Sentence:  So I went and fetched a good dram of rum, and gave him; for I had been so good a <WSD>husband</WSD> of my rum that I had a great deal left. When he had drank it, I made him take the two fowling-pieces, which we always carried, and load them with large swan-shot, as big as small pistol-bullets. Then I took four muskets, and loaded them with two slugs and five small bullets each; and my two pistols I loaded with a brace of bullets each. I hung my great sword, as usual, naked, by my side, and gave "Friday" his hatchet. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A prudent or frugal manager.