The Old Tobacco Shop
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Bowen William. The Old Tobacco Shop
CHAPTER I. MR. PUNCH AND THE CLOCK-TOWER
CHAPTER II. AUNT AMANDA AND THE TWO OLD CODGERS
CHAPTER III. INTRODUCING THE CHURCHWARDEN
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH MR. HANLON MAKES A GREAT IMPRESSION
CHAPTER V. THE CHINAMAN'S HEAD
CHAPTER VI. LEMUEL MIZZEN, A.B
CHAPTER VII. THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK COME TOGETHER
CHAPTER VIII. CELLULOID CUFFS AND A SILK HAT
CHAPTER IX. THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY
CHAPTER X. CAPTAIN HIGGINSON AND THE SPANISH MAIN
CHAPTER XI. A MIXED COMPANY IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XII. THE VOYAGE OF THE SIEVE
CHAPTER XIII. THE CABIN-BOY'S REVENGE
CHAPTER XIV. THE CRUISE OF THE MATTRESSES
CHAPTER XV. A FALL IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XVI. CAPTAIN LINGO AND A FINE PIECE OF HEAD-WORK
CHAPTER XVII. HIGH DUDGEON AND LOW DUDGEON
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SOCIETY FOR PIRATICAL RESEARCH
CHAPTER XIX. A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER XX. THE CITY OF TOWERS
CHAPTER XXI. SHIRAZ THE RUG-MERCHANT
CHAPTER XXII. SIX ENCHANTED SOULS
CHAPTER XXIII. FROM THE FIRE BACK TO THE FRYING PAN
CHAPTER XXIV. DISENCHANTMENT COMPLETE
CHAPTER XXV. THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XXVI. THE KING'S TOWER
CHAPTER XXVII. THE SORCERER'S DEN
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE OLD TOBACCO SHOP
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"Here's Aunt Amanda," said the hunchback, standing before the lady who was sitting near the window, and letting go of Freddie's hand, "and here's a boy that Mr. Punch pretty near got hold of, if I hadn't come along just in time and hustled him in here. Just look out of that window, Aunt Amanda, and see if Mr. Punch has moved yet."
The lady did not look out of the window, but stared at Freddie with her mouth shut tight. She had very thin lips and she pressed them tight together; and without opening them more than a wee mite she said to the hunchback, sternly:
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"That's it," said Toby. "I don't see how I come to forget that name. Your father's a man o' good common sense. Nothing like Cage-Roach. Here it is." He turned to the shelf behind him and mounted a little ladder and took down a large tin. While he was scooping out the tobacco at the counter and weighing it on the scales and doing it up, he was singing to himself, and Freddie stared at him with rapt attention.
"Some day," said Mr. Littleback, without pausing in his work or looking at Freddie, "them eyes of yourn will pop right out of your head, if you ain't careful. Did you ever hear that song?"
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