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STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRILL KNARF, the Shadow Boy with

the Turnéd-About Name, was saying to his friend Teddy, the Staffed Bear, “Do you know who was the most James Pirate in the whole wald, Teddy?**

Teddy said:

Sure. Only I forgot his name. Anyway,” he said the next mo- mazed, what's a Pirate?"

Explains pirates Heart explained about Pirates, said they were bad Men who to mail or ships and who to stop other thing and ke all their gold and jewels.

Ch, like Robbers,” said Teddy

“Yes,” said Khaif, and the

Captain Kidd's Loot

He Let Punch Help Him Hide It In Playroom→

"Did I hear you taking about my old friend Captain Kidd?”

Knarf and Teddy went to Mr Punch.

gers and a black patch over one eye. And." said Mr Punch, as if he had just remembered it, over he Was carrying H heavy- looking wooden chest on his shoulder."

"Captam Kidd was here last night,” said Mr Punch.

"He was?” asked Knarf in astonishment. "But-but-Cap- tain Kidd isn't alive any more." "Of course he's alive," sald Mr Punch. "He was bere last night."

Captain's ghost?

most famous Firate of all the frightened voice, it wasn't Cap- “M-maybe," said Teddy in a Pirates in the world was Captain Kidd at all. Maybe it was tala Kidd. I wish I knew where his ghost."

be buried all his treasure.”

“Let's look arvard,” said Tef- dy. Maybe it's buried in this

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*Don't be foolish, Teddy," sald Anket. “You can't bury a trea- sere in this recm. Anyway, Cap taki Kidd never came to this rocă.

Punch lows Kidd That then, Mr Punch, who was dozing in his rocking chair on the other side of the room, lifted his head and said:

Teddy's feeth chattered as he said this.

The wooden chest immediate- ly interested Knarf and Teddy. They both wanted to know what | was in it. Mr Punch looked around the room mysteriously.

He lowered his voice to a whisper:

"It was filled with pieces of eight. You know what they are, and Teddy. don't you?" He looked at Knarf

Knarf said No. Teddy said, "I think I know what they are. But as long as you're going to explain to Knart, I'll listen."

Mr Mr

Punch explained that of eight" were old "pieces Spanish coins.

*Nonsense," replied Punch. "I know a ghost when I see one. This was the real Captain Kidd. Last night, when you were all in bed I heard a knock on the door. Then I said,

· “Come in!' and the door opened and Captain Kidd walked in." "What did he look like?" Knarf asked excitedly.

"Same as usual," said Mr Punch. "He had guns and dag-

Wanted to hide it

"Captain Kidd told me," said Mr Punch, still keeping his voice at a whisper, "that he was going off on a long journey and wanted to hide his treasure chest some place where he could

find it again. when he came back."

"He wanted to hide it in this room!" cried Teddy.

That's said Mr Punch. "And did you help him, Mr Punch?" asked Knari.

filled with pieces of eight, was hidden.

"That's the trouble," said Mr Punch. "You see, Captain Kidd didn't even want me to know where it was. So he blindfolded me and I never saw where he hid the treasure chest."

"But Mr Punch. you helped him hide it!" shouted both Knarf and Teddy. "You must know where it is!"

Mr Punch just sat in the chair and smiled. He didn't say another word. It was just as if he had never met Captain Kidd at all.

"I did," replied Mr Punch. Here Knarf and Teddy both clutched Mr Punch's arm and begged him to tell them where "Maybe he didn't," Teddy said Captain Kidd's treasure chest, to Knarf later.

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Outside the school Bingo has lagged behind the others and seems more curious than ever to know what Rupert had found that made the teacher so interested. ** It was a crumpled bit of paper," says Rupert. It had marks on it and if I find any more I have

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to tell him, or Constable Growler." "What, the policeman!" ex- claims Bingo. "Quick, tell me what marks were on the paper." Bending down. Rupert scratches the path with a stick. "As far as I remember they were lines jumbled like this," he says.

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