Pirate CoatThe Coat's Tale "'Twas a hard thing to be a coat, sir, in those years when pirates roamed the sea lanes, on the prowl for any sort of plunder. If your man took a notion for a voyage, all his wearables set sail in fear and tremblin', knowin' they would be forfeit aye, down to the last stocking if they were catch'd by pirates. Not so much as a button would escape. "And so it was with me, on the day we were taken by Captain Vane and his crew a vile,