George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
After several close calls, he gave up piracy and took a job aboard a cargo ship on the Atlantic.
They carried Italian workers to America, and their mail home on the return trip.
George looked through the envelopes.
He couldn’t read Italian, but the money that the workers sent home, well, what’s one less dollar?
When the Postal Service investigated, he’d pocket everything and sink the ship.
Bad weather, they called it.
Then he’d join another cargo ship under a new name.
“Welcome aboard, Jorge!”
“Thank you,” said George.