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Crossbones' Father [from Once a Week]

William, C. P. "Crossbones' Father [from Once a Week]." New York Saturday Press. 30 Sep. 1865: 134-135.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

A newcomer to an English boarding school fabricates stories about his father, claiming that he is a pirate. The boys run into the kid's dad one day, and see that he is a normal captain of a boat.