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Sapper. The Saving Clause and Other Stories
The Saving Clause and Other Stories
Table of Contents
I. — THE SAVING CLAUSE
II. — BILLIE FINDS THE ANSWER
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III. — THE RUBBER STRAP
IV. — ROUT OF THE OLIVER SAMUELSONS
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Sapper
Published by Good Press, 2021
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But he didn't complain: he shut himself into his cabin for twenty-four hours. He didn't even come on deck when we sewed up in some canvas what was left of the poor devil who had been crushed, and buried him overboard.
"Ashamed to show his face," remarked Pete. "And that's the wretched little coward who had the gull to speak about devil's counters."