GRIM SENSE OF HUMOUR
"Some of these pirates evidently had a grim sense of humour," says a writer in the "P.L.A. Monthly," referring to the pirates who used to scour the Thames estuary. "A party of local fishermen, incensed at one particular pirate, made a vow not only to capture, him, but to give his crew a taste of their own medicine and hang them from their own yardarms.
"Arming themselves, the fishermen set out in pursuit of their, enemy who had vanished into the thick haze. Presently the sounds of battle came faintly through the air to the watchers on shore, followed by a, period of silence.
"A little later the pirate hove in sight making towards the town, and excitement ran high when it was seen that several bodies dangled from his yards and rigging. Nearer and nearer, he came. Finally, after standing in as closely as he dared, he ,put his helm over and stood away into the haze again, leaving (the people ashore, all excitement gone, to heap bitter curses on him. He had come so close in order that the people might recognise the bodies of the fishermen."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 24
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201GRIM SENSE OF HUMOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 24
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