Dutch Courage and Other Stories

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Джек Лондон. Dutch Courage and Other Stories

DUTCH COURAGE

TYPHOON OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN

THE LOST POACHER

THE BANKS OF THE SACRAMENTO

CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN

TO REPEL BOARDERS

AN ADVENTURE IN THE UPPER SEA

BALD-FACE

IN YEDDO BAY

WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE

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"Just our luck!"

Gus Lafee finished wiping his hands and sullenly threw the towel upon the rocks. His attitude was one of deep dejection. The light seemed gone out of the day and the glory from the golden sun. Even the keen mountain air was devoid of relish, and the early morning no longer yielded its customary zest.

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"What's that for?" Gus asked, pointing to a leather-shielded flask which Hazard was securely fastening in his shirt pocket.

"Dutch courage, of course," was the reply. "We'll need all our nerve in this undertaking, and a little bit more, and," he tapped the flask significantly, "here's the little bit more."

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