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AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs
CONTENTS THE LADY OF THE BARGE
THE MONKEY'S PAW
BILL'S PAPER CHASE
THE WELL
CUPBOARD LOVE
IN THE LIBRARY
CAPTAIN ROGERS
A TIGER'S SKIN
A MIXED PROPOSAL
AN ADULTERATION ACT
A GOLDEN VENTURE
THREE AT TABLE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS He denied it again, hotly frontispiece
"You villain!" she said, in a choking voice
"What's that?" cried the old woman
Mrs. Driver fell back before the emerging form of Mr. Bodfish
Burleigh, with a feeling of nausea, drew back toward the door
Gunn placed a hand, which lacked two fingers, on his breast and bowed again
"Don't you think Major Brill is somewhat hasty in his conclusions?" she inquired softly
He saw another tatterdemalion coming toward him
"You say you're a doctor?"
The second officer leaned forward
"You get younger than ever, Mrs. Pullen,"
"We'll leave you two young things alone," THE LADY OF THE BARGE
The master of the barge Arabella sat in the stern of his craft with his
right arm leaning on the tiller. A desultory conversation with the mate
of a schooner, who was hanging over the side of his craft a few yards
off, had come to a conclusion owing to a difference of opinion on the
subject of religion. The skipper had argued so warmly that he almost
fancied he must have inherited the tenets of the Seventh day Baptists
from his mother while the mate had surprised himself by the warmth of his
advocacy of a form of Wesleyanism which would have made the members of
that sect open their eyes with horror. He had, moreover, confirmed the
skipper in the error of his ways by calling him a bargee, the ranks of
the Baptists receiving a defender if not a recruit from that hour. With the influence of the religious argument still upon him, the skipper,
as the long summer's day gave place to night, fell to wondering where his
own mate, who was also his brother in law, had got to. Lights which had
been struggling with the twilight now burnt bright and strong, and the
skipper, moving from the shadow to where a band of light fell across the
deck, took out a worn silver watch and saw that it was ten o'clock. Almost at the same moment a dark figure appeared on the jetty above and
began to descend the ladder, and a strongly built young man of twenty two
sprang nimbly to the deck. "Ten o'clock, Ted," said the skipper, slowly. "It 'll be eleven in an
hour's time," said the mate, calmly. "That 'll do," said the skipper, in a somewhat loud voice, as he noticed
that his late adversary still occupied his favourite strained position,
and a fortuitous expression of his mother's occurred to him: "Don't talk
to me; I've been arguing with a son of Belial for the last half hour." "Bargee," said the son of Belial, in a dispassionate voice. "Don't take no notice of him, Ted," said the skipper, pityingly. "He wasn't talking to me," said Ted. "But never mind about him; I want
to speak to you in private." "Fire away, my lad," said the other, in a patronizing voice. "Speak up," said the voice from the schooner, encouragingly. "I'm
listening." There was no reply from the bargee. The master led the way to the cabin,
and lighting a lamp, which appealed to more senses than one, took a seat
on a locker, and again requested the other to fire away. "Well, you see, it's this way," began the mate, with a preliminary
wriggle: "there's a certain young woman " "A certain young what?" shouted the master of the Arabella. "Woman," repeated the mate, snappishly; "you've heard of a woman afore,
haven't you? Well, there's a certain young woman I'm walking out
with I " "Walking out?" gasped the skipper. "Why, I never 'eard o' such a
thing." "You would ha' done if you'd been better looking, p'raps," retorted the
other. "Well, I've offered this young woman to come for a trip with us." "Oh, you have, 'ave you!" said the skipper, sharply. "And what do you
think Louisa will say to it?" "That's your look out," said Louisa's brother, cheerfully. "I'll make
her up a bed for'ard, and we'll all be as happy as you please... Continue reading book >>
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