tempted to resist. Villari and his men came up, and
found the second mate and six of the mutineers in the cabin, all armed
with pistols and cutlasses. Resistance was useless, and Almanza told
Villari not to think of it. He (Villari) was then hustled into his own
cabin and locked in, and the English seamen ordered on deck, where they,
with the other Englishmen on board, were made to hoist out the longboat.
Whilst this was being done Almanza, who had locked Mrs. Marston in her
cabin, opened the door, and told her that she need feel no fear, but
that she must come on deck to attend to her husband, who had been hurt
She found Marston lying where he fell, and quite unconscious, with a
Chileno standing guard over him. As the English members of the crew were
hoisting out the longboat, Almanza told the steward--a negro--to get
some provisions and some bottles of wine from the cabin. Then the two
Greeks--who from the first had seemed bent on murder--interfered, and
one of them suddenly raised his pistol and shot the unfortunate steward
through the heart. The Chileno seamen applauded the act, and only
Almanza's frenzied protests prevented them from slaughtering the unarmed
Englishmen, the Greeks declaring that they (the mutineers) were only
putting ropes round their necks by sparing any one of them--including
Mrs. Marston.

"For some minutes it seemed as if there was to be a conflict between
Almanza and his followers, but the mutineers appeared to yield to his
appeals, and assisted in getting the longboat out. The captain was then
lowered into the boat, and then Mrs. Marston and all the Englishmen but
two followed; when suddenly Villari, who had succeeded in forcing his
door, sprang up from the cabin with a pistol in each hand, and singling
out Almanza, shot him through the chest, and with the second shot
wounded one of the Chilenos in the face. But in another instant he
himself fell, for the Greeks and several of the gang fired at him
simultaneously, and he was also given a fearful blow on the head with a
belaying-pin, partly stunning him, and then thrown overboard to drown.
The two men remaining on deck saved their lives by jumping overboard at
the same time.

"Most fortunately for the poor mate he fell near the boat, and was
rescued by one of the seamen, who sprang overboard after him. But not
satisfied with what they had already done, and enraged at the fall of
their leader, the mutineers now began firing into the defenceles