so wild with the lash of the waves and the roar of the wind! All
was calm now--death had done its work, and all had felt its
stroke, save the dog, and he was the one thing that still had
life.

I thought the ship must have come from Spain, and there was much
gold on board. I took some of the chests and put them in my boat,
but did not wait to see what they held, and with this spoil, and
three casks of rum, I came back.

I found all things at home just as I had left them, my goats, my
cats, and my bird. The scene in the cook's room was in my mind
day and night, and to cheer me up I drank some of the rum. I then
set to work to bring my freight from the shore, where I had left
it. In the chests were two great bags of gold, and some bars of
the same, and near these lay three small flasks and three bags of
shot which were a great prize.

From this time, all went well with me for two years; but it was
not to last. One day, as I stood on the hill, I saw six boats on
the shore! What could this mean?

Where were the men who had brought them? And what had they come
for? I saw through my glass that there were a score and a half,
at least, on the east side of the isle. They had meat on the
fire, round which I could see them dance. They then took a man
from one of the boats, who was bound hand and foot; but when they
came to loose his bonds, he set off as fast as his feet would
take him, and in a straight line to my house.