Chapter Summary 26: Israel Hands

In this chapter, the man betrays Jim and Jim kills him.

The man tells Jim how to sail the ship and then they both set down for a meal. The man then expresses how he thinks the ship is unlucky. The man then asks Jim to go down and get a bottle of wine. Jim is suspicious because the man has never seen wine. Jim goes down pretending like he is getting wine and peeks on the man. He finds that the man had risen to his hands and knees and got out some rope, a knife, and a dirk. He then sits back down in the same place and Jim goes and gets the wine. After talking for a little while, they attempt to land the ship. The man then pulls out his dirk and tries to kill Jim. Jim quickly lets go of the wheel and backs away. Jim takes a pistol from his pocket and pulls the trigger.  However, the pistol does nothing. After a short standoff, the ship tilts sharply and they both fall into the water. Jim then quickly climbs up the mast and the man throws the dagger just below Jim. Then Jim quickly primes his pistols and aims them at the man. Jim then says that if the man moves at all, he will kill him. Then suddenly, the dagger hits Jim in the shoulder pinning him to the mast. Then suddenly, both pistols go off and fall from Jim’s hands.  The man falls into the water.