Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-11
.YErS. .goEaes7 Pirate.
BY MAX ADELER.

A san@uinary pirate sailed upon the
Spanish main. in rakish looking schOOn-
er which was called the Mary Jane.
She carried lots of hOwitzers and dead
ly rifle guns. with shot and shell and
powder and percussion caps in tons.
The pirate was q homely man, and
short and grim and fat; he wore a wild
and awful look beneath q slOuching hat.
Swords, pistols and stilettos were ar
ranged about his thighs, and demOniacal
glar.ng was quite common with his
| eyes.
His heavy black moustache curled
away beneath his nose, and dropped in
clcrant festU0ns about his very toes.
lie hardly ever spoke ut all, but when
such was the case, his twas easy to per
ccive was quite a heavy bass.
He was not a serious pirate, and des
pitc his &Sxi0us cares he rarely went to
Sabbath school, and seldom said his pray
er.. He worshippcd lovely women, and
his hope IN life was this; to calm his
wild. tumutuous soul with pure dOmcs-
tic bliss.
When convcy.ing with his shipmates,
he very often SW0rc that he'd like to
rive UP piracy and settle on the shore.
lie tired of blood and plumber, of the
lows that they could bring-he sighed to
via the love Of some aif@CtiOnate young
thjHg
one morning as the Mary Jane went
bounding DER the sea, the pirate saw a
merchant bark far off upon the lee. He
ordered pursuit and spread all sail that
he could bear, and then went down in
hopeful mood to shave and curl his har.
re- bacisrd his boots and pared his
,,t, ,l,l}.l I.,,,n his cuff. and mol
;,I.I ~, l,;. L.,.. Ln dinn,nd with fnrIr
tI''''. ~ .., III. s"r, rod nn.a far
W. !''.,':f ~ I' l', l ,,..,1 ,'I,, ;"i
,'.,,~. l.-,l;'-, L1ln
D,n,. r,l.r,' nm dar,, tho STRANGERS
t,,,lI b.. ,i,r..d win q hall and vpIlrd
~ .,,,, Wat ba,,l, is that% ," Tn answer
a., t.;.'n,]I tI,a .LiI,nr an tine othcr boaf
,.r.l in thnDdrrtoncs. This here's
tL. r.,ra. lI,+i!Ja and hey caDtain's name
IL Innrs "
The nitrate told his bold corsairs to
and seize Inc crew and slit their larry
threats. and then to give his compli-
,,..a. - C3rtaip lone, and say he
vi.hpl ,Laf he and Mrs. Jones w0nd
con.. and snrpd the day.
Ia.
crew and threw them in the sea: and
then they ynurEt the CAPTAIN. whe was
~ mad as he could be. because his wife
who saw the whole tragedy, it seems
male all vociferous with her screams.
Dnt when thp piratp's message came.
She dried her streaming tears and said,
although she'd like to come. she had TN
plaas3nt fears that the social status be
evidently low, she might meet some
common pcoulc who she wouldn't care
10 know
Her husbands aged father she admit
ted dealt in bones. but the family descend
ed from the famous Duke de Jones, and
such bluc-blo0ded people, that the rab-
bic might be checked. had to make their
social circle exclusively select.
Before SIC visited him in the ship she
wanted him 10 say if the Smvthcs had
recognized him in a social friendly way
did the JohuSonS ever ask him round to
their ancestral halls? Was he noticed by
fine ThomDeons Was he asked 10
Simn'. haIis9
The nitrate Wrofa.that THOMPSON was
his best and oldest fricnd that he had
slammed nj Jons0u's when he had = week
to snoDd As for the Smythcs. they
worried lin with their inccssant calls.
his very Ices were weary with dancing
at Simms' balls.
lThr scoundrcl fibbcd most Shameless
". In fact he only knew lot Of
Smiths without a va most Dlchian
crew. His Johnson used yulrar h.
his THOMPSON spelled with n. his Sjmsns
had one m. and they were common ~
could bo
Then Mrs Homes nlusscd mn her hair
and donned her best dclainc. and went
with Cant. Homes aboard fine schooner
Nrar, lane The niratc WON her brart
at oncn Inv sa,.ino with a e,,;1o no ,,o,,o-
had soon woman dressed Win srch cv-
n5isito st,,Ir
me niratrs claim to etotus she was
,.o',, spro was irst vhor 81 sIo , ,o+;noI
how, familiar tbo Jonson'e ho Jisn',sgcI
Uor orisfocratic scr7,llos than ,,orl
l1i,1,I,, laid aside and ,,Lo,, tha ,,;roto
sniIad at her rocinroca,I,, che sirboj
No sooner was the newer love Within
her bosom born, than Tones was IooI,cd
n,,nn Inv her With haired and with scorn
She said # was trnn his ancestor was tho
mons DuLc de Zones hnt ebo shrddar
ed 70 remember tb9t his Father deaIt IN
homes
60 tho, thc,r ,rot At Con+oir Tocac and
hacked hin, Win q sword and cbonnad
hin, into iitt1o hits and tossed hin, nyor
hoard Tho chanlain road the service
and tbo cantain Of the bark beforc thc
widows n,Ios was ro1,11od with a eharl-
Tho cbanlain turnod the Dravcr bool,
DOR +ba hridn tool, off her Glove tbnv
SWORD tn honor and obov to cherish
and 10 love And froicbtcd fuIl of han
nincss. across the oceans foam the
schooner oIided ranidlv toward the mir
ato's home
And when of ccstacv and low their
hearts could hold no more. that pirate
dronnod his anchor down and rowcd his
love ashore. And as they sauntcrcd up
tbe street he cave his bride a poke. and
said s.Tn them there mansions live
tbp friends of whom I spoke"