The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Crossbones' Father [from Once a Week]

William, C. P. "Crossbones' Father [from Once a Week]." New York Saturday Press, September 30, 1865, 134-135.
Electronic Source Available
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.