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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 200

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northward andentered Long IslandSound. Here the shrewd andanxious pirate beganto act the part of thewatch-dog that hasbeen killing sheep. Inevery way he endeav-ored to assume the ap-pearance of innocenceand to conceal every sign of misbehavior. Hewrote to Sir George Bellomont that he shouldhave… … CAPTAIN KIDD ATTACKS THE QUEDAH MERCHANT. taken with liim. Among the wild stories whichwere believed at that time, and for long yearsafter, was one to the effect that Captain Kiddsship was chasefi up the Hudson River by aman-of-war, whereupon the pirates, finding thatthey could not get away, sunk…

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