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Show Capt. Kldd Not n n'rnto. In Harper's for Christmas John n Chnmilln makes u strong pica for Capt. Kldd, who, ho maintains, vvaH sa.l'o,re.rorWh0rs"B,,rr M"r """ "lh" be?i,'l,kn,o,wnKIJ.to r,.'nryrs ",? Chnmplln 'If i,b net? had not tn & become the subject of State inquiry Made a polltlc.il soirlflce nt 11 time when a victim wns needed, the eye,";? the world weie turned upon lilm and he has slnee lived In history nml 1 romance, ,, the representative plrae of modern times, ulthourh there were a lecoro of other captains In the simo ge who were far more deserving or the name He may huvo committed un Justl la hi., ct,. hut u must be remein. bered that he llv.d In 11 tlmo when laws regulating tho commerce n h2 seas were, comparatively unknown! when every merchant ship wen aimed and might constituted tho only rUnt lawlessness wan tho rule ralner ban the exteptlon nn the ocean, nnd deed, were perpetrated with Impunity which 1 on laod would v.. their live, M,aie c"'t ,,, mld Piracies' kno," h.." crimes, return',1 J""1 veT' rnay?H--V a,: : """Id have be?nl"(lry flre-Jni adventurer, wfth tl"Mu? jorse than that o, "Utli hut fate wis .Rndi.5" nauStfiS p&,raK |