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Where, men might ask, were the eyes of Captain Stobbud? Who had been burning towns on the Patagonian seaboard? Why should such a ship as theirs choose pearls for cargo? WHERE MEN MIGHT ASK WERE THE EYES OF CAPTAIN STOWBOD WHO HAD BEEN BURNING TOWNS ON THE PATAGONIAN SEABOARD WHY SHOULD SUCH A SHIP AS THEIRS CHOOSE PEARLS FOR CARGO
n dreams and wake up with a dreadful jolt; but there was no waking up for Pombo, who still fell on towards the incurious stars, and his fate is even one with the fate of Slith. THE LOOT OF BOMBASHARNA Things had grown too hot for Shard, captain of pirates, on all the seas that he knew. The ports of Spain were closed to him; they knew him in San Domingo; men winked in Syracuse when he went by; the two Kings of the Sicilies never smiled within an hour of speaking of him; there were huge rewards for his head in every capital city, with pictures of it for identification--_and all the pictures were unflattering_. Therefore Captain Shard decided that the time had come to tell his men the secret. Riding off Teneriffe one night, he called them all together. He generously admitted that there were things in the past that might require explanation: the crowns that the Princes of Aragon had sent to their nephews the Kings of the two Americas had certainly never reached their Most Sacred Majesties.  THE BOOK OF WONDER BY LORD DUNZANIE THIS IS LIEBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVER BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG THE LOOT OF MAMASHARNA THINGS HAD GROWN TOO HOT FOR SHARD CAPTAIN OF PIRATES ON ALL THE SEAS THAT HE KNEW THE PORTS OF SPAIN WERE CLOSE TO HIM THEY KNEW HIM IN SAN DOMINGO MEN WINKED IN SYRACUSE WHEN HE WENT BY THE TWO KINGS OF THE SICILIES NEVER SMILED WITHIN AN HOUR OF SPEAKING OF HIM THERE WERE HUGE REWARDS FOR HIS HEAD IN EVERY CAPITAL CITY WITH PICTURES OF IT FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ALL THE PICTURES WERE UNFLATTERING THEREFORE CAPTAIN CHARR DECIDED THAT THE TIME HAD COME TO TELL HIS MEN THE SECRET WRITING OFF TENERIFFE ONE NIGHT HE CALLED THEM ALL TOGETHER HE GENEROUSLY ADMITTED THAT THERE WERE THINGS IN THE PAST THAT MIGHT REQUIRE EXPLANATION THE CROWNS THAT THE PRINCES OF ARRAGON HAD SENT TO THEIR NEPHEWS THE KINGS OF THE TWO AMERICANS HAD CERTAINLY NEVER REACHED THEIR MOST SACRED MAJESTIES
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