But at this critical moment the pirate astern sent a mischievous shot and knocked one of the men to atoms at the helm.

He reckoned the distance without any instruments or maps with surprising accuracy.

Thus to a single cook has been traced the infection of twenty-six persons in seven different families to whose gastronomic exigencies she uncleanlily ministered.

But compared to others, Dent came out of the Depression smelling like a rose. He later boasted that he made $18,000 a year with his writing during the Depression.