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Updated: May 11, 2025
Farther forward he could hear the voice of Billings, singing cheerfully to himself in the galley; and, filtering through the galley hatch and open deadlights, the voice of Forsythe, uttering angry commands to some one on deck. He had no personal design upon Billings, nor at present upon Forsythe, so he searched the armroom.
Then, relieving Jenkins of his keys, he went through the forward door to the armroom, from which he removed, not only wrist and leg arms, but every cutlass and service revolver that the boat was stocked with, and a plentiful supply of ammunition.
"Come," said Forsythe, "down below with us, quick." They descended the galley companion, from which a passage led aft to the petty officers' quarters, which included the armroom, and thence to the forward door of the wardroom. Here they halted, and listened to Denman's movements while he armed himself and climbed the companion stairs. They could also see through the keyhole.
"He's heeled!" cried Forsythe. "Where did he get the guns?" "Where's the armroom? Hereabouts somewhere. Where is it?" They hurriedly searched, and found the armroom; it contained cumbersome rifles, cutlasses, and war heads, but no pistols. "He's removed them all. Can we break in that door?" asked Forsythe, rushing toward the bulkhead. "No, hold on," said Daniels.
The latter would have ironed him at once, but the irons were forward in the armroom, so he temporarily bound him hand and foot with neckties replevined from his fellow officers' staterooms.
First, he tried the forward door leading into the petty officers' quarters and to the armroom, and, finding it locked, sought for the key which opened it, and passed through, closing the door softly behind him.
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