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Why should such a ship as theirs choose pearls for cargo? Why so much blood on the decks and so many guns? And where was the _Nancy_, the _Lark_, or the _Margaret Belle_? WHY SHOULD SUCH A SHIP AS THEIRS CHOOSE PEARLS FOR CARGO WHY SO MUCH BLOOD ON THE DECKS AND SO MANY GUNS AND WHERE WAS THE NANCY THE LARK OR THE MARGARET BELL
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. Where, men might ask, were the eyes of Captain Stobbud? Who had been burning towns on the Patagonian seaboard?  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 WHERE MEN MIGHT ASK WERE THE EYES OF CAPTAIN STOWBOD WHO HAD BEEN BURNING TOWNS ON THE PATAGONIAN SEABOARD
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