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'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. 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
or me, seein’ as how it’s both profitable an’ healthy. Pass-in’ over details, let me tell you that I became a pirate. I ran away to sea, an’ by dint of perseverance, as the Sunday-school book useter say, in my badness I soon became the centre of a evil lot; an’ when I says to ’em, ‘Boys, I wants to be a pirate chief,’ they hollers back, loud like, ‘Jim, we’re with you,’ an’ they was. For years I was the terror of the Venezuelan Gulf, the Spanish Main, an’ the Pacific 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. IN MY MIND THAT TO BE A PIRATE'S JUST THE THING FOR ME SEEIN AS HOW IT'S BOTH PROFITABLE AND HEALTHY PASSIN OVER DETAILS LEMME TELL YOU THAT I BECAME A PIRATE I RAN AWAY TO SEA AND BY DINT OF PERSEVERANCE AS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOK USED TO SAY IN MY BADNESS I SOON BECAME THE CENTRE OF A EVIL LOT AND WHEN I SAYS TO EM BOYS I WANTS TO BE A PIRATE CHIEF THEY HOLLERS BACK LOUD LIKE JIM WE'RE WITH YOU AN THEY WAS FOR YEARS I WAS THE TERROR OF THE VENEZUELAN 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
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