Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The Good Pirates
By DADDY
CHAPTER ~
Tho Pirates Shoot

pEGGY and Billy found themselves
amid splashing waves which were
,,,h.d by a raging wind. They were IN
49,, -. n,rote boats and the pirates were
" y ,bo way to rescue the folks aboard
.so ~ steamship which had been wrecked
IN the breakers. w
Tho hurricane tossed the little boat
LAT like corks. The pirates had to
s,r,,ss,e with all their might to pull
.so;nst the wind even in the sheltered
s.r where the full fury Of the storm was
~, felt. Out beyond the channel en-
..,r.o where the wrecked steamship
,.v HELPLESS among the roaring breakers,
~. AZ strength of the gale and of the waves
,o. far greater. Indeed when the pi-
rotes got to the channel entrance they
tcnnd fhey could go no further. Strug. .
SIe as they would, the hurricane oiast
drove them back. They could not get
u, uaor enough to the wreck to help the
people on board. -, u,, pou
"Ivn will land on the beach at the
,..hor entrance and try to shoot line
saiy tbe wreck" shouted Captain Black
T. ~ s Tho pirate chief And that is what
H. .tss did The boats landed on the beach
tne;t ;tbo shelter Of bit of woods. and
~ ~. nirates dragged out the cannon and
mo .mbo tines which they had brought from
.ho,r own bark, the Merry Magpie. They
u,on,ted the cannon on the beach and
nointed its muzzle toward the wrecked
sNpob mpob thev are going to fire on the poor
,,,nwrccked folks" screamed Peggy
shiptinq that the pirates had Of sud
aon rntnrned to their old badness. She
aoaned at the meanness and cruelty OF
Sr;pS cannon at poor shipwrecked folks
Who were fighting for fife.
Room went the gun, and out toward
the wreck shot long line from one
~ The coils on the beach. -,
And when Peggy saw that line she
xas sorry she had thought the pirates
were returning to their evil ways. Inc
nirates were not trying to shoot tht
people on the shipwreck; they were Jus,
irving to shoot a line out TO them tc
bring them ashore.
Rst the cannon Of the pirates was
not n very big cannon and, perhaps, the
nowder had lost its strength while the
pirates were shut up in their diamont
rprison. At any rate the cannon shot
line only halfway to the wrecked ship
and then the line dropped uselessly into
the boiling waves.
The pirates pulled the line back. ant
again loaded the cannon. Boom! Th'
line shot out again. but no farther thar
before. 1t was plain line could no
be thrown to fhc wreck that way.
The people on the ship, men. womer
and children. were holding out pleading
hands to the pirates. They did no
want to perish in the awful breakers
The pirates groaned, for they felt nov
that they could not help.
Captain Black Eye jumped on a rock
and faced his crew.
"We have been bad pirates and have
made the passengers of many an un'
lucky ship walk the plank" he cried
"Now that we are good pirates we arr
sorry for our dark deeds of the past. Th'
best way to show we are truly sorry Il
to give our lives if needed to save thes'
poor people. l will try to swim through
the angry sea carrying h line to th
wreck. If fail, who will follow me!
II will! l will - shouted oil the pi
rates.
Zone at time." cried the captain