Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-06
CAPTAIN PETE.
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manuscript which he left me by Will.
among two or three other legacies,
mostly in the curious line, to knock
into shape" as he expressed 1t In his
somewhat original testament, needed
good dose OF the blue pencil, for he had
added 10 1t. interlined II and partially
rewritten II until It was Il very maze
OF literary involution.
l don't say. either. that II is strictly
true. or that it is even mainly true,
though. personally, believe it, for the
skipper. at any rate toward the latter
end Of his life, was n sober. steady
going man, n regular church goer, and
a highly respected citizen OF the little
east coast fishing town IN which
made his acquaintance. l don't think
he would lie wantonly, even In post
humous form, and l certainly owe II
to him to record that with the manu-
script he left me two or three leaves
OF n plant. utterly unlike any plant
known to botany until quite recently,
which certainly afforded strong coll
lateral evidence as to the truth OF the
story.
The leaves are something like oak
leaves In shape, but larger. They are
very thin, but as stiff us sheet steel.
and they shine In the light with q
~ ,,,i ,Sts,,i ~ i,,,, 10. MT, 49,
moss vor n,i,bt 9ai,nost tr,n,rins than,
to be stamped out OF gold. After |
had read the story ! took them to n
butanlst friend OF mine, who worried
scnt tba,,, a. ~. ,,sf,,,r. ,ht,. -, 80
Nay, With t,,a intir,,oticr NJ ~ V ,hn'.
were certainly true leaves. but OF an
unknown plant, and. further. that
metal of some sort and probably an
manner sptarad inrgoi,, intn th,it 80,
position '"u'' N'''i-
This vns corrobo,otio, o,,,,,..,, -.
me and "a se. 10 ,,,',,,' '' ,,, 1T
sIrnner's nanuacr,n, nud hp"n tne
was the folloSing nartatIvs ,yhi,, , ,,,a,.
be tnkan MS n fai,'iy Soiti,fI i,iaS
Ing az tbr tongind 49,, ~ ~, "nIaNcl,
got knottea mn ,Yitb tbn " NM, ne NJ NJ
nen a. ~ ~ W, WIN NV point OF ms
labor he over mnJsptoo IL '''y literary
or y,os .,.,. -,
forti.s nnd MY, DO, ,, ~ tnc curry
~. , "',u = W1N HIst olloti OF about
tbc ,,,,i ,t .'s' aeuooliet that ever ran
Coast MI r,1 na'se pstWceh inc slave
SnirS,.is, Sua' itcr hume was the
20 a. a., - my, hH = hhul ue hcyond the
made mill, 'uHS put one when this is
about sevirs, gH HlnNe u" bones
gin,,,,. ~ '.h 'hut she Wus not only "A
n'bou ,D5 ~ .ruue' put nit OF a pirate,
n,nny ' mo, sIinS WIS nanny and not too
n,a,,'i.f V ~. 'uukinE' She was COM
ns 49,. ~, ~ ~ hlHaIt uhu cruel man
n,t,i,,',i,, ,,lauv MS llNlns OUT OF his own
- ' Iti uilu o'her peoples suner-
,, ''65 h, ii ,, naiie was icter johnson
pa,n a,bo ~ Win ,,.niI terSho'' ana SANDY
~ i mnSi' ne WASH I
,,,,,,,i I'll H., oaF ~ was INC sort OF name
I'M ,,,n s.'. a, plaIe eluNer IN novel
an ~ T"s i'iH NJ me- ana there's
| al. Ia, dilrt ,H.'tp.u 70 NJ NM, too
~, ~ u'u'' , luoh olt tht sort OF man
I'M IL. urP'Vs 20 mo at trade Ike
t''t -" ""n ntithvr snort nor tall
iNItyoS Iii, ~, i u, uullu' so that he
M, ,,,' nan ne was HIS hair
,,iii In,', ivu Hnu S'lloW, as you
,ht,,,, h"I ~, tu'sSeu, ana rather thin,
tro,,iSi ~, Nv ,UDN 'nt greatest nosslhle
| ,t 49, ~ ulesS II 80 'hat you wouldn't
't NH. TO-, ,....,,.
| d. 'iH luee wouldn't have been bad
II IT lln po.n Tor the eyes, and they
| WylS Eleeh. not gray or light blue.
| nnu'u Hpu' pu, green as gre'n as deep
| seh-Mnter' ana when he got angry they
USED TO liGht up and burn just Ike
a cat IN inc dark, lie never showed
he was nhEry any other way. Never
a drop ~ blood came Into his smooth,
sallCw face, You scarcely ever heard
him hlnsphcme, except when hc was
| pleased, ana then only for nnuge-
eyes OF his begin 10 glitter aud heard
| him speak more politely than usual
It was time TO stand by and let every
thing go with run,
None Of US liked him, leagt OF all
myself. but business was business in
that line, sTfue us I'm any other and
| CAPTAIN Pete was tho emart"st anJ
mttIest man on the const so s,ar',s
| RIM hirh accordingIy
| "captnin Pete had inst one ,,,o,r,,ose
| mud ihat "A prctty Common, ,,'' 70
| dIdn't cnre about drlnts ar 49,, e -,
glory, not n bit. hui he v, %'t ~, az :,
Tipht up 10 The roots NJ his s"nds Sai;
AVA ~ he once rot il INTO H., h.,'.s, M M
| r., no, ,,N,..,,, t., ~ 10, nc "'au tiu
,hrt,,oh viii Il a. nn,, 80, ~ ~
~, san nuaht +, 80. I'M my
nn,,or tnoi, NM rislf ,hn, hat ~
rete, sov n III al; ri-n, Iii ne uluh
ga ga thot wos tha Ias, ris,, ~, ohuvl
~, ~ ~ 80, 49, '"S' i'sN ou' ohe
Hiih n' ,'aa ,aJc , ,,or,, o..,.,,
ne ~ ~ la VIZ respeoiapit
pIis a. nc tti'e Spiuh U. anu AZ
.housn nt Ms onIy apout thrty-hNe
ne WIZ thiiih,nb setiVusIy ol hehlns tht
sIlHurltt aiu .ettllns 1oWh some
Wherc qulet anu I.sPsetuple IKE 70 en-
Joy, as ne uSeu W put ~ Ihe nara
ehtneu lIults VI MS tulls anu peflls
re hau sut an .'s Hl3ney ~ puhk ~
fort royal anu On the particular irll
nn gpihs 70 zen apout ne nhu thkeI
over WIN nm az passehger IRON
Cnba 10 tne oonst lnan VINO h9l peer
l skipper ana IttHL owner OF n YANKEE