Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #5 [311]
"The Pilfered Pigskin" is a clever, high-seas caper from 1961’s Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #5, where a stolen football becomes the centerpiece of a seaside mystery. Written by Frank Moss and illustrated by Frank Borth, the story follows FBI agents in eye patches and arms smugglers in pirate garb as they converge on Pirate’s Cove, Florida, during a lively festival. When a salute cannon is repurposed as a race starter, a clue leads Frumson and Jimmy on a trail into Martello Castle—where they’re about to uncover a surprising alliance with Gen. Lagarto. Cover by Frank Borth.
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The schooner Resolute finally arrives at the Florida city of Pirate's Cove, Florida. The arms smugglers get the idea of dressing up as pirates, seeing as how there's a pirate festival going on in town and they'll be able to mix in with the townspeople. The FBI agents get the same idea, but they will all be wearing eye patches. Frumson suggests the motorboat race starters use his salute cannon, when they can't find the starters gun. He leaves with Jimmy to get the cannon, when they spot the smugglers going into Martello Castle and follow them inside, where they find them with Gen. Lagarto.
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