The crew is now divided between the honest men and the pirates. Jim and his friends take shelter in an old fort on the island. They must defend themselves in a fierce battle as Long John Silver and his pirates try to take over and claim the treasure for themselves.
Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
It was about half past one—three bells in the sea phrase—that the two boats went ashore from the Hispaniola. The captain, the squire, and I were talking matters over in the cabin. Had there been a breath of wind, we should have fallen on the six mutineers who were left aboard with us, slipped our cable, and away to sea. But the wind was wanting; and to complete our helplessness, down came Hunter with the news that Jim Hawkins had...
Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip
This fifth trip was quite different from any of the others. In the first place, the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded. Five grown men, and three of them—Trelawney, Redruth, and the captain—over six feet high, was already more than she was meant to carry. Add to that the powder, pork, and bread-bags. The gunwale was lipping astern. Several times we shipped a little water, and my breeches and the tails of my coat...
Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting
We made our best speed across the strip of wood that now divided us from the stockade, and at every step we took the voices of the buccaneers rang nearer. Soon we could hear their footfalls as they ran and the cracking of the branches as they breasted across a bit of thicket.I began to see we should have a brush for it in earnest and looked to my priming.“Captain,” said I, “Trelawney is the dead shot. Give him your...
Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.“Now,” said he, “there’s your friends, sure enough.”“Far more likely it’s the mutineers,” I answered.“That!” he cried. “Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen’lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don’t make no doubt of that. No, that’s your friends. There’s been blows too, and I reckon your friends has had the...
Silver’s Embassy
Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth, the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in—a chill that pierced into the marrow. The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun. But where Silver stood with his lieutenant, all was still in...
The Attack
As soon as Silver disappeared, the captain, who had been closely watching him, turned towards the interior of the house and found not a man of us at his post but Gray. It was the first time we had ever seen him angry.“Quarters!” he roared. And then, as we all slunk back to our places, “Gray,” he said, “I’ll put your name in the log; you’ve stood by your duty like a seaman. Mr. Trelawney, I’m surprised at you, sir....
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About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, best known for his adventure novels like Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Born in Edinburgh, he struggled with poor health throughout his life, including tuberculosis, which influenced his travels and writing.
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