Captains All and Others

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William Wymark Jacobs. Captains All and Others

CAPTAINS ALL

THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE

THE NEST EGG

THE CONSTABLE’S MOVE

BOB’S REDEMPTION

OVER THE SIDE

THE FOUR PIGEONS

THE TEMPTATION OF SAMUEL BURGE

THE MADNESS OF MR. LISTER

THE WHITE CAT

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Mr. George Benn, retired boat-swain, sighed noisily, and with a despondent gesture, turned to the door and stood with the handle in his hand; Mrs. Waters, sitting behind the tiny bar in a tall Windsor-chair, eyed him with some heat.

“My feelings’ll never change,” said the boatswain.

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“Better not,” said the voice. “Mind, I’ve got a gun pointing straight at you.”

“Point it downwards, there’s a good girl,” said Mr. Travers, earnestly; “and take your finger off the trigger. If anything happened to me you’d never forgive yourself.”

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