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people, lay mouldering away; and not one dollar of it to save his little girl.
Then his eye fell on the old box on the upper shelf. A hanged pirate's money! He drew the box down; the key still was on his bunch; he opened the chest. There the gold pieces lay in their canvas bag; no one had thought of them for almost twenty years. Now, as a thought struck him, he took down some old ledgers, ledgers of the old firm of James Bowdoin's Sons, that had been placed there for safe-keeping. He opened one after another hurriedly; then, getting the right one, he came out into the light, and, finding the index, turned to the page containing this entry:—
| Dr. Pirates. | |
| June 24, 1829: To account of whom it may concern (eagles, pistoles & doubloons) | $16,897.00 |
He dipped his pen in ink, and with a firm hand wrote opposite:—
| Cr. | |
| June 22, 1848. By money stolen by James McMurtagh, to be accounted for | $16,897.00 |
