The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-10


Mood Well il les is. though u nap /
noned 50 FUR back that ! amt ad-
Nackly sure What tie kinshIp was MY
gran',lad ust TO ten the yarn, ana nc
said Il showed thct you didn't want 10
s,ai.t ont 10 be too tarnal wicked onlenS
,,ni VIZ sure yol had the draft yer /
Il takes lest rs big Il man. gran Gao
ust 20 say, 10 be turlbc wicked ~ IL
does to be tulribe good.
Ii happened d long Ways ago Wlieh !
ytr,inia belonged TO old King Charles.
ana lie had 4 governor over mere 10 Try
10 assmiate. the. redskins mo good
English nubjccts
,rhi. here governor did all right eX-
cepling fer one thing The colony was
troublcd nightly by pirates coming
Oh lttl, excursion parties mp from lhe
Snauisb main. Most of these pirates
yas Spanish and some WAS French, but
~ worsi Of the bunch was a English
man tliey called Bloody Brlsket ana
Id4 tbrea sous. Hollis Bfge and Mam-
rn's PRAYER and Baby Tommy. lhey
spid Old Brisket had been Il high toned /
gentleman onct, but that didn't trouble
him none il bis latter days
ma had II crew Of 4 hundred roaring
lost souls. aud one day they'd lick UP
A poor ship anywhere from twice !"
six times their tonnage and the next
iheyd run in AMI wipe a town OIL 'hc
man. men. women. children, Solcrs anu
m. Rrislet himself was Il red bealo-
od mountain Of man, aud he wore Il
chain that went three times around MS
shoulders, alI made Of rings ne
9snatched OF shrcking young ladies'
fingers. Iclrs Bilgc and Maiden $
Prayer was big red mcn too, but nor
80 big as their pa; but Baby Tommy
the youngest, was the biggest OF inc
lot
ono day old King Charles sent over u
ehipoaa Of wives for his men IN VII
gtia. aud what did old Brisket do but
suoop down ON en-. scuttle the Sn'p,
cut the mems throlts and carry me
poor girls down 10 the Caribbean. they
didn't any Of EN- ever see Virginia
After that the governor give up. But
The King, lac picked out the best captain
and slip in his navy aud sent them
over 10 have talk with Old t'rlSket
This cap'n hadn't any family except
ine ono daughter by the name Of EVA.
hut She was about the finest looking gal
in England in them days. But spite OF
the Young fellers that was broken up
~ lt her pa took hcg over 10 Virginia
with him and left her with the governor
while hc weni looking for the Cory
Scuilca. which was the name Of brls'
kets ship. He crused for a month anu
thcn came acrost his quarry down on
81 KITES. They fit for three days The
first day uelrs Rilac was Killed. ana
Ill. e3n8 aay Na.doa Prayer wa
kltel. ana ihc tiiel dav he rar'n run
~, sword ,i,rnt;ii re st.-ard oI bloo y
Rrtsbcf his-clf 0ld 8ri@ket let out q
roar mat shook All the stancbions loose
on his ship. and bis last son. Baby Tom
my. tuat was loppin" of heads up ~.
ward. give Ma dad one look, TUX his
cnllaSh between his teeth ami dove
overheard.
The capn felt purity bad at first MA
he hnGnt got jlc last OF the FANNY
hut he tooi, enough treasure ont oi tA'
CORE Scunns 90 start store, am
then. after stringing bis prisoners III
10 the yardarm according 10 law, 10
won't IN shore and started ia on
month Job repairing bis ship
Along about This time the caph'
daugntnr LILA begin to git auNou
about der pa Every afternoon sie
sci down on the beach looking out %
thr,sea. and mostly they q he "a youp
man or two along To keep her sprrii'
up and give her advice. one da!
strange, vessel come piing into the low
rr harh1r 4 boat puts out, ana pufi
soon four men with rings la their ear
and culathps Ia their belts and bi
rel bearded man with another ca
lash come up the beach.
Excuse me, miss" says the big maj
taking off his cap. but could YOU Il
form ne where / might lind the daugl
Ter of the uon'able Cap'n Nygaie:
Il have the honor" she says. maxim
him a curt'Sy, TO be the same
The honor" says the big man, "
mine"
And with that two Of the chaps VIII
the cutla~hcs knocks the young nae
thai was with her over the head, ai
the resi- Of 'em smothers her up ih
blanket and puts back To the ship vii
her
carry her to my cabin says u
red BEARDED chap. soon's they z
aboard They thought shed famie
seeing as she hadn't made peep fro
the time they'd grabbed her on u
beach, but when they set her down
The cabin they see she hadn't. She vi
little white. but her eyes was as qui
as II size was reading a book. Pur
room below came Red Beard and s
.lown at the table with a decanter
wine IN front u him.
"Now. my little canary. he say
rouring out q glass Of wine, we're 9
ing TO have nice. quiet talk. but FIT
praps ought 10 interduce myself i
son Of that great and good ma
Bloody Brsket"
Yes says the cap'n's daueht'
1--WE heard OF your family What
SORRY locking set Of rOgues u u be so