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There were two mates and the captain, beside himself, who might be relied upon to stand by the vessel and the owners' rights, but they had fearful odds against them. THERE WERE TWO MATES AND THE CAPTAIN BESIDE HIMSELF WHO MIGHT BE RELIED UPON TO STAND BY THE VESSEL AND THE OWNER'S RIGHTS BUT THEY HAD FEARFUL ODDS AGAINST THEM
he most rigid discipline, he here saw a perfect bedlam; a crew of some thirty people, composed of the vilest of the vile, who must have been shipped only with an eye to numbers, and no regard for character or stability. Added to this, the captain, though a man of some experience as a seaman, had no control of the crew, and was quite at a loss how to manage them. Twice was Charles Bramble obliged to interfere between the crew and the captain before they were three days at sea; and by his stern, calm will he succeeded in preventing open mutiny by the crew. The fact was, the most desperate part of the foremast hands knew very well that the money sent out to purchase slaves, was still on board in good golden doubloons, and they were secretly scheming to take the schooner, kill the officers and appropriate the gold. Charles Bramble was accustomed to deal with such spirits; he was well-armed at all hours, and prepared for the very trouble which was to come, inasmuch as he had anticipated it. MSELF ACCUSTOMED TO ENFORCE THE MOST RIGID DISCIPLINE HE SAW A PERFECT BEDLAM A CREW OF SOME THIRTY PEOPLE COMPOSED OF THE BILIST OF THE VILE WHO MUST HAVE BEEN SHIPPED ONLY WITH AN EYE TO NUMBERS AND NO REGARD FOR CHARACTER OR STABILITY ADDED TO THIS THE CAPTAIN THOUGH A MAN OF SOME EXPERIENCE AS A SEAMAN HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CREW AND WAS QUITE AT A LOSS HOW TO MANAGE THEM TWICE WAS CHARLES BRAMBLE OBLIGATED TO INTERFERE BETWEEN THE CREW AND THE CAPTAIN BEFORE THEY WERE THREE DAYS AT SEA AND BY HIS STERN CALM WILL HE SUCCEEDED IN PREVENTING OPEN MUTINY BY THE CREW THE FACT WAS THE MOST DESPERATE PART OF THE FOREMOST HANDS KNEW VERY WELL THAT THE MONEY SENT OUT TO PURCHASE SLAVES WAS STILL ON BOARD IN GOOD GOLDEN DOUBLOONS AND THEY WERE SECRETLY SCHEMING TO TAKE THE SCHOONER KILL THE OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATE THE GOLD CHARLES BRAMBLE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO DEAL WITH SUCH SPIRITS HE WAS WELL ARMED AT ALL HOURS AND PREPARED FOR THE VERY TROUBLE WHICH WAS TO COME INASMUCH HE HAD ANTICIPATED IT
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