COLOR PLATESI remember him as if it were yesterday as he came plodding to the inn door
"Pew!" he cried, "they've b een before us"
"Now, Morgan," said Long John, very sternly, "you never clapped your eyes on that B lack Dog before, did you, now?"
It was something to see him get on with his cooking like someone safe ashore
They had the gun, by this time, slewed arou nd upon the swivel
In a moment the four pirates had swarme d up the mound and were upon us
Quick as thought, I sprang into the mizzen shrouds
Nearly every variety of money in the world must have f ound a place in that collection
To
LLOYD OSBOURNE
An American Gentleman
In accordance with whose classic taste
The following narrative has been designed
It is now, in return for numerous delightful hours
And with the kindest wishes, dedicated
By his affectionate friend
THE AUTHOR