Many Cargoes

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William Wymark Jacobs. Many Cargoes

A CHANGE OF TREATMENT

A LOVE PASSAGE

THE CAPTAIN’S EXPLOIT

CONTRABAND OF WAR

A BLACK AFFAIR

THE SKIPPER OF THE “OSPREY”

IN BORROWED PLUMES

THE BOATSWAIN’S WATCH

LOW WATER

IN MID-ATLANTIC

AFTER THE INQUEST

IN LIMEHOUSE REACH

AN ELABORATE ELOPEMENT

THE COOK OF THE “GANNET”

A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE

A CASE OF DESERTION

OUTSAILED

MATED

THE RIVAL BEAUTIES

MRS. BUNKER’S CHAPERON

A HARBOUR OF REFUGE

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The mate was leaning against the side of the schooner, idly watching a few red-coated linesmen lounging on the Tower Quay. Careful mariners were getting out their side-lights, and careless lightermen were progressing by easy bumps from craft to craft on their way up the river. A tug, half burying itself in its own swell, rushed panting by, and a faint scream came from aboard an approaching skiff as it tossed in the wash.

“JESSICA ahoy!” bawled a voice from the skiff as she came rapidly alongside.

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“You did?” roared the other. “You? What for?”

“I don’t know,” said the mate awkwardly. “Something seemed to come over me all of a sudden, and I felt as though I MUST do it.”

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