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THE GRAND STORY OF THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE ADVENTURES OF BARON BRITPOP BLASTFURNACE
Raid On The French Merchant Ship
Baron Britpop Blastfurnace • Part 25
Raid On The French Merchant Ship
As Captain Peanut Butter had hoped, the merchant ship quit trying to flee once it saw our pirate flag. Soon it ran a flag of its own up its mast. A white flag of surrender. I was relieved.
“Come alongside her slowly. Let them see our cannons and guns,” the Captain ordered.
As we came alongside the merchant ship, every crew member not needed to sail the ship stood at the rail with muskets pointed at the merchant vessel.
The Captain turned to me and said, “You will accompany me as I board her.”
I was shocked and didn’t know what to say, so I simply nodded. Then the Captain chose Stout and Barrelhoop to join us. We climbed into a rowboat and started rowing toward the merchant vessel. My heart was pounding, and I could barely control my shaking hands. While the crew of the merchant ship watched us come closer, I half expected them to suddenly pull out weapons and shoot us dead.
As if reading my thoughts, the Captain shouted, “If you are nursing any foolish thoughts of resistance, just…
