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Dead Men Tell No Tales

CHAPTER XX
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I have looked into the matter on my own account.

You not only die like a dog, but you live like one too.

It is not worth while.
No crime is worth while under five figures, my friend.

A starving Jack, eh?
Instead of robbing me of ten pounds, why not join me and take ten thousand as your share of our first robbery?
A sailor is the very man I want!' "I told him that what I wanted was his cob, and that it was no use his trying to hoodwink me by pretending he was one of my sort, because I knew very well that he was not; at which he shrugged again, and slowly dismounted, after offering me his money, of which I took half.

He shook his head, telling me I was very foolish, and I was coolly mounting (for he had never offered me the least resistance), with my pistols in my belt, when suddenly I heard one cocked behind me.
"'Stop!' said he.


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