Chapter Summary 25: I Strike the Jolly Roger

In this chapter, Jim helps an almost dead mutineer aboard the ship.

Then after nearly getting tossed into the sea, Jim manages to get on the deck. Jim sees that there are two watchmen still on the deck. However, one is dead and the other is almost dead. When Jim approaches them, the one who isn’t dead lets out a low moan and turns partly around. He only manages to utter one word – “brandy.” Jim then goes down to the cellar and finds some brandy for the man and some food for himself. After having much brandy, he speaks again and says that if the doctor had been aboard, he would have been okay. Jim then tells him that he is taking possession of the ship and he wants to be called captain. The man then asks if Jim would like to go to shore and proposes that they make a deal and Jim agrees. As part of the deal, Jim goes and gets a handkerchief and ties it around the big cut that the man has.