poor , but they pulled down both their houses, and pulled them so li, or scarce any sign on the ground where they stood; they tore all their little collected household-stuff in pieces, and threw every thing about in such a manner, that the poor s a mile off from their habitation

When they had done this, they pulled up all the young trees which the poor men had planted; pulled up the enclosure they had made to secure their cattle and their corn; and, in a word, sacked and plundered every thing, as completely as a herd of Tartars would have done

The two one to find theht theh they were but two to three; so that, had theytheive them their due

But Providence took more care to keep them asunder, than they theed one another, when the three were gone thither, the tere here; and afterwards, when the tent back to find theain: we shall see their differing conduct presently When the three cae which the work they had been about put them into, they came up to the Spaniards, and told them what they had done, by way of scoff and bravado; and one of the up to one of the Spaniards, as if they had been a couple of boys at play, takes hold of his hat, as it was upon his head, and giving it a twirl about, jeering in his face, says he to hinior Jack Spaniard, shall have the same sauce, if you do not h quite a civil man, was as brave as awell-ood while; and then, having no weapon in his hand, stepped gravely up to him, and with one blow of his fist knocked him down, as an ox is felled with a pole-axe; at which one of the rogues, insolent as the first, fixed his pistol at the Spaniard immediately; he h his hair, but one of them touched the tip of his ear, and he bled pretty much The blood made the Spaniard believe he was more hurt than he really was, and that put him into some heat, for before he acted all in a perfect calh with his work, he stooped and took the fellow'sto shoot the man who had fired at hi in the cave, ca to him not to shoot, they stepped in, secured the other two, and took their arms from them

When they were thus disarmed, and found they had made all the Spaniards their enean to cool; and giving the Spaniards better words, would have had their ar the feud that was between thelishmen, and that it would be the best method they could take to keep them from one another, told them they would do them no har to assist and associate with the theain, while they appeared so resolved to do mischief with them to their own countrymen, and had even threatened theues were nowrefused their ar what they would do, though they had no fire-ar, told them they should take care how they offered any injury to their plantation or cattle; for if they did, they would shoot them, as they would do ravenous beasts, wherever they found them; and if they fell into their hands alive, they would certainly be hanged However, this was far fro like furies of hell As soon as they were gone, cah of another kind; for, having been at their plantation, and finding it all demolished and destroyed, as above, it will easily be supposed they had provocation enough; they could scarce have rooer to tell theh to find, that three men should thus bully nineteen, and receive no punishment at all

The Spaniards indeed despised theht of their threatenings; but the two Englishainst them, what pains soever it cost to find them out

But the Spaniards interposed here too, and told them, that they were already disarmed: they could not consent that they (the two) should pursue therave Spaniard, as their governor, ”ill endeavour to make them do you justice, if you will leave it to us; for, as there is no doubt but they will co not able to subsist without our assistance, we pro full satisfaction for you; and upon this condition we hope you will promise to use no violence with thelishreat reluctance; but the Spaniards protested, they did it only to keep them from bloodshed, and to make all easy at last; ”For,” said they, ”we are not so reat pity we should not be all good friends” At length they did consent, and waited for the issue of the thing, living for some days with the Spaniards; for their own habitation was destroyed

In about five days ti, and als all that while, ca overnor, and twoby the side of the creek; they caed to be received again into the family The Spaniards used them civilly, but told them, they had acted so unnaturally by their countryrossly by them, (the Spaniards) that they could not colisho to them and discourse about it, and they should know in half-an-hour It uessed that they were very hard put to it; for, as they were to wait this half-hour for an answer, they begged they would send the at the saoat's flesh and a boiled parrot, which they ate very eagerly

After half-an-hour's consultation they were called in, and a long debate ensued, their two country then to murder them; all which they owned before, and therefore could not deny now Upon the whole, the Spaniards acted the lishmen not to hurt the three while they were naked and unaro and rebuild their felloo huts, one to be of the saer diain, plant trees in the roo corn, and, in a word, to restore everything to the same state as they found it, that is, as near as they could

Well, they subiven therew very orderly, and the whole society began to live pleasantly and agreeably together again; only that these three fellows could never be persuaded to work--I mean for themselves--except now and then a little, just as they pleased However, the Spaniards told them plainly that if they would but live sociably and friendly together, and study the good of the whole plantation, they would be content to work for them, and let the lived pretty well together for a ave theo abroad with them as before

It was not above a week after they had these aran to be as insolent and troublesome as ever However, an accident happened presently upon this, which endangered the safety of theed to lay by all private resentments, and look to the preservation of their lives

It happened one night that the governor, the Spaniard whose life I had saved, as now the governor of the rest, found hiet any sleep: he was perfectly well in body, only found his thoughts tu one another; but he was broad awake, and could not by any rowingso oat-skins laid thick upon such couches and pads as they made for the to rise, but to get upon their feet, and perhaps put on a coat, such as it was, and their puhts guided the dark, he could see little or nothing, and besides, the trees which I had planted, and which were non tall, intercepted his sight, so that he could only look up, and see that it was a starlight night, and hearing no noise, he returned and lay down again; but to no purpose; he could not cohts were to the last degree uneasy, and he knew not for what

Havingout and co, asked who it was that was up? The governor told him how it had been with his are not to be slighted, I assure you; there is certainly so,” says he, ”near us;” and presently he asked hilishh” It seems, the Spaniards had kept possession of the lishmen, since their last mutiny, always quartered by themselves, and could not co in it, I am persuaded from my own experience; I am satisfied our spirits eence fro the invisible world; and this friendly notice is given for our advantage, if we kno to o out and look abroad; and if we find nothing at all in it to justify our trouble, I'll tell you a story of the purpose, that shall convince you of the justice of o to the top of the hill, where I used to go; but they, being strong, and in good coo up by the ladder, and then pulling it up after the round through the grove unconcerned and unwary, when they were surprised with seeing a light as of fire, a very little way off fro the voices of reat nue landing on the island, it wasthe least discovery of there being any inhabitant upon the place; and when by any necessity they caot aere scarce able to give any account of it, for we disappeared as soon as possible, nor did ever any that had seen me, escape to tell any one else, except it were the three savages in our last encounter, who jumped into the boat, of who more help

Whether it was the consequence of the escape of those ether; or whether they canorantly, and by accident, on their usual bloody errand, the Spaniards could not, it seems, understand: but whatever it was, it had been their business, either to have: concealed themselves, and not have seen thees have seen, that there were any inhabitants in the place; but to have fallen upon them so effectually, as that not a man of the in between the to thereat while

We need not doubt but that the governor, and the ht, ran back i theer they were all in; and they again as readily took the alarm, but it was impossible to persuade them to stay close within where they were, but that they s stood

While it was dark indeed, they ell enough, and they had opportunity enough, for soht of three fires they hadthey knew not, and what to do themselves they knew not; for, first, the eneether, but were divided into several parties, and were on shore in several places