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  RUINS 
  OP 
  THE) 
  CATHEDRAL 
  OP 
  SAN 
  GPRONIMO 
  AT 
  OLD 
  PANAMA 
  

  

  This 
  old 
  tower 
  constitutes 
  practically 
  all 
  that 
  the 
  pirates 
  under 
  Sir 
  Henry 
  Morgan 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  

   city 
  which 
  was 
  once 
  the 
  pride 
  of 
  Spain 
  in 
  America 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  i//). 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  dissatisfaction 
  among 
  his 
  men, 
  he 
  

   slipped 
  away 
  in 
  the 
  night 
  to 
  Jamaica 
  with 
  

   only 
  a 
  small 
  contingent 
  of 
  his 
  fleet. 
  The 
  

   governor 
  received 
  him 
  with 
  open 
  arms, 
  

   probably 
  not 
  daring 
  to 
  do 
  anything 
  else. 
  

   Later 
  they 
  were 
  both 
  called 
  to 
  England 
  

   to 
  give 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  doings 
  ; 
  but 
  

   Morgan 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  ingratiate 
  himself 
  

   with 
  the 
  king, 
  who 
  knighted 
  him 
  and 
  sent 
  

   him 
  back 
  to 
  Jamaica 
  as 
  lieutenant-gov- 
  

   ernor 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  because 
  of 
  his 
  "long 
  

   experience 
  with 
  that 
  colony." 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  reformed 
  pirate 
  that 
  

  

  he 
  proved 
  a 
  good 
  executive 
  and 
  was 
  in- 
  

   strumental 
  in 
  curbing 
  further 
  piratical 
  

   operations 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   theory 
  that 
  "it 
  takes 
  a 
  thief 
  to 
  catch 
  a 
  

   thief," 
  perhaps 
  the 
  English 
  king's 
  ap- 
  

   pointment 
  was 
  a 
  wise 
  one. 
  

  

  A^ 
  any 
  rate, 
  Morgan's 
  rule 
  in 
  Jamaica 
  

   marks 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  heyday 
  of 
  piracy 
  in 
  

   the 
  Western 
  World, 
  and 
  thenceforth 
  Car- 
  

   ibbean 
  lands, 
  if 
  not 
  entering 
  upon 
  such 
  

   an 
  era 
  of 
  happiness 
  as 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  

   "no 
  history," 
  lost 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  the 
  glamor 
  

   of 
  romance 
  and 
  adventure. 
  

  

  