Good; now are you all ready ?" There was a low murmur of voices, the faces watching me showing their increasing excitement and eagerness.

Our little talk had served to arouse their confidence in my leadership, and with gleaming weapons in their hands they became self-reliant volunteers.

Once turned loose my greatest difficulty might be to restrain them, rather than urge them on.

Revenge for past wrongs was in each heart, and they welcomed a chance to strike and kill.
I whispered a parting word of admonition into the ear of Dorothy, receiving in return a glance from her eyes, which gave a new throb to my heart; then straightened up, and pistol in hand, pushed my way through the throng of sailors to the foot of the stairs.
"Follow me, lads," I said quietly, "and every man do the particular thing assigned him.

Don't pay any attention to your mates--do your part, and then wait for orders.