![]() But Providence took more care to keep them asunder than theythemselves could do to meet for, as if they had dogged oneanother, when the three were gone thither, the two were here andafterwards, when the two went back to find them, the three werecome to the old habitation again:we shall see their differentconduct presently.When the three came back like furiouscreatures, flushed with the rage which the work they had been abouthad put them into, they came up to the Spaniards, and told themwhat they had done, by way of scoff and bravado and one of themstepping up to one of the Spaniards, as if they had been a coupleof boys at play, takes hold of his hat as it was upon his head, andgiving it a twirl about, fleering in his face, says to him, "Andyou, Seignior Jack Spaniard, shall have the same sauce if you donot mend your manners."The Spaniard, who, though a quiet civilman, was as brave a man as could be, and withal a strong, wellmademan, looked at him for a good while, and then, having no weapon inhis hand, stepped gravely up to him, and, with one blow of hisfist, knocked him down, as an ox is felled with a poleaxe atwhich one of the rogues, as insolent as the first, fired his pistolat the Spaniard immediately he missed his body, indeed, for thebullets went through his hair, but one of them touched the tip ofhis ear, and he bled pretty much.The blood made the Spaniardbelieve he was more hurt than he really was, and that put him intosome heat, for before he acted all in a perfect calm but nowresolving to go through with his work, he stooped, and taking thefellow's musket whom he had knocked down, was just going to shootthe man who had fired at him, when the rest of the Spaniards, beingin the cave, came out, and calling to him not to shoot, theystepped in, secured the other two, and took their arms from them. ![]()
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