Kidnapped
By: Robert L. Stevenson
This story is a narrative in which Mr. David Balfour of Shaws tells us his story of being kidnapped.
After traveling to his Uncle Ebenezer’s house to receive his inheritance and Mr. Ebenezer trying to kill him on various occasions, eventually led to his uncle paying Captain Hoseason to kidnap David and take him to a far off land in Scotland to sell him as a slave.
Once on the Captain’s ship the “Brig”, after being knocked out cold and pulled down below, many painful and ill memories followed. First, the young boy that served as a host to the Captain and other sailors was killed by Mr. Shuan, one of the sailors, because the boy brought him a dirty pannikin. Mr. Shuan having a bad temper and also being drunk with spirits murdered the boy. Because of all this, they had David take the boy’s place as server.
One day, a heavy fog came over them and they couldn’t see anything, then all of the sudden they felt a heavy jolt, they found out that......
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