The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14
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about this Don Pedro In On oYhand way
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hr''n then shake 'he'r heads wisely aud
! mutter.
1T Don Pedro. sab II Don Pedro ghost,
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!" fIn'S' u o'a"oro OF no'."n V'N"eo
the plantation short tame ago and remained
| 10 bis arrival the ovcrseer Ind been sorolv
..ast ~. 80. -, .. I'll, ,ta,
""noyen py som. p",son " '""s ,n"'
persisiently walked the moor OF the pahqnet
hail. usually ending the promenade by
h.droo,n only n close 1, n u.in with n crash
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me o'erseer' not be,ns 'h ,ne 'e"s' super.
s'itious, said he would punch the heads OF
at least three negroes If his sleep was dis
VIA s,agord arrival ,ho o,.rs.sr man.
| "heh o'a'oro arrived 'he o'erseer men
toned these ,, nlsn, Occurrences, int',
P Pedro
The doctor viewed the mysterious picture
| and asked If he might have il, The over.
seer said he would lie clad to get rid of it
n 80 r as 10 pe''"'' o'''s "''' '''e'' '''
Dr. Stafford heard the alleged ghost
rsstiesslv nacipn The foor every night
and slarnminR the bedroom door, but he
never succeeded in clearly solving the
mvsterv " ! Thorn of New York also
w;s;sed Schwallenbura while he was in this
island and bears witness to tbe sound heard
hw he overseer and Or stafford
The doctor. however. succeeded in I'm.
aarthina tha leaend Of Don Pedro. The
iTnyesa sr,erstitions reonle with the belief
that there ia a real Ghost hunting for the
r,rS nicturn or somethino else
As a res,ilt Of stanord's burrowing it
appears that Don Pedro Ducovi was a
k;a time nlunderins rich vessels along the
s S,S Main ana among the Snsnish
nPsnish arin Il the .;ahtensnth W." ca,tIru i'"
When he retired from the sea he sought
seSusTn 70 .ne NEAR isnt % hx dduhtf,i
s numr Hsra hs iived Tor several Years
nractically a nniser- hermit, Ali his gold he
mpares,,liv h;d in a cave to the south Of the
So,'se This ave has been found. hut it
ends in black hole which no one has ever
W. and than a Snaniard-nres,mablv
| a nirate--cAme TO visit Don Pedro After
eaprh ~ those mvsterious visits the old
corsair planted a cocoan,1t at the head Of
a crave. 70 this day seven cocoanuts rise
graves situated a little to the west Of the
| Rouse Don Pedro ia said to have been
RESPONSIBLE for the inmates of those graves.
One day. the negro legend goes, a tall
| to visit Ion Pedro UuCOvl, lll6
was the pirates brother in arms and he
had teen looking for Pedro for months
with regard TO the division Of certain spoils
which were hidden away in the cave.
Pedro greeted him pleasantly and the
two seemed the best Of friends. They
walked out together. arm in arm; they
smoked drank and eambled in the even
mos Now and then over the game they
waxed hot and fought duel with swords.
hut all enmity was forgotten at the first
uuS Then thew would forgive and
f"raet. tkus the brother pirates Continued
~ 10 iive cutie happily for a time.
One me sad evening. however, Pedro's
mate began to talk business. There was
J n very serious quarrel which resulted in
another duel
They fought for hours by the light OF
tho moon and at length Pedro orievous!v
,rnunded his antagonist He was about
! To slay him outright, but the memory OF
lne s va h;n, - st.v bia hand He Kicked