_Capt. K._ "Yes, sir--a bigger lie still. There is a scurrilous broadside circulating all over the country. Here it is." (He handed me a copy of verses printed in the _Herald_ of last Tuesday.) "Read that, if you please, sir: 'My name is Robert Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed.' Now, sir, that is a villainous falsehood." _Rep_. "You didn't sail under that name, then, captain?" _Capt. K._ "Never. Why, bless your innocent heart, my baptismal name is _William_. It is of a piece with all their malignant lying, this persisting in calling me _Robert_." _Rep_. "It _is_ hard." (Pause.) "Pray, captain, permit me to ask if the story is true that Mrs. Kidd's trunk was seized by the authorities, and kept with its contents of gold-dust and diamonds?" _Capt. K._ "In part true, sir. A perfect outrage, sir. Mrs. Kidd came on from New York post-haste when she heard that the Antonio had arrived, and no sooner had she set foot in Boston than the authorities gobbled up her trunk, leaving her in a strange community with nothing but a band-box. The public have exaggerated the contents. They were silver mugs, porringers and plate generally for family use, that we had been years accumulating. They locked it up in the castle, and--Poor Sarah! poor Sarah!" (Here the stout man buried his head in his hands and appeared deeply affected. Your correspondent improved the opportunity to perfect his notes.) _Rep_. (after a few minutes). "I am glad to assure you, Captain Kidd, that it will probably be returned to her to-morrow." _Capt. K._ (brightening up). "To-morrow? Well, that's good. It wellnigh broke Sarah's heart. By the way, you are lately from New York, I suppose. How is my old friend, Colonel Livingstone? Well, I hope?" _Rep_. "I haven't the honor of his acquaintance, but I have no doubt he is well. New York men usually are. He is a staunch friend of yours, captain?" _Capt. K._ "Ay, that he is. He has always stood by me, ever since he got me that appointment to command the 'Adventure galley.'" _Rep_. "You have no doubt, captain, of your ability to substantiate your entire innocence of these charges brought against you?" _Capt. K._ "Not the slightest, not the slightest, sir. There was Captain Wright of the Quedah--you remember him, I dare say: had command of that nigger crew--what did he say when I went aboard his ship? Said he, 'Kidd, you remind me of the new-born babe.' I suppose I can't prove that, for Wright, poor fellow! has been dropped into the sea, with a twenty-four-pound shot at his heels.