Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-07

= year hrul .n-law an everybody
!;fd. Gown wsa either Knew We OF
SIC ed ye.'
10 a.c;e OF that" cried Bonnet II
!, ao, s,.y was going to Bridgetown.
at wanted anybody there TO re-
eet me. Ii is my purpose to fit ont
icrcn rs privateer and set a
nR;a :, ON 10 sail in her In the var
.ctsctn Srfn and the Allies. This
viii be much more to M taste. Ben
Greenway, than trading In sugar and
hides"
Greenway was YER. crave.
There Is so little difference" said
he, between a privateer an pira,e
that il is a gielt st:aln on q comEon
mind to keep ..cm separate; but a
commission from the King is better
than n commission from the dell au
we'll hope there won't be much o
war after all Is said an done"
There was not much intercourse be-
tween BlacL beard and bonnet at Top
sail Inlet. The pirate was on very
good terms with the authorities at
that place, who for their own sakai
cared not much to interfere with him,
and Bonnet had his own work In hand
and industriously engaged In 1t. He
went to Bath and got his pardon; he
procured a clearance for St Thomas.
where he freely announced his inten-
ton to take out a commission as
privateer, and he fitted out his vessel
as best he could or men he had not
many, but when he left the inlet he
sailed down to an island on the coast,
where Blackboard, having had too
many men on his return from Charles
Town, had marooned large number
Of the sailors belonging to his different
crews, finding this the easiest way Of
getting rid OF them. Bonnet took these
meu on board with the avswed inten-
ton OF taking them to ST. Thomas. and
then he set sail upon the high seas ~
free and untrammelied as a fish-hawk
sweeping over the surface OF harbor
with clearance papers tied to his leg,
"ItIl be a glad day at Spanish Town
when Mistress Kate shall get my let
ter"
And what have you been writing
to herr" cried Bonnet
Il told her" said Ben Greenway,
"how at last We haze come to your right
mind an how we are a true servant O
the king, wi your pardon in your
pocket an your commission waitin'
for we at St Thomas. an that. what
ever else ye may do at sea, therell be
no more black flag ioatin' over your
head, nor see-saw plank wobblin' un-
der the feet o. onybody else The days
O. your piracies are over. an yere an
honest mon once more"
You wrote her that?' said Bonnet,
with frown.
"Ay," said Greenway, IAN left It In
the care o. a good mon, whose ship Is
wee on its way to Kingston by this
day"
That afternoon Capt. Bonnet called
all his men together and addressed
them.
He made very good speech, a bet
ter one than that delivered when he
first took real command of the Re-
venge after sailing out of the river at
Bridgetown, and 1t was listened to
with respectful and earnest interest
In brief manner he explained to all on
board that he had thrown TO the winds
oil idea OF merchandising or privateer-
ing; that his pardon and his ships
clearance were OF no value to him ex-
cept no should happen to get into some
uncomfortable predicament with the
law; that he had no idea OF sailing to-
wards St Thomas, but intended to pro-
coed up the coast to burn and steal and
rob and STAY wherever he might find II
convenient to do so; that he had
brought the greater part OF his crew
from the desert island where Black
beard had left them because he knew
that they were stout and reckless fell
lows, just the sort Of men he wanted
for the piratIcal cruise he was about
to begin; and that, in order to misleat
any government authorities who by
land or sea might seek to interfere
with him, he had changed the name d
the good old Revenge to the Roya
James, while its captain, once Sted'
Bonnet was now to be known on boart
and everywhere else as Capt. Thomas
with nothing against him. He con
cluded by saying that all that had beer
done on that ship from the time sh'
first hoistcd the black flag until thu
present moment was nothing at al