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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. 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
s, 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. 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. 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 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
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