d I;
"and one that he shall answer for."

"Stop, Sir," replied Ingram, "you have only heard the first part of
the story. When we had been three days at sea, Olivarez, who had been
talking to the men, one by one and apart, called them together, and
said, it was an opportunity not to be lost, that they had possession
of the vessel, and the owner would never have a clue to where she had
gone, and that now was the time to take possession of her for
themselves, and employ her in the slave-trade on their own account.
That, sailing so fast, nothing could overhaul her or board her, and,
therefore, they were free from danger. He then proposed that he should
command and navigate, and receive one-half of the profits, and that
the other half should be divided among the crew--the expense of the
provisions, &c. being paid out of it previous to their sharing and
making a calculation, he showed them that every voyage would be worth
about 100_l._ a-man after all expenses were paid. The crew consented
at once to the terms--all but me; and when he asked me, my answer was,
that I would consent to nothing while you were yet alive. I said that,
because I was afraid that they would murder me, or throw me
overboard."

"Go on, Ingram; go on, and let me hear it all at once."

"'Then you will soon be freed from your difficulty,' said Olivarez.

"'I do not know that, Sir,' I replied, 'for I think Mr. Musgrave may
get over it.'

"'Indeed,' he returned, 'well, then, so much the worse for him.'

"As he, Olivarez, said this, the whole of the crew, to do them
justice, cried out, that there should be no murder, for if there was,
they not only would have nothing to do with the affair, but would make
it known at the first port to which they came. That you had always
been a kind, good officer, and were too brave a man to die in that
way.

"'Well, my men,' said Olivarez, 'I never had an idea of the kind, and
I promise you, if he lives through it, there shall be no murder; I
will put him on shore at the first port we arrive at, but in such a
way as to secure our safety--that we must look to.'

"The men said, that that was all right, and then they all agreed to
join him.

"'And you, Ingram,' said Olivarez, 'what do you say?'

"'What I said before,' I replied; 'that as long as Mr. Musgrave lives
I will come to no agreement whatever.'

"'Well,' said Olivarez, 'it is but postponing your decision; I know
that you will join us. So now, my lads, as w