Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The Good Pirates
~ DADDY
CHAPTER III
Arc the Pirates GOOdY


Y,rITTER FLASH and the other
+ fairies we're afraid of the pirates
.,om Peggy and Billy had rescued from
N, diamond prison.
nyou'd better look out! You'd better
~. ont - cried the fairies. PIRATES
Liked up may be pirates sad. but pi-
.,,os free may be pirates bad
Marisco, the fairy magician. VINO
hsd shut the pirates In the diamond
lang n%u long ago, now came buzzing up.
,ssTbp goodness of the pirates must be
tasted" said Nfagisco. II they are
wSnTb .,,Il bad will lock them up again, but
. III fine will be very careful not to
,nst ,ost myself up with them.
1.-THE pirates are good, insisted
p.,sy who now felt very kindly to-
rsrd ard Captain Black Eye and his crew:
"I"aIIIow do you know they are gooodT'
,slsd FILTER Flash. still doubtful as
X XII" Looked at the gayly dancing pirates;
"''"Becausc they are nice and clean.
.,med Peggy. Cant YOU. see they
h.ye shaved off their whiskers and
washed their facesT
THAT argument seemed sensible to the
,.iries "Clean children usually arc
rood children" agreed Filter Flash.
s0|c |clean faces become dirty faces un-
,os. they are kept washed, and whiskers
, srow fast unless they are shaven
srav," spoke Magisco wisely. See
how the goodness is going from the pi'
rates!" -
,til dancing about Folly Wisher and
sts % African savages. AS the pirates
danced they sucked oranges. for they
hsdn,t anv fresh fruit all the years the,
had been shut up in the diamond. And
IN irving to dance and suck the oranges
Al tbe same time they, of course, got
;r,ce on their faces. That Is what
Magisco was pointing at.
HJJnless I have proof by set OF sur
that the pirates are good inside, in spite
n their dirty faces. ] will shut them ul
amin" declared Magisco sternly.
That made Peggy feel sad. How
would the pirates prove they were really
sood? She would be very sorry indeed
10 have them shut up again for hun
dreds and hundreds Of years.
"I wish something would happen t.
show that the pirates are good,' whis'
,ered Peggy to Billy.
No sooner lad Peggy spoken than {
rdden squall swept across the bay
Though Peggy didn't know it unit
sfterward, that squall and what fol-
lived came to answer her wish.
The suuall whisked the fairies away
driving them to shelter behind the trce'
md rocks Of the forest. 1t brough
ihe dance of the pirates to sudder
stop, and caused Captain Black Ey'
and his crew to turn an anxious ey,
toward the sea. They saw great blacl
cloud rushing over the waters.
IA hurricane :" shouted the captain
1--WE must hurry TO our ship to furl thu
sail and throw out storm anchors.
The pirates ran to their boats, nnC
Peggy. Billy, Folly Wisher and th'
African savages, not knowing what els'
to do, ran with them and jumped int
the boats. The pirates rowed quickly Il
their bark. the Merry Magpie, which
lay in the bay. and while some swarmet
into the rigging to furl the flappinl
sails, others threw out the great storm
anchor to hold the bark so 1t would no
be blown upon the beach.
The pirates worked fast and soon they
had their ship snug and secure, waiting
for the coming hurricane.
Peggy and BILLY turned anxious eye'
toward the sea. And what they raw
caused them to give Il shout of alarm
Speeding toward the narrow entrance
to the bay was steamship. It wa
racing with the hurricane. On th'
deck were frightened women, children
and men. Behind them was the awfu
black storm. Would the hurricane catcl
the steamship;
How the race came out will be tolt
tomorrow.