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Treasure Tale of a Kennebunk Voyage and a Pirate Spoil
Captain Abel Jones and Aunt Hetty voyage from Kennebunk to Porto Rico chasing a $300000 pirate treasure tale told by the tramp John Drake. After misgivings, digging, and misadventure, a rock and a tree yield four iron bound Spanish dollar boxes containing $24000 buried twenty years ago, proving the voyage a lucrative if folly filled quest. A second item notes a quip about clock numerals from an 1870 Henry Vick clock and a French king correcting the dial.
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Charles B. Lewis
Abel Jones
New Hampshire
John Drake
Captain Jones
Hetty
Abel
Drake
New York
Boston
West Indies
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Island of
St. Thomas
Petrol Island
Bahamas
Kennebunk
Aunt Betty
Aunt Hetty
Cook
Furbish
Jones
Liverpool
Petrel Island
Atlantic
Somprero
Havana
Abaco Island
Florida
Sandy Hook
Electy
Aunt Fletty
George Augustus Sala
Henry Vick
Charles V of
France
Vick