The Thrown Down Crutches. Jim has been instructed by the captain to be on the lookout for a one-legged man and to warn him as soon as he is there. Instead, however, a blind man comes who turns out to be a ruthless pirate and is looking for a Captain Billy... The captain, who has been drinking large quantities of rum since his arrival, collapses in the meantime in the inn. He suffered a stroke because of his alcohol addiction. Before that, he implored Jim not to let the one-legged man get his hands on the document he was hiding in his sea chest...