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SPORTS, STORIES, GAMES,
ADVENTURE, HANDICRAFT
THE HERALD’S OWN BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ PAGE
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THE GHOST SHIPS
Old Port Royal was a neat of
pi rates at the time those bold
mariner* swept the Caribbean Sea.
Now lt'a Juat a quiet little quaint
town on the aoutheast coaat of
Jamaica where tourlata sometimes
•top. _ . .
The natives of Port Royal hav
en't forgotten the old tales of the
pirate* day* when It was a wicked
city full of stolen gold and swag
gering men. They will tell you
that the present town didn’t exlet
In those days. It Is a new town,
built up atfer a great earthquake
In 1692, when piracy was at Its
height. Many of the pirates were
tumbled Into the sea along with
the city. And when the weather
la calm tho natives will row out
where you can see in the clear
water aome of the ruins of tho old
town. The atones of the destroyed
city are covered with coral, so that
It looks like some fairy city for
mermaids or water nymphs.
Whan the great earthquake
came the pirate ships In the har
bor were dashed to pieces, and
many another ship coming into
port with Its hold full of loot and
Its decks full of pirates was driven
against the rocks.
That Is how the tradition came
to be firmly believed by the natives
of this queer little West Indies
town that on certain evenings the
ghosts of the pirate ships can be
seen trying to make the port. "The
wicked pirates whose boats were
driven out to sea," they say, "were
doomed always to try to land but
never make It. People have seen
them many times —their sails set
as they slip proudly Into tho har
bor, all white. They get almost
In and then tljey are driven back
to sea again."
‘PIRATES” PI,AY TREASURE SHIP
This Is a lively game tor make-believe pirates. Any large number
can play It, but at least six players are necessary.
First, a small space is mark' d off in the corner of your ynrd, or
wherever you arc placing, and this Is the homo island of the treasure
ship, about to set off for Spain. One player is chosen to ho the ship
and two others are chosen as the guarding ships. The other players
are scattered around, not too close to the "homo” of the Hhlp. These
other players arc the pirates, waiting to capturo the ship.
The two players who are the guarding ships take hands, and set
•forth from the horns island, followed closely by the treasure ship,
the two other players acting as a shield. Then the pirates try to
tag the treasure ship without being tagged by one of the guards.
The "shtp"may move around ills guards to avoid being tagged, but
cannot do any tagging himself.
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THE LOST SHIP OF CAPTAIN KIDD
AND A TALE OF BURIED TREASURE
The lost treasure of Captain
Kidd —thousandr have hunted it
but no trace of his wraith lias ever
been found. Many are tho stories
that have been told about it, and
even today adventurers are inter
ested i% the tiniest clue to its
hiding place.
Captain Kidd, the last of the
great pirates, had captured a big
ship railed the Quedagh Merchant
and its hold was stored with fine
silks. Jewels, money, and other
plunder. When Kidd heard that
the English government was after
hint, he decided to get rid of the
stolen ship, as having the ship
was such fatal evidence against
hltn, in rase he was caught. He
was at that time in Die West In
dies.
Buys Small Boat
Accordingly. Kidd bought a
small boat called the Antonio. He
and his men thou took all the
lighter booty out of the larger
ahip and stored it in the Antonio.
Although the Antonio was pretty
well filled with sacks of Jewels
and gold, tjiere was still a lot of
treasure left in the Quedagh Mer
chant.
The two ahips sailed to San Do
mingo. There they parted. Kidd
left twenty-iwo men in charge of
(he larger ahtp. while he himself
sailed up the North American
coast In the Antonio.
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HOW BUCCANEERS
GOT THEIR NAME
“Bold buccaneer" means “pi
rate” to us, but like many an
honest farmer who turned filibus
ter, this word once had a very
peaceful meaning which It lost en
tirely after It turned bandit.
The word comes from “boucan,”
an Indian name given to a hut In
which the flesh of cattle killed In
hunting was cured or smoked.
The word first appeared on the
Island bf Hispaniola, known now
pa St. Domingo, In the West Indies.
About 1630 a party of French
colonists settled there who found
hunting the most profitable way
of making a living. They ranged
all over the Island, hunting In
companies of ten or twelve with
dogs. They wore peaceful, hard
working people, though very
rough looking and rude In their
manners and way of living.
Spain Owned Islam]
The Spaniards, who controlled
the Island, did not like these
hunters. They hunted sometimes
themselves, but they did It more
for sport, hunting on horseback
with long spears, attacking the
cattle much as the modern bull
fighters of Spain do. Before long
a great deal of bitterness grew up
between tho hunters and the Span
iards. There came to be constant
warfare between bands of the
hunters and of tho rulers of the
Island.
Finally the Spaniards decided to
get rid of the buccaneers. They
Issued an order calling for the
killing of all wild cattle, espec
ially that near the coast, hoping to
starve out the hunters by this
slaughter of tholr moans of liv
ing. They succeeded—but It was
a boomerang for the Spaniards.
Hunters Became Pirates
Driven from their woods, the
angry hunters turned from land
to sea, calling themselves "soldiers
of fortune." They organized and
took refuge on the neighboring
island of Tortuga, later to become
the famous pirate Island. The
Spaniards made attacks on them
which the buccaneers withstood.
Then the hunters became more
bold and began making attacks
themselves, not only on land, but
on incoming Spanlßh boats. And
that was how the buccaneers, as
wh know the word, came to be.
The Quodagh Merchant was
never seen after It left San Do
mingo. Some people said Kl(ld
burned It to destroy the evidence
against him. One story, which was
widely believed, was that the boat
was run up New York llurbor and
sunk off the Highlands on the
Hudson. There have been many
searches for the treasure ship In
those waters.
In the meantime, Kidd was sail
ing toward New Y'ork, boldly go
lug right Into the trap set for him.
which ended In his death. He
believed that he could "fix things"
so as to go free, but he meant to
be cautious about It. He still had
a great deal of treasure In the
Antonio which would be hard to
account for If he were urrested.
I lories Treasure
80. the story goes. Kidd landed
at night In several places along
Dong Island and Capo Cod and
carried out with him heavy canvas
sacks full of Jewels, and Iron
bound chests loaded with gold and
other loot These he and his tueu
burled. Kidd alone made careful
unles as to their exact location,
so that when the trouble against
him had blown over he could steal
back to the hiding placca of his
treasure, dig It up. and retire to
pend his old age among his riches.
"The best laid schemes" of pi
rates also sometimes turn out
wrong, and Kidd was hung. With
him went the secret of his burled
treasure and of the mysterious
lost ship, the Quedagh Merchant.
l<oot Is Not Found
For years treasure hunters dug
around the territory where Ktdrt
was supposed to have landed, but
no trace of the treasure was ever
found. Perhaps some day, some
where along the coast, a spade or
plow will rasp against the lrou
! hasp of a sea chest, quite by acci
dent and tilt lucky owner of the
spade or plow will bring to light
I the rest of the story of Captalu
| Kidd a famous Ik unm et.
EVERYTHING GOOD TO READ
PIRATES OF TORTUGA
We were eight and twenty men
On n Carib cockleshell,
Eight and twenty sullen pirates
Broiling on the tropic swell
I.ike a red Carloltis Quintus
Over Cuba sank the sun,
But its last rays struck the Cross,
high
On a Spanish galleon.
Sparkled like a friar’s lantern
In the marsh and died. A star
WHEN IIENKI MET THE LAST OF THE PIRATES
Dusk came down over the bat
tered old city of Panama. It was
a ghostly town at night, Its ruins
lying white in the moonlight.
Once it had been a brave city, the
Queen of the Caribbean Sea. gay
with gold and adventure, but that
was a long, long time ago and now
it was an almost deserted city, tts
glory faded.
Henri shuffled his hare feet a
long the worn pavement. His
hands In the pockets of his ragged
trousers, he whistled a low, lazy
tune. A couple of black boys
passed him with a friendly grin.
A dark-scowled Indian Blinked
past.
There wore many strange people
in Panama and among tho strang
est was Henrt. He knew very lit
tle about himself, beyond the fact
that hiß father was French, had
lived in America, but had come to
Panama when Henri was very
small on some engineering Job,
had taken the fever, and died.
Henri had Just stayed on with the
kind Spanish family with whom he
and his father had boarded. As
soon as he was old enough he
worked at whatever he could find.
Down to the ruins of an old
fortress Henri wandered. Here he
loved to sit and watch the water,
dreaming of what lay across the
sea. and especially of America—a
magic word to him, for it was a
ylace where a boy might go to
school, might learn to he an engi
neer, might amount to something,
as he couldn't In queer old Pau
ama.
He fell to thinking of the old
pirates who had haunted this
shore. I'p this very Inlet their
ships had come when they had
sacked the city of Panama and
carried off Its treasure. They had
killed and tortured many of the
people. He had heard stirring tales
about the pirates which had been
handed down for generations.
Suddenly he heard outcries In
the street down which he had
come. He hopped up to see what
the excitement was. So seldom
anything happened to Jump up a
bout. A crowd of boys was sur
rounding a queer old man. They
were teasing him. mocking at him.
while the old man gestured and
scolded them in Spanish.
Henri was angry. lie had a way
about him that moat boys feared.
He shouldered his way Into the
crowd and the group seemed to
melt away, leaving him alone with
the old mau.
Henri, of course, spoke Spanish,
hut to his surprise the man began
speaking French. He had heard
the hoys call "nenrl" when his
rescuer came up. "Young rascals!"
he fumed, trembling.
"Sit down on theae rocks," said
lfenrl kindly. "You're all out of
breath. What's the matter?"
"1 was Just passing through
her*," explained the old fellow
Broke above. “The sweeps, ye
beggars!
’Neath that star our ducats are!”
We were eight and twenty men
And we plied the oars like whips
And Pierre he hugged the tiller
With a black smile on his lips.
Sou’ sou westward like a great bird
Tangled in a web of stars
On tne mirroring swell the galleon
Dips her black and lazy spars.
"and those rascals started tor
menting me.”
Henri was noticing the strange
way the man was dressed. He
had on a queer old faded Jacket
and torn black trousers. He wore
a huge red scarf, his hair came
“Henri was noticing the strange
way the man was dresses!."
down almost to his shoulders, and
there were brass rings In his ears.
The man started to get up,
slowly. "Why hurry?" asked
Henri.
"I must be going on." mumbled
the old man, In a queer, cracked
voice. "I must go on. I must Join
Henry Morgan bikore It is too late.
They can't bo faraway. I got lost
from them, but I'll dud them.
"Well, so you won't come with
me? As you wish. But you've
been good to me. 1 liko you.
Uere's something for you.” He
reached Inside hts coat and drew
out a big leather pouch. He pull
ed out a handful of heavy coins
and thrust them at Henri, who
took them dazedly. Then away
hobbled the old man. In a moment
he had disappeared.
Henri looked at the coins. He
pinched himself, expecting them to
molt away, thought he surely must
bn dreaming. But there they were.
He put them lu his pocket and
started home.
At first he thought no one would
believe hts story', but finally de
cided to tell Mr. and Mrs. Fer
nandez. his foster-parents, about
his "vision." They listened with
round evea. When Henri had fin
ished, Mr. Fernandez said, "Just
a minute, and Ml tell you a story.
This goes back to the time of Mor
gan. One of hts chiefs was a very
cruel and very much hated French
man. This mau was with Morgan
when Panama waa looted. Among
those he captured and killed was
a noble Spanish family. He killed
.the ton before the eyes of his
And the man beside me shivers
And I shiver, as we skulk
Breathless o’er the treacherous
water
By that awful, dreaming hulk.
But the Pirate Chief scowls
whitely
From that narrow, restless eye,
“There'll he no retreat here!
Surgeon,
Scuttle ship! We win or die!”
—Herman Hagedorn.
parents. Immediately the mother
lost her mind. The cruel pirate
laughed at her, but the father
said, “For that laugh your chil
dren and your children’s children
will go as she goes."
"The Frenchman later took his
loot and settled down in a plan
tation on this coast. Ho married
and had one son. When the pirate
grew old he suddenly became in
sane. So did his son in his old
age. The story goes that the same
thing happens to all that family.
They all have the idea that they
are pirates, like their ancestors be
fore them, of whom, of course,
they’ve heard many thrilling stor
ies. It’s been many years since
any one heard anything about the
family though. The plantation
went to ruin a hundred years ago
and the family scattered. Now, I
wonder ’’
“That was the story of my pi
rate,” cried Henri. “It must be.
I thought I must be dreaming, but
look what he gave me.” He pull
ed out the queer coins.
“Spanish gold,” cried Mr. Fer
nandez, his eyes nearly popping
out of his head. “Feel how heavy
they are. Pieces of eight! They
must have come down to him In
some old treasure chest the fam
ily kept hidden. Why. with these
we could all take that trip to
America you're always talking
about, and ”
But suddenly Henri's thoughts
had gone back to the poor old
mar., out hunting Henry Morgan.
Ha bad seen the last of the pirates.
THE FUN BOX
A Good Show
She: "Are they putting that
poor man out for laughing?”
He: "No. The manager sent
for him to find out what he was
laughing at.”
Good Judgment
Teacher: "Now. Bobby, which
would you rather have—one apple
or two halves?"
Bobby: "Two halves."
Teacher: "Oh, Bobby! Why
should you prefer two halves?"
Bobby: ‘‘Because then 1 could
see If it waa bad inside."
Peter Mizzle Says— *
Behead a color and get a deficit.
Behad a delicate color and get
a useful liquid.
Curtail an organized group and
get a refreshing drink.
Behead a grain and get a di
vision of a horse race.
Behead a rent contract and get
the opposite of difficulty.
Answers to Word Puzzles
Black, lack.
Pink, Ink.
Team. tea.
heat, heat.
Lease, ease.
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A HALF-DOZEN FAMOUS PIRATES
Of all the pirates who sailed the
Spanish Main, there are six that
left their mark—in most cases a
black blot—on the pages of his
tory. Any one who pretends to
know anything about pirates
should be familiar with the names
of this famous half-dozen.
D’OREGON was the first real
governor of Tortuga, the island
which was the pirates’ den. He
was able to handle them as no
one else could. When he was fif
teen he was an officer in the
French marines and was sent to
the West Indies with a colonizing
group. The scheme they had in
mind fell through, so young D’-
Oregon tried to settle In Martin
ique. There he had trouble with
the governor, who deceived and
mistreated him. Angry and re
vengeful, D’Oregon sailed to join
the pirates and in a short time be
came their governor and director.
BARTHOLOMEW PORTUGUES
was a fearless pirate who became
famous for his many narrow es
capes and his willingness to stick
his head Into any kind of a trap—
and he always got away,
L’OLLONAIS was a Frenchman
who was kidnapped when he was
Just a boy and worked as a slave
on a West Indian plantation. Later
he escaped to join the pirates. He
was noted for his cruelty, his
chief pleasure was burning up cap
tured towns, „
HENRY MORGAN is perhaps
the most famous pirate. He was £
Welßh farm boy with a love of
adventure, and so he ran away
from home, going on a ship bound
for Barbados. The captain of the
boat sold the boy into slavery,
and, like many another pirate, as
30on as he became free Morgan
joined the British pirates on the
island of Jamaica. So well did he
do that he soon bought a share
in a pirate vessel, and shortly af
terwards he was made its captain.
He was a natural leader and began
running the other pirates with a
high hand. He did away with the
AT MARY JONES
“Fifteen men on a dead man’s
chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of
rum,” sang Jean, as she dropped
down on her aunt’s front steps.
"I’m still feeling like a pirate. I
want to tell you about the fun
we had at Mary Jane’s party. She
always gives such dgndy parties,
you know, and they seem like so
little trouble.
“This party was a pirate party,
but we didn’t know it until we
got there. Mary Jane gave each
of us a pirate hat and sash, and
these we could take home for
favors. The hats were made of
black cardboard, cut In a sort of
three-cornered shape like you’ve
seen pirate hats in pictures. They
must have been easy to make. On
the front of each one was pasted
a skull and crossbones cut out of
white paper. The sasnes were Just
strips of red cheesecloth.
Play Pirate Games
“We played some pirate games,
after every one was there. One
was a blindfold game. Remember
the terrible blindman In ‘Treasure
Island’? Well, everybody took
turns being the terrible blindman.
The one who was ‘it’ was blind
folded and given a cane. Then a
quarter was put on the porch floor
and we all stood around in a cir
cle while he tried to find it with
his cane. He couldn’t drag the
cane along the floor, but had to
keep tapping all the time.
“Another game was ‘hangman
tag’. It was Just like regular tag,
only you couldn’t be tagged If you
had your feet off the ground. You
could grab only tree limbs and
fences to escape, you know.
IN SNOPPYQUOP LAND "seems N QUEER°
Yo, ho, and a bottle of popV sang Captain Goat as he prepared toj
open the treasure chest that he and his trusty men had dug up from
the sands of the Scalomiles. Captain Goat had found the treasure
after years of weary search. He knew that It was burled on some
Isles In the lower left-hand corner of the map. It wasn’t the South
Sea or the Hawaiian Isles and suddenly he realized that It must be
the Scale-o’-mlles. which Is always down in the lower left-hand cor
ner. So to the Scalomiles he sailed, dug up the treasure irith his
trusty pick and ace of spades, and now we’re all set for the grand
opening scene.
Captain Goat's son. Captain Kidd, was given the honor of lifting
the lid. First he listened intently at the key hole. “I hear some one
coughing, papa." he said.
"Only a slight cold in my chest." said the witty captain.
Then up popped the lid and out sprang a bright green parrot on a
spring.
"What are those big round things In the treasure chest?" the
bold Pirate asked. "Pieces of eight—old Spanish money—gold—
silver?" His heart went pewter platter.
“Don't fret," said the parrot, "they're only pies—at two for a
quarter, which Is darn cheap at the present pirate of exchange"—at
which Captain Goat's wooden leg took root In the ground and he had
to Uve there happily ever after.
PUZZLES, CARTOONS, JOKES,
ALL SORTS OF FUN
ipirate republic and set himself up
as king of the pirates.
BLACKBEARD was the fiercest
looking pirate you could imagine.
He had a long black beard which
he braided into little tails with
colored ribbon. Sometimes he
lighted tapers in the end of it! He
had come of a respectable English
family and was a sailor when he
Joined the pirates. He boldly
raided along the coast of North
America, where he was aided by
a colonel named Bonnet. Black-
beard decided ‘) quit pirating at
one time, and settled down In
North Carolina and was even par
doned by the governor. The spell
of piracy drew him out again,
however, and with Bonnet he went
back to his old trade. He was
finally killed in a thrilling battle
with a ship sent out by the govern
or of Virginia under command of
a brave young officer, Lieutenant
Maynard. Bonnet was later cap
tured and hung.
CAPTAIN KIDD was the last of
the famous pirates. His father
was a Scotch clergyman, but the
son had a roving disposition and
went to sea as a boy. He became
a merchant captain and settled In
New York about 1691. When war
broke out between England and
France he was given a commission
as a privateer. So brave was he
that the king gave him a special
commission to go out and clean
out the pirates.
Kidd set out in his ship. Ad
venture, for Madagascar, then the
stronghold of the pirates. No one
was home and his expedition fail
ed. His men were grumbling and
the situation was desperate, so
Kidd decided to turn pirate him
self. He captured a big boat call
ed the Quedagh Merchant in which
he collected a lot of treasure. He
kept up his pirating until his
name became so famous that Eng
land sent out a special warship to
capture him. Kidd was finally ar
rested and hung.
PIRATE PARTY
Have Treasure Hunt
“We played a couple of other
games, and then we had a treasure
hunt, which was the most fun of
anything, and Mary Jane had
worked It out so cleverly. You see
she had packed up a little picnic
lunch for each one, putting them
In separate bags, all tied up. Then
she’d hidden them somewhere a
bout the house and yard, in the
most out of the way places and
each had a guests name on it. Some
were buried in boxes in the ground
and some were in hollow trees,
some were in closets In the house.
Every person was given a little
card which directed him to a cer
tain spot where he found another
card, hidden under a stone or some
leaves or something. That card
directed him to another hiding
place where he found another card
of directions and so on for about
four cards apiece, and then he
finally found the treasure. Some
of them had a terrible time and
had to go back to the start and
retrace their steps. I found mine
about the first, I think.
Build Pirates Cave
“By that time It was almost
dark. Mary Jane's big brother
had made a big pirate's cave out
In the back yard. It was made of
boxes painted gray like rocks and
in the mouth of the cave we built
a fire and all sat around It, part
of us in the cave, and roasted
marshmallows and told all the pi
rate stories we could remember or
make up, and then sang songs.
Now doesn’t that sound like a good
time?”
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TWO PIRATES
GO A-SAILING
"This is a pirate boat and it’s
called the ‘Nancy Ann,’ and we’re
going out on a treasuro hunt, in
slated Budge Adams.
"Aw, that’s nothing but an old
raft you made yourself,” sniffed
Vic. "Bet it’ll sink in a minute.”
"It will not —not while my
trusty mate is running it.” His
"trusty mate’’ grinned broadly,
showing the very white teeth that
went with his very black face. He
was Budge's shadow, and he sec
onded everything Budge did.
On one end of the raft an up
right stick was attached, and from
this fluttered their pirate flaty
"The Jolly Roger.” The two boys
watched scornfully by Vic, shoved
off with their poles and the raft
slowly swung out into the pond.
It was a great day for pirating,
with Just enough breeze to send
the raft slipping easily across the
wide but shallow pond.
"Land ahead,” cried Budge. He
pretended to be peering into the
distance.
"We’re about a-headin’ into it,
too,’’ exclaimed Sam, managing
the raft with his pole. They
scraped against the bank and then
let down the tin can stuffed with
stones which served as anchor.
"Let’s go look for hidden treas
ure,” suggested Budge.
"They ain’t no treasuah aroun'
heah,” objected Sam. "Right
HUNT THE TREASURE
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Gnxk
theah is wheah mah aunt Jinny
lives. Ah guess she don’t have
no treasuah aroun’ her ole shack.
She’s mighty nigh the stingiest
woman evah lived. Ah don’ like
that woman one bit.” He shook
his woolly head. “Le’s move on."
"You’re a fine pirate,” scoffed
Budge, “getting scared the first
time we get into port. Brace up,
mate. I feel it in my bones that
right here we’ll make a rich haul."
Sam, who could never quite fol
low Budge’s “play-acting,” scratc
hed his head and continued to look
fearfully over at his aunt’s shack.
Suddenly the door opened and a
colored boy, a little older than the
two "pirates,” came out, carrying
in his arms a furry looking bun
dle. At sight of Sam he stopped
and frowned. “What you doin’
here, you no ’count Sam Henry?"
“Sittin’ here,” answered Sam,
"What you got there?”
“Pups. I’m gonna throw ’em In
the pond. They ain’t no use hav
in' around to eat up evahthlng.”
Budge sprang up. He got a
glimpse of the furry little heads.
Two of them. And his mother stid
Just the other day he could have
a dog if he wanted it. He knew
another boy who’d be glad to have
the other one. "Hey, don’t you
drown those puppies. Give them
to me!”
The big boy looked ugly. "I
won’t give you nothin’,” he scowl
ed. “I says Pm gonna drown ’em,
an’ in they goes.”
Sam looked at Budge and Budge
looked at Sam. And at the same
moment the two “pirates” rushed
the enemy. It was a lively battle,
with no quarter given. In the
end, as In all good pirate stories
the pirates sailed away with th*
booty.
Vic was still on the other side
when they got back and showed
their treasure. "Hurray,” cried
Vic, “for the Jolly Roger. Let me
have the other one. Budge, and
I’ll Join your pirate crew.”
Answer to today’s picture puz
zle: "Treasure Is burled in the
j back yard by the cherry tree sU
steps to the left along the fence ”