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Captain Hawkins, would you have any objection to stating to these gentlemen the condition of affairs which led you to give up piracy on the high seas?" "Not the slightest, Captain Kidd," returned Captain Hawkins, who was a recent arrival in Hades. "It is a sad little story, and it gives me a pain for to think on it, but none the less I'll tell it, since you ask me. When I were a mere boy, fellow pirates, I had but one ambition, due to my readin', which was confined to stories of a Sunday school nater—to become somethin' different from the little Willies an' the clever Tommies what I read about therein. CAPTAIN HAWKINS WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO STATING TO THESE GENTLEMEN THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS WHICH LED YOU TO GIVE UP PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEA NOT THE SLIGHTEST CAPTAIN KID RETURNED CAPTAIN HAWKINS WHO WAS A RECENT ARRIVAL IN HADES IS A SAD LITTLE STORY AND IT GIVES ME PAIN FOR TO THINK ON IT BUT NONE THE LESS I'LL TELL IT SINCE YOU ASK ME WHEN I WERE MERE BOY FELLOW PIRATES I HAD BUT ONE AMBITION DUE TO MY READING WHICH WAS CONFINED TO STORIES OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL NATIVE TO BECOME SOMETHIN DIFFERENT FROM THE LITTLE WILLIES AN THE CLEVER TOMMIES WHAT I READ ABOUT THEREIN
 considered _de rigueur_ to speak to anybody you choose to. The introduction business isn’t going to stand in my way.” “Well, may I ask,” put in Abeuchapeta, “just what it is that is worrying you? You said something about feeding them, and dressing them, and keeping them in bonnets. I fancy there’s fish enough in the sea to feed ’em; and as for their gowns and hats, they can make ’em themselves. Every woman is a milliner at heart.” “Exactly, and we’ll have to pay the milliners. That is what bothers me. I was going to lead this expedition to London, Paris, and New York, admiral. That is where the money is, and to get it you’ve got to go ashore, to headquarters. You cannot nowadays find it on the high seas. Modern civilization,” said Kidd, “has ruined the pirate’s business. The latest news from the other world has really opened my eyes to certain facts that I never dreamed of. The conditions of the day of which I speak are interestingly shown in the experience of our friend Hawkins here. N THE FASHIONABLE TRANSATLANTIC LINES IT IS NOW CONSIDERED DEI RIGOUR TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY YOU CHOOSE TO THIS INTRODUCTION BUSINESS ISN'T GOING TO STAND IN MY WAY WELL MAY I ASK PUT IN AGUPINA JUST WHAT IT IS THAT IS WORRYING YOU YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FEEDING THEM AND DRESSING THEM AND KEEPING THEM IN BONNETS I FANCY THERE'S ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA TO FEED EM AND AS FOR THEIR GOWNS AND HATS THEY CAN MAKE EM THEMSELVES EVERY WOMAN IS A MILLINER AT HEART EXACTLY AND WE'LL HAVE TO PAY THE MILLINERS THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS ME I WAS GOING TO LEAD THIS EXPEDITION TO LONDON PARIS AND NEW YORK ADMIRAL THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS AND TO GET IT YOU'VE GOT TO GO ASHORE TO HEADQUARTERS YOU CANNOT NOWADAYS FIND IT ON THE HIGH SEAS MODERN CIVILIZATION SAID KIDD HAS RUINED THE PIRATES BUSINESS THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE OTHER WORLD HAS REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO CERTAIN FACTS THAT I NEVER DREAMED OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE DAY OF WHICH I SPEAK ARE INTERESTINGLY SHOWN IN THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR FRIEND HAWKINS HERE
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