Excerpt: ...he might be sent to join Captain Bonnet and Ben Greenway. "They are my friends," said Dickory, "and I have none here, and I have brought a message to Captain Bonnet from his daughter, and it is urgently necessary that I return with one from him to her. I must instantly endeavour to find a ship which is bound for Jamaica and sail upon her. I have nothing to do with this ship, having come on board of her simply to carry my message, and it behooves me that I return quickly to those who sent me, else injury may come ...
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Excerpt: ...he might be sent to join Captain Bonnet and Ben Greenway. "They are my friends," said Dickory, "and I have none here, and I have brought a message to Captain Bonnet from his daughter, and it is urgently necessary that I return with one from him to her. I must instantly endeavour to find a ship which is bound for Jamaica and sail upon her. I have nothing to do with this ship, having come on board of her simply to carry my message, and it behooves me that I return quickly to those who sent me, else injury may come of it." "I like your speech, my boy, I like your speech!" cried Blackbeard, and he roared out a big laugh. "'Urgently necessary' you must do this, you must do that. It is so long since I have heard such words that they come to me like wine from a cool vault." 212 At this Dickory flushed hot, but he shut his mouth. "You are a brave fellow," cried Blackbeard, "and above the common, you are above the common. There is that in your eye that could never be seen in the eye of a sugar-planter. You will make a good pirate." "Pirate!" cried Dickory, losing all sense of prudence. "I would sooner be a wild beast in the forest than to be a pirate!" Blackbeard laughed loudly. "A good fellow, a brave fellow!" he cried. "No man who has not the soul of a pirate within him could stand on his legs and speak those words to me. Sail to Jamaica to carry messages to girls? Never! You shall stay with me, you shall be a pirate. You shall be the head of all the pirates when I give up the business and take to sugar-planting. Ha! ha! When I take to sugar-planting and merrily make my own good rum!" Dickory was dismayed. "But, Captain Blackbeard," he said, with more deference than before, "I cannot." "Cannot!" shouted the pirate, "you lie, you can. Say not cannot to me; you can do anything I tell you, and do it you shall. And now I am going to put you in your place, and see that you hold it and fill it. An if you please me not, you carry no more messages in this world, ...
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1902 printing. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Light scuffing to cover edges, general shelfwear with age. Spine cracked, binding a bit cocked. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some yellowing to page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good copy overall.
Add this copy of Kate Bonnet to cart. $7.50, new condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1902 by D. Appleton and Company.
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New. Enjoyable edition in still sturdy shape. Some dry area between the covers and the spine. Still nicely bound. Well preserved but for the front cover has a slight forward lean. Some spots to the cloth over boards. Good clear gold lettering. Nice insignia on the covers. Some scuff to the page edge. Not perfect but good with tissue paper by the cover page.
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