Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
A Pirate S
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NVX JOINT you tell US a sailors
w yarn?" asked the new boarder
of the hosln.

NY TON'T you tell US a sailors
Nv yarn2" asked the new boarder
Of the bos'n
The bos'n took big drink of water
and began: when / was pirut---"
"A pirate!" gasped the new boarder
"Yes; I used to be a pirut. 1t isn't
generally known, but ! was. ] sailed
the Sorry Sue as a pirut."
"How did you come to give it up?''
That's just what I was gettin ready
to tell you-how I come to give up pi-
rutin'. We had been Twin high for
seven months on the gold which we'd
taken out of a church at Juanapatan
when we sacked the town there We
hadn't done any pirutin' nor fghtin'
for so long that we was gettin' pretty
rusty. Some Of us had forgotten how
TO pirut in the scientific way We was
good individual piruts. but we didn't
have good team work.
Il set the boys on edge by givin
them a good roastin You see. l was
the head pirut. ] told them they were
a bunch of tiddledewinkers and tennis
players. / got them so excited that
they were greedy to tackle feet of
warships If necessary, just to show me
that they were game. I figured out
that they would scuttle the next ship
IN good shape.
we didn't have long to wait for
ship TO scuttle. II was a dark, foggy
night The boys were asleep down be-
low. r was able to lash our ship along
side the other craft that we were to
scuttle without anybody else knowing
anything about it.
A Terrible Sound.
when / got the ships lashed to-
gether good and tight, went below
and reused the boys. We climbed
aboard our prize and opened the door
that led down into the cabin of the
ship.
Il had no more'n opened the door
than the doggondest noise l ever heard
came out of there! The boys turned
pale and shivered. tried to shut the
door till their wits came back but
wasn't quick enough. Every one of
the boys made a break for our own
ship, and when they saw that we were
dashed tight TO that diabolical craft so
we couldn't get away. they ran and
jumped into the sea!
1T was a terrible sound that had
frightened them. l was something of a
society man, and had heard the same
noise before, and wasn't as frightened
as the others. Still 1t made my blood
run cold, all right. But there was
nothing to do. All my men had drown
ed themselves, and IL had had sense l
would have done the same. They
found rest in the bottom of the peace
full ocean. while Il"
But what was that noise?" asked
the new boarder.
Lady" said the bos'n. ut was a
woman's club going on II was a wom-
ans meeting under full sail! There
was a million different sounds mixed
up in it, N.Y. II was awful"
"A womans club meeting out there?"
1T was a woman's ship. l was the
only man on IT, How l ever lived
through 1t is more than I knowl One
of the women married me. and all the
rest were Jealous and there was lot
OF trouble. offered to walk the plank
and tried to jump overheard, but all
the women started to cry every time /
mentioned such a thing.
They made me let my hair grow
long. and curled 1t and tied pink rib
bons in it. l had to walk polite and
talk polite can't tell you how | suf-
feredi"
I'm glad there's something you can't
tell" said the new boarder.