The pirate's gold

“Oh, would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years, And all the heart then knew of pain Was wept away in transient tears.” SAM. F. SMITH.

“Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a’ that; The coward-slave, we pass him by, We daur be poor for a’ that! For a’ that, and a’ that, Our toil’s obscure, and...

“Strange--that where Nature loved to trace, As if for gods, a dwelling-place, And every charm and grace hath mixed Within the paradise she fixed, There man, enamoured of distres...

“O’er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home...

“Ay, at set of sun The breeze will freshen when the day is done. Sling on thy bugle; see that free from rust My carbine-look springs worthy of my trust; Be the edge sharpened of...

“‘The fiendish atrocities and cruelties of the terrible pirate Morgan,’ begins Miguel Bassanto, in this final chapter of his log, ‘had almost worn me out at last, and when cruis...

“Ever of thee I’m fondly dreaming, Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer; Thou wert the star that, mildly beaming, Shone o’er my path when all was dark and drear.” _Old Song._

Blow fair, thou breeze! she anchors ere the dark; How gloriously her gallant course she goes, Her white wings flying.... She walks the waters like a thing of life.”--BYRON.

“A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky.” THOMSON.

garb of Old Gaul (Highland dress), to that black surtout, white waistcoat, and broad-brimmed soft felt hat. I also wore an eye-glass. Reeves was similarly attired, and Miguel lo...

Now, having been granted leave by the proprietors of the land to excavate and to carry away curios, we knew well that no state would give permission to any swift yacht to follow...

The finding of our gold, or rather, I should say, the gold of Captain Keeves and Don Miguel M‘Lean, took place last December (1896). We succeeded in landing it easily, and had t...