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^ Y«iw ago ^en I iros th* Wd«n Horn, 1 overhe^ a tkipmate ttUin’ Us pal •lK»t a ChbiMe pirate junk named th* >WhJ^ho that ■troek m an island dorin’ • typlKwn and went Sown with all hands. What made ma priek up my ears was wh«a my shipmate said she hnd gold and jewels aboard and that nobody had ever been after th’ treasure. Then he t^ his pal th’ name of th’ island. day our diip ran in to atomado and went down yth the two^ shipmates that had been talkin’ about to treasure-junk, and near^ ly all th’ crew. Two days later 1 was picked up by a trader bound for Thursday There I met an old shipmato that owned a trim a long st^ shc^ in a few d»a to’ schooner, with iny shipmate, his Chinet ■ took, and me aboard was off for th’ treasure of fh* Whangho. Well s’r, we located th’ iunk. sure enoosh. On mv there ^^as a big man-ealin’ shark headed for me. .But I was' ready for him. As he dived for me I let him feel th’ length of a long, sharp knife. That settled him, and he wiggled away in a hurry. As I turned to take another look at th’ junk I saw two eyes as big as sau cers glarin’ at me from a hole in th’ hide of th' junlu And then two long, snaky arms began stealip’ toward me. An octopus! I wasn’t prepared to tacicle that kind of a critter, so I signalled to be. pulled up. Well s’r we planted a chaige of dynamite under th’-stem of th’ junk, and that settled Mr. Octopus. But th’ junk had been first I didn’t see asign of treasure. Then, right by a old iron chest, and th* chest was nearly full of good yellow, golden money. May be you think we didn't celebrate when we hauled it un on deck. NoU) ISH-H-H- tne Mas. ArtD \ tbovi oofi. w\T-fw^ ftcri cvluacH f oa THe -XvfAt or* SuMtsA'f - AHts HE STARrrETi -fo 'TAuU AHD ~ChE vWWE tbum v\E Mw-vrrv'f SPEAV? m church bOY he PAND Ho o HEP AMO COrt-TiKoE'C) fo Tf* foOH A . V -'uO HVPft HE. (VW&t Hot XAUVi \H CHUftCH At*t> ^HEH tHE PASCAu 0 r ' mOHT SEE paoHY \s 'TaChih'.
The Journal-Patriot (North Wilkesboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1943, edition 1
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