Chapter 26
'One more step, Mr. Hands,' said I, 'and I'll blow your brains out!' Jim shoots Hands from the crosstrees as the coxswain hurls a dirk that pins him to the mast — the novel's most thrilling combat scene.
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From Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim's solo capture of the Hispaniola and killing of Israel Hands marks his transformation from passive boy to active hero.
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