Teach's Light (free sample)
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Teach's Light by Nell Wise Wechter. Copyright 1974 Marcia Wechter Kass.
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TEACH’S LIGHT
A Tale of Blackbeard the Pirate
Nell Wise Wechter
For my grandsons Casey Bob and Travis Lane
Two little pirates who’ll be bent and bound to go looking for Teach’s Light
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
—T. S. ELIOT
Four Quartets
INTRODUCTION
THE LEGEND of Teach’s Light has been handed down by the natives of Stumpy Point village in Dare County, North Carolina, for three centuries.
Across the Bay—an arm of Pamlico Sound—lies Little Dismal Swamp. It is over this swamp that the light appears. According to legend, the light guards one of the many treasures buried by Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, the infamous pirate.
The light is always seen in the same general location. Sometimes it hovers; sometimes it “bobbles.” It is not seen with any regularity. Nobody can foretell when it will appear. When the atmosphere is especially clear, the light looms in glorious splendor.
Youngsters and oldsters alike see it. When it does appear, they watch it and wonder: “Will Teach’s Light just hover, or will it do a Devil Dance?”
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