We left the target ship this morning. We took much of her cargo of wool and left
behind what we didn’t have room for.
Captain Penn is very particular about his rum, so we left the rations on
their ship and took only the captain’s private stash. This was easily the strangest attack of my
career. I knew the first mate when I was
a cabin boy twenty years ago. He was a
rigger back then. On a related note, the
captain met his long-lost fifteen-year-old daughter, Mariella. She looks just like her father, there’s no
mistaking the resemblance. Captain Penn
practically kidnapped her off that ship; we still haven’t worked out what she
was doing with them. Somehow we
distracted the entire crew while he smuggled her into his cabin. He just couldn’t leave her with that “band of
swarthy cutthroats.” I pointed out to
him that those cutthroats are manning a merchant vessel and we are, in fact,
pirates. He chose to ignore that detail.
I can’t imagine how this could possibly end well. I worry most about Barney; when he learns
there’s a woman on board, he’ll be useless until we drop her off
somewhere.
R. Dawson
:) I was very close on my guess! Fun!
ReplyDeleteThis made my day. Barney always makes my day though.
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