two o’clock in the morning
As soon as they came within call of the ship , he made Robinson hail them , and tell them they had brought off the men and the boat , but that it was a long time before they had found them , and the like , holding them in a chat till they came to the ship 's side ; when the captain and the mate entering first with their arms , immediately knocked down the second mate and carpenter with the butt-end of their muskets , being very faithfully seconded by their men ; they secured all the rest that were upon the main and quarter decks , and began to fasten the hatches , to keep them down that were below ; when the other boat and their men , entering at the forechains , secured the forecastle of the ship , and the scuttle which went down into the cook-room , making three men they found there prisoners . When this was done , and all safe upon deck , the captain ordered the mate , with three men , to break into the round-house , where the new rebel captain lay , who , having taken the alarm , had got up , and with two men and a boy had got firearms in their hands ; and when the mate , with a crow , split open the door , the new captain and his men fired boldly among them , and wounded the mate with a musket ball , which broke his arm , and wounded two more of the men , but killed nobody . The mate , calling for help , rushed , however , into the round-house , wounded as he was , and , with his pistol , shot the new captain through the head , the bullet entering at his mouth , and came out again behind one of his ears , so that he never spoke a word more : upon which the rest yielded , and the ship was taken effectually , without any more lives lost . As soon as the ship was thus secured , the captain ordered seven guns to be fired , which was the signal agreed upon with me to give me notice of his success , which , you may be sure , I was very glad to hear , having sat watching upon the shore for it till near two o'clock in the morning . Having thus heard the signal plainly , I laid me down ; and it having been a day of great fatigue to me , I slept very sound , till I was surprised with the noise of a gun ; and presently starting up , I heard a man call me by the name of `` Governor ! Governor ! '' and presently I knew the captain 's voice ; when , climbing up to the top of the hill , there he stood , and , pointing to the ship , he embraced me in his arms , `` My dear friend and deliverer , '' says he , `` there 's your ship ; for she is all yours , and so are we , and all that belong to her . ''