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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. 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
I read about therein. They was all good, an’ they went to their reward too soon in life for me, who even in them days regarded death as a stuffy an’ unpleasant diversion. Learnin’ at an early period that virtue was its only reward, an’ a-wish-in’ others, I says to myself: ‘Jim,’ says I, ‘if you wishes to become a magnet in this village, be sinful. If so be as you are a good boy, an’ kind to your sister an’ all other animals, you’ll end up as a prosperous father with fifteen hundred a year sure, with never no hope for no public preferment beyond bein’ made the super-intendent of the Sunday-school; but if so be as how you’re bad, you may become famous, an’ go to Congress, an’ have your picture in the Sunday noospapers.’ So I looks around for books tellin’ how to get ‘Famous in Fifty Ways,’ an’ after due reflection I settles in my mind that to be a pirate’s just the thing for me, seein’ as how it’s both profitable an’ healthy. Pass-in’ over details, let me tell you that I became a pirate. LITTLE WILLIES AN THE CLEVER TOMMIES WHAT I READ ABOUT THEREIN THEY WAS ALL GOOD AN THEY ALL WENT TO THEIR REWARD TOO SOON IN LIFE FOR ME WHO EVEN IN THEM DAYS REGARDED DEATH AS A STUFFY AN UNPLEASANT DIVERSION LEARNIN AT AN EARLY PERIOD THAT VIRTUE WAS ITS ONLY REWARD AND A WISH IN OTHERS I SAYS TO MYSELF JIM SAYS I IF YOU WISHES TO BECOME A MAGNET IN THIS VILLAGE BE SINFUL IF SO BE AS YOU ARE A GOOD BOY AND KIND TO YOUR SISTER AND ALL OTHER ANIMALS YOU'LL END UP AS A PROSPEROUS FATHER WITH FIFTEEN HUNDRED A YEAR SURE WITH NEVER NO HOPE FOR PUBLIC PREFERMENT BEYOND BEIN MADE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BUT IF SO BE AS HOW YOU'RE BAD YOU MAY BECOME FAMOUS AND GO TO CONGRESS AN HAVE YOUR PICTURE IN THE SUNDAY NOOSPAPERS SO I LOOKS AROUND FOR BOOKS TELLIN HOW TO GET FAMOUS IN FIFTY WAYS AN AFTER DUE REFLECTION I SETTLES 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
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