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04-02-05-金银岛 [15]

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.‘If you come up one by one,without weapons,I'll take you home to a fair trial in England.You can't find the treasure without the map.None of you knows how to sail the ship home.And you can't fight us—Gray got away from five of you.If you say no,the next time I see you I'll put a bullet in your back.Now,get out of here quickly.’
  Silver's eyes were filled with anger.‘Somebody help me up!’he shouted,but none of us moved.Swearing angrily,he pulled himself across the sand to the fence.There,he was able to lift himself on to his crutch again and then climb out of the stockade.
  ‘Before the hour is over,’shouted Silver,‘I'll break your old house like a rum bottle!And those that die will be the lucky ones!’
  As soon as Silver disappeared,we got ready for a battle,placing ourselves around the sides of the stockade.The captain went round to check our places and our guns,and to see that everything was ready.
  A minute later,Joyce fired his pistol and the battle had be-gun.Shots came from every side of the stockade,hitting the wooden house,but the bullets did not get through the thick walls.Then there was silence and the smoke slowly cleared away.
  Suddenly,guns were fired again,and a group of pirates ran from the woods and on to the stockade.They climbed over the fence like monkeys while the squire and Gray fired at them.In a few seconds,two fell dead,one was running back into the trees,and four were inside the stockade.
  ‘Fight them in the open!’cried the captain.
  I took a sword and ran out into the sun.More pirates were starting to climb into the stockade.One man,wearing a red cap and with a knife in his mouth,was already on top of the fence.
  But in that moment,the fight was over and we had won.Gray cut down one man with his sword.Another was shot as he fired into the house,and now lay wounded with his smoking pistol in his hand.The doctor had cut down a third.The men on the fence had disappeared back into the trees.And of the four who had climbed into the stockade,only one was not wounded,and he was climbing out again with the fear of death in him.


■ 10 在寨子里
  我们循着枪声来到一座小山前。那儿有一座坚固的木头房子,可以容得下40人,每一面墙都有射击孔。房子四周是一片开阔地,还有一圈围栏,两米高,没有出入口,很坚固而且不易拉倒。
  本·葛恩一看见木屋上飘着的英国旗就对我说:“你的朋友在那里。”
  “更有可能是那帮海盗,”我说。
  “西尔弗一定会挂他们海盗的骷髅旗,”本·葛恩说。“刚才他们打了一仗,你的朋友获胜了。他们正在弗林特几年前建的寨子里。”
  “那我得赶快去和我的朋友们会合,”我说。
  他不愿和我一起去。“除非你见到了你们那位绅士,得到了他的保证,否则我不会去见他们。吉姆,你知道在哪儿能找到我。要是那帮海盗在岸上过夜,他们中就会有人遭厄运!”
  从船上又传来一声炮响,炮弹就落在一百多米以外的地方。我们俩朝着不同方向拔腿就跑。枪炮声持续了一个小时,我悄悄来到岸边的树丛中。我看见伊斯帕尼奥拉号停在海湾里——船上挂着骷髅旗!
  在岸上,那帮海盗正用斧子劈船长的小船。炮声停止后,我回到寨子里。
  “大夫!”我喊道,“乡绅!船长!你好,亨特!是你吗?”
  李甫西大夫立刻从木屋出来,我正翻越围栏,朋友们都高兴地迎接我回来,他们让我吃了晚饭——尽管饭菜剩下的不多了。我吃饭的时候,李甫西大夫给我讲了他们的历险。
  “吉姆,我们听说你跟着一条船上了岸,”他说。“我们从未怀疑你的忠实,但我们为你的安全担心。我和亨特上岸想看看发生了什么,却发现了这个寨子。这似乎是我们抵御西尔弗和他那帮人的好地方,我们确信回到船上他们会杀了我们。在这儿,我们需要的是足够的食物和足够的人手对付敌人。你知道,如果伊斯帕尼奥拉号8月底前不能返回布里斯托尔,一只救援船就会来接我们。”
  “所以我们就设计弃船而走,”李甫西大夫继续讲下去。“亨特、雷德拉斯和乔伊斯帮助了我们。亨特把船长的小船转移到船舱附近,我和乔伊斯装上了枪、食物和药品。雷德拉斯拿了四枝枪和屈利劳尼及船长一起上了甲板。伊斯莱尔·汉兹一伙显然吓了一跳。雷德拉斯和船长等人想法说服了一个叫亚伯拉罕·格雷的人加入了我们。”
  “你们留下五个海盗在船上?”我说。
  “是的,”李甫西大夫说。“我们弃船之前把剩下的武器都扔到了海里,但忘记了船上的炮。我们刚走到一半的时候,那帮海盗就用它向我们开火了。”
  “我听见枪声了,”我告诉他。
  “屈利劳尼想打汉兹却结果了另一个人,”李甫西大夫说。“岛上的海盗听见枪声后从树林中窜出来奔向他们的小船。我们的小船沉没了,我们落了水,大部分食品都丢掉了,而且我们的五枝枪只有两枝没有湿。尽管如此我们还是上了岸,占领了寨子,我们知道一场恶仗不可避免了。”
  “但你们胜了,”我说。
  “是的,”李甫西说。“我们打死了他们一个人,重伤了另一个,但我们也失去了一位——可怜的汤姆·雷德拉斯。”
  大夫讲完以后,我给他们讲了我的历险,以及遇见本·葛恩的事。然后我们开始商量下一步如何行事。我们最好的方案是一个个杀掉海盗,直到剩下的都逃跑或驾船离开。
  我感觉特别累,他们三人谈论时我就睡着了。第二天早晨一阵吵闹声把我惊醒了。
  “他们举着白旗呢!”有人说。“是西尔弗!”
  我跑到一个射击孔前向外张望。有两个人在寨子外边,其中一个挥着白旗,另一个是西尔弗。那是个寒冷、明亮的早晨,天上没有一丝云,西尔弗和他的同伙在低低的雾霭中站着。
  “你们要干什么?”船长斯摩列特喊道。
  西尔弗旁边那个人说:“西尔弗船长来讲和,先生。”
  “西尔弗船长?”船长问。“他是谁?”
  高个约翰回答:“是我,先生。您弃船而走以后他们选我当船长。如果大家都同意的话,我们希望讲和。我希望你能保证让我安全地走出寨子。”
  “我不想和你谈判,”斯摩列特船长说,“但如果你想谈判的话,你可以过来。”
  西尔弗向寨子走来,把他的拐杖扔过围栏,跟着爬上围栏,然后艰难地翻过一座小沙丘。
  “你不打算让我进去吗?”高个约翰说。“这种天在外边很冷的。”
  “如果你是个诚实的人,西尔弗,”船长说,“你应该在你的厨房里。你要么是我船上的厨子,要么就是西尔弗船长,一个可恶的海盗!现在,你还有什么要说的,就快说吧!”
  “那么,斯摩列特船长,”西尔弗说着,坐在沙地上,“昨天晚上你们很聪明。你们中的一个人用刀出手很快。我们有些人都吓坏了,大概我也一样。所以我才来谈判。但我发誓,这样的事不会再发生了。我们要小心布置岗哨,并且叫大家少喝点朗姆酒。我当时睡着了,可我差点儿抓住了你们。我跑到被杀的那个人跟前的时候,他还没死呢。”
  “是吗?”斯摩列特船长装作明白地说。我猜到了西尔弗说的事。我想起本·葛恩和我分手前的最后一句话。他大概在海盗们喝醉了倒在篝火边的时候到他们
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