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Table of Contents

SMOKED SKIPPER

A SAFETY MATCH

A RASH EXPERIMENT

THE CABIN PASSENGER

“CHOICE SPIRITS”

A DISCIPLINARIAN

BROTHER HUTCHINS

THE DISBURSEMENT SHEET

RULE OF THREE

PICKLED HERRING

TWO OF A TRADE

AN INTERVENTION

THE GREY PARROT

MONEY-CHANGERS

THE LOST SHIP

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W. W. Jacobs

Published by Good Press, 2019

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“I b'lieve she heard it all along,” said Mr. Boom sourly, as he continued his way down the winding lane to the little harbour below. “The only way to live at peace with wimmen is to always be at sea; then they make a fuss of you when you come home—if you don't stay too long, that is.”

He reached the quay, with its few tiny cottages and brown nets spread about to dry in the sun, and walking up and down, grumbling, regarded with a jaundiced eye a few small smacks, which lay in the harbour, and two or three crusted amphibians lounging aimlessly about.

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