The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-13

tcrestin'r' said the farmer as be hitch. cd about ou Q log
 ~Yes. but why difnJ he go clerkin ln gfocery hfcead of becomio' q plrntey" asked the hired man.
 "wen. as soon us we bad both recov. cred we went to sea. Bloody Dick had brig called the Death Watch. and she ran in to Valparaiso and took us on. She had crew of eighty men. and of all the villains on earth they were the worst The only man in the world they feared was Bloody Dick. He shot down two of them with hIs own band the first day we were ort. He made me his mate and told me to shoot the first man that looked crosseyed at me. All of them believed that had waded in blood and was terrible feller."
 His Tale Irnpresses the Farmer.
 "Gosh. but this is sunthip' we don't get every day. said the farmer as he poked his hired man In the ribs
 But haiu't encouragin pirates my. self answered the other iu sulky tone.
 "The ship we captured" 1 continued twas the Bounding Sally of London. Her capi;,in tu,k us for graceful trader and let Us come up with him. and he did not siSlP,t our wicked purpose until fifty of out men had gained his decks \ terrible scene or slaughter followed She had over 100 passengers and Grew. sud ln len min utes ali exrpiH fifteen of ihrm were lying dead The fifteen we saved to walk the plnuk and l'c drowned in the sea. We took out of the vessel about half million dollars iu rash and then scuttled her
 And how many persons did you kinY" asked the fnrmer
 "I don't remember exactly. but not over four or i've was new at the business. and the sight of blood af- tected me For two weeks after that [ had nightmare every night Did you ever kill anyone yourselfr
 Lands. po. I've Killed hogs and fowls. but never human being"
 Say, I'm bcginnin' to git goose iesh!" called the hired man ss be stood up.
 wartsd More Horrors.
 You never mind goose flesh" chided the boss but sit right down agin and shErfr years for pirate to come along. and now I'm going to hear aIl about it. You didn't Stbp with one ship. did you, strangerT'
 "oh. no! We robbed, burned, scut. tied aud murdered right along for the next two years ! think we took about fifty ships and murdered at least 5000 people. Did you ever rad Of how we took the winsome Maiden of New Yorkg"
 No. never did. never got hold of a real pirate hook. though I've aIk 5 wanted to"
 she was taking hundred school. ma'ams. ffty orphan girls and seventy widows around Cape Horn on an ex- cursion when we overhauled her We signaled that we were short Of mus. tard to make sandwiches with. and she lay to untll we came up. Then sixty ot us boarded her and began the work of slaughter Did you ever kill an orphan giriT
 Thunder. noi Didn't say had never killed anybodyT
 Hear how calmly the villain talks of murderT muittered the hired man.
 Tough Widows and Orphans
 Well. you have no Idea how tough some of them are. It takes more to kin them than it would au OK. School. ma'ams die pretty easy, but widows and orphans want a lot of hacking It took us nearly half day to finish that crowd"
 But why are you here on the trampT
 ~one of the schoolmG'ams told me before I killed her that she had mother In this state. and she asked as a special favor that would hunt the old lady up and give her the par ticulars. I'm not tramping. but look. Ing"
 "oh. I see. Jim. you go to work. and. stranger, you come along to the house with me"
 On our way he added:
 I'm goiu' to give you feed--all you can hold--and then you'd better move on. think pirate who has reformed Is jest as good as anybody. but that pesky Jim Is jealous of you. and If he sees the constable he'll give yon away for suite. Better tell the old woman. If she asks you anything. that you were In the milk business and made Q failure of it because we had so many thuhderstorms. A