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regalia. They hauled down the British flag 
and flew the skull and crossbones in its place. 
And when the crew and passengers were 
thoroughly intimidated, they ordered the 
ship to proceed to the Pirates’ Lair, officially 
known as the Euryalus , that awaited her 
guests, drawn up to the jetty, at the dock- 
lie grew uneasy, feeling it discourteous to 
keep the audience waiting, and was just 
about to say to the young man seated beside 
him — in fact, his mouth was forming, the 
words, “ If that infernal Chief Justice would 
only come, we might begin,” when the 
“ young man ” arose and proceeded to intro- 
duce him ! 
“INNOCENCE AT HOME. 
From a Photograph. 
yard. The joke was wonder- 
fully well done, the costumes 
most realistic, and the acting 
so good that one felt trans- 
posed into the far-away days 
of Bermuda’s early history, 
when tradition says that to 
be captured by pirates was 
nothing unusual and almost 
to be expected in these waters. 
The refreshing piquancy of it 
all appealed to Mark Twain, 
and this delightful adventure 
charmed him exceedingly. 
A few days after this, F; ’ oma:1 
when he came to Bay House 
to bathe in the sea with Helen, he told us 
of an experience of his the night before at 
a little speech he gave at the hospital. 
He said he had been told that he was to 
be introduced by the Chief Justice, but he 
had not met him. Arriving in good season, 
he was shown to the platform, and there 
greeted by several old friends, besides some 
that he did not know. Presently the house 
filled, “ Royalty ” arrived and was seated, 
but there was no sign of the Chief Justice. 
It was during this stay in Ber- 
muda that Mark Twain decided to 
have an aquarium of his own, “with 
little girls instead of fishes and him- 
self as the only shad in the pond.” 
And Helen was one of the first to be 
decorated with the badge of the order, 
which was a little angel-fish brooch, 
enamelled in the natural colours. He 
told me that sometimes, when he felt 
very humble, he would be a minnow, 
but he was afraid he would be the 
shad most of the time ! 
THE SHAD AND THE ANGEL-FISH.” [Photograph. 
He had the lifelong habit of underscoring 
anything he thought true or beautiful in 
the book or magazine he was reading. I 
found this quotation much underscored in 
a magazine he read while he was with us : 
“ It has been said that a man’s last will and 
testament best expresses his character. Does 
it ? Do we not rather know a man best from 
the simple act, look, or speech of daily life, 
when the consciousness is unaware ? ” Per- 
haps this record of his last months may give 
