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1On this evening the chief forces of the island were disposed as follows. The lost boys were out looking for Peter, the
2pirates were out looking for the lost boys, the redskins were out looking for the pirates, and the beasts were out
3looking for the redskins. They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at
4the same rate. All wanted blood except the boys, who liked it as a rule, but to-night were out to greet their captain.
5The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be
6growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the
7twins as two. Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with
8his hand on his dagger. They are forbidden by Peter to look in the least like him, and they wear the skins of the bears
9slain by themselves, in which they are so round and furry that when they fall they roll. They have therefore become very
10sure-footed. The first to pass is Tootles, not the least brave but the most unfortunate of all that gallant band. He had
11been in fewer adventures than any of them, because the big things constantly happened just when he had stepped round the
12corner; all would be quiet, he would take the opportunity of going off to gather a few sticks for firewood, and then
13when he returned the others would be sweeping up the blood. This ill-luck had given a gentle melancholy to his
14countenance, but instead of souring his nature had sweetened it, so that he was quite the humblest of the boys. Poor
15kind Tootles, there is danger in the air for you to-night. Take care lest an adventure is now offered you, which, if
16accepted, will plunge you in deepest woe. Tootles, the fairy Tink, who is bent on mischief this night is looking for a
17tool, and she thinks you are the most easily tricked of the boys. 'Ware Tinker Bell. Would that he could hear us, but we
18are not really on the island, and he passes by, biting his knuckles. Next comes Nibs, the gay and debonair, followed by
19Slightly, who cuts whistles out of the trees and dances ecstatically to his own tunes. Slightly is the most conceited of
20the boys. He thinks he remembers the days before he was lost, with their manners and customs, and this has given his
21nose an offensive tilt. Curly is fourth; he is a pickle, and so often has he had to deliver up his person when Peter
22said sternly, "Stand forth the one who did this thing," that now at the command he stands forth automatically whether he
23has done it or not. Last come the Twins, who cannot be described because we should be sure to be describing the wrong
24one. Peter never quite knew what twins were, and his band were not allowed to know anything he did not know, so these
25two were always vague about themselves, and did their best to give satisfaction by keeping close together in an
26apologetic sort of way. The boys vanish in the gloom, and after a pause, but not a long pause, for things go briskly on
27the island, come the pirates on their track. We hear them before they are seen, and it is always the same dreadful song:
28"Avast belay, yo ho, heave to, A-pirating we go, And if we're parted by a shot We're sure to meet below!" A more
29villainous-looking lot never hung in a row on Execution dock. Here, a little in advance, ever and again with his head to
30the ground listening, his great arms bare, pieces of eight in his ears as ornaments, is the handsome Italian Cecco, who
31cut his name in letters of blood on the back of the governor of the prison at Gao. That gigantic black behind him has
32had many names since he dropped the one with which dusky mothers still terrify their children on the banks of the
33Guadjo-mo. Here is Bill Jukes, every inch of him tattooed, the same Bill Jukes who got six dozen on the Walrus from
34Flint before he would drop the bag of moidores; and Cookson, said to be Black Murphy's brother (but this was never
35proved), and Gentleman Starkey, once an usher in a public school and still dainty in his ways of killing; and Skylights
36(Morgan's Skylights); and the Irish bo'sun Smee, an oddly genial man who stabbed, so to speak, without offence, and was
37the only Non-conformist in Hook's crew; and Noodler, whose hands were fixed on backwards; and Robt. Mullins and Alf
38Mason and many another ruffian long known and feared on the Spanish Main. In the midst of them, the blackest and largest
39in that dark setting, reclined James Hook, or as he wrote himself, Jas. Hook, of whom it is said he was the only man
40that the Sea-Cook feared. He lay at his ease in a rough chariot drawn and propelled by his men, and instead of a right
41hand he had the iron hook with which ever and anon he encouraged them to increase their pace. As dogs this terrible man
42treated and addressed them, and as dogs they obeyed him. In person he was cadaverous and blackavized, and his hair was
43dressed in long curls, which at a little distance looked like black candles, and gave a singularly threatening
44expression to his handsome countenance. His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy,
45save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly. In
46manner, something of the grand seigneur still clung to him, so that he even ripped you up with an air, and I have been
47told that he was a raconteur of repute. He was never more sinister than when he was most polite, which is probably the
48truest test of breeding; and the elegance of his diction, even when he was swearing, no less than the distinction of his
49demeanour, showed him one of a different cast from his crew. A man of indomitable courage, it was said that the only
50thing he shied at was the sight of his own blood, which was thick and of an unusual colour. In dress he somewhat aped
51the attire associated with the name of Charles II, having heard it said in some earlier period of his career that he
52bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts; and in his mouth he had a holder of his own contrivance which
53enabled him to smoke two cigars at once. But undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw. Let us now kill a
54pirate, to show Hook's method. Skylights will do. As they pass, Skylights lurches clumsily against him, ruffling his
55lace collar; the hook shoots forth, there is a tearing sound and one screech, then the body is kicked aside, and the
56pirates pass on. He has not even taken the cigars from his mouth. Such is the terrible man against whom Peter Pan is
57pitted. Which will win? On the trail of the pirates, stealing noiselessly down the war-path, which is not visible to
58inexperienced eyes, come the redskins, every one of them with his eyes peeled. They carry tomahawks and knives, and
59their naked bodies gleam with paint and oil. Strung around them are scalps, of boys as well as of pirates, for these are
60the Piccaninny tribe, and not to be confused with the softer-hearted Delawares or the Hurons. In the van, on all fours,
61is Great Big Little Panther, a brave of so many scalps that in his present position they somewhat impede his progress.
62Bringing up the rear, the place of greatest danger, comes Tiger Lily, proudly erect, a princess in her own right. She is
63the most beautiful of dusky Dianas and the belle of the Piccaninnies, coquettish, cold and amorous by turns; there is
64not a brave who would not have the wayward thing to wife, but she staves off the altar with a hatchet. Observe how they
65pass over fallen twigs without making the slightest noise. The only sound to be heard is their somewhat heavy breathing.
66The fact is that they are all a little fat just now after the heavy gorging, but in time they will work this off. For
67the moment, however, it constitutes their chief danger.
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