"Then you will take the consequences," continued Sanderson, as with his iron fist he dealt the Spaniard a blow upon the side of the head which felled him to the deck, where he lay senseless.


Sanderson and Phil quell a Mutiny.


"What are you about?" shouted Gorro, also maddened by rum, as he rushed to the assistance of his leader.

"Stop!" I called, stepping between him and the mate.

The pirate had a belaying-pin in his hand, with which he struck at me; but he was too much intoxicated to act efficiently, and I easily warded off the blow. Wrenching the pin from his hand, I struck him down with it.

"There is a mutiny here," said Sanderson.

"That's plain enough. We must act promptly."