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How My Sea Adventure Began

           AllthetimeIwaswashingouttheblockhouse,andthenwashingupthethingsfromdinner,thisdisgustandenvykeptgrowingstrongerandstronger,tillatlast,beingnearabread-bag,andnoonethenobservingme,Itookthefirststeptowardsmyescapadeandfilledbothpocketsofmycoatwithbiscuit.

           Iwasafool,ifyoulike,andcertainlyIwasgoingtodoafoolish,over-boldact;butIwasdeterminedtodoitwithalltheprecautionsinmypower.Thesebiscuits,shouldanythingbefallme,wouldkeepme,atleast,fromstarvingtillfaroninthenextday.

           ThenextthingIlaidholdofwasabraceofpistols,andasIalreadyhadapowder-hornandbullets,Ifeltmyselfwellsuppliedwitharms.

           AsfortheschemeIhadinmyhead,itwasnotabadoneinitself.Iwastogodownthesandyspitthatdividestheanchorageontheeastfromtheopensea,findthewhiterockIhadobservedlastevening,andascertainwhetheritwasthereornotthatBenGunnhadhiddenhisboat,athingquiteworthdoing,asIstillbelieve.ButasIwascertainIshouldnotbeallowedtoleavetheenclosure,myonlyplanwastotakeFrenchleaveandslipoutwhennobodywaswatching,andthatwassobadawayofdoingitasmadethethingitselfwrong.ButIwasonlyaboy,andIhadmademymindup.

           Well,asthingsatlastfellout,Ifoundanadmirableopportunity.ThesquireandGraywerebusyhelpingthecaptainwithhisbandages,thecoastwasclear,Imadeaboltforitoverthestockadeandintothethickestofthetrees,andbeforemyabsencewasobservedIwasoutofcryofmycompanions.

           Thiswasmysecondfolly,farworsethanthefirst,asIleftbuttwosoundmentoguardthehouse;butlikethefirst,itwasahelptowardssavingallofus.

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