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"I should say so," said Abeuchapeta, with an ecstatic shake of his head. "I didn't get that in all my career." I SHOULD SAY SO SAID ABEUCHAPETA WITH AN ECSTATIC SHAKE OF HIS HEAD I DIDN'T GET THAT IN ALL MY CAREER
seas, but there was precious little money into it. The best pay I got was from a Sunday noospaper which paid me well to sign an article on ‘Modern Piracy’ which I didn’t write. Finally business got so bad the crew began to murmur, an’ I was at my wits’ ends to please ’em; when one mornin’, havin’ passed a restless night, I picks up a noospaper and sees in it that ‘Next Saturday’s steamer is a weritable treasure-ship, takin’ out twelve million dollars, and the jewels of a certain prima donna valued at five hundred thousand.’ ‘Here’s my chance,’ says I, an’ I goes to sea and lies in wait for the steamer. I captures her easy, my crew bein’ hungry, an’ fightin according like. We steals the box a-hold-in’ the jewels an’ the bag containin’ the millions, hustles back to our own ship, an’ makes for our rondyvoo, me with two bullets in my leg, four o’ my crew killed, and one engin’ of my ship disabled by a shot—but happy. Twelve an’ a half millions at one break is enough to make anybody happy.” ENEZUELAN GULF THE SPANISH MAIN AND THE PACIFIC SEAS BUT THERE WAS PRECIOUS LITTLE MONEY INTO IT THE BEST PAY I GOT WAS FROM A SUNDAY NEWSPAPER WHICH PAID ME WELL TO SIGN AN ARTICLE ON MODERN PIRACY WHICH I DIDN'T WRITE FINALLY BUSINESS GOT SO BAD THE CREW BEGAN TO MURMUR AN I WAS AT MY WITS END AS PLEASE EM WHEN ONE MORNIN HAVIN PASSED A RESTLESS NIGHT I PICKS UP A NEWSPAPER AND SEES IN IT THAT NEXT SUNDAY'S STEAMER IS A VERITABLE TREASURE SHIP TAKIN OUT TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS AND THE JEWELS OF A CERTAIN PRIMA DONNA VALUED AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND HERE'S MY CHANCE SAYS I AN I GOES TO SEA AND LIES IN WAIT FOR THE STEAMER IT CAPTURES HER EASY MY CREW BEIN HUNGRY AN FIGHTIN ACCORDIN LIKE WE STEALS THE BOX A HOLDIN THE JEWELS AN THE BAG CONTAININ THE MILLIONS HUSTLES BACK TO OUR OWN SHIP AND MAKES FOR A RENDEZVOUS ME WITH TWO BULLETS IN MY LEG FOUR OF MY CREW KILLED AN ONE ENGINE OF MY SHIP DISABLED BY A SHOT BUT HAPPY TWELVE AN A HALF MILLIONS AT ONE BREAK IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYBODY HAPPY
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