The Pirate Woman by A E Dingle Chapter 19 Page 9

drew Pearse by the arm into the secret entrance.

“Here, friend, are muskets and pistols. Load them while I pass them out. We shall see how hungry for our blood these wolves are.”

She showed him the store of arms, in a small cave next to the powder store, and musket powder and bullets were also there. As he loaded the weapons, she passed them out in armfuls, then gave Stumpy a flask of powder for priming, and told him to hold out until Milo could bring up other resources as yet unknown.

“And,” she said, leading Stumpy inside for a moment, “here you see a powder-train. There, on the floor. Now hear me, my faithful one, should thy foes still beat thee back, bring all thy men along this passage, but before ye come, touch a fire