{"product_id":"2940016070278","title":"The Pirate's Pocket Book","description":"THE\u003cbr\u003ePIRATE'S POCKET BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHIS book you hold in your hand belonged once to a very celebrated\u003cbr\u003ePirate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was so celebrated that the newspapers--of that time--always said nice\u003cbr\u003ethings about him, and always knew what he was doing before he did\u003cbr\u003ehimself. As he was a very truthful man, he did the things, so that the\u003cbr\u003eeditors might not get into trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich was kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy which I do not mean that he was always kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: MAP of Tomb's Island (_very exciting_).]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody knew how old he was. Some said that he was so old that he had\u003cbr\u003enever been born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome said that he must be young or he could not be so wicked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo you see there were two opinions about him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are always two opinions about a celebrated man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you look at him you will see that he dressed to please himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: Supposed birthplace of Tomb family. Family of Bone still\u003cbr\u003eliving in the cottage.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wore a nice hat--but you have noticed that; and he had a roving eye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy which I do not mean his eye walked about like this, but that he\u003cbr\u003elooked around him a good deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you are thinking of becoming a Pirate--and there is plenty of room at\u003cbr\u003ethe top of every profession--you will have to look about a good deal,\u003cbr\u003ebecause you will have enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: _He dreams of other worlds to conquer._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Tomb--that was not his name, but it was the way he signed other\u003cbr\u003epeople's cheques, and your father and mother will tell you that this is\u003cbr\u003ea very mean trick--lived partly on an island, and partly on board the\u003cbr\u003e_Inky Murk_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will understand that I mean not with one foot on the island and one\u003cbr\u003eon the boat, but sometimes on one and sometimes on the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow T. T. never robbed the poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause it was not worth his while.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut any person who looked rich suffered accordingly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe _Inky Murk_ was the name of his boat. You can make one curiously\u003cbr\u003elike it with two chairs and a rug.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day Tomb captured a young fellow--a very handsome lad too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was off a certain island where Tom Tomb had a neat cottage, in the\u003cbr\u003egarden of which he grew flowers for a pastime.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101152067824,"sku":"2940016070278","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016070278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}