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  LOOKOUT 
  TOWER 
  ON 
  THE 
  OLD 
  FORTIFICATIONS 
  I 
  HAVANA, 
  CUBA 
  

  

  Captain 
  John 
  Davis, 
  with 
  his 
  pirate 
  vessels, 
  cruised 
  outside 
  the 
  well-fortified 
  harbor 
  of 
  Havana 
  

   before 
  he 
  set 
  sail 
  for 
  the 
  Florida 
  coast, 
  where 
  he 
  sacked 
  St. 
  Augustine 
  in 
  1665. 
  

  

  moidore 
  of 
  Charles 
  I 
  or 
  Philip 
  II, 
  a 
  

   fragment 
  of 
  a 
  chain, 
  or 
  a 
  formless 
  piece 
  

   of 
  bullion. 
  

  

  THE 
  BUCCANEER 
  WAS 
  A 
  PICTURESQUE 
  

   FIGURE 
  

  

  The 
  buccaneer 
  was 
  a 
  picturesque 
  fel- 
  

   low. 
  His 
  motto 
  usually 
  was, 
  "A 
  short 
  

   life 
  and 
  a 
  merry 
  one." 
  He 
  seldom 
  recog- 
  

   nized 
  allegiance 
  to 
  any 
  country 
  or 
  crown, 
  

   nor 
  did 
  family 
  ties 
  mean 
  anything 
  to 
  him. 
  

   He 
  clothed 
  himself 
  in 
  gorgeous 
  hnery 
  

   when 
  bis 
  purse 
  was 
  full, 
  weighting 
  down 
  

  

  his 
  ears 
  with 
  rings, 
  his 
  arms 
  with 
  brace- 
  

   lets, 
  and 
  his 
  neck 
  with 
  chains, 
  only 
  to 
  sell 
  

   his 
  jewelry 
  and 
  wear 
  his 
  apparel 
  in 
  tatters 
  

   when 
  his 
  purse 
  was 
  lean, 
  but 
  always 
  re- 
  

   taining 
  in 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  adversity 
  his 
  gor- 
  

   geous 
  sash, 
  as 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  red 
  badge 
  of 
  

   courage, 
  and 
  his 
  villainous 
  knife. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  wandering 
  the 
  

   streets 
  of 
  the 
  semi-medieval 
  Spanish 
  

   towns 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  World, 
  elbowing 
  his 
  

   way 
  among 
  swaggering 
  soldiers, 
  traders, 
  

   Negroes, 
  Indians, 
  fair 
  ladies, 
  and 
  as- 
  

   sassins. 
  

  

  

  