The mutineer was soon lodged in the cockpit; but all hands--the watch below and the watch on deck--came aft as if obeying a signal, with threatening faces and clenched fists.

The captain, methodical and cool, ordered his son to run a line across the deck between him and the rebellious crew, and to arm the steward and the third mate.
"'Now go forward and get to work', he said to the gang, who immediately made a demonstration to break the line.

'The first man who passes that rope,' added the captain, 'I will shoot.

I am going to call you one by one; if two come at a time I will shoot both.' "The first to come forward was a big fellow in a red shirt.

He had hesitated to advance when called; but the 'I will give you one more invitation, sir,' of the captain furnished him with the requisite resolution.