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F OU R T H ED ITI O N
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36 ES S EX S T R E E T,
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C O N T E NT S
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AN O D D F R E AK
A QU E S TI O N OF H AB IT
H A R D LA B O U R
A G AR D EN P LO T
PR V I AT E C LO T H ES
T H E B U LL Y OF TH E
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C AV E N D I S H
THE R E S U R R EC T O N O F I MR . W I G G ET T
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TO H AV E A ND To H O LD
B R E V ET R AN K
T WIN I TS
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A W I LL AND A WA Y
J ER R Y B U N D LE R
TH E PE AC E M AK ER
F A I S E C O LO U R S
LI ST OF I L L U S T R AT I O NS
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T HERE W AS U NPL E ASAN T N E S S A LL R O U ND TH E N
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P E AK I NG 0 mon ey sai d t h e n ight watch

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m an thou ghtfu l l y as h e selecte d a n e m pty

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soap box o n th e wharf for a seat the whol e

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worl d wo u l d be d i fferen t i f we a l l a d m ore of i t

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I t wou l d be a b righter an d a a pp i e r p lace for
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everybody .
H e broke o ff to o pe n a sm al l b rass tobacc o

box an d p lace a l ittl e qu id o f tobacco tend erly
i nto a pou ch i n hi s l eft cheek cri tical ly observi n g
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at the sam e t i m e the e fforts of a som ewhat l arge

steam er to get al on gsi de the n ext wharf withou t
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H e wa tche d i t as thou gh the en tire Operation

d epen d ed u pon hi s atten t i on an d the stea m er , ,
fast he tu rned h is eye s back aga i n a n d resu med

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O f cou rse i t s the bei n g short that sharp en s
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peopl e he ad m itted thou gh tfu l l y
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pock et an d the ways e had 0 gettin g oth e r
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c haps to p ay for is beer wou l d ha m ade 1 5 ’ ’
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fortin at the law i f c d o n ly a d the e d d ic at i o n ’
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d id n t know i m stan d i m a p o t o beer an d then

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fol ler i m u p the road to see i m k nock d own

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a pol i cem an as c d pro m ised They d foller i m

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to the fust pol ice m an e m et an then c d poi nt ’

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the m out a n d say they were goi n to hal f kil l ’
i m a n the pol i ce m an u d j u st strol l u p an ask

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e m wot they were an gin g abou t for bu t I n ever ’
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e ard of a C hap tel l i n g i m They u sed to go away ’
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struck al l of a c ap H e d ied i n the accident

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ward of the L on d on H o r s e p it t l e poor chap , .
H e shook h is head thoughtful ly a n d ignori n g ,
the s tate m e n t o f the watch m an at the n ext wharf

that it was a fi n e eve n i n g sh ifted h i s qu i d and ,
l aughe d ru m bl i ngly .
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The fu n n i est way 0 rais i ng the wi n d I ever ’
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eard of he sai d i n expl an ation was on e that
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a p p e n e d about fi ftee n ye ars ago I d j u s t take n

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my d ischarge as A B from the N ar i /z S ta r trad . .

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i n g be tween he re an d th e A u stralian ports and ,
the m en wo t t he th in g a p p e n e d to wa s ship m ates ’
o m i ne al tho u gh o n y fi re m en
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l ittl e b i t mysel f an d the o ther par t I a d from
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al l o f e m a n d bes id es they d i d n t s e e any thin g

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fu n ny in it at al l or an yth i n g ou t of the way , .
I t see m e d t o th e m q u i t e a easy way 0 m aki ng ’
m o n ey a n d I d e s s a y i f i t a d co m e o ff al l right
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I shou ld h a v e t h o u ght s o too .
I n ab o u t a we e k arter w e was paid o ff at the

A lbert Doc ks th e se C ha p s was al l C l eaned o u t ,
a n d they was al l i n d es pai r wi th a thirs t w ot ,
wasn t hal f que nc hed a n d a s pree wot was on y

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in a m an n e r 0 speaki n g j us t begu n a n d at the

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e nd of that ti m e they ca m e rou nd to a room wot

I a d to se e wot cou l d b e d one There was four
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of em i n al l : ol d S a m S m al l Gi n ger Dic k Peter , ,
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an d m other was d ead Th e m othe r ad been alf .

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n igger a n al f M alay when she wa s l ivi n g an d

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S a m was a lways p e r t ic k l e r carefu l to poi n t o u t

that hi s n evy took arte r e r I t was enou gh to ’
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m ak e th e pore woma n tu rn i n e r grave to say ’
so bu t Sa m u se d to say th at c owe d it to i s
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brother to expl ai n .
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Wot s to be d on e ? ses P eter Russet arter
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they d al l said wot m iserabl e chaps they was

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an o w b ad ly sai l or m en was pai d
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goi n g to si gn o n i n the L a n a : E n d bu t sh e ,
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does n t sai l for a fortn i ght ; wot s to b e don e i n ’
the m ean ti m e fo r to l ive ? ’
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There s you r watch P eter ses old Sa m
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d reamy l i ke an d th e re s G i nger s rin g I t s a

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good j ob you kep that ri n g G i n g e r We re al l , .
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i n the sa m e boat m ates an I on y w ish a s I d
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got so m ethi n g for t he ge n eral good I t s a vin g .

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an orph a n n evy wot s k ep m e p o r e .
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Everyth i n g s agi n u s ses ol d S a m ‘
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th em fou r gre e n p arrots I bro u ght from Braz il ,
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al l d ead .
S o ar e m y two m on k eys s es P eter Ru sse t ,

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shak in g is ead th ey u sed to s l e e p wi th m e too
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They al l shoo k their ead s then an d R u sse t ,
too k S a m u p very sh arp for s ay i n g that p r a p s

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i f he a d n t sl ep wi th the m on keys they wou l d n t
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ha d ied H e sai d i f S a m k n ew m ore abou t
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monkeys tha n wot e d i d w h y d id n t e p u t i s ,
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m on ey i n the m i n ste ad 0 gree n parrots wot p u l led
the ir fea the rs ou t an d d ie d o f col d .
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Tal k i n g abou t m on keys s es Gi n ger D ic k
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i n terru ptin g ol d S a m s u dd en ly w ot abou t youn g ,

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Wel l wot about h i m ? s es t h e n evy i n a
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n asty sort 0 way .
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e s worth forty m on keys an m il l ion s
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0 green p arrots s es G i nger s t arti n g u p ; an ‘ ’
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here e i s a was ti ng of i s op portu n i ties goi n g
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ab ou t d resse d l i ke a Chri stian O pen you r .
m ou th B eau ty a n d s tic k you r ton gu e ou t an d

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W y n ot l eave wel l alon e G in ger ? s e s

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Rus set ; an d I thou ght s o too You n g Beauty .
was qu i te e n ou gh fo r m e without th at .
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Ter b l ig e m e s es Gi n ger an xi ou sly j us t
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m ak e yours el f as u gl y as wot you c an Beau ty , .
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L eave i m a l one s es ol d S am as his n e v y
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sn arl ed at e m You a i n t everybody s m on ey

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sl ow an d sol e m n the re s a fortin i n i m I was ,
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l ook i n a t i m j u st n ow try i n g to th i nk who e

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big s t u fi e d m on k ey we sa w at M el bou rn e the n

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I su d d en ly rem e m bere d i t wa s a w il d m an of
Born eo I see whe n I was a k i d u p i n S u n der
lan d W he n I say e was a a n d s o m e good a r t e d
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looki n g gen tl e m an al on gsid e 0 you Beau ty d o ’

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yo u begi n to ge t m y m ean i n g ?
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Wot s th e i d ea G i n ger ? s es Sa m gett i n g
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u p to len d m e an d R us se t a an d with I s n e v y ’
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M y i dea i s this ses G i n ge r : t a ke i s cloes

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O H i m an d d ress i m u p i n that there win d er

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bl i n d or som ethin g 0 the k i nd ; tie i m u p w ith

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a bit 0 l i n e an d tak e i m rou nd to Te d Red d ish

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i n the I gh way an d sel l i m for a u n d e re d qu id as

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Wot ? screa m s Beauty i n an awfu l voice

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L et go P eter ; l e t go d ye hear ?
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is speak i ng se s is u n cle an d I co ul d see e was
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struc k w ith the i dea .
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You j es t try d re ss in g m e u p i n a wi n d e r
bl in d se s h i s nevy h al f cryi n g wi th rage
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can mak e you r escape an d the re 11 be twenty ,

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O w -do you m ak e that ou t G i nger ? ses
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F ou rs in to a u n d e r e d s es G in ge r
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S hare and share al i ke se s Russet It s a ,
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slow a n d d el iberate S a m s is u n c l e and e s .

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the wi ld m an Th rees in to a u n d e r e d go .
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on my washs tan d an d yet they n e v er e v en ,
men tion e d m e That s fi rem e n al l over a n d .

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I t took e m bes t pa rt of a n ou r to t al k rou nd

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u s e m ad e m e than k ful to th i n k tha t the parrots

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d id n t l ive to l arn i t .
Y o u n ever saw anyth i n g l ike Beau ty wh en

they ad fi n ish ed with i m I f e was bad i n i s
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c l oes e was a p e r fe c k horror wi thou t em Gin ger

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s i d e r i n g t he sha pe of e m G i n ger D ick n early ’

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l os t i s tem per wi th i m a n d i t was al l ol d S am

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cou l d d o to stop h i m se l f fro m casti n g i m off for ’
ever H e was fi n i she d at l ast an d arter Peter

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show n o w to lean on i t an d m ak e a n oi se G in ger

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sa id as o w i f Ted R e d d i sh g o t i m for a u n d e re d
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poun d s e d ge t i m a bargai n ’ ’ ’
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W e m ust ave a ca b ses ol d S a m

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We shou l d ave h al f Wappi n g fol lowi n g u s ,
s e s S am Go ou t an d pu t you r ri ng up Gin ger

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an d fetch a c ab .
Gi nge r started gru mbl in g b u t he wen t an d , ,
prese ntly c am e back wi th the cab an d the m on ey ,
a n d t hey al l wen t d own stairs l ead i n g the wil d

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m an b y a bi t 0 l i n e They o n ly m et o ne party .
com in g u p an d e seem ed to re m e mbe r s o m e t h in k

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c d forgotte n wot ou ght to b e fetche d a t onc e .
Gi n ger wen t ou t fust an d open ed the cab

d oor an d th en stood there wa itin g b ecos at the
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was sl ip pin g d own They got i m ou t at l as t .
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bu t be fore e coul d ge t i n the c ab was go in g u p

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start til l c d got doubl e fare pa id i n advance ;

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bu t they got i n at l ast and d rove o ff .
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Gin ger s ai d that i f there was a bit o f a struggl e

i t woul d b e a good ad vertise me n t fo r Ted Red
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cou l d n t get th e wil d m a n ou t 0 that cab an d

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now an d then t hey d get th e wi l d m an arf out ’
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an d then he d ge t i n a gi n and s n arl ’
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see m to k now whe n to leave o ff a n d Gin ger an d ,
the others got al m ost as s ic k o f i t a s the cab m an .
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Wot s al l th i s ? ses Red d i sh who was a tal l
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I t s a wi l d man 0 Borneo ses G i nger
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panti ng ; we cau ght im i n a forest i n B razil ’

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an we v e co m e ere to give you the fust o ffer .
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Ted Red d ish was so surprised e cou ld n t
speak at fus t The w il d m an see m ed to take
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i s breath away a nd e looked i n a e l p l e s s k i n d
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Com e i n to the p arl ou r she ses k i nd ly j ust , , ,
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as Ted was begin n i n g to get i s b reath .
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They fol l owed e m i n an d the wil d m an was ,
j ust goin g to m ake hissel f com fortabl e i n a easy

C hair when Gi n ger give i m a l ook a n e cu rled
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E a i n t a very fi ne spec i me n ses Ted Red
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Yo u ve g o t hol d 0 the w ron g on e s es Ted ’
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Redd ish a fore G i n ger D ic k cou ld S peak u p for

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O h I b eg you r p ard in ses M rs Red d ish
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to Gi nger very pol i te I thou ght i t was fun ny

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That s i m m u m ses ol d S am very short
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H e don t l ook w i l d enou gh ses Re dd ish

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No ; e s m uch too ta m e ses i s wi fe shak

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i n g h er y a l l e r c u rl s .
The chaps a l l l ook e d at each other the n an d ,
the wil d m a n began to thi n k i t was ti m e he d i d

s o m e t h i n k ; an d the n earest thi n g
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G in ger s l eg e pu t i s teeth i n to i t A ny body
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m ight ha thou ght Gi nger was the wi ld m an

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that eve n i f he so far forgot his s el f as to u se

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H o w m u ch d o you w an t fo r i m ? s es Ted
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Redd ish arte r Gin ger a d got i s l eg a way a nd

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ta ke n i t to the win der to look at i t .
O n e u n d e re d p ou n ds s es ol d Sa m
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F a ir cop ses Gi n ger who was stil l rubb in g ,

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his l eg I tol d you i t wou l d b e bu t there s n o
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need for B eau ty t o o verdo it H e n early ad a .
bi t ou t o my l eg ’
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A r ight se s the wil d m an sh i ft in g a lo n g the , ,
ea r t h r u g to where P ete r wa s s itt i n g ;

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b u t it
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d on t d o for m e to b e t oo ta m e You e ard wot
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she sa id .
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H ow are you feel i n g ol d m an ? ses P eter
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i n a k in d vo ice as e tuc ke d i s l egs away u n d er ,

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is c h air .
Gu rr ses the wil d m an goi n g on a l l fours to

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the back of the C hai r gur —w u g—wu g ,

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Don t pl ay the fool Be au ty ses Peter with

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a u n easy s m i le as he twi ste d I s ead roun d C al l ,

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i m o ff S am
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Gu rr ses th e w i l d m a n sn i ffi ng at is legs ;
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gu rr .
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E asy on B eau ty it s n o good bi t in g im t il l , ,
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they com e bac k ses ol d Sa m ,

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I won t be b it at a l l ses Ru sse t v ery sharp ’
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m ind that S am I t s my bel ief Beau ty s gon e , .
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mad .
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H ush s es G in ger a n d they eard Ted ,

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Red d ish an d i s wi fe com in g bac k They ca m e ’

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i n and sa t d own ag i n a n d after Te d ad a d ,
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AN O DD FREAK 1 3
anothe r good l ook at the wi ld m an and prod ded

i m al l ove r an l ooke d at is tee th he spoke u p
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an d sa i d they d d eci de d to give a u n d e r e d pu n ’
for i m at the en d 0 three d ays i f e s u ited

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I s pose ses S a m l ook i n g at the others

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that we coul d ave a b it o f i t n ow to go on wi th ? ’
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I t s agin ou r way of d oin g bu sin es s ses Ted
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Red d ish I f i t u d bee n a l io n or a tiger we

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coul d bu t wi ld men we n ever do

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The thin g i s ses M rs Redd i sh as th e wil d ,

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m a n sta rted o n Ru sset s l eg an d was pu l led o ff

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by S a m an d G i n ger where to pu t i m ,
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Why not pu t i m i n with the bl ack l eopard ’
ses her u s b a n d ’
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There s pl e n ty 0 room i n his cage says is ’
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wi fe thou ghtfu lly an d i t u d be com pany for im

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too .
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I don t th i nk th e W il d man u d l ike that ses

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Ginger .
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I m sartai n su re e woul d n t says old S am , ,
shak in g is ead ’ ’
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Wel l we m u st pu t i m i n a cage by hissel f

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I s pose ses Redd ish bu t we ca n t be pu t to
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m u ch expense I m su re th e m oney we spen t .

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i n cat s m e at for the l ast wi l d m an we a d was

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awful .
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D on t you spen d too m uch money on cat s
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m eat for ses S am e d very l i kely leave i t ,
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I4 LIGHT FREIGHTS
Brin gi ng i m o me we u sed to give im the sa m e

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as we ad ou rsel v e s an d he got o n al l right

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I t s a won d er you d id n t k i l l i m ses R edd ish

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se v erely H e 11 be fed very d i ffere n t ere I can tel l
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o u won t kn o w i m at the en d 0 thre e d ays

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y o u . Y .
D on t cha n ge i m too su d de n ses Gi n ger

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keepin g i s ead t u rn ed away fro m the wild m an
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wo t wos tryin g to catch i s eye Coo k is food ’
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at fu st c o s e s b een u sed to i t
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I k n ow wot to give i m ses R e d d ish o ff

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handed ly I ai n t been i n the l in e twen ty seve n
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years for n o t h in k B ri n g i m ou t to the bac k an .

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I l l pu t i m i n i s n ew o m e
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They al l got u p an d takin g no n otice of the ,
wil d m a n s wh i spers fo l l e re d Te d Red d ish an d i s

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w i fe o ut to the back where al l the wi l d b easts i n ,
the worl d seem e d t o ave coll ected to roar o u t to ’
each other what a beastly p l ac e i t was .
I m goi ng to pu t i m i n A ppy Cottage for

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a ti m e says Red d i sh ; len d a han d ere Wi ll iam
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he says bec kon i n g t o o n e of is me n
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I s t/z a t A ppy C ottage ses ol d S a m

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s n i fii n g as they got u p to a n as ty e m pty cage

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with a chai n an d stapl e i n the wal l .
Ted R ed d ish s aid i t was .
Wot m akes you c al l i t th at ? ses Sam ’

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Red d i sh d i d n t see m to ear i m an d i t took ’ ’ ’
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al l Ginger s coaxin g to ge t Beau ty to go i n .
A N O DD FREAK
It on y for a d ay or t wo he whispers
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B u t o w a m I to escape when you ve got the

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bras s ? ses the wild m an

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We l l l ook arter that ses G in ger wh o a d n t
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got the l east idea .
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The wi l d m an a d a l ittl e show fo r the l ast
ti me j is t to i m press Ted Redd is h an it was
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pretty to see the w ay Wi l l iam a n dl e d i m The ’ ’

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l ook on the wi l d m a n s face showed as o w i t wa s ’ ’
a re ve l a s h u n to i m Then is three m ates to o k

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a l ast l ook at i m an d wen t o ff

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F or the fus t day S am fe l t u n easy abou t im

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and u sed to t el l u s tal es about is d ead brother ’
wh ich m ad e u s thin k Beau ty was l uc ky to take

arter I s m other ; bu t i t wore o ff an d the n ext ,
night i n the A d m i ral C ochrane e put i s ead

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on Ginger s shou lder an d wep for a pp i n e s s a s e ,
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S pok e of is n e vy s hom e at A ppy Cottage ’ ’
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O n the third d ay Sa m was for going rou n d

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i n the m orn i n g for the m oney but Gi nger said it ,

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was n t advisable to show any aste so they l e ft
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i t to t he even in g a nd P ete r Ru sset wrote S am a ,
l e tter sign ed Barnu m o fferi n g i m two u n d e re d ,

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fo r the wi l d m an i n c ase Ted Reddish shoul d ,

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wan t to beat e m d own They al l a d a dri n k .
b efore they W e n t i n an d was sm i l in g with good ,
tem per to s ich a n ex ten t th at they a d to wa i t a ’
m in ute to get their faces straight afore goin g i n .

(6 LIGHT F REIGHTS
Com e i n ses Red d ish a n d they fo l l e re d I m

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i n to the parl er wh ere M rs Red d ish was s ittin g , .
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i n a ar m chair shaki n g e r ead a n d l ook i n g at the ’
carpet ve ry sorrowful .
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I was afra i d you d com e she ses i n a low
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voice .
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So was I s es Red d ish , .
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What fo r ? ses ol d S am I t d id n t look .
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m u c h l ik e m oney an d e fel t c ros s ,

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W e ve a d a l os s ses M rs Red dish S he
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touched e rs e l f a n d then they see she was al l i n

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blac k an d that T ed Red d ish was weari n g a bl ac k

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t ie an d a b it 0 crape rou n d i s arm ’
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S orry to ear it m u m se s ol d S am , , .
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I t was very s u d den too ses M rs Red d ish , , .
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w ipin g e r eyes .
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That s b etter than l ayin g lon g ses Peter ,
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Russe t com forti n g l i ke

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Gi n ger D i c k gives a cough Twen ty five .

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pou nd s w as wot e u c ome for ; n ot to ear this ’
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sort 0 tal k ’
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We ve been i n the wi l d beast l i ne seven an
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t we n ty years ses M rs Red d i sh an d i t s the fu st

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t im e a n y t h i n k of th i s sort as a pp e n e d ’
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E a l t h y fa m i ly I s p ose ses S am starin g
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Tel l im T ed ses Mrs Red di sh i n a u s k y

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wh is per .
No you s es Ted
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eyes was l arge an d st ari n g P eter Russet was ,

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suck i ng is teeth a n Gi n ge r was won deri ng wot’
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the l aw woul d s ay to it — i f i t eard o f i t ’

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I t s a n u n fo rt u n it th i n g fo r al l parties ses
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Ted Red d ish at l ast ge tti ng u p an d stan d i ng o n , ,
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the e art h r u g .
s es S am u s k il y You ou gh t to ,
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ha k n ow n bette r tha n to pu t im i n w ith a ti ger

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Wot coul d you ex p ect ? W y i t was a m ad thin g ’
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to d o .
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C rool th in g ses P eter Ru sset , .
Yo u d on t k n ow the b i s n e s s p roperly ses ’
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G in ger that 5 abou t wot i t i s W y ,

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shou l d ’
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ha kn ow n be tter than th at .
Wel l i t s n o good m ak i n g a fuss abou t i t s es

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Redd ish I t was o nly a wil d man arte r al l an d

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he d ha d ied a nyway cos e wou l d n t eat the

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raw m e at we ga ve i m an d i s pan 0 wate r w a s ’
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scarcely tou ched H e d ha sta rve d h i m sel f any .

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how I m sorry as I sai d before bu t I m u st b e

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o ff I ve g o t an ap poi n t m e n t d own at the d ocks

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H e m o v e d towards the d oor ; G i n ger D ic k

gave Ru sse t a n u d ge a n d wh ispered som ethi ng ,
an d Ru sset passed i t o n to S a m .
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What abou t the u n d e re d qu id ? ses pore
B eau ty s u ncle catch i n g ol d 0 Red d is h as e
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passe d i m ’
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Eh ? s e s R e d d is h s u rp r is e d O h that s , ,
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A N O D D FRE AK 1 9
Ho l says S am ’
H o ! is i t ? We wan t a .
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u n d e re d qu i d o ff o f you ; a n wo t s m ore we ’
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m ean to ave i t ’
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Bu t the tiger s ate i m says M rs Red d ish ’ ’ ’
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expl ain in g .
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I know that ses S am sharply B u t e was , ,
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ou r w il d man an d we want to be p ai d fo r i m ,
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You shou l d ha been m ore carefu l We l l gi v e ’

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you five m i n u tes ; a n d i f the m oney ai n t paid ’
by that ti m e we l l go strai ght o f? to the p olice

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station .
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Wel l go s es Ted Red d ish

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S am g o t u p very stern an d l oo k ed at G i nger , , .
You l l b e ru in ed i f we d o s es Gi nger
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A l l right ses Ted Red d ish com fortably , ,
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I m n ot sure they can t ang you ses Ru sset

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I ai n t su re e i ther says Re d d ish ; an d I d

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l i k e to k now O w the law stan d s i n case i t a p p e n s

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agin .
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Com e on S a m ses Gin ger ; com e s tra i ght

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to the pol ice station -

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H e g o t u p an d m ove d toward s the door ,

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Ted Redd ish d id n t m ove a m u scle b ut M rs ’
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Red d ish fl 0 p p e d o n her k n ees a nd cau ght ol d

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S a m rou n d the l egs a n d e l d h im so s e cou l d n t

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m ove .
S pare i m she se s cryin g ’

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L ea go o my legs m u m s e s S am
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20 LIGHT FREI GHTS
Co m e on Sa m ses Gin ger ; come to the

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pol ice .
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O ld S am m ade a d e s p e r i t e fi o r t an d M rs , .
Redd ish call ed i m a c r o ol m onster an d l et go ’

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and id e r face on e r h u sban d s s houl d er as they
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al l m ove d ou t of the parlou r l a r fi n g l ik e a m ad ,
thin g wi th hysterics .
They m oved o fi sl owly n ot k n owi n g wot to

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d o as of cou rs e they k new they d aren t go to

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the pol ice abou t i t Gin ge r D ic k s tem per was .

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aw fu l ; bu t P e ter Ru sset sai d th ey m u stn t give ’
u p al l ope — he d wri te to Ted Red d ish an d tell

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i m as a frien d wot a d an ger e was i n O l d S am

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d id n t say anyth i n g the l oss of his n evy an d

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twen ty five pou n ds at the sam e ti m e b ei n g

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al m ost m ore tha n i s ar t c oul d bear an d i n a ’ ’

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sl ow m elancholy fashi o n they wal k ed bac k to

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ol d S a m s l od gi n gs ’
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Wel l what the bl aze s i s u p n ow ? ses Gi nger
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D ic k as they tu rn e d the corn er

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There was three or fou r u n d e r e d peopl e ’
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stan d i n g i n fro n t of th e ou se an d wom e n s eads ’
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ou t of al l the w i n de rs sc ream ing the ir a rd e s t ’
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fo r the pol ice an d as they got cl oser they eard
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a i n cessan t knock i n g I t took e rn ne arly fi v e .
m i nu tes to force thei r way throu gh the crowd ,
an d then they n early we n t crazy as they s aw the

wi ld ma n with al f the wi nder b l in d m issi ng b u t
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AN O DD FREAK z I
o th er w ise wel l and a rt y stan d ing on the step

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an d gi v i n g rat a tat tats at the d oor for all
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was worth .
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They n ever got to k n o w the righ ts of i t ,
Beau ty getti ng so excited every ti m e they aske d

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i m o w he got o n that they a d to give i t U p
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B u t they began to ave a sort o f idea at last
that Ted Red d ish a d bee n a vin g a ga m e with
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em ,
an d that M rs R edd i sh w a s worse than wot
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e w as
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A QU E S T I O N O F HAB I T
IMMIN
aboard ship I d on t ol d with ’ ’
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said the n ight watch m a n severe ly -

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They l l ars k you a l l sorts o si l ly q u estion s
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a n c om plai n to the s ki p per i f you d o n t tre at

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e m c ivil i n answeri n g e m I f you d o treat e m .
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C ivi l what s th e resu lt ? I s i t a bi t 0 bacca or
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a shill i n g or a nythi n g l i ke that ? N o t a bi t of

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i t ; j u st a tha n k you a n sa i d i n a way as
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thou gh they ve been gi vi n g you a perfec t treat
by tal k in g to you .
T hey re a con trary sec ts too A s k a girl c ivil

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l i ke to stan d o fi a l in e you wan t to coil u p an d ,
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she l l get o f? an l oo k at you as thou gh you ou ght
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to ha ve waited u n t i l she a d o ffered to shi ft Pul l ’

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on i t withou t as kin g her to s te p o ff fu st a n the ,

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shi p won t ol d her a rd l y A m an I k new on ce

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he s d ead n ow po or ch a p an d l e ft three wi d d ers

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m ou rn i ng thei r u n re pai rabl e l oss — said that with

al l is e x pe rie n ce w i m m i n w a s as m u ch a ri d d l e to
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i m as when he fu st m a rrie d .
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0 c o urse so m eti m es you ge t a gal d own the
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A QUESTI O N O F HABIT 23
fo c s le prete n d in g to b e a m an sh i ppin g as
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ordin ary seam an or boy an d n obody n ot a pen ny ,
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the wiser I t s happen ed before an I ve no d oubt
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i t wi ll aga i n .
We a d a qu e er c ase on ce on a b a rq u e I was on
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as steward cal led the Tower of L on don bou n d

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from the A lbert Doc ks to M el b ou rn e wi th a

general cargo We sh ipp e d a n ew boy j u st after .
we started as wa s en tered i n the ship s books as

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E n er y M al l ow an the fus t th i ng we notice d
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abou t E n e ry was as e had a great d isl i ke to

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work an d was terribl e sea s ic k E very ti m e -

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there wa s a j ob as wan te d to be d on e that l ad ,
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u d go an d b e took bad qu i te i nd e pen de n t of
the weather .
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The n B i l l Dowsett a dopted I m an d sa i d he d ,
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m ak e a sail or of i m I bel ieve i f E mery coul d ’

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ave chose I s father h e d sooner ad any m a n ,
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than B il l an d I wou l d sooner have bee n a orphan

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than a s on to any o f em B i l l rel i e d on h is ’

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l a n gwi d g e m os tl y bu t when that fail ed he d j ust

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fetch i m a cu ff N o th in g m ore t han was good

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for a boy wot a d got is l ivin g to earn bu t E n e ry ’ ’

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u sed to cry u nti l w e was al l a s ham ed of i m ’

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B i l l g o t al m ost to be afrai d o f i t t i n g i m at
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l ast a n d u sed to try wot b e i n g sarcastic wou l d

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d o Then we fo u n d as E n e r y was te n ti m es as
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sarcastic as B il l —c d ta l k al l rou n d i m so to ’ ’ ’
u LI GHT FREIGHTS
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speak a n eve n tak e the word s ou t of B il l s
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m ou th to u se a gi n i m Then B i ll wou l d tu rn to ’
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i s great n atu ral gi fts an d the en d o f i t was when ,
we was about a fortn ight ou t th at the b o y ran

u p on d ec k an d we n t aft to the s kip per an d
compl ain e d of B il l s l a n g wi d ge ’
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L a n g wi d ge s e s the ol d m an gl ari n g at i m
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as if e d eat i m ’
what sort 0 l a n g wid ge ?
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Bad l a n g wid g e sir ses E mery , ,
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Repeat it ses the s ki p per ,

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E n e ry gi v es a l ittle shi ver I cou l d n t d o i t ’

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si r he ses very sole m n

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i t s l ik e — li ke y o u was
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tal king to th e bo sen yes terd ay ’

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Go to you r d uti es roars the sk i ppe r ; go to ,
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you r d uties at onc e an d d o n t l et m e ea r a ny ,
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m ore o f it Why yo u ought to b e at a you n g

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lad i es school .
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I k n ow I ou ght sir
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E n e r y ses with a , , ,
w i m per bu t I n eve r thou ght i t d b e l i ke this

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The ol d m a n stares at h i m a n d the n he rubs ,
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h is eyes a n d stares agin E n e ry wi ped h is eyes .
and stood l ooki n g d ow n at the dec k .
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E a ve n s abo v e ses the ol d m an i n a d azed
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voi ce d on t tel l m e you re a gal

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I won t i f you d o n t wan t m e to ses E n e ry
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wi pin g his eyes agi n .
W hat s you r na m e ? ses the ol d m a n at l as t

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M ary M al l ow s ir ses E n r v very soft , ,

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36 LIGHT FRE IGHTS
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u pse t that e d i d n t kn ow what e was s ayin g an d ,
begge d an ordi n ary seam a n s p ardon for trea di ng ’
on i s t o e
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T hen the sk i pper took M i ss Mall ow bel ow to

her n ew quarte rs an d to i s great s u rprise cau ght ,
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the th ird o ffi c e r who was fon d o f fe m ale soc iety

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d oin g a step d an ce i n the sal oo n al l on is own

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That eve n i n g the sk ipper an d the m ate form ed
the m selves i n to a co m m i ttee to deci de what was
to be do ne Everythi n g the m ate su ggested the
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sk ipper woul d n t have an d whe n the sk ipper ,
thought of a n y t h in k the m ate s ai d it wa s i m ,
’
pos sibl e A fter th e com m ittee a d bee n si tti n g
.
for three hours i t bega n to abus e each other ;

l eastaways the sk ipper abu sed the m ate an d the
, ,
’
m ate k e p on sayi n g i f i t was n t for d i scipl ine he
’
k n ew so m ebody as wou l d tel l the sk ipper a thin g

or two i t wou ld d o i m good to hear ’
.
S he m ust have a d res s I tel l you or a frock , ,
at any rat e ses the s k ipper very mad

,
’
, .
What s the d i fferen ce between a d ress a n d a

’
’
froc k ? se s the m ate .
There is a d i ffe re nce s es the sk ipper ,

’
.
W el l wha t i s it ? ses the m ate

,
’
.
I t woul d n t b e a ny go o d i f I was to ex pla i n

’
to you ses the s kipper ; s om e peopl e s head s a r e

,
’ ‘ ’
too thic k .
’
’
I k n ow they are ses th e m ate ,
.
A QUESTION O F H A BIT 27
The com m ittee brok e u p a fter that b u t i t got ,
am iable agi n o v er bre ak fas t nex t m orn ing and ,
m ade qu ite a fu ss over M iss M al l ow I t was .
won derfu l what a di fferen ce a n igh t aft had m ade

i n that g al S he d w ashe d herself beau ti fu l and
.
’
,
’
had j ust frizzed e r a ir wh ich was rat her l on g
’
, ,
over e r forehead an d the com m i ttee kept

’
purs ing its l ips u p an d l ooki n g at eac h other

’
as Mr F i sher tal ke d to er an d ke p on pi l i n g
.
’
’
e r pl at e u p .
S he wen t U p on d ec k a fte r break fast a n d stood

lean i n g agai n st the si de tal ki n g to M r F isher . .
P retty l augh she d got to o thou gh I n ever ’
, ,
n oticed i t when she wa s i n the P er

haps she h ad n t go t m u ch to l au gh abou t the n
’
an d while she was u p there e nj oyi n g e rs e l f ’
watchin g u s chaps work th e c o m m i ttee was down ,
below l ayi n g i ts e ad s together a gi n

’
.
“
Whe n I wen t d ow n to the cabin agi n it was
’
l ike a d ress m ak er s shop There was si l k h and .
’
kerch ie fs an d al l sorts 0 th i ngs on the tabl e ,
an the s k i ppe r was hoveri n g ab ou t wi th a big

’
pair of scissors i n h is han d s wond eri ng h o w to ,
begin .
“
I shan t atte m p t anythi n g very grand he
‘ ’ ’
ses at last ; j u st som eth i n g to sl ip over them

‘
boy s cl othes she s wea rin g

’ ’
.
’
“
The m ate d id n t say anythi n g H e was bu sy
’
.
28 LIGHT F R E I G H TS
drawin g froc ks on a l ittl e p i ece of paper a n d ,
l ooki ng at e m with h is ead on on e s id e t o see

’ ’
whether they l ooked bett er tha t w ay .
“
B y J ove ! I ve got it ses the ol d m an
‘ ’ ’
, ,
su dden ly Where s that d ress in g gown your

.
‘ ’
-
wi fe gave you ? ’
The m ate l ooked up I d on t kn ow he ses .

‘ ’
,
’
,
’
s lowly . I ve m isl a id i t .
’
“‘
W el l i t can t be fa r ses the sk ipper
,
It s
’
,
’
.
‘ ’
j ust the thin g to m ak e a froc k of .

’
I d on t thi n k so se s the m ate

’
‘
I t wou ld n t ,
’
.
’
han g pro perly Do you k n ow what I was thi n k

.
i n g of ? ’
‘
Wel l ses the s k ipp er
,
’
.
Three 0 the m new fl an n el shirts o you rs

’ ’
,
’
’
ses the m ate They r e very d ark an they d
.
‘ ’
,
’
hang beauti fu l .
’
“‘
L et s try th e d ress i n g gow n fu st ses the
’
-
,
’
sk i pp er hearty l ike
,
T hat s e as ier I ll hel p
-
.
‘ ’
.
’
yo u look for i t .
’
’
I ca n t thi n k w hat I ve d on e wi th i t ses the
’
,
’
m ate .
“‘
Wel l l et s t ry you r cabi n ses th e o ld m a n
,
’
,
’
.
They we n t to the m ate s c abi n a n d to his ’
,
~
great s u rprise the re i t w as han gin g j ust b ehind

,
the d oor I t wa s a beau t iful d ress in g gown

.
-
soft war m c l oth tri m m ed wi th brai d — an d the

,
s k ipper took u p hi s sc issor s agin an d fairl y ,

'
e
A QUESTI O N O F HABIT 29
gloated over it T he n he sl owly c ut off the top

.
part with the t wo arm s an gin g to i t an d passed ’
i t over to the m ate .
I shan t wan t that M r J ac kson he ses

“ ‘ ’ ’
.
, ,
slowly I d are say y ou l l fi n d it co m e i n u sefu l

.
’
.
Wh ile you re do i n g that s pose I get o n with

’
,
’
them thre e sh i rts ses M r J ack son ,

’
. .
What three shirts ? ses the skipper who was ’

,
bu sy cu tt in g bu tton s O ff .
’
“ ‘
Why yours ses M r J ac kson
,
L et s see
,
’
. .
‘
who can m ak e th e be st frock .

’
No M r J ac kson se s the ol d m an I m
’ ’
“ ‘ ‘
. .
, ,
sure y o u coul d n t m ake anythi ng 0 t hem shirts ’ ’

.
You re n et at al l g ifted that way

’
Besides I .
,
’
wan t e m ’
.
“ ‘
Wel l I wan ted my d ressin g gow n i f yo u
,
-
,
’
come to t hat ses the m ate i n a sul ky voice
, , .
“ ‘
Wel l wha t o n earth d id you give i t to m e
,
fo r ? s es the ski ppe r I do w ish you d know

’ ‘ ’
.
’
you r ow n m in d Mr J ac k son , . .
’
“
The m ate d i d n t say any m o re H e s at an d .
watch e d the o l d m an as he threade d h is needl e ,
a n d stitched th e d res s i n g gown togeth e r d own -
’
the front I t real ly d id n t l ook hal f bad when
.
he d fi n i shed i t an d i t was easy t o see h o w

’
,
pleased M iss M all ow was S he real ly l ooked .
qu ite fi ne i n i t an d wi th the bl ue gu ern sey she

,
’
was weari n g an d a ban d m ade 0 s il k h an d k e r
30 LIGHT FRE IGHTS
chiefs rou nd her w aist I saw at on c e it was a ,
case wi th the thi rd o ffi c er .
N o w you look a b i t m ore l i ke the gal yo u r

“ ‘
’
father used to k n ow ses the sk ipper My , .
fi n g e r s a bi t sore j ust at pres e n t b u t by an d by

’
I l l m a ke you a bon n et
’
.
’
’
I d l i ke to see it ses the m ate ,
’
.
I t s q u i te easy ses t he sk ip per

’
I ve seen
,
’
.
’
’ ’
my w i fe d o e m S h e c al l s e m tokes You
. .
’
make the h u l l ou t o c ardboar d an d S pread you r
canvas on th at .
’
“
That dress m ad e a wond erful d iffere n ce i n t h e
gal Won d erful ! S he see m e d to C han ge al l at
.
on ce an d beco m e th e l ady al together She j u st .
a d that cab i n at her bec k and cal l ; an d a s fo r

’
m e she seem e d to thi n k I was there a p u p p o s e

,
to wai t o n e r ’
.
“
I m u st s ay she a d a good ti m e of it We w as
’
.
’
ha v in g s ple nd id wea the r a n d the r e w asn t m uch ,
work for anybody ; con sequen tly when sh e wasn t ,

’
receivin g goo d advice from the sk i pper and the

m ate S h e was receivi n g atte ntion fro m both t h
,
e
second an d th ird o ffi cers M r S cott the s ec ond . .

, ,
d i d n t seem to tak e m u ch n otice o f her fo r a d ay

’
or two an d the fi rs t I saw o f h is bei ng i n l o v e

,
was i s bei ng very ru de t o M r F isher and givin g

’
.
u p bad l a n g wid g e so s u dd e n i t s a wond er i t

,
’
d i d n t d o i m a i nj u ry
’ ’
.
A QUEST I O N O F HABIT 31
I th in k the gal rather e nj oye d the ir atte ntions

at fi rst bu t arter a t i m e she got fairly tired of i t
,
.
S he ne v er a d n o re st pore th i n g I f s he was u p
’
,
.
on dec k l ookin g ove r the s id e the thi rd o fficer

wou l d com e up a n d tal k ro m antic to e r abou t ’
the sea an d the lonely l ive S of sail or m en an d I -

,
a c t u r a ll y eard M r Scott repeati n g poetry to her

’
. .
’ ’
The sk i pper eard i t too an d bein g su spic iou s 0 ,
poetry an d not havi n g h eard clearly cal led h i m

, ,
u p to i m an d m ade i m s ay i t a l l ove r agi n to i m

’ ’ ’
.
E d id n t seem qu i te to kn ow wot to m ake of i t

’ ’
,
so e cal l s u p the m ate for i m to hea r i t The

’ ’
.
m ate sai d i t was r u bb ish and the ski ppe r tol d ,
M r S cott th at i f ever he was ta ke n that way

.
agi n e d ear m ore of i t

’ ’ ’
.
“
There was n o d oubt abou t the m two you ng
fe ll ers bei n g ge n u i n e S he a p p e n e d to say on e .
’
day that she cou l d neve r never care fo r a m an ,
who d ran k an d s m oked an d I m bles t i f both ,

’
’
o f e m d id n t give e r their p ipes to chuck over
’ ’
board an d the agony those t wo chap s used to

,
s u ffer when they saw other peop l e s m o king was

piti ful to wi tnes s .
“
I t g o t to su ch a p itch at l as t that the m ate ,
who as I said a fore was a very particu l ar m an

, , ,
cal l ed an oth er com m i ttee m ee ti n g I t was a v ery .
sole m n affair an d e m ad e a long speech i n which

,
’
he s aid he was the father of a fa mi l y a n d that the ,

32 LIGHT FREI GHTS
second an d third o fii c e rs was far too a tten ti ve to

M iss M al l ow an d e as k e d the s k ip per to s top i t
,
’
.
H ow se s the s k i pper .
S top th e d ra u ght play i n g an d the card -
pl ayin g an d the poe try se s th e m ate the gal s ,

’ ‘ ’
gettin g too mu ch atte nti on ; she l l have e r ead ’ ’ ’
turn ed P u t your foot d own s ir an d stop it

.
, , .
’
“
T he S k i pper was so s tru c k by what he said ,
that he n ot o n ly d i d that b u t he wen t an d forbid ,
them two you n g m e n to speak to the gal excep t

at m eal ti m es or when the con versation was
,
gen eral N on e of e m l i k ed i t though the gal

.
’
,
preten d ed to an d fo r the m atter of a wee k

,
thin gs was very qu ie t i n the cab in n ot to say ,
su l ky .
“
T hin gs got bac k to their ol d styl e a gi n i n a
very c u ri ou s way I d j us t se t the tea i n t he
.
’
cabi n o ne aftern oon a n d a d s topped at the foot ,

’
of the c om pan io n l add er t o l e t the skipper an d

-
’
M r F is her co m e d own whe n we s ud d en ly eard
.
,
a l ou d box o n the e ar We al l ru shed i nto the .
cabi n at on ce an d there was the m ate l ooki n g

,
fairly th u n de rstru c k w ith h i s han d to his fac e , ,
and M i ss M a llo w glari n g at 1 m .
M r J ackson ses the s kip per i n a awful

“ ‘ ’
.
, ,
voice wha t s th i s ?
,
‘ ’ ’
’
A s k her shou t s th e m ate
,
’
I thin k she s .
‘
gon e m ad or som e thi ng .

’
34 LIGHT F REIGHTS
con d u ct yo u re not to S peak to this you n g

’
l ady agi n A lso you m u st con side r yoursel f

.
,
as rem oved fro m the co m m ittee .

’
“
Cu rse the co m m i ttee screa m e d the m ate
‘ ’
, .
‘
Cu rse
H e l ook ed al l rou n d wit h h is eyes s tartin g
“
,
’ ’
ou t of i s ead an d the n s ud d e nl y shu t his m outh
,
with a sn ap an d wen t u p o n d ec k H e n ever .
'
a l l o o d e d t o th e a fi a i r a gai n an d i n fact for the ,
rest o f the voyage e hardly spok e to a sou l ’

.
The you n g p eopl e g o t thei r card s an d drau ghts

’
agi n bu t he took n o notice an d e n ever spoke
, ,
to the s k ip per u n l es s h e s pok e to i m fu st ’

.
We g o t to Me lbou r n e at l ast an d the fus t ,
thing the s kipper d i d wa s to gi v e o u r you ng

lady som e m on ey to go ashore an d b uy clothes
with H e d i d i t i n a very d e l ik i t way by givi n g
.
’
her the pay as b o y an d I don t thin k I ever s ee,
anybody l ook s o pl ease d an d su rprised as s he

d id T he s k i ppe r wen t ashore wi t h h er as S h e
.
,
l ooked rather a o d d fi gu re t o be go i n g abou t al one ,
'
a nd com es b ac k abou t a hou r l ater wi thou t e r .
I thought perhaps she d ha v e com e ab oard ’
,
’
he ses to M r F i sher .I m an age d t o m iss her

.
‘
som e how wh il e I was wai ti n g ou tside a shop .

’
They fi d g e t e d abou t a bi t and the n we n t

“
,
ashore to l ook fo r e r tu rn in g u p agai n at e ight

’
o clock q u ite worri e d Ni n e o c lock ca m e an d

’
.
’
,
A QUESTION O F HABIT 35
'
there was n o s ign s of er M r F isher an d M r . . .
S cot t was in a d read ful state an d the sk ipper ,
sen t al most every m an aboard ashore to s earch

’
for e r They u n t e d for e r high a n d low up
.
’ ’
,
an d d own an d rou n d abou t an d tu rned u p at ,
m i d n igh t s o d one u p th at they c ou ld a rd l y ’
sta n d wi thou t hold in g on to s o m e th in k and so ,
u p set that they cou l d n t speak N on e of the ’

.
O ffi cers got any sl eep that n ight except Mr .
J ac kson a n d the fust thi n g i n the m orn i n g they

,
was ashor e agi n l ook in g fo r her .
’
“
S he d d i sappeared as com pl etely as i f she d ’
gon e overboard a n d m ore th an one of the chaps

,
l ooked ove r the s id e hal f expectin g to se e e r ’
com e floatin g by By twelve o cl oc k m ost of us

.
’
was convin c ed that she d b een mad e away with ’
an d M r F isher m ad e som e re marks about the

.
pol ice of Mel bo urn e as wou ld ha don e them ’
good to hear .
I w as j u st goi ng to s ee abou t d in n er when we

got th e fi rst n ews of her Three of the m ost .
m iserabl e and sole m n l ook i n g ca ptain s I ve ever

-
’
seen cam e alon gs id e an d asked fo r a few word s

wi th ou r s k ipper They al l stood i n a row
.
look in g a s i f they was goi n g t o cry .
Goo d m orn in g C ap tai n H art s e s o n e o f em

, ,
’ ’
as ou r old m an cam e u p w ith the m ate .
Good m orn i ng ses he ,

’
.
36 LIGHT FRE IGHTS
’
D o you know thi s ? ses on e of em su dd en ly ’
, ,
hold i ng ou t M iss Mal l o w s dr e ss i n g gown on a ’

-
walk i n g st ic k -
.
’
Good cave ns se s the sk ipp e r
“ ‘
,
’
I hope ,
‘
’
n othi n g 5 happe n e d t o t hat pore gal
’
.
The t hre e captain s shook thei r head s al l

together .
S he i s n o m ore ses an other of em,

’ ’
.
H ow d i d i t happen ? ses the sk i pper i n a ’

,
l ow voi ce .
“ ‘
S he took this se s the fust c aptai n ,
shak ing his head an d poi n ti ng to the d ressi n g

gown .
A n d took a c hi l l ? ses the S k ippe r s tarin g

“ ‘ ’
,
very ard ’
.
“
The three c aptain s shoo k the ir ead s agi n an d ’
I n otic ed that they see m ed to watch eac h other

an d do i t al l toge ther .
’
I d o n t u nd erstan d se s the s k ip per ,
’
.
I was afrai d you woul d n t ses the fi rst ’
,
’
captai n ; she too k thi s‘
S o you sai d before s es the s kipper ra ther ,

’
short .
A n d bec a m e a boy agin ses the other ; ,

’
the wic k ed e st and m ost artfu l you n g rascal

that ever s ign ed on wi th m e .
’
“
H e l ooke d rou n d at the others an d they all ,
broke out i n to a pe rfec t roar of lau ghter an d ,

A QUESTI ON O F HABIT 37
j u mped up an d d ow n an d s l apped each other

on the back a s i f they was al l m ad Then they
, .
ask e d which was the one w ot had is e ars boxed ’

,
an d whic h was M r F i sh e r an d which was Mr

. .
S c ott a n d told our sk ip p e r what a n ice fatherly

,
’
m an he was Q u it e a crowd got rou n d a n
.
,
’
wou l d n t g o away fo r al l we coul d d o to e m i n ’
'
t h e shape 0 bu ckets 0 water and lu m ps o coal
’ ’
.
We w as the l au gh i n g stock o the plac e a nd the

-
’
,
way they carried on when the steam er passed u s

two days later w ith the fust c aptai n on the
brid ge preten d i n g n ot to see that im p of a
,
boy s tan d in g i n the bows blowin g u s k isses

an d d rop pi ng c urtsies n early pu t the skipper
,
o u t of i s m i n d
’
.
H A R D LA B O U R
O L I CE C O N S T A B L E C 49 paced s l owly
up Wappi n g H igh S treet i n the c ool of the
even in g The ware h ou ses wer e c lose d a n d the
.
,
street al m ost d en u d ed o f tra ffi c H e ad d res sed

.
a short an d s tern wa rn in g to a coupl e o f yo u ths

stru ggl in g on the n arrow pave m en t an d poin ted ,
ou t —w i th t h e toe of hi s boot — the u nd esirab i l i ty

o f the cu rbsto ne as a s e at to a s m al i m ai d e n of
fi ve Wit h h is wh i te gl ove s i n h i s ha n d h e swu n g
.
sl owly al on g m on a rc h of al l h e su rveyed
, .
H i s com pl a ce n cy an d the a ir wit h which he

s trok e d hi s red m ou stache a n d s i d e w h isk ers -
were i n su fferab le M r C harl es P i n n er ship s

. .
,
’
fire m an w h ose bo so m fri e n d C 49 h ad p i nched

,
to u se Mr P i n n er s own expres s ive ph rase —a

.
’
wee k be fore for cau sin g a c rowd to col le ct ,
eyed the exh ibi ti on w i th s n ee rin g wrath The .
i nj u stice of loc k i ng u p M r J ohn son becau se a

.
,
crow d of people whom he d id n t k now from ’
A d a m pers i s te d i n obstru c ting the pathway h ad ,
red u ced M r P i n ner to the verge o f m ad ne s s

. .
n
‘Bfl r m t‘ '
L
K E P T B E H I ND C 4 9, A N D C O NT E NT E D H I M S E L F W i l
’ ‘
li I N S U LT I NG RE M A R KS
40 LIGHT FRE IGHTS
which had led to his u nd oi n g wre n ched h i msel f ,
free an d stagge red agai n st the fen ce wh ich

surroun ded th e waste grou n d Then he d ucked .
s ideways an d as C 49 re n ewed h is i nvi tation

,
coupl e d w it h a warn in g c o ncern i n g the fu til i ty

o f res istance stru ck h im ful l an d s q u ar e on the
,
tem pl e .
The con stabl e wen t d o w n as though h e had

been shot H i s hel met roll e d off as he fell an d
.
,
his head s tru c k the p ave m en t M r P i n n er hi s . .

,
taste for bon ne ti n g pol i ce m e n al l gon e passed ,
the ad m i ri n g s mal l b oy at the d ouble an d the n , ,
tu rning the corn er rapi d ly sl ack ened his pace to

,
someth i ng l es s con sp icuou s .
H e reached hi s h om e a s m al l hou se i n a
,
n arrow tu rn i ng o ff C abl e S treet sa fel y an d , , ,
throwin g h i m s e l f i n to a chai r breathed heavi ly , ,
whi le his wi fe whose cu ri osity at seei ng hi m

,
hom e a t that early hou r woul d n ot be de n ie d ,
pl i ed h i m wi th qu es tio n s .
“
S pen d a al f hou r wi th me ? she rep e ated i n
’
-
,
’ ”
a dazed voice A i n t you well Charl ie ?
.
,
” ’
“
Wel l ? s ai d th e fi rem an frown in g 0 c ou rse , ,
“
I m wel l B u t i t struc k m e you ought to see

’
.
’
a l ittl e of m e so m eti mes wh en I m ashore .
“
That s gen eral ly wh at I d o see sai d M rs
’
, .
P in n e r °
i t s bee n a l on g ti m e stri k i n g y o u
“ ’
,
Charl i e.
HARD LAB O U R 41
“
Bette r l ate than n e v er m u rm u red h e r hu s ,
band ab sently as h e listen ed i n sh u dd eri ng

, ,
su spense to every footfal l outside

’
“
Wel l I m glad you ve turn ed over a n e w l eaf
,
’ ’
sa id M rs P i n n er
. I t ai n t afore it was ti me I m
.
’
,
’
”
su re I l l go u p an d fetch the baby d own
.
’
.
”
What for ? d em an ded her hu sba nd shortly .
S O as i t ca n see a l ittl e of you too sai d his ,
wi fe .
“
U p to t h e present i t cal ls every m an it
’ ’
sees farver I t ai n t its fau l t pore l i ttle d ear
.
, .
M r P i n n er s t il l in te n t o n foots teps gru mbl ed

.
, ,
som ethi n g ben eath h is breath an d the baby ,
bei n g awaken ed ou t of i ts fi rst sl ee p an d b rought

d ownstai rs they con tem plate d each other for
,
s om e ti m e wi th o ff en sive cu riosity .
’
U nti l n ex t morn i ng M r P i n n er s o dd reason s .
for his pre se nce su ffi ced but when he sat stil l ,
after b reak fa st and S h owed cl early his i n tention

to re m a in h i s wi fe in s i sted u pon others less
,
i nsu l ting to h e r i n t el l i gence Mr Pin n er pre . .

,
facin g hi s re m a rks wi th an a l lu sion to a l i fe long -
abhorren ce of red whi sk ers m ad e a cl ean breast ,
of i t.
“
I t served hi m ri ght sai d hi s wi fe j u d icially , , ,
bu t i t ll be s ix m onths for you i f they n a b you

’
Charl ie You ll a ve t o m ake u p you r m ind to

.
’ ’
a qu iet spe ll i nd oors wi th me a nd baby til l the

ship sail s .
42 LIGHT FREIGHTS
M r P i n ner l ooke d at h is son and he ir d i s

.
a r a g i n gl y a n d e m i tte d a groa n
p , .
”
H e a d n o wi tn esses h e re m arked except
’
, ,
“
’ ’
a boy that is a nd e d id n t l oo k the sort to be
, ,
' ”
fond o pol i ce m en .
“
You ca n t tell by l ook s repl ie d h is wi fe i n
’
, ,
whose brai n a l i ttle pl an to tu rn this escapade

to goo d acc ou n t was sl owly m aturi n g You .
“
’ ”
m u st n t ge t nabbe d for my sak e .
“
I won t g et n abbed for m y own s ake
’
,
“
rej oi n ed M r P i n ner expl ic itly . I won der , .
’ ”
whethe r i t s got i nto t h e papers ?
”
S u re to s ai d h i s wi fe shak i n g her head
, ,
.
Go an d buy on e an d see sai d the fi re m an , ,
’
gl an cin g at the baby “
I l l l oo k a fter i t bu t .
,
’ ”
don t b e lon g .
H i s wi fe wen t out an d got a p aper a n d M r , .
P i n ner who was u n abl e to read watched her

, ,
an x iou sly as sh e look ed through it I t was .
evi d en t at len gth that his prowess o f the

, ,
previous eve n i ng h ad e scaped bei n g i mmo r

t a l is e d i n pri n t a n d h is s pi rits ros e , .
“ ’ ’ ’
I do n t s pose he was m u ch u rt he said , .
I d are say he wou l d n t l i k e to tel l e m at the ’ ’
statio n he d been k n oc ked d own S om e o f e m

’
.
’
”
d o n t I l l j u s t kee p my eyes ope n when I m ou t
’
.
’ ’
.
“
I d o n t thi n k you ought to go out sai d h i s
’
,
H A RD LAB O UR 43
She p ic ke d u p the pape r agai n a nd regard ed ,
h i m fu rt ivel y Then she ben t over i t an d s l owly

. ,
sca n ne d the pages u n t i l a su d de n horri fi ed gasp ,
’
d rov e the roses from M r P i n n er s che e k an d .
prepared h im for the wors t .
“
W o t i s i t ? h e stam mered
”
.
M rs P i n n er fol ded t he p aper bac k an d m ot ion

.
,
i ng hi m to s il en ce re ad a s fol lows ,
A vi ol en t ass au l t was co m m itted l ast n i ght

o n a poli ce ma n down a t W app i ng who was ,
kn ocked d own by a se a fari n g m an u n til he got

con cu ss ion of t h e brai n Th e i nj u red con stab le .
s tates that he can i d e n ti fy the m an what attacked

h im a n d has give n a fu l l d escri pti o n of hi m at
,
the pol ic e s tati on where search i s n ow bei n g

-
,
m ade for i m The p u b l ic h o u s e s are b ei n g

’
.
~
”
watched .
H o are they ? com m e n ted M r P i n n er m uch

, .
,
”
an noyed H o i n d eed
.
, .
“ ” ’
T ha t s al l sa id h is w i fe pu tti ng down the
, ,
papen
”
“
A l l ! ec hoed the i n d ignan t fi re m an “
Ow .
’
’
m u ch m ore d o you wa n t ? I m i n a n ice ol e ’
,
’
I don t thin k S ee m s to m e I m i ght as wel l
.
”
be in qu od as ere ’
.
’
You d on t k n ow whe n you re well o ff re ’
,
t o r t e d h is wife .
M r P i n n er s igh e d a nd moved ai ml essly abou t

.
,
44 LIGHT FREIGHTS
the roo m ; then he resu m ed h is c ha ir an d , ,
shak i n g h is head s l o wl y l i t h i s p ipe , .
’
You l l be q u i te safe i n d oors S a id h is w i fe
“
, ,
who se plan was n ow perfecte d Th e o n l y thi n g .
’
i s peop l e l l won d er what you re s tayi ng i n d oors
,
’
al l d ay for .
M r P in n er took hi s p ipe ou t of h is m ou th
.
an d sta re d at her bl an k ly .
S ee m s to m e you wa n t a r e a son for stayi ng

”
i n doors she pursu e d , .
W e l l I ve got o n e a in t i ? sai d th e inj u red m an

,
’
,
’
.
” ’
Yes bu t you ca n t tel l the m that s aid his
, ,
“
wi fe .You wan t a rea son everybody can u n der
stan d an d k e ep em fro m tal k i n g ’
.
“
Yes al l very fi n e for you to tal k said M r
, , .
’
P i n n er “
i f you c oul d thi n k of a reas o n i t u d
”
be m ore sen sib l e .
M rs P i n n er who had got several r e ady

.
, ,
assu m ed an air of d eep thou ghtfu l n ess an d ,
so ftly scra tched h er chee k wi th h e r n eed l e .
”
W h ite was h the kitc h e n c e i l i n g she said , ,
su d d e n l y .
"
O w lon g wou l d that tak e ? d e m an d e d h er
“ ’
l ord who wa s n ot fon d o f wh i tewashi n g

,
.
T hen you cou ld pu t a b i t of pape r in th is

“
roo m con t i nu ed M rs P i n n er
,
a n d pu t the m .
,
shel ve s in the corn er what you sai d you d d o ’

.
Tha t wou l d take s om e ti me .

HARD LAB O U R 45
I t wou l d agreed Mr P i nn er eyeing her

,
.
,
d isagreeably .
“
“
A nd I was thi n ki n g said his wi fe i f I got , ,
’
a s ugar box fro m th e grocer s an d t wo pairs 0
-
’
wheels you cou l d m ak e th e b aby a n ice l i ttle

”
peramb ul ator .
S ee m s to m e began the a ston ished M r .
P i n ner .
“
Whil e you re d oi n g thos e thi n gs I l l try a nd
’ ’
”
thi n k o f so m e m ore i nterru p ted his wi fe , .
M r P i n ner stared at her for som e ti m e i n

.
s il enc e ; fi n al l y he said i n a voice

S l ightly ti nge d with em oti on an d fel l i nto a ,
sulle n reveri e .
I t s the safes t pl an u rged hi s w ife seri ou sly ;

’
, ,
there s so m any thi n gs w an t d oin g that i t s

’ ’
the m ost n at u ral thi ng i n the worl d fo r you to

stay i ndoors d oi n g them N obody 11 thi n k it
’
.
stran ge .
S he stitche d o n bris kly a n d watche d her hus

ban d from th e corne r of her eye H e s m oked .
on fo r som e ti m e an d ris i n g at l as t with a sigh

, ,
sen t her o u t for the m aterial s and spen t the day ,
whitewashin g .
H e was s o fati gu ed w ith th e u nwonted e x e r

tion that h e was al most conten t to stay i n that
even i ng an d s m oke ; but the fol lowin g morn i ng
was so bri ght an d i nviti ng that h is c o n fi n e
46 LIGHT FRE I G H TS
me n t ap peared m ore gal l i ng tha n ever H opi ng .
for so m e m iracl e th at shou ld rescu e hi m fro m

these sord i d task s he sen t out for another
,
pape n
’
I t don t say m u ch about i t s ai d his wife , .
The baby was cryi n g the b re ak fast thi n gs ,
were not washed an d there were s everal other

,
hi nd ra nces to j ou rn al i stic work .
”
Read i t sai d th e firem an st ern ly
, , .
”
The i nj u red co n stable read M rs P i n ner , .
,
gl ibly “
i s still go in g o n satis factory an d th e
, ,
”
publ ic hou ses are s ti ll be in g watched
-
.
“
They d o seem fon d O the m p ubl i c ho uses ’
-
,
re m ar ked M r Pi n ner i m pati ently

.
“
, I m glad .
’
’
th e cha p s gettin g o n a l l right bu t I op e e ,
’ ’
won t be ab out a fore I get to sea agai n

’
.
’ ”
“
I shou l d n t thi n k he wou l d said his wi fe , .
“
I d b ette r go ou t an d get the wal l p aper a d n t
’
-
,
’ ’
”
I ? W hat co l ou r wou ld you l i k e ?
M r P i n ne r sai d that a ll wal l pap e rs were al i ke
.
-
to h i m an d i n d u l ged i n dreary specu l ati on s as

,
to where the m on ey was to c o me from Mrs . .
P i n ner who kn ew that they were saving fast

,
owi ng to hi s e n forced sec l u s io n s m i l ed at his ,
m i sgivi n gs .
H e papered the room that d ay a fter a few ,
choi ce observation s o n the p rice of wal l paper -

,
an d express ed h is opi n ion that in a prop erly

48 LIGHT FREIGHTS
By the ti m e the p e ra m bu lator was fi n ished

his patience was at an en d a n d he deter m in ed ,
at all hazards to re gai n h i s l iberty Never had .
the s treet as su rveye d from the s m al l wi nd ow

appeared so i n vi tin g H e fi l led his p ipe an d
.
com m u n icated to the a ffri ghte d M rs P i n ner hi s .
i n ten tion o f goi n g for a s t rol l .
“
Wai t ti l l I ve see n the paper she protest ed
’
, .
”
Wot s the good o f seei n g the paper ? repl i ed
’
’ ’
M r P in ne r
. . We k n ow a s e s i n bed an d i t
“
,
’
see m s to m e wh il e e s i n be d is m y ti m e to be
’
out I shall keep a l ook out B es i d es I ve j ust

.
-
.
,
’
a d a n i d ea ; I m go i n g to S have my mous tach e

’ ’
”
o ff
’
. I ought to ha thou ght of i t be fore .
H e we n t u psta irs l eavi n g hi s wife wr ingin g

,
her han ds below S o far fro m th e red pol ic e m an

.
bei n g i n bed she was o n ly too wel l aware that

,
he was o n d u ty i n the district wi th every facul ty ,
st ra i n e d to the u t m ost to ave n ge the ou trage o f

which he had bee n the v ic ti m I t beca m e n e c e s .
sary to save her hu sban d at al l cos ts an d whil e ,
he was bu sy upstairs wi th the razor she sl i pped

o u t an d bou ght a p aper .
H e had j u st co m e d own by the tim e sh e

retur ned and tu rned to co nfron t her wi th a c o n
,
sciou s gri n ; bu t at the s i ght of her face the

s m i l e van i shed fro m hi s own an d h e s tood ,
waiting nervou sly fo r i ll n ews .

H A RD LAB O U R 49
O h, dear m oane d h i s wi fe
,
.
”
What s the m atter ?’
sa i d M r P i n ner .
,
anx ious ly .
M rs P in ner su pported hersel f by the ta bl e

.
an d shook he r head despon den tly .
A ve they fou n d m e ou t ? dem anded M r .
P i n ner .
“
Worse tha n that s aid h is wi fe , .
”
Wors e than that ! sa id her husban d whos e ,
i m agi n ation wa s n ot of a soarin g descri pti on .
H ow can it be ?
”
H e s d ead sa id M rs P i n n er sole m n ly
’
, .
, .
”
D ea d ! rep eated h e r husban d starti ng ,
violently .
M rs P in n er w i th a l i ttl e s n i ff took u p t h e
.
, ,
paper a n d read s lowly i n terru pted on ly by t h e

,
broke n ej acu lati on s o f her h u sban d .
“
The u n fortu nate pol i ce m an who was assau l t ed
the other day dow n at Wapp i ng passed awa y
peacefu lly yes terd ay even in g L ady V e ra x i s .
prostrate with grief a n d re fuses to leave the

d eat h cham ber S everal me mbers of the Royal
-
.
fam ily have tel egraph e d their

Wot ? i nterru pted th e astou nded l isten er
”
.
I was read i n g the wrong b i t said M rs , .
P in ner who was too engrosse d i n her read ing

,
o f the dea th of a wel l k n ow n n ob lem an to r e

-
m ember t o m ak e al l the correcti on s necessary

50 LIGHT FREI G HTS
to render the m su itabl e for a pol i cem an H ere .
it is
T he u n fortu n ate pol icem a n who was assau lted
the other day d own at Wapp i n g passed away
peace fu lly yesterd ay eve n in g i n the arm s of his
wife a n d fa m i ly Th e ru ffi a n l s bel ieve d to b e
.
”
at s ea
’
.
I wis h e was sai d M r P i n n er m ou rn ful ly

“ ’
. .
, ,
’ ’
I wi sh e was a n ywhere bu t ere Th e i d ea 0
’
.
m aki n g a d e l ik it m a n l ike t hat a pol ice m an .
Why I a rd l y tou ched i m

,
’ ’
.
Prom i se me you wo n t go ou t said h is wife ’

, ,
te arful ly .
Ou t ? sai d M r P i n n er e nergeti cal ly ; ou t ?

.
,
D ye thi n k I m m ad or wo t ? I m goi n g to
’ ’
,
’
stay ere t il l the shi p s ail s then I m goin g d own

’
,
’
’
i n a cab Wot d ye thi n k I wa n t to go out
.
for ?
H e sat i n a frighten ed con d i t ion i n the d arkest
corner o f the room a n d s pok e on ly to hi s wife ,
i n term s of great b i ttern ess c o ncern i n g the

extraord i n ary brittleness of m e m bers o f the
pol ice forc e I l l n ever touch o n e on e m agi n
.
“ ’ ’
as lon g as I l ive he protes ted I f you brou ght

, .
one t o m e asl ee p o n a cha ir I woul d n t tou ch ’
m ade y o u d o
’
I t s the d ri n k as it ,
sa id his
wife .
H A R D LAB O U R 5:
“
i ll
’
neve r tou ch a d rop agi n a ffi rm ed M r ,
.
P i n n er shiverin g
, .
H is p ipe had l ost i ts fl avour an d he sat pon ,
deri ng in s il en ce u ntil th e absol ute necessity o f

fi nd in g more reason s for h i s con t in ued presen ce
i n the hou se occ urred to h i m M rs P i n n e r agr e e d
. .
w ith the i d ea an d together they d rew up a l ist

,
o f i m prove men ts wh i c h woul d occ u py e very

m in u te of his sp are ti m e .
H e work ed s o feveris h l y that he beca me a

b y word i n the m ou ths of the ot he r lodgers
-
,
a nd the on ly m om en ts of secu rity a n d happ i

n ess he kn ew wer e when he was worki n g in the
bedroo m with the d oor locked M r S m ith at t ri . .
b uted i t to d is ease a n d for on e pan ic stri cken

,
-
hou r d iscuss e d wi th M r H awk the possib il i ty of

.
i ts be i ng i n fectiou s .
S l owly the days passed u n ti l at l e n gth there

were only two l eft an d he was i n such a nervous
,
and ov e rw rought state th at M rs Pin n er was .
al m ost as an xi ou s as h e was for the d ay of

departu re To co m fort h i m she read a para
.
grap h from the p a per to the e ffect that th e

pol ice had given u p the search i n d espair M r . .
P i n n er shook hi s he a d at thi s a n d s aid i t was ,
a trap to get h i m ou t H e also with a V i ew of

.
,
defeating the e n d s o f j u sti ce set to wor k U pon ,
a hood for the peram b ulator .

52 LIGH T FREIGHTS
H e was e m pl oyed on thi s when hi s wife we n t

ou t to do a l ittle shoppin g The h ou se when .
she retu rn ed wa s qu iet an d there we re n o s igns ,
of a nythin g u nu s u a l havin g occu rred ; bu t whe n

she en tere d t h e room she sta rted back with
a cry at the s ight wh ich m e t her eyes M r . .
Pi nn e r was i n a c rou chi n g atti tu d e on the sofa ,
his face bu ri ed i n t h e cu shion whi l e one l eg ,
waved spa s m od ical ly i n the ai r .
“
“
Charl ie s h e cri ed ; Charl i e
, .
There was a hol l ow groan from t h e cus h ion i n

reply .
’
What s th e m atter ? S h e c r i e d i n a lar m , .
’ ”
What s t h e m att e r ?
“
I v e s e e n i t said M r P i n n e r i n trem bl in g
’
, .
,
“ ’
tones . I ve see n a ghost I wa s j u st p eepi ng .
out of th e w in d er beh i n d th e b l in d when i t

we n t by .
“
Non sen se said h i s w i fe , .
H is ghost sai d M r P i nn er rega in in g a m ore

, .
,
“
n atu ral att i tude an d shi verin g V i ol en tly red ,
wh iskers wh ite gl oves an d al l I t s doin g a

, .
’
be a t u p an d d own thi s st re et I s h a l l go m ad . .
’ ”
i t s been by twi ce .
said h is w i fe agh ast at this ,
s tate o f a ffai rs .
I m afrai d of its c om ing for m e

“ ’
sa i d M r ,
.
P i n ner s tari n g wil d ly

, E ve ry m i n u i t I expect
.
HARD LAB O U R 53
to see i t com e to th e door and bec kon m e to

foller it to the s tation E v e ry m in u it I e xpect .
to se e it with its white face stuc k up agi n the

wi nder pan e starin g i n at m e
-
.
’ ’
“
You mu s tn t ave s u ch fan cies s aid h is ,
wi fe .
“
I see i t as plai n a s I see you persisted the ,
tre m bl in g fi r e m an I t was pran c i n g up and

.
“
d ow n in j us t the sam e stuck u p way as it d id -
when it was al i v e .
’
I ll d raw the bl in d down said h is wi fe , .
S h e cros sed over to t h e w i nd ow and was ,
about to lower the bl i n d when sh e sud den ly

d rew bac k with an i nvol un tary excl am ation .
“
Can you s e e i t i cried h e r husban d .
”
No ,
said Mrs P i n ner recoverin g hersel f
.
, .
”
S hu t your eyes .
The fire m an sprang to his feet K eep bac k .

“
,
said h is wi fe don t l ook

,
’
.
”
“
I m u st sai d her husband
, .
H i s wi fe threw hersel f u pon h i m bu t h e p ushed ,
h e r o u t of the way an d ru shed to the win dow .
The n his j aw d ropped a nd he m urm u red in c o

h e re n t l y for the ghost of th e red pol ice m an was
,
plai n ly vi sibl e I ts lofty carriage of the h e ad

.
and pe n d u lu m li ke swin g of t he ar m s were gone

-
,
an d i t was stru ggli n g in a m ost fl e s h l y m an n er

to lead a r e calc itran t cost e r m onger to the s tation .
54 LIGHT FR E I GH TS
I n the in terval s o f th e wr e stl i n g bou t it bl e w

l oud ly u po n a wh istl e .
“ ”
Won derful sai d Mrs P i n n er nervously
, .
, .
"
L i fel i ke I cal l i t
,
.
The fi re m an wa tc h ed t he c rowd pass u p t h e

road an d the n h e turn e d an d regarde d her
, .
“
W oul d y o u l ike t o hea r what I cal l i t ? he
thu nd e red .
”
“
No t be fore th e baby C h arl i e q uavere d M rs , , .
P i n n er d rawi n g bac k
, .
T h e fire ma n regard e d her si l en tl y an d h is ,
de m eanou r was s o al arm i n g that s h e grabbed

Charl es A u gus tu s P i n ner su d d e n ly fro m his
cradl e an d h e l d hi m i n fro nt o f he r .
” ’
“
Yo u v e kep m e her e s a id M r P i n ner i n
’
, .
,
a voice whi ch trembl ed wi th se l f pity for n e ar “ -

,
’
thre e w ee k s F or thr ee week s I v e wasted m y
.
ti m e m y l ittl e S pa re ti m e an d my m on e y i n
, ,
mak in g pera mbu l ators a n d wh it e wash ing a n d ,

’
paperi ng an d all sort s of t h i ngs
, I ve b ee n .
’ ’
the l a rfi n g stoc k 0 th i s house a n d I v e bee n
-
,
’
work e d l i k e a co nvi ct Wot ave you g o t to .
”
sa y for you rs e l f ?
”
Wo t d o you m ean ? i n q u ired Mrs P inn er .
,
’ ’
recovering herself “
I ai n t to bl am e for what s
.
i n the p aper a m I ? H ow w as I to kn ow that

,
’
the pol icem an as d i e d was n t you r pol ic e m an
M r P i n n e r ey ed her c losely bu t she m et h is
.
,
A G A R D E N PL O T
H E abl e b od ied m en o f the vill age were at

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work the ch i l dr e n were at school s i ngin g

,
the m ul tipl ication tabl e l ul l aby wh ile the wives

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,
a n d m othe rs at hom e n u rsed the baby with o n e

han d a n d d id the hou sework wi th the other A t .
the e n d of the vi l lage a n ol d m a n pas t work sat

at a rou gh d eal tabl e u n d er the c reak i n g s ign
“ ”
board o f the Cau l iflower gratefu l ly d ri n ki n g
,
fro m a m ug o f al e supp l ied by a chance t ravel le r

who sat Opp os i te h i m .
The shad e of the e l m s was pl easan t and the al e

good The travel ler fi ll ed his pi pe an d gl an ci ng
.
,
at the d usty hed ges a n d th e white road bak i ng

i n the su n cal led for t he m u gs t o be re fi l l ed an d
, ,
pu she d h i s pou ch toward s his com pani on A ft er .
which he p a id a c o m pl i m en t to the appearan ce

of the vil lage .
’
I t a in t what i t was whe n I was a b o y ,
qu avered the ol d m an fi l l i n g hi s p ipe wi th trem

,
“
bl in g fi n gers I m i n d whe n the gri n dston e
.
’
was stu ck j u st ou ts id e the wi n der o the forge
so
A GARDEN PLOT 57
instead 0 be i ng on e sid e as i t n ow i s ; and as fo r

’
the shop win der—it s tw ic e the s ize i t was when ’
”
I was a you n g u n ’
.
H e l it his p i pe wi th the sc ien ti fi c accu racy of

a s m ok er of s ixty years stan d i n g an d shook his ’
,
head sol e m nly as he regarded his altered bi rth

place Then hi s col our height e ne d an d h is d i m
.
e ye flas h ed .
“
I t s the peopl e abou t ere as chan g e d m ore
’ ’ ’
”
than the pl ace as h e said with s u dden fi e rc e ’
, ,
’
ne ss there s a s et 0 m en abo u t here nowadays
“ ’
as are no good to a nybody ; reg lar ra s k e l s A n d ’

.
i f you ve the m i n d to l i st en I can tel l you of one

’
’
or two as cou ld n t be beat i n L on d on i ts el f .
There s T om A d am s for on e H e wen t an d

’
.
’
started wot e cal led a B e n e vol e nt Cl ub Three .
pe nce a week eac h we paid agi n s ickn ess or

acciden t an d To m was s ecretary Three weeks
, .
arter the c l ub was start ed he caught a chil l a nd

was lai d u p for a m on th H e got bac k to work .
a week an d the n e sprai n ed som ethi n g i n i s l eg

,
’ ’
an d arter that was we l l i s i ns i de wen t wrong ’

.
’
W e d id n t th i n k m u c h of i t at fi rs t n ot u n d er ’
,
stand i n g fi gu res ; bu t at the en d 0 s ix m on ths ’
the club ha d n t got a farthi ng an d th ey wa s i n ’
’
To m s debt on e pou nd seven tee n an d s ix - -
.
’
H e is n t th e on ly o ne 0 that sort i n the pl ace
’
,
eithe r . There was H erbert Richard son He .

58 LIGHT FREI GHTS
we nt to town an d cam e back wi th the i dea of

,
a Goose Cl ub for Ch rist mas W e paid twopence .
a wee k i n to that for pretty n ear te n mon ths an d ,
then H erbert wen t bac k to town agin an d a l l we ,
’
ear o f i m th rou gh hi s s ister i s that he s st i l l
’
, ,
’
ther e an d d oin g we l l an d d on t kn ow when h e 11

,
’ ’
be back .
B ut the ar t fu l l e s t an d worst m an i n thi s place

“
an d that s sayin g a goo d deal m i n d you — is

’
,
Bob Pretty D ee p i s n o word for i m There s

.
’
.
’
n o way of be i ng up to i m I t s thro u gh i m ’
.
’ ’
that we l ost ou r F l ower S how ; and i f you d l i ke ,

’
’
to ear the rights 0 that I don t S u p pose there s
’
,
’ ’
anybod y in th is pl ac e as kn ows as m u ch abou t

it a s I d o —barri n g Bob his s el f that i s but e ,
’
wou ld n t tel l i t to y o u as pl a i n as I c an
’
.
“ ’
We d on ly ad the F l owe r S how on e year
’
,
an d l ittle anybody thou ght that the n ex t o n e

was to be th e l ast The fi rst year you m i ght
.
s mel l t h e pl ac e a m i le o ff i n the su m m er an d on ,
the d ay of the show peopl e ca m e from a l on g way

rou n d and brou ght mon ey to spen d at the Cau l i
,
‘
’
h ower a n d other places .
I t was starte d j u st after we got ou r n ew

’ ’
p arso n an d Mrs Pawl ett th e parson s wi fe is
, .
, ,
n am e be i n g P awlett t hou ght as she d e n cou rage

,
’
m e n to l ove the i r o m es a n d be better u s b a n d s

’ ’
by givi n g a p rize e ver y y e a r for t h e best cot t ag e

A GARDEN PLOT 59
garde n Thre e pou nd s was the p rize a n d a

.
,
metal t e apot wi th writi n g on it .
A s I s a id we o n l y a d i t two years Th e fa s t
,
’
.
year the garde n as got i t wa s a pi e ter an d Bi l l ,
C ha m ber s i m a s won the p riz e u s e d to say as

,
’
,
e was ou t 0 poc ket by i t taki n g is ti m e a n d the

’ ’ ’
,
mon ey e spe nt on fl owers N o t as w e be l ieved

’
.
’
that y o u u n derstan d spec ial ly as Bi l l d id i s very
, ,
’
’ ’
best to get i t th e n ext year too E d id n t get i t , , .
’ ’
an d thou gh p r a p s most o f us was glad e d id n t
’ ’
,
we was al l very s urpri s e d at the way i t turned out

i n th e en d .
The F lower S how was to be el d on the st h ’
0 j ul y j u st as a m o s t everythi ng abou t here was

’ ’
at i ts best O n the 1 st h of J u n e B i l l Ch a mb e rs s
.
’
garde n s ee m ed to be l ead in g bu t P eter S m ith ,
an d J o e Gu bbi n s a n d S am j on e s a n d H enery
Wal ker was al most a s good an d i t was u n der ,
stood that m ore than o n e o f e m had go t a surprise ’
’
wh ich th e y d p rod uc e at the last mom ent too l ate ,
for the others to C opy We u se d to si t U p here .
of an eve n i n g at this C aul i flower pub l ic hou se ‘ ’

-
an d pu t m on ey on it I pu t m in e o n H en e ry .
W al ker an d the ti m e I spent i n I S garden c l p in g

,
’
i m is a s i n a n d a sham e to thi n k of
’
.
O f co urs e so m e of em u sed t o m a k e fu n o f i t
’
an d Bob P retty was the worst of e m al l H e ’

.
was always a l azy good for n othi n g m an an d is

,
- -
,
’
60 LI GHT FREIGHTS
garden was a d i sg rac e H e d c huc k d own any .

’
ru bbish i n it : ol d bon es ol d ti n s bits o f an ol d , ,
bu cket a nythi n g to m ak e i t u n tidy H e u sed to

, .
iarf at e m awful about the i r gard en s an d abou t

’
b e i ng took u p by the parson s wi fe N obody ’

.
'
ever see i m do any wor k r e a l ard w o rk but the
’
, ,
s m el l from i s place a t d i n n er t im e was al ways

’
-
n ice an d I be l i eve tha t h e kn e w m ore abou t

,
ga m e th an the parson hi ssel f d id .
“
I t was the d ay arter thi s on e I m speak in g ’
abou t the 1 6 th 0 j u n e th a t the tro u bl e a l l bega n

,
’
, ,
a n d i t cam e abou t in a very e gg s t ro rd i na ry way .
George Engl ish a qu iet m an gettin g i n to y e ars

, ,
who use d when e was you n ger to fol ler t he sea

’
,
an d whose on ly m is fo r t in wa s that e wa s a ’
brother i n law 0 Bob P retty s hi s si ster m arrying

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Bob wh il e e was at se a an d k nowi n g nothi ng

’
abou t i t a d a l etter c om e from a m ate of his who

,
’
’
a d go ne to A u stral i a to l ive H e d ad l etters
’ ’
.
fro m A u s tra l i a before as we al l kn ew from M i ss ,
W ick s at th e pos t o th e e bu t th is one u pset hi m-

,
al togethe r H e d id n t see m l i ke to k n ow what

.
’
to d o ab ou t i t .
“
W hil e h e wa s won d eri n g B il l Cham bers passed .
’ ’
H e al ways d id pass Geo rge s ou s e abou t that
’ ’
tim e i n the e ven i n g it b eing on i s way om e an d , ,
he saw George st an d i ng at is gate wi th a letter ’
’ ’
i n is an d looki ng very puzzled .
62 LIGHT FRE IGHTS
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A n d wo t I m to d o abou t i t B i l l he ses I ’
, , ,
‘
don t k now A l l the d irection s he gives is that

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,
’
e thin k s it was the te n th cottage on the ri ght an d
’
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side of th e ro ad co m i n g d ow n fro m the C au l i

“
,
” ’
flower H e th in ks i t s the te n th b u t e s n ot
.
’
,
’
’
qu ite su re D o you t hi n k I d better m ak e it
.
k nown an d o ffer a rewar d o f te n shi ll i ngs say , ,
to any on e who fi n d s i t
’ ’
ses B i l l shak i n g i s ead I shou l d
, .
hol d o n a b i t i f I was you an d thi n k it over , .
’ ’
I shou l d n t tel l an othe r si ngle s ou l i f I was you ,
.
’ ’
I b l ie ve you re right ses George j oh n
“ ‘ ’ ‘
.
,
B iggs wou l d never forgive m e i f I l os t that m oney

fo r i m
’
’
You l l re m e mber ab ou t keep in g it secret
.
,
B ill ? ’
’
B il l swo re h e woul d n t tel l a sou l a n d e wen t ’
o fl o m e an d a d h i s su p per an d the n e wal ked u p

’ ’
,
’
the road t o the C au l i flower an d back an d then ‘
,
u p and back aga i n th i n k i n g over what George ,
a d been tel l i n g i m a n d notici n g what e d n ever

’ ’ ’ ’
, ,
’
take n the troubl e to n ot i ce be fore that i s very ,
’
hou se was the te nth o n e from the C a ul iflower .
’
“
M rs Cha mbers wok e u p at two o clock n ext
.
m orn i n g a nd to l d B i l l t o get u p further and then ,
fou nd e w asn t the re She was rather su rprise d

’ ’
.
at fi rst bu t sh e d id n t th i n k m u ch o f i t an d
,
’
’
thought what happe ne d to be tru e that e was
, ,
busy i n the g ard en i t bei n g a l ight n ight S h e ,

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A GARDEN PLOT 63
t u rn ed over an d wen t to sle e p agai n a n d at fi ve ,
’
w hen she wok e u p she coul d d i st i nctly ear B il l
w ork ing i s ar d e s t Then she wen t to the wi n d er
’ ’
.
an d n early d ropp ed as she s aw B il l i n h is shirt

an d trou sers d iggin g away l i ke m ad A quarter .
of the garde n was al l dug u p an d s h e shoved ,
op en the wi nder an d scre am ed out t o k n ow what

e was d oi n g
’
.
“
B i l l stood u p straight and wi ped i s face with ’
his sh irt sl eeve an d starte d d iggi ng agai n an d

-
,
then hi s wife j u s t p u t som ethin g o n an d ru shed

d own stairs as fast as she cou ld go .
’
What on earth are yo u a doi ng o f B il l ? she -
,
scream s .
“ ’
G o i nd oors ses B il l sti l l d iggi ng
‘
, ,
.
H ave y o u gone m a d P she se s hal f c rying ’

, .
B i l l j u st stopped to throw a lu m p of m oul d at

her an d the n wen t o n d iggi n g ti l l H enery Wal ker
,
’
w h o al so thou ght e ad gon e m ad and d id n t
’ ’
,
wan t to stop i m too soon pu t is ead over the

’
,
’ ’
’
ed ge a nd asked i m the sa m e thi ng ’
.
’
A sk no questi o n s an d y o u l l e ar n o l ies an d ’
,
keep you r u gly face you r o wn sid e o f the edge ’

,
’
ses Bi l l . Take i t i ndoors an d fri ghte n the chi l

‘
d ren with he ses ,

’
I d on t wa n t i t staring at m e
.
’
.
’
'
H enery w al ked o ff o fl e n d e d an d B i l l we n t on ,
wi th his d iggi n g H e wou ld n t go to work and .

’
’
e ad his breakfast i n the ga r den an d his wi fe
’
,
64 LIGHT F REIGHTS
sp en t al l th e m orn i ng i n t he fron t an s weri n g the

’
neighbours questio n s an d beggin g o f e m to go i n ’
an d say som ethin g to B i ll O ne of em d id go .

’
an d ca me bac k a m o s t d irect ly an d stood t here’
for hou rs tel l in g d iff r e n t p eopl e wot B il l a d sai d

’ ’
’ ’
to er and as k in g whether e coul d n t be l oc ked
,
’
up fo r i t .
By tea t i me B i l l was d ead beat a n d that sti ff

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,
he coul d a r d l y raise i s bread an d bu tter t o hi s

’ ’
’
m ou th S everal o t h e chap s looked i n i n the
.
eve n in g bu t al l they cou l d ge t ou t of i m was

,
’
that i t was a n ew way 0 cu l tivati ng l s gard en e ’ ’
a d j u st e ard o f an d tha t t h ose who l ived the

’ ’
’
l onge st wou l d s e e the m ost By n ight ti m e c d .
-
’
n early fi n ish e d th e j ob a n d i s garde n was j us t ,

’
ru i ned .
A fore peopl e a d don e tal k i n g abou t Bi l l I m

’
,
’
bl es t i f P ete r S m i th d i d n t go an d cu ltivate is ’ ’
gard en i n exactly the sa m e way The parson .
a n d i s wi fe was away on their o l id ay an d n obody

’ ’
,
’
cou l d say a word The cu rate who ad com e over
.
to tak e is p l ace for a t i m e an d wh o took the

’
n am e s of peopl e fo r the F l ower Show d id poi nt ,
ou t to i m that he was s p oil in g i s chan ces bu t

’ ’
Peter w as so ru d e to i m that he d i d n t stay l on g ’ ’
en ou gh to say m u ch .
“
Whe n j o e Gu bbin s started d i ggi ng u p i s ’
gard en peopl e bega n to thi n k they were al l

A GARD EN PLOT 65
bewitche d an d I wen t rou n d t o see H en ery

,
Wal ker t o tel l im wo t a fi n e cha nce e d got an d

’ ’ ’
to re m i n d i m that I d pu t an other n inepen c e on

’ ’
i m th e n i ght b efore
’
’
A l l e sai d was More fool .
,
y o,u
’
an d went o n d i ggi ng a ol e i n his garden ’
b ig e nough to put a ouse i n ’

.
’
I n a for tn ight s t i m e there was n t a garden ’
worth look i n g at i n the place an d i t was qu ite ,
c lear there d be n o F l ower S how that year an d

’
of al l t he si l ly bad te m pered m en i n th e pl ac e
,
-
the m as ad du g u p their p retty gard e n s was the

’
wu st .
“
I t was j u st a few days before th e day fi x e d
for the F l ower Show an d I wa s wal ki n g u p the ,
road whe n I s ee j o e an d H en ery Wa l ker an d on e

’
or two m ore l ea n i ng over Bob P retty s fen ce an d
tal kin g to im I stopped too to see what they
’
.
, ,
were look in g at an d fo u n d they was watchin g ,

’ ’
Bob s two boys a wee d in g o f is garden I t was -
.
a d i sgrace ful u n tidy sort of place as I said

, ,
before with a few m ari gold s and n astu rtiu m s

, ,
an d sich l i ke p u t i n anywhe re a nd Bob was

-
,
’
wal ki n g u p an d d own s m oki n g of is pipe an d
watchin g is wi fe hoe atwee n the p l ants and cu t
’
o ff dead m arigol d bloom s .
’ ’
That s a p retty gard en you ve got there ,
B o b ses j o e gri n n in g
’
.
, ,
’
I ve seen wu ss s e s B ob ,
’
.
66 LIGHT F REIGHTS
’
Goi n g in for the F l ow e r S how B ob ? s e s ,
H en ery wi th a wi n k at u s
, .
’ ’ ’ ’
0 cou rse I a m ses B ob ol d in g is ead U p
’
, ,
my m arigol d s ou ght to p u l l m e throu gh he ses ,

’
.
’
H en ery wou l d n t be l ieve i t at fust bu t whe n ,
h e saw Bob show i s m is su s o w to pat th e path ’ ’
’
d own w ith the bac k 0 th e s pad e an d hold the
n ail s for e r whil e s he n ai l ed a cl i mbi n g n astu rtiu m
’
to the fen ce he we n t O ff a n d fetched B il l Cham,
bers a n d o n e or two oth e rs an d they al l l eaned ,

’
over th e fe nc e b reathi n g thei r ard e s t an d a
say i ng o f al l the n asty th in gs to Bob they coul d
thi n k of .
“ ’
I t s th e b e st kep gard en i n the pl ac e ses
‘ -
’
,
’
' ’
Bob .I ai n t afra i d 0 you r n e w way 0 c u l t iva t
‘ ’
i n g fl owers B i l l Chambers O l d fash io n e d ways

, .
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s ui t m e bes t ; I l earn t o w to grow flowers from ’
’
m y father .
“ ‘ ’ ’
You a i n t a d th e chee k to g i ve you r n a m e
in Bob ? ses S a m J ones starin g
’
, .
Bob d i d n t an swer i m P ic k those b its 0 ’ ’

.
‘ ’
gras s out o the path ol d gal h e ses to i s wi fe

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, ,
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’
‘
they l ook u n tidy a n d u n ti di nes s I c an t abear ,
’
.
H e wal ked u p an d d own s m ok i ng i s p ipe a n d ’
'
preten d i n g n ot to n otice H e n ery Wal ker wot a d ,
m ove d farther al on g the fe n ce a n d was stari n g ,
at som e d rabbl e ta i l e d l ook i ng geran i u m s as i f - -
’ ’ ’
c d see n e m afore bu t was n t q u i te s ure wher e
’
.
A GARDEN PLOT 67
A d m iri n g my geran i u m s H e nery ? ses Bob ,

’
,
at l ast .
’ ’ ’
“ ‘
Wh ere d you get em ? ses H e n ery a rd l y
’
abl e t o sp eak .
My fl o r is t s ses B ob i n a off han d m an n e r

’
,
’
,
-
.
’
Your wot ? as ks H en e ry .
My fl o ris t ses Bob ,

’
.
’ ’ ’ ’
A n d who m ight e b e whe n e s at home ?
aske d H e n ery .
" ’
Tai n t so l i kely I m goin g to tel l you that
’
,
’
ses Bob Be reason abl e H en ery and as k

.
‘
, ,
’
you rsel f whether i t s l i kely I shoul d tel l you i s ’
nam e Why I ve n e ver see n sich fi n e geran iu m s

.
,
’
’
afore I ve be e n n u rsin g em i nsi d e al l the
.
’
’
su m m er a n d j u s t pl an t e d em ou t
,
’
.
A bou t two d ays arter I threw m i n e ov e r my

’
bac k fen ce s es H en ery Wal ker spea k ing very
, ,
slowl y .
ses Bob surp ri s e d ‘

I d id n t know , .
’
you a d any geran i u m s H en ery I thou ght you

’
, .
’
was d i gg i n g for gravel this year .
H en ery d id n t an swer i m No t becau se e

“ ’ ’ ’
.
d id n t want to m i n d you bu t be cause he

’
, ,
’
could n t .
“ ‘
That on e se s Bob poi nt in g at a broken ,
’
,
geran i u m wi th the s tem of is pip e i s a D ook “ ’
,
‘
”
0 Wel l i ngto n an d that whi te on e there i s wot
’
“
I m goi n g to call Pretty s Pride
’
That fi n e ’
.
68 LIGHT FREIG HTS
m arigol d over there wot l oo ks l ik e a s u n fl ower

, ,
“ ”
is called Gol de n Drea m s .
“ ‘
Com e al on g H e n ery s es Bi l l Cham bers
, ,
’
,
bursti ng com e an d ge t s o me t h i n g to tak e t h e

'
‘
,
’
taste ou t of you r m ou th .
'
I m sorry I can t o ffer y ou a fl o wer for you r
’
button ses Bob p e r l it e l y bu t i t s getti n g

, ,
‘ ’
’
so n ear the F low e r S how n ow I can t afford i t .
I f you chaps o n ly k n ew wot pl easu r e was to be

ad s itti n g a m on g y o u r i n n e rc e n t flow e rs you
’
,
’
woul d n t want to go to the p ubl ic hou se so o ften -
.
’
’
“
H e shook i s ead at em and tell i ng h is wi fe
’ ’
,
' ’
to give the Dook 0 Well i ngton a m ug of
‘
wat e r sat d ow n i n the cha ir agi n an d wip e d

, .
’
the sweat o ff i s brow .
“
B i l l C hambers d id a b it 0 t h in k i n g as they ’
’
wal ke d u p th e road an d by and by e tu rn s to ,
J oe Gubb in s a n d e ses ’
“ '
‘
See n a nyth ing 0 G e orge E ngl is h l ately ,
Yes , se s j o e’
.
S ee m s to m e we al l ave ses S am j ones ’

,
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.
None o f e m l iked to say wot was i n the ir

’
m ind s a vi n g a l l s ee n George Engl ish an d s wor e

,
’
pretty stron g not to tel l his sec re t an d no n e of ,
e m l i k i n g to own u p that they d bee n d iggin g

’ ’
up their garde n s to get m oney as c d tol d e m ’ ’ ’
abou t B u t prese n tly Bil l C ha m b ers se s

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70 LIGHT FRE I GHTS
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im ;
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th e y al l l ooked at H e nery to s ee wot e was
goi n g to say .
’
Wot s u p P ses George i n surpris e
‘
,
.
G a r den s s e s H ene ry .
’ ’
S o I ve eard ses Georg e , .
H e sh ook is ead an d l ooked at th e m sorrow

’ ’
fu l an d severe at the s am e t i m e .
“ ’ ’
S o I eard an d I could n t b el iev e my e ars
‘
,
’
ti l l I we n t and looke d for myse l f he ses an d , ,
‘
wot I wan t to s ay is this : you kn ow wot I m ’
’ ’
referri ng to I f a ny m an as fou n d wot don t
.
b el on g to h i m e kn ows who t o gi v e i t to I t ’
.
’
ain t wot I shou l d ave ex pected of m en wot s
’ ’
l ived i n th e s am e p l ace as m e for years Tal k .
’
abou t ho nesty e ses s hak in g is e ad agi n I ,
’
,
’ ’
,
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shou l d l i k e to see a l ittl e of i t .

’
Pet e r S m ith O pe n e d h i s m ou th t o S p eak an d ,
ar d l y k now in g wot e was d oi n g took a pu l l at is

’ ’ ’
’ ’
be e r at the sam e ti me an d i f S a m J on es a d n t ,
b ee n by to thu m p i m on the bac k I b l ie ve he d ’ ’ ’
’
ha d ied t here an d then .
M ark my word s ses George E n gl i sh spea k ,

’
,
’
i n g very slow a n d sol em n there l l be n o bless ,
‘
i ng on i t Who ever s m ad e i s fortu n e by getti n g

.
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up an d d iggi n g is garde n over wo n t get n o ’ ’
r e al b e ne fi t from i t H e m ay wear a black .
’
coat an d n ew trou sers o n S u n d ay but e won t ,
’
’
b e a p py
’
I l l go an d g e t my l i ttl e taste 0
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A GARDEN PLOT 71
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beer som ewhe re el se e se s I can t breathe , .
’
here .
’
“
H e wal k e d off b e fore an y on e cou l d say
’
a word ; B il l Chambe rs d ropped is pipe and
sm ashed it H en ery Wal ker sat staring afte r i m
,
’
with is m ou th wi d e open an d S a m J ones who

’
, ,
’
was al ways on e to take advan tage d ran k i s own ,
’
beer u nder the fi rm bel ie f that i t was J oe s .
“ ’ ’
I shal l take care tha t M rs P awlett ear s 0
‘
.
’
this ses H enery at l ast
, , .
“
A n d be asked wot you d u g your gard en u p
‘
for ses J oe a n d ave to ex pl ain that you broke

,
’
,
’
’
you r prom is e to George Why she d tal k at u s .
,
for years and years .

’
’
“
A n d parson u d preach a sermon abou t i t
‘ ’
,
’
ses Sam where s your sen se H enery P ,
“
W e shoul d b e the l arfi n g stock for m iles
‘ -
round ses Bi ll Chambers,

’
I f anybody wan ts .
‘
to know I du g my garden U p t o e nrich the soil

,
for n ext year a n d also to gi v e som e other cha p a

,
chanc e of the prize .

’
“ ’
Pete r S m ith as always bee n a u n fo rt un it
’
m an ; h e s got the n am e for i t H e was j ust .
’
avi n g another d ri n k as B i ll sai d that an d this ,
’
ti me we al l thou ght e d gorn H e d i d hissel f ’
. .
“
Mrs Pawlett and the parso n cam e ome n ex t
.
’
’ ’
d ay an e r vo ice got that s queaky with surpri se
,
it was pa inful to l isten to h e r A l l the chaps .

72 LI GHT FRE I G H T S
stu ck to the tale that they d d ug their gard en u p ’
to gi v e the others a chance a n d H enery Wal ker , ,

’
e we n t further an d said i t was owin g t o a serm on
’
on u n s e l fi s h n es s wot the cu rate a d p re ached
’
three week s a fore H e a d a n ic e l i ttle red .
covere d y m n book the n e x t d ay wi th F ro m a

’
-
‘
’
fri en d wrote i n i t .
“
A l l thi ngs con s idered Mrs P awlett was for , .
doin g away w i th the F lower S how that yea r an d

givi n g two p rizes n ex t year i n stead but on e or ,
’
two oth er c haps e n cou raged by Bob s e xam pl e
, ,
ad g i v en i n the ir na mes too an d they sai d i t

’
,
’
woul d n t be fair to thei r wi ves A ll the garde ns .
bu t on e was worse than B ob s th e m e n not having ’
started ti l l l ater than wot e d i d an d n ot bein g ’
ab le to ge t the i r geran i u m s from i s fl orist The .
o nly better gard en was R alph Thom son s who ’
l ived n ext door to i m bu t two n ights afore the ’
F l ower S how is p ig got wal k i n g in i ts s leep

’
.
Ral ph sai d i t was a myste ry t o i m o w the pig ’ ’
’ ’
cou l d h a got out ; i t m ust ha pu t its foot
through a hole too s m al l for i t and tu rn ed the ,
bu tto n of i ts d oor and the n c l i mbed over a fou r

,
foot fe n ce H e tol d B o b e wished the pi g coul d

.
’
spea k bu t Bob said that that was s in ful an d

,
u n christian o f i m an d that m os t l ikely i f i t

’
,
c o ul d it woul d on ly cal l i m a l ot 0 bad n am es

,
’ ’
,
and ask i m why he d i d n t feed it prope rly

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A GARDEN PLOT 73
There was qu i te a crowd on F lower S how

d ay fol lowi ng the j ud ges F irst of al l to B il l .
,
Ch a m b e rs s aston i shm en t an d su rprise they wen t

’
,
to i s pl ace a nd stood on the caps i n is gard e n

’ ’ ’
j u d gin g e m whi le B il l p e ep e d at e m through the

’
,
’
’
kitchen wi nd e r arf crazy Th ey w e nt to every .
garde n i n the place u n ti l on e o f th e you n g lad ies

,
g o t tired of it an d aske d Mrs Pawlett whether

, .
they was there to j udge cottage garden s or -
earthqu ak e s .
’
“
Ev e rybody el d their breaths tha t even i n g i n
the school roo m when M rs P awlett got u p on .
the pl atform an d took a s l i p of paper from on e o f

the j ud ges Sh e stood a m oment waitin g for
.
silence and the n eld u p her an d to s top what

,
’ ’
she thou ght was cl app ing at the bac k bu t which ,

’
was two or three wi m m en who ad ad to take ’
th e ir cryi ng babies ou t tryin g to q u iet e m i n the

,
’
’
porch Then M rs P awlett pu t e r gl ass es on her
. .
n ose an d j u st read out shor t an d sweet that th e , ,
prize of thre e sovere igns and a m etal t e apot for

the be st kep t cottage g arde n ad b e en wo n by
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’
Mr Robert P retty
. .
“
O n e or two peopl e patt e d Bob on th e bac k as
’
e wal ked U p the m i dd le to take the p rize ; then
one or two m ore d id a n d B il l Ch amb ers s pat was ,

’
'
the e a rt ie s t o f e m al l B ob stop p e d and spoke
’
.
to i m about i t
’
.
74 LIGHT FREI GHTS
Y ou wou l d ard l y thi n k that Bob U d have th e

’ ’
chee k t o stan d u p the re an d m ake a speech bu t ,
’
e d id H e s ai d it gave i m great pl easu re to
.
’
take th e teap ot a n d the mon ey an d the m o re ,
’ ’ ’
p l easure becau se e fel t that e had earn ed em .
’ ’ ’
H e said tha t i f e tol d e m al l e d d one to m ak e
’
su re 0 the prize they d be s urprised

’
H e sai d ’
.
’ ’
that e d been l i ke Ral ph Tho m son s pig u p early ’
and l ate .
“ ’
H e stood u p the re tal k i ng a s thou gh e was
n ever goi n g to l eave o ff an d sa id that e hoped ,
’
as is exam pl e woul d be of bene fi t to is n eigh

’ ’
bours . S om e of e m see m ed to th i n k that ’
d iggin g was everythi n g b ut e cou l d say wi th ,

’
pride that e a d n t pu t a s pad e to i s gard en for

’ ’ ’ ’
three year s u n ti l a wee k ago an d then n ot m u ch ,

.
“
H e fi n ish ed is re m arks by sayi ng that e was
’ ’
’
going to gi v e a tea party u p at the C au l i flower -
‘
’
to christ e n th e teapot where c d be pleased to ,
’
welco m e al l friend s Q u it e a crow d got u p and .
fol lowed i m out the n i nstead 0 wa i ti ng for the

’
,
’
’
d issol vi n g views an d c am e bac k arf a n hour ,
’
a r t e r wa r d s sayin g th at u n ti l they d got a s far as
,
the Cau l i fl o wer they d no i dea a s Bob was so

‘ ’ ’
p e rt i c k l e r who e m ixed w i th
’
.
That was the l as t F low er S how we ever ad i n

’
“
C l ay b u ry Mrs P awlett and the j u dge s m eeti n g

, .
th e t e a p arty com in g o m e an d a vi n g to get o ver

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,
A GARDEN PL O T 75
a gat e i n to a fi e l d to l et it pass What with that

.
and M rs Pawlett tu m bli n g over som ething

.
further U p the road which tu rned ou t to be the

,
teapot sm el li n g s trong o f beer the F lower S how

, ,
was given up an d the parson preache d three

,
S u ndays ru n n in g on the sin of b ee r dri n k in g to

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chi ld ren who d n ever a d any a n d wi m men who
’
’ ”
cou ldn t get i t .
PR I V A T E C L O T H E S
T hal f pas t nin e the cr e w o f t h e M er ma n

-
were bu ried i n sl u mb er at n i n e thirty two

,
-
three of t he m e m b e r s were awa ke w it h h e ad s

protru d i ng ou t of t h e i r bu n k s try in g t o peer
,
t h rou gh t he gloo m w h il e the fou rth d ream t that

,
a tea tray was fal l in g d own a n eve r e nd i n g stair

- -
case O n the fl o o r o f th e fore castl e somethin g

.
was c u rs i n g p r e ttily an d rubbi ng itsel f .
“ ’ ”
D id y o u ear a nythi ng Ted ? , i n qu ired a
voice i n an i n terva l o f si le n ce .
“ ”
Who i s i t ? d e man d ed T ed ign orin g the ,
’
q u e sti on . Wot d yer wan t ?
’
“
I l l l e t you k n ow wh o I a m s a id a thic k
,
“
I ve broke my b l ars t ed bac k
’
a n d angry voice . .
L igh t the l am p B i l l s ai d Te d
, , .
B i l l struc k a t an d s t ic k e r m atch a n d ca reful ly

,
n u rs in g the ti ny su l phu rou s fla m e wi th h is han d ,
saw d i mly s om e high colou red obj ect on the

-
fl oor H e got ou t o f hi s bu n k a nd l it the l am p

.
,
an d an a n gry a n d very d ru n ke n m e m ber of H is

’
M aj e sty s foot forces b e ca m e vi sibl e .
re
73 LIGHT F REIGHTS
The i n d ign an t B il l took h i m by both and ,
throwi n g h i m s e l f U pon h i m su dd enly fel l with

hi m to the floor T he i ntru d er s hea d m e t the .
’
boards with a l ou d c rash an d th en there was ,
si lence .
“
You ain t kil led i m B i l l ? said a n ol d
’ ’
,
seaman stoopi n g over h i m an x i ou sl y

, .
”
“
Course n ot was the reply ; give u s so m e,
“
”
wat e r .
H e th rew so m e in the sol d ier s fac e an d ’

,
then pou r e d so m e d o wn h i s n ec k but with n o ,
resu l t Then he stood U pri ght an d ex ch anged

.
,
gl an ce s of con stern ati on wi th h is frie n d s .
” ’
“
I d on t l i ke the way h e s breathi n g h e sai d
’
, ,
i n a trembl in g voice .
”
“
You always was p e rt ic k l er Bi l l said t h e , ,
cook wh o had than k fu ll y got to th e bottom of

,
“
h is staircase I f I was you.
H e was n ot al l owe d t o proceed any furth e r ;

footsteps an d a voic e were heard abo v e and as ,
old Thom as hastily e xti n gu ished the l am p the ,
m ate s head was thru st d own the scu ttl e a nd the

’
,
'
m ate s voice sou n de d a p rofan e r evez l l e

’
.
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“
Wot are w e goi n to d o with it ? i n qu ired
Ted as the m ate wal ked away
,
.
”
7 172 T ed sa i d B i l l nervously H e s al ive
“ ’
.
, , ,
al l right .
I f we pu t i m ashore an e s d ead said ol d

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,
PRIVATE CLOT H ES 79
Thom as there l l be trou bl e for somebody

,
’
.
Be tter l et i m be a n d i f e s d e ad why we don t

’
,
’ ’
,
’
”
non e of u s k now noth i n g abou t i t .
The m en ran u p o n d eck a n d B i l l bei n g the , ,
last to l eave pu t a boot u nd er the sold ier s head

,
’
befor e he l eft Te n m in u t es l ate r they were

.
u n der way an d s ta n d i n g abou t the deck d is

, ,
c ussed the si tuation in thril l ing whisp e rs as

O pportun ity offe red .
A t break fas t by wh ich ti m e they w e re i n a

,
d irty tu mbl i n g sea wi th the N ora l ightship a , ,
brown forlorn l ook i n g obj ect on thei r b e am the

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, ,
sold ier who h ad been breath i n g stertorou sly

, ,
raised his heavy he a d from the boot an d wi th ,
glassy eyes an d t ightly com pressed l ips gazed

won d eri ngl y abou t hi m .
”
“
Wot cheer mate ? sai d th e d e l ighted B il l
, .
”
O w goes i t ?
Where am I ? i n q u i re d Private H arry Bl iss ,
i n a wea k voic e .
“
Bri g M er ma n sai d B i l l ; b ou n d fo r Byster
“
,
m outh .
’
“
Wel l I m d am n e d sai d P rivate Bl iss ; it s
,
“
,
’
a bloom i n g m irac l e O pe n th e wi nd er i t s a b it
’
.
,
stu ffy d own he re Who who brou ght m e here ? .

-
”
You co m e to see m e last n ight sai d Bob , ,
’
an fel l d o wn I s p ose ; then y o u pu n ched B il l
’
"
’
ere in th e e y e an d me i n th e j or .
'
so L IG HT PR EIG HTS
M r Bl iss st il l feel in g very s ick an d fain t

.
, ,
tu rn ed to Bi l l an d after critical l y glan c i n g a t

,
the eye tu rn e d on hi m for in spect ion t ra n s ferr e d ,
’
his regard s to the other m an s j aw .
“
I m a d evi l when I m boozed he sai d i n a
’ ’
, ,
sati sfi ed vo ice Wel l I m ust get ashore ; I

.
“
,
”
s hal l get c e l l s for this I expect , .
H e staggered to t he l add er a nd with u n stead y ,
haste gain ed th e d ec k a n d m ade for the s id e .
The h eavi n g waters m ad e hi m giddy to look at ,
an d he gazed fo r pre feren ce at a t h in l i n e of

coa st s tretch i n g away i n the d istance .
The s tartl ed m ate who was steer i n g gave hi m

, ,
a h ail b u t he m ade n o reply

,
A l ittl e fi s h in g .
boat was j u m pi n g abou t i n a way to m a k e a

sea sic k m an cra z y and he closed h is eyes with
-
,
a groan . The n the s k ipp e r arou s e d by the ,
m ate s hai l cam e u p from below an d wal k i n g

’
, ,
up to hi m pu t a h e a vy han d o n h is shou l d e r
What are y o u d oi ng aboard thi s ship ? h e
d e m and ed au sterely , .
” “
“
Go away said Pri vate Bl is s fai n tly ; tak e
, ,
you r paw o ff my tu n ic ; you l l spoi l i t ’

.
H e c l u n g m iserably to the side leavin g the ,
i n censed sk ippe r to d e man d explan ati ons from

th e c rew The c rew k n ew n oth in g abou t hi m
.
,
an d said that he m u st have s towed hi m sel f away

i n an e mp ty bu n k ; the sk i pper poi nted ou t
PR IVATE CLOT HES 81
coarsely th at there were n o em pty bun k s where ,
u pon B ill sai d that he had n ot occu p i ed his the

previou s eve n i n g bu t had falle n asleep sittin g
,
on the l ocker an d had i nj u red his eye again st

,
the corner of a bun k i n con se q u ence I n proof .
whereo f he prod u c ed the eye .
”
“
L ook here ol d m an sai d Private Bl iss who
, , ,
su d den ly fel t better H e tu rn ed an d patted the

.
ski pper on the back You j u st turn to the left

.
”
a bi t an d put me ashore wil l y o u ? ,
“
I l l p ut you ashore at B y s t e r m o u t h said the
’
,
ski p p e r wi th a gri n
,
You r e a d eserter that s
.
’
,
’
”
what you ar c an d I l l take care you re took care of
,
’ ’
.
”
“
You pu t m e a shore n ow l roared Private
Bl iss with a very fi n e i m i tation of th e s ergean t
,
major s parad e voice

’
.
“
Get ou t a n d wal k sa id the sk i pper con ,
t e m p t u o u s l y over his shoul der as he wal ke d o ff

, , .
”
“
H ere said Mr Bl iss u nbu ck l i n g his be lt
, .
, ,
”
hold my tu nic one of you I l l learn i m .
’ ’
.
Before the p aralysed crew cou ld preven t him

he had flu n g his coat i nto B il l s arm s a n d ’
followe d the m aster o f the M er m rm aft As .
a l ight weight he was rather fan ci ed at the

-
gym n asiu m and i n the al l t o o brief exhibi tion

,
which followed he d isplayed fi n e for m an d a

knowledge o f anatomy which eve n the s kipp er s ’
tail or was powerl es s to frustrat e .

82 L I GHT FR E I G H TS
The fre nzy of th e skippe r as Ted assist e d hi m

to hi s feet an d he saw hi s an tagon ist s truggl i n g
i n the arm s of th e crew wa s terribl e to behol d .
S trong m en shivered a t h is word s bu t M r Bli ss ,

-
.
,
”
ad dress i n g hi m as Whiskers told hi m to c al l
“
,
hi s crew o ff an d to com e on a n d shapi n g as wel l ,
as two pairs of brawny arm s rou n d h i s m id d l e

woul d p erm i t e n d e a vo u re d i n va in to reach
,
him .
“
This said t he s k ipper bi tterly as he turn ed
, , ,
’
to the m ate i s wh at y o u an m e have to pay to
,
keep u p I wou l d n t l et you go n ow m y lad

.
’
, ,
’
not for a h pu n n ote ’
Deserter that s what .
,
’
you are !
H e t u rn ed a n d we n t below a n d Pri vate B l iss , ,
after an i n su l ti n g ad dress to the m ate was hauled ,
forward struggl i n g fi ercely an d seated on the

, ,
d ec k to recover The exci te m en t p assed he l os t

.
,
his colour agai n an d s truggl i n g i n to hi s tu n ic

, ,
wen t a n d brood ed over the s ide .
By d in n er t i m e h i s fai n tne ss ha d pass ed a n d

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,
he s n i ffed with re l ish a t the s m el l from the

gal l ey T he cook e me rged b eari n g d in ne r to
.
the cab i n the n he return ed a n d too k a fi n e

,
s m ok i n g p iece o f boi l ed b ee f flan k ed wi th c arr o ts

down to the fore ca stl e P ri v ate Bl iss eyed hi m .
wist fu l ly an d hi s m ou th wa te red .
F or a t i m e pri de s trug g led wi th h u nge r then ,

PRIVATE CLOTHES 83
prid e won a partial victory an d he d escend ed

c arel essly to the fo recastl e .
’
“
Can any 0 you chap s l e n d m e a pipe 0 ’
bac cy he asked cheerful ly , .
B il l ru m m aged i n his poc ke t an d fou nd a little

tobacco i n a twist of pape r .
“
B ad thi n g to sm oke on a e m p ty stom ach ,
he s aid w ith his m ou th fu ll

, .
“ ’ ’
Tai n t my faul t it s e m pty sai d Private ’
,
Bl iss pathetic al ly
, .
’
“
Tai n t m i ne sa i d B i ll
’
, .
I ve eard sai d the c ook who was a ten der

’ ’
,
’
heart e d m an as o w it s a good thi n g to go for
,
’
”
a d ay or so without food so me ti m es .
”
“
Who sai d so ? i nq u ired P r ivate Bl is s hotly , .
”
D i ff r e n t p e opl e repl ie d the cook
’
.
,
Yo u can tel l e m fro m m e they r e blam ed ’ ’
”
fool s said M r Bl iss
, . .
There was an u nc om fo rtabl e s ile nce ; M r Bl i ss .
l i t his pip e but i t di d not see m to d raw wel l

, .
D i d you l i ke th at pot o s i x hal f I stood you ’

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last i n qu ire d som ewhat poi n ted ly of

B ob .
B o b h e sita ted an d lo oke d at h i s pl ate

, .
”
No i t was a b it flat he said at le n gth
, , , .
”
Wel l I won t stop you cha ps at you r grub
,
’
,
said P r ivate Bliss bitterly as he tu rn ed to d e , ,
p ar t .
84 LIGHT F REIGHTS
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You re n ot s toppi n g u s sai d Ted cheer ful ly , , .
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I d o ffer you a b it on l y ,
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O n ly what ? d e man d ed th e o ther .
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S kippe r s ord ers s ai d Te d H e ses w e re , .
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not to H e se s i f we d o it s he l p i n g a de se rter
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an d we l l al l ge t s i x mon ths .
Bu t y ou r e h el p i n g m e by havi n g m e on
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board s aid Private B l iss
, b e sid e s I do n t want ,
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to dese rt .
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We coul dn t e l p you com in g ab oard sai d ’ ’
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Bil l that s wot the ol d m an said but e ses we
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can el p g ivi n g o f hi m vi ttle s h e s es ,
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Wel l have I got to starve ? d e m an ded the
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horror stric k e n M r Bl i ss
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L ook ere said B il l fran kl y go an d s peak
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to the ol d m an I t s n o good tal k i n g to u s .

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Go an d have i t ou t with hi m .
Private Bl iss tha n k e d hi m an d we n t on dec k .
O l d Thom a s was at th e w he e l a n d a pl easant ,
cl att e r of k n ives an d fork s c ame u p throu gh the

Ope n s k yl i ght of the cabi n I gnori n g th e ol d .
m an who waved hi m away he rai sed th e open

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skyl ight sti l l h igher a nd thru st his head i n , .
Go away bawl ed the sk i pper pau sin g wi th , ,
his k n i fe in h is fi st as he caught s ight of h im ,

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I want to k now where I m to have m y ’
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d in ner b awl e d bac k the thoroughly rou sed M r
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B l iss .
86 LIGHT F REIGHTS
Tou ched by this m orb id suggestion they wen t

u p on d ec k and looked rou n d P rivate Bl i ss was
nowhere to be s een an d Ted who was steeri n g , , ,
had heard n o splash H e see m ed to have d is .
ap peared by m agic an d the cook after a hurried, ,
search ventured aft an d d escen di ng to the cabi n

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m en tion ed his fears to the sk ip per .
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No n s e n s e l sai d that gen tl e m an s harply ,
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I l l lay I l l fi n d hi m ’
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H e ca m e on deck an d l o oked rou n d fol low e d at ,
a respect fu l d istan c e by th e crew bu t there was ,
n o si gn o f Mr B l i ss Th e n a n ide a a horrid
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i d ea occu rre d to th e cook The col ou r l e ft h is

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cheek s an d he gaz e d hel plessly at the sk i pper .
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What i s i t ? bawle d the l a tter .
The c ook i n capabl e of speech raised a trem

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bl ing ha nd an d poin t e d to the gal ley The s kipper .
s tarted an d ru shi n g t o the d oor d rew it hast ily

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bac k .
M r B l i ss h ad app are n tly fi n ished thou gh he

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s til l toyed l an gu i d ly w ith hi s k ni fe a nd fork as

thou gh loth to p u t the m d own A hal f e m pti e d .
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sau cepan o f p o tatoe s s tood o u the fl oor by his

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sid e an d a bon e wi th a sm al l fragm e nt of m eat

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adh e r i ng was be twee n hi s legs on a sau cepan l id

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whic h se rved as a d i sh .
Rather u n derdo ne cook he said seve rel y as , , , ,
he m et th a t worthy s horror s tric k en gaze ’

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I s th at the cabi n s or the m en s he s eaten ?

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voci ferated the sk ipper .
repl ied M r B l iss be fore the cook .

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c oul d speak ; i t l ooked the best

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N o w has .
a nybody go t a n ice s ee gar ? -
H e drew back the d oor the other s id e of the

gal ley as he spoke an d wen t ou t that way A
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m ove was m ad e towards h i m but he backed an d , ,
pic k i ng u p a han d sp i ke swu n g i t rou n d his

head .
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L et h i m be said the sk ipper i n a chok in g
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voi ce ,
let hi m b e H e l l have to a n swer for
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steal ing m y d i n ner when I get i m ashore Cook ’

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ta k e the m en s d i n n er d own i n to th e cabi n I l l .
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tal k to you by a n d by .
H e wal ke d aft an d d isappe are d below whi le ,
Private Bl i ss sti l l fond l i n g the h and spi ke

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l isten ed u n m oved to a len gthy vi tuperation

which B i l l cal led a plai n an d hon est Op i n i on of
h is behaviour .
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I t s the l ast d in ner you l l ave for som e
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ti m e he con c l u d ed spi tefu l ly ;
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it l l be sk il ly ’
for you when you get ashore .
M r Bl iss s m i l ed a n d fi d g e t in g with h is ton gue

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asked hi m for the l oa n of his t oothpick .
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You wo n t be usi n g i t you rself he u rged , .
N o w y o u go bel ow al l of you an d start o n the

b i scu its th ere s good m en I t s n o u se stand in g
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there sayin g a lot 0 bad word s what I l eft o fl

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whe n I was four years old .
H e fi l l ed h i s pi pe w ith so m e tobacco he had

thou ght fu l ly borrowed from the cook be fore
d in ner an d d ropp in g in to a n egl i ge n t attitude
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o n the d eck smoked plac i d ly with h is eyes h al f

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cl osed The brig was fai rly steady a n d the air

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hot a n d slu mberou s an d wi th a n ea sy assu ranc e

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that n obody would hit h i m whil e i n that position ,
he al lowed hi s hea d to fal l on hi s ches t an d

d ropped off i nto a l ight sl eep .
I t beca m e evi d en t to h i m the fol l owi n g after

noon that they were n eari n g B y s t e r m o u th The .
sk i ppe r con ten ted hi m sel f w ith eye in g hi m wi th

a n a ir of m al ici ou s satis factio n bu t the crew ,
grat i fi ed the m selves by pai n tin g the horrors o f

hi s p os i t io n i n stron g col o u rs P rivate B l is s
.
a ffected i n d i ffere nce bu t l is te ned ea gerly to al l

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t h ey had to say wi th the a ir of a gen eral con

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s id e r i n g h is en em y s pl an s .
I t was a sou rce of d i sappoi n tm en t to the c rew

that they d i d n ot arri ve u nti l afte r n ight fall an d ,
t h e t id e was alre ady too low for the m to en ter the

harbou r . They an chored ou ts id e an d P rivate ,
Bl iss d esp i te h is posi tion felt glad as he s m el t

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the l and ag ain an d saw the twin kl in g l ights an d

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hou ses ashore H e c ou ld eve n hear the cl atter

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o f a belated ve h icl e d r i vi n g al on g the seafron t .

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The ol d m an greeted th is hel p fu l sugges ti on

wi th su ch a vol l ey o f abu se that B i l l los t h is
tem p er .
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F r ap s som ebody s got e m on thei r b ed thin k
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i n g they was a p atchwork q u il t he sai d col d ly ; , ,
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it s a m istake anyb ody m i ght m ak e
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H ave .
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you got the j ac ket ?
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I ai n t got n othi ng repl ie d th e bewild ered
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ol d m an “
cept wot I s tand u p i n
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That ain t m u ch sa id B il l fran kly “
Where s
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that bloom i n g s oj e r he d em an d ed su d d en l y ,
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I d on t k n ow whe re e is an d I don t care ’
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repl ied the ol d m an O n d e ck I s pose .
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P r ap s e s got e m on said the u n forgiving
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e d id n t s e e m a very p e r t ic k l e r s ort of
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chap .
Th e ol d m an started an d hu rrie dly ascen ded ,
to the d eck H e was abse n t two or three m in utes

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an d whe n he returned con stern ation wa s writ

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large u pon hi s face .
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H e s gon e he sp lu tter e d ; t here a in t a
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s ign of i m abou t an d the l i fe belt wot hangs on

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th e gal ley as gon e t oo Wot am I to d o ? ’
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Wel l they was very ol d c l oes sa id Bil l
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soot hi n gly a n you ai n t a b ad fi gg e r n ot for
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you r ti me 0 l i fe Thom as ’
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There s m an y a woode n le gged m an U d be
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gl ad to change with you a ffi rm ed Ted who had , ,
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been roused by the noise You 11 soon get o v er .

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the feel in g 0 shyn ess Thom as ’
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The forecastl e l au ghed encou ragin gl y u ntil ,
Thom as who had begu n to real ise the posit ion

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jo ined i n H e l aughed till the tears r an down

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hi s chee ks an d h is exc item en t b egan to alarm

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his frie n d s .
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Don t be a fool Thom as sa id B ob anx i ou sly , , ,
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I c an t h el p it s ai d the ol d m an struggl ing , ,
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hyst e rical ly ; it s th e bes t j oke I ve heard “ ’ ’
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H e s gon e dotty said Ted sol em n ly
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n ev e r e ard of a m an l a r fi n g l i ke t hat a cos he d

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l o rs t i s cloes
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I m n ot l arfi n g at that said Thom a s regai n

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i ng h is com posu re by a gre at e ffort I m l a rfin g .

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at a j oke wot you d on t k n ow of yet ’

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A deadly chill stru c k at t h e hearts o f the

l iste ners at the se word s then B i ll afte r a gl ance , ,
at the foot of h i s bun k whe re he u sual ly kept .

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hi s cloth e s spran g ou t an d began a hopeless

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search The oth e r m e n fol lowed su it an d the

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air rang wi th l am e ntation s a n d p rofan ity E ven .
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the spare su its i n th e m e n s ch e sts had gon e ;
an d B i l l a prey to acu te despai r sat down an d
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i n a stri k ing p assag e c o nsign e d the e ntir e Bri tish

A rmy to p e rd it ion .
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E s take n one su it and chu cked the rest over
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board I expect s o a s we shan t be able to go
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arter i m said Thom as’

, I e xp e ct he coul d .
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swi m arter al l Bi l l , .
B i l l s ti l l busy wit h th e B rit ish A rm y pai d n o

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heed .
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We m u s t go an tel l the ol d m a n said ,
Ted .
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Be tter be careful cau ti one d the cook ,
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a n the m ate ad a go at t he wh isky l ast n ight
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an you k n ow wot e i s n e x t m or n i n g .
The m e n w en t u p sl owly on d ec k Th e m orn .
in g was fi n e bu t th e ai r chi l l wi th a breez e fro m

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th e l an d h ad them at a d i sad van tage A shore

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a fe w people were earl y astir .
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Yo u go d ow n T h om as yo u re th e ol d est , , ,
said B i l l .
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I was th i n k i n g 0 Te d goi n g sai d Tho m a s ’
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e s the yo u n gest .
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Te d sn orted d eris iv e ly O h wa s you ? he .
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rem arked hel p fu l l y , .
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O r Bob , sa i d th e ol d m an
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d on t m att e r ,
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wh ich .
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Toss u p fo r i t s a i d t h e c ook , .
B il l w h o was k eep i n g h i s m on ey i n hi s han d

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as th e on l y sa fe pl ace left to hi m prod uc e d a ,
pe n n y an d spu n it i n the air .
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Wai t a bit said Ted earnestly ,
Wot tim e , .
was y o u to c al l the old m a n ? he asked tu rn i ng ,
t o th e c o o k .
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this t i m e awake sat u p i n h is b un k an d cursed

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the m rou ndly for thei r in d el ic acy .
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Get ou t roar e d the sk ipper recoveri n g hi s
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voi ce .
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W e ca m e to t e l l you i n terpos e d B i ll “
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Get ou t roared the sk i pper agai n

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H ow d are .
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you co m e to m y state room a n d l i ke this too -
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A l l ou r c l othes av e gon e an d s o as the ’
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s oj e r chap s ai d B i ll
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Serve you dam n ed wel l right for l ett i n g hi m

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go crie d the s k ipp er an grily
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H urry U p , .
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George an d ge t al o n gsi de he c al l e d to the

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m ate we l l ca tch h i m ye t Cl ear ou t you

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you — ball e t girl s ”

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The i n d ign an t seam en wi thdrew sl owly an d , ,
reachi n g the foot of the co m pan io n stoo d there ,
i n m u ti nous i nd ec i si on T h en a s the cook p laced .

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hi s foot o n the step the s k ipp e r was heard cal li ng

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to the m ate agai n .
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George ? he sai d i n a n od d voi ce ,
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Wel l ? was the reply .
I hope you re n ot forge tti n g you rsel f an d

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playi ng l arks s aid the sk ipp er wi th severi ty
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L ark s ? repeated the m ate as t h e ala rm ed ,
c rew fle d sile n tl y on d ec k a n d s tood l iste n ing

O pe n m ou thed at th e co m pa n io n
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ai n t You do n t m ean to tel l m e
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A l l my cl othes have gon e every stitch I ve

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got repl i e d the sk i pper d esperately as the m ate
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sprang out “
. I shal l have to borrow so m e of
you rs I f I catch that i n fern al
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You re qu ite wel com e s ai d the m ate bitterly
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on ly som ebody has borrowed e m al ready ’

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That s what com es o f sleepi n g t o o heavy
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a a e
The M er ma n sail ed bashful ly in to harbou r hal f

an hou r l ater the u n i form s of i ts crew evoki ng
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sev e re co m m en t from the peopl e on the quay .
A t the sam e t i m e Mr H arry B l iss wal kin g al ong

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the road som e ten m i l es d istan t was tryi ng to,
dec ide up on hi s futur e c areer his presen t call in g

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o f shi pwrec ked sa i l or bei ng so m ewhat too
hazard ou s even for his bold spiri t .
T H E B U L LY O F T H E
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o f prize fig h t e rs s i r said the -
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n ight watch man who h ad nearly d anced

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hi m sel f over t h e ed ge of th e wharf i n i ll u strati n g

on e of M r Corbett s most trusted bl ows a n d was
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now s itti n g d own tak in g i n su ffi cien t air for three ,
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they ai n t wot they u sed to be whe n I was a
boy They advertise i n the p ape rs for m on ths
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a n d m onths about thei r fi ghts an d when i t d oes ,
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com e o ff they d o i t with gl oves an d they re al l
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right agi n a d ay or two arte r .
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I s aw a p ic t e r the other d ay 0 one pu n chi n g
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a b ag wot coul d n t p u nc h back for practice , .
W h y I re me mber as a you n g m a n S i n ker P i tt

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as used to ave the K in g s A rm s e re i n i s ol d ‘ ’
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age ; whe n e wanted practice i s plan wa s to d res s
u p i n a soft a t a nd b l ac k coat l i k e a ch ape l
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m in ister or som ethi ng an d go i n a pub an d ,
contrad ict peopl e ; sai lor m e n for c hoice H e d -

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ha n o m ore thought 0 h ittin g a pore arm less bag ’
than I s hou l d ha thou ght o f h itt ing im

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an d woul d n o t stan d . I t u sed to fl y t o h i s ead
d ire c k l y .
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Th e v y g e I m sp e ak in g o f we u se d to -
trad e be twee n A u stral i a an d L on d on — B il l ca m e

aboard about a n hou r a fore the sh ip sa iled The .
res t of u s was al ready aboard a n d d own bel ow ,
som e o f u s s towi ng ou r thi n gs away an d the rest

si ttin g do wn a n d tel l i n g eac h ot h er l ies abou t
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wot we d been d oi n g B i l l cam e l u rch i n g d ow n .
the l ad d e r an d To m Baker p u t i s an d to i m to
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stea dy i m a s h e got to th e botto m

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Who are you pu tti n g you r a n ds o n ? s es
B ill glari n g at i m
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O n ly ol d i n g you u p B il l s e s To m s m il i n g
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O h ses B i l l , .
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H e p u t i s bac k u p agi n a b u n k an d pu l led
hisse l f together .
O l d i n g of m e — u p —wa s you ?
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he s es
wh a ffo r i f I m i ght be s o bol d as to ars k
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I thou gh t you r foot a d s l ip pe d B il l o l d , ,
m an ses To m ; bu t I m s orry i f i t
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B i l l l ook s at i m ag i n ard ’
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S orry i f m y foot d i d n t s l i p ? h e ses ’
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You k now wot I m ea n B i l l ses Tom s m i l in g , ,

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a u n easy s m i l e .
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D on t l au gh at m e roars B i l l ,
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I was n t l au gh i n g B i ll ol d pal ses To m , , ,
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E s call e d m e a l i ar se s B il l l oo k in g rou n d
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at u s ; cal led m e a l iar O l d my coat Charli e

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an d I ll S p l it i m i n hal ves
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Ch arlie took the coat l i ke a la m b though he ,
was To m s pal an d T o m l ook ed rou n d t o see

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wheth er he cou l d n t n ip u p the l ad d er and get ’
a way bu t Bil l was j u st i n fron t of i t Then T o m

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foun d ou t that on e of i s bootl aces was u n done ’
an d he k nel t d own to d o i t U p an d th is yo u ng ,
ord inary seam an J oe S i m m s by n a m e pu t his , ,
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ead ou t o f h is bu n k an d he s es qu iet l ike ,
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You a in t afraid of that thin g m ate are
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Wot ? screa m s B ill sta rti n g

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Don t m a ke such a noi se when I m s peak

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in g ses J oe ; whe re s you r m an ners you great

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g rascal ?
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u l k in
I thou ght Bil l woul d ha dropp e d w i th su r ’
pris e a t bei ng spoke to l i ke that H i s face was .
purpl e al l over an d e stood stari n g at Joe a s ’
though e d id n t k now wot to m ake o f i m A n d

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we stared too J oe bei n g a s m al l ish s ort 0 chap

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an d n ot look in g at al l stron g .
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G o easy m ate whispers To m ; you don t
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kn ow who you re tal k i n g to ’

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Bosh ses J o e he s n o good H e s t oo fat
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an d too sill y to d o any arm H e sha n t u rt y o u ’
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whil e I m ere ’ ’
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H e j u st rol le d ou t o f I s bu n k an d stan d in g ,
I oo LIGHT FRE I GHTS
i n fron t o f B i l l p u t 1 3 fi sts u p a t i m an d stare d

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i m s trai ght i n th e eye

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You tou ch that m a n he ses q u ietly po i nt , , ,
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i n g to Tom a n d I l l give you su ch a d ressi n g
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d own as you ve n ever ad afore M ark m y .
word s n ow , .
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I was n t goin g t o i t h i m ses B i l l i n a
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stran g e m i l d vo ic e
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Yo u d bett er n ot ses th e you n g u n shak in g
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h is fi st at i m ; you d b e tter n ot my l ad I f
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th e re s any fi gh t i n g to b e d on e i n th i s fo c s l e
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I l l d o i t M i n d tha t. .
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I t s n o good m e say in g w e was staggered ;
b e cos staggere d ai n t n o word for i t To see B i ll ’
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pu t i s ha nd s i n i s poc k e ts a n d try an d whi stl e

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a n d the n s i t d ow n o n a l oc ker an d s cratch I s

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e ad was t he m o st a m az i n g thi n g I ve ever se e n
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Pres en tl y e begi n s to s i n g u n d er h i s breath

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S top that U m m i n g se s J o e ; whe n I want ’

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you t o u m I l l tel l you
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B il l l e ft o ff U m m i n g an d th en h e gives a ’
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l i ttl e cou gh beh i n d the bac k o f i s a n d a n d arter ’
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fid g e t in g abou t a bi t w i th i s feet wen t u p on ,
d e c k agai n .
ses T om l ook i n g rou n d at u s , ,
ave w e s hip pe d a b l o o m i n p rize fi gh t e r ? ’

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W ot d i d you c al l m e ? ses J oe l ook i n g at im ’

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Noth in g m ate s e s To m d rawi ng bac k

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You kee p a qu iet tongue i n you r ead ses ’

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J oe an d spea k when you re spoke n to m y l ad
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H e was a ord i nary seam an m i n d tal k i n g t o , ,
A B s l i ke that M en who d been u p al oft an d

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doin g the ir l i ttle b it whe n e was goi n g about ’
catchi n g col d i n i s l ittle p e tt i c u t s S til l i f B ill

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cou l d stan d i t we su ppose d as we d better
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B il l staye d u p on deck t i ll we was u nder
way an d is spirit seem ed to b e broke H e wen t
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about is work li ke a m a n w o t was wal kin g i n is

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sl eep an d when bre ak fast co m e e a r d l y tasted it

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J oe m ad e a s pl en d i d b reak fast an d when ,
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he d fi n ished e wen t to B i l l s b un k an d chu c ked
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the thin gs ou t al l over the p l ace a n d said e
was goin g to ave it i n stead of h is own A n d ’
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B il l sat there an d took i t al l qu iet a n d by an d ,
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by he took is thi ngs u p an d p ut the m i n J oe s
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bu n k wi thou t a word .
I t was the m ost peaceful fu st d ay we a d ever ’
a d d own tha t B il l u su al ly bei n g in i s

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tan tru m s the fust d ay or t wo at sea and wan ti n g ,
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to k now why c d b een b orn I f y o u tal ked y o u
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was noisy an d worri ti n g an d i f you d id n t tal k ,
you was su l ky ; bu t th is ti m e e sat qu ite stil l ’
an d d id n t i n terfere a bi t I t was su ch a pl easan t

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chan ge th at w e al l felt a bi t grate ful an d at tea ,
ti m e Tom Baker patted J oe o n the b ac k an d said

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he was on e o the right ol d sort .
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You ve been i n a scrap or two i n you r ti m e ,
I kn ow he ses ad m iri n g l i ke
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I kn ew you was , .
a bit of a on e wi th you r fi s ts d ir e c k l y I see you .

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O h ow s that ? ask s J oe
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I coul d see by you r n os e ses T o m ,

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You n ever k n ow how to tak e peopl e l i ke that .
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The word s a d a rd l y l eft To m s l ip s afore the
othe r u ps w i th a bas i n o f o t tea a n d heaves i t ’
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Take that you i n sul tin g rascal h e se s as
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Tom j u m p ed u p s pl u tterin g a n d wip i ng i s face ’
with hi s c oat H ow d are you i n su l t m e ?

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Get u p ses T o m d an cin g wi th rage

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u p ; prize figh t e r or no prize fi g h t e r I l l mark

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S i t d own ses B i l l turn i n g rou n d ,

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I m go in g to ave a go at 1 111 B i ll ses Tom ;
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i f you r e afraid o f rm I ai n t
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O w d are
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S it d own ses B i l l starti ng u p , , .
you i n s ul t m e l ike that ? ’
L ike wot ? ses T om stari n g ’
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I f I ca n t l ick i m you ca n t s e s B il l ; that s

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o w i t is m ate
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B ut I ca n try ses Tom ,

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A l l ri ght se s B i ll Me fu st then i f you ,

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l ick m e you can ave a go at i m I f y o u can t

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l ic k m e o w c an you l i c k i m P
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S i t d own both of you ses you n g J oe d ri n k ’

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when J o e was by b u t the way they u sed to swe ar ,
whe n he wasn t was som eth i n g shoc k i n g H arry

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Moore got clergym a n s sore throat on e art ern o o n
throu gh i t .
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The n J oe obj ected to u s pl ayin g cards fo r
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m oney an d we a d to arran ge on t he qu ie t that
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brace bu tto n s was h a pen n i e s an d coat b utton s ’

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pen n ies an d that l as te d u n til one ev e n ing To m

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Bak er got u p an d dan c e d an d n early we n t o ff is
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ead w ith j oy th rough b avi n wo n a few dozen ’
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That was en ou g h for J oe a n d Bi l l by his ord ers ,
took the card s an d p itche d e m ove r the s id e ’

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S weet carti ng an d that sort 0 thin g J oe
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cou l d n t abear an d N e d D avis pu t h is foot i n to

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i t fi nely on e a rt e rn o o n throu gh n ot kn owin g .
H e was lyi ng i n i s b u n k s m oki n g a n d thi n k i n g’

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a n d by an d by h e l ook ed across at B i ll who was ,

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arf asl eep an d e ses ,
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I wo n d er wheth er you l l s e e that l ittle gal
at M elbou rn e agi n this tri p B il l , .
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B il l s eyes open ed wi de a n d he s hook is fi s t ’
at Ne d as Ne d thou ght p l ayfu l l i ke

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A l l r ight I m a l ook i n g at you B il l e ses

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I c a n see you .
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What gal is that Ne d ? ses J oe wh o was i n ,

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the n ext bu n k to hi m a n d I saw B il l s eyes screw ,

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u p tight an d e sud den ly fel l fast asl eep

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I d on t k now e r n a m e ses N e d bu t she
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T H E B U LL Y OF THE C A VE N D I S H 1 05
was very m u ch struc k on B il l ; they used to go

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to the t h e a y t er together .
P retty gal ? s es J oe l ead in g i m on ’
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R a tlz er ses Ne d ’
Tru st B il l for that e
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al ways gets the prettiest gal i n the place —I ve ’
k n own as m any a s si x an d se ven to

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W O T ! scream s B i l l wak in g up ou t of i s
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sleep a n d j u m p in g ou t of i s bu n k
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K eep stil l Bi l l an d don t i nterfere when I m , ,

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tal kin g ses J oe very s harp

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E s i n su l ted me ses B il l ; tal k in g abou t gal s

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when e ve r y b o d y k n o ws I ate e m worse tha n pison ’ ’

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N ow N e d
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H ol d your ton gu e ses J oe ,
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what s this abou t this l i ttl e gal ? What s e r

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n am e ?
I t was o nly a l ittl e j oke o m ine ses N e d
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who saw c d pu t i s fo o t i n i t ’
B i ll ates e m
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worse than — wors e than —p i son .

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You r e te l l in g m e a l ie ses J oe sternly
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Who was i t ?
I t was o n l y m y fu n J oe s es N e d , ,
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O h very wel l then I m goin g to ave a bit
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o f fu n n ow se s J oe Bi l l I , .
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Yes ses B il l , .
I won t i t Ne d mysel f for fear I shal l d o i m

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a l a s tin g i nj ury ses J oe s o you j u st start o n i m ,

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and kee p on t il l e tell s al l abou t you r goings on
with that gal .
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H i t z m to m ak e rm tel l abou t m e ? s e s B il l
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stari n g is a r d e s t
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You eard wot I sa id ses J oe ; d o n t repeat ,
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my word s Y o u a m arri ed m an too ; I ve got

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s i sters of m y o wn an d I m go i n g to pu t this sort ,

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0 th in g d own
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I f you d on t d own i m I w ill
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ex pec te d to see i m d o a bol t u p o n d ec k an d ’
com plai n to the sk ip per H e d i d l ook l i ke i t for .
a mom en t then he stood u p l ook in g a bit white

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as B il l wal k ed ove r to i m an d the n ext m o men t ’
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is fi st fle w o u t an d a fore we could turn rou n d I m
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blest i f B i l l wasn t o n the fl oor E got u p as i f

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e was d az e d li ke stru c k out wil d at N e d an d ,
m i ssed i m a n d th e n ext m om e nt w as k n ocked

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d own agi n We coul d a rd l y believe ou r eyes

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an d as for Ne d e l ooke d as thou gh c d bee n

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d o i n g m iracl es by m i s tak e .
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When B i l l go t u p the s eco n d ti m e e wa s that
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shaky e coul d a rd l y stan d a n d Ne d a d i t all i s

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own way u n t i l at las t e g o t B ill s ead u n der is
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arm a n d p u n ched at i t ti l l they was both tired .
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A l l right ses B i l l ; I ve ad e n ou gh I ve
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m e t my m as ter
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Wot s es J o e s tari ng , .
I ve m e t m y m aster se s B i ll goi n g an d s it
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tin g d own Ne d as k n oc ked m e about cro ol

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Bu nyan is Or wot h e s d o ne b ut the thi n gs Bil l
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said abou t i m I woul d n t soi l my ton gu e by

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rep eat in g .
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A rter we d bee n there two or three d ays we
bega n to feel a mo s t s orry for B il l N igh t arter
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n ight wh en w e was a shore J oe woul d tak e im o h
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an d l ook a rt er im a n d a t l a st partl y for i s sake’

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bu t m ore to see the fu n To m B aker m an aged to ,

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th in k 0 som ethin g to p u t thi n gs s trai ght .
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You stay aboard to n i g ht B i l l he s es one
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m orn i n g a n d you 11 see som ethi n g that 11 sta rtle

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Worse than you ? ses B i l l whose te m per was ’
getti n g worse an d worse .
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There 11 be an en d 0 that bu l ly in g J oe se s
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To m ta k in g i m by th e arm
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to give i m a l esson as 11 l ay i m u p for a t i m e

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O h ses Bi ll l ooki n g ar d at a boat wot was

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pas s i n g .
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We ve got Dod gy P e te c om i n g to see u s
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to n igh t ses T o m i n a wh i sper ; there l l only

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asleep D od gy s o n e o th e bes t l ight we ight s i n

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A u stral ia and i f e don t fi x u p M ister J oe i t l l be
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a pity .
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You re a fai r tre at To rn ses B ill tu rn in g
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rou nd that s what you are A fa i r treat ’
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I though t you d be plea sed B il l se s T o m

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T H E B U LL Y OF THE C A VE N D I S H 1 09
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P leased ai n t n o n am e for i t Tom a n swers ,
Bil l . You ve took a load o ff m y m in d ’

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The fo c s le was p ret ty ful l that eve ning

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everybody givin g each othe r a l ittl e gri n on the

qu iet an d l ookin g ove r to where J o e was s itting
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i n is bu n k putti n g a bu tton or two on h is c oat

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A t abou t h a — past si x D odgy co m e s aboard an d

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the fu n begi ns to com m en ce .
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d id n t li ke the l ook o f i m at al l an d un bearab l e

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as J oe was i t d id n t see m to be qu ite the sort 0
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thi n g to get a c hap aboard to a m m er a ship m ate ’
y o u cou l d n t a m m er you rsel f ’ ’

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N asty stu ffy pl ace yo u ve got down e re ses

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Dod gy who was sm ok i n g a b ig cigar ; I can t

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I t ain t bad for a ses C h arl ie

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A n what s that i n that b u n k over there ? ’ ’
ses Dod gy p oin ting wi th i s c igar a t J o e

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H u sh b e careful ses Tom with a wi n k ;

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that s a prize fi gh t e r
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O h ses D odgy gr i n n in g I thou ght i t was
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a m on key .
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You m ight ave heard a p i n drop an d there ,
was a p l eas an t feel i n g wen t al l over u s at the

thou ght o f the l i ttle fi gh t we was go in g to see al l
to ourselves as J oe lay s d own the j ack et he was
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n o L I G HT FREI GHTS
stitchin g at an d ju s t pu ts i s l i ttle ead ov e r the ’ ’
s ide 0 th e bu n k ’
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B ill he ses yawn in g ,

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Well ses B il l al l o n the gri n l ike the re st o f u s

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Who i s th at a n d s o m e ge ntl e m an ly l ooki n g ’

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youn g fel ler over there s m ok i n g a h al f crow n -
c igar ? ses J oe .
That s a you n g ge n t wot s co m e d own to

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ave a l ook rou n d ses Tom as D odgy takes is ,
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c igar o u t o f i s m ou th a n d look s rou n d pu zzle d

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Wot a terror e m us t be to the gal s w ith
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the m l ovely l ittle peep ers o f is ses J oe s hakin g ’
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is ead B il l ”
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Well ses B il l agin as Dod gy got u p

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T ake that lo v ely l i ttl e gen tl e m a n an d k ick i m ’
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u p the fo c s l e l ad der s es J o e tak i n g u p i s j acket
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ag i n an d d on t m ake too m u ch n oise ove r i t cos ’
I ve go t a bit of a e a d ac h e el se I d d o i t m ysel f
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Ther e was a lau gh wen t al l rou n d th e n a n d ,
To m B ake r was n e ar k il l i n g h i m sel f an d then ,
I m bl essed i f B il l d id n t get u p an d begi n ta k i ng

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o ff i s coat
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Wot s the gam e ? s es Dod gy stari n g , .
I m obeying ord ers s es B il l L as t ti m e I

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w a s i n L on don J oe ere hal f k i ll ed m e one tim e ,

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a n d e m ad e m e prom i se to d o as e tol d m e for
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s ix m on ths I m v ery sorry m ate b u t I ve g o t.

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to k i ck you u p that l ad d er .
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wi n k a m o s t an d when B i ll it b ac k e wasn t
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there That seem e d to a n n oy B i l l m ore than

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anythi n g an d h e s ud de n ly fl u ng ou t is arm s an d
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grabbi n g ol d o f i m flu n g i m righ t across the

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fo c s le to where fortu n atel y for i m — D o d gy I

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m e an —To m B ake r was s i ttin g .
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Charl ie cal l ed T i m e agai n an d we l et e m ‘
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ave fiv e m in u tes whi l e w e e l p e d Tom to bed ’
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an d the n wot e cal l ed the d i sgu stin g e x h i b is h u n ‘
was re s o o m e d B il l a d di pped i s face i n a buck et

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an d a d rubbed is great arm s al l over a n d was a s

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fresh a s a d ai sy Dod gy l ook ed a b i t tottery .

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bu t e was ga m e al l through a n d very care ful

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and try as Bi l l m ight, he d i d n t see m to b e abl e
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to get old o f i m agin ’ ’

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I n fi ve m i n utes m ore thou gh i t was al l over , , ,
D odgy n o t be ing abl e to see pl ai n — except to get

ou t o B i l l s way — a n d h i tti ng wi l d H e see m e d
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to thin k the wh ol e fo c s l e was ful l 0 B il l s s i ttin g ’ ’ ’ ’
on a l oc ker an d wai ti ng to b e pu nched an d the ,
e n d of i t was a k noc k ou t blow fro m the real B i l l -
wh ic h l eft i m o n the floor wi thout a sou l o fferi n g

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Bi l l e l p e d i m u p at l a st an d shook hand s with

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i m an d they ri n se d their faces i n the sa m e bu cke t

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an d began to prais e e ach othe r u p They sat there .
pu rring l ike a c ou p l e 0 cats u n ti l at l as t we eard a ’

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s m othered voice com i n g fro m J oe S i m m s s bu n k ’

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I s i t al l over ? he asks ’
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Yes s es so m eb od y
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H ow i s Bil l P ses J oe s voice a ga in .
L ook fo r you rsel f s es T o m ,

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J oe s at u p i n i s bu n k then an d looke d out ’

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a n d he n o soon er saw B ill s face t han he ga v e a ’
l ou d cry an d fel l back agi n a n d as tru e as I m , ,

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si tti n g here fa in te d cl ean away We was struc k

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al l of a c a p an d then B ill p icked U p the buc k et

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an d thre w som e water over i m an d by a n d by h e ’

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c o mes rou n d agin an d i n a d az ed sort 0 way p uts
h is ar m roun d Bi l l s n ec k an d beg in s t o c ry’
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111 nl M or e: s es Dodgy P ete j u m p i n g u p , ,
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i t s a wom an !
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I t s m y w zf e ! ses B i l l ’
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We u n derstood it al l t h e n l e a s t way s the m arrie d ,
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on es a m on g u s d i d S he d s hipped aboard p artly .
to b e wit h B i l l an d partl y t o keep an eye o n i m ’

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an d T o m Bake r s m is take abou t a priz e fi gh t e r

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had j u s t su i ted e r boo k be tter than anythin g

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H ow B i l l was to get e r ho m e e cou l d n t thi n k ’ ’ ’
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b u t i t a pp e n e d the secon d o ffi ce r had been peep
i n g down the wai t i n g fo r ever s o lo n g for
a su i table opportu n ity to stop the fi ght a n d the ,
ol d m an was so tickl ed abo ut th e way we d al l ’
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be e n d one e gave er a passage b ack as s teward e ss
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to look arter th e sh ip s ca t .
T H E R E S U RR E CT I O N O F
MR . W I G G ET T
R S O L K E T C H M A I D l and l ord o f the

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Shi p sat i n his snu g bar ris in g occa
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s io n a l l y fro m h is seat by the taps to m i n iste r
to the wan ts of the cu stomers who sh are d thi s

pleasan t retreat wi th h i m .
F orty years at sea be fore the m ast had m ad e

M r K e t c h m a id an au thori ty on a ffairs m ari ti m e ;
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five years i n co m m an d of the S hi p I n n wi th th e ,
n earest othe r l ice n se d hou se five m il es off had ,
m ade hi m a n au toc rat .
F rom his cu sh ion ed Wi n ds or chair h e l i stened -
pom pously to th e c onve rs atio n S o m eti m e s he .
j oi ne d i n a n d took s i des a n d on these occas ion s

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i t was a foregon e con c l u s i on that the sid e he

espou s ed woul d wi n No m atter h o w reas onable
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the op pon ent s arg u m en t or h o w gross h i s per

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s o n al it ie s M r K e t c h m a id i n h i s capac ity o f
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h ost had o n e u n fai l i n g rej o in d e r t h e m an was

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d ru n k Whe n M r K e t c h m a id had pron ou nced

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th at op in io n th e argu m e n t was at an e n d .
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1 1 6 LIGHT FREIGHTS
T he re was a n awkward si le n ce broken at l ast ,
by M r Cl ark s m ack i n g hi s l i ps
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A ny n ews s in ce I v e been away ch aps ? he ’
inqu i red ; or ave you j u st bee n s i ttin g rou n d

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as u su al l i ste n i n g to the ext ra ord in ary ad ve n -
tu res what happen ed to M r K e t c h m a id whil st .
a fo l l e r i n g of the sea ?
-
T ru th i s s tran ger than fi ction Ne d sai d

“
, ,
M r P eter S m i th t h e tail or repro v in gl y

.
, , .
T h e sh oe m ake r asse n ted Bu t I neve r tho u ght .

“
s o till I heard som e 0 the thi ngs M r K e t c h m a id

’
.
”
’
as bee n throu gh h e re m arked ,
.
Wel l you k n ow n ow s aid the l an d l ord

“
, , ,
shortly .
A n d the t r u t h fu l l e s t o f you r yarn s are the

“
”
m ost won derfu l of the l ot to m y m i n d said , ,
M r Cl ark . .
Wh a t d o you m ean by the t r u t h fu l l e s t ?

d e m an d ed the l an dl ord gripp i n g the arm s of his ,
c ha i r .
Why t he stran gest gri n n ed th e shoem aker

, ,
.
A h he s been thr o ugh a l ot M r K e t c h m aid

,
’
, .
has sai d the tail or

, .
The t r u t h fu l l e s t o ne to m y m i n d said the

“
,
sh o em aker regard in g the land l ord with s pi te fu l

,
“
i nterest i s that on e where H e n ry W iggett
, ,
~
'
the boatswai n s m ate a d his l e g b i t o fi sa v i n g
’
M r K e t c h m a id fro m th e shark an d i s shipm ate

.
,
’
RE S U RR E CT I O N O F M R W I G G E I T
’ ‘
. 1 1 7
S a m Jo n es the n i gger coo k was wou n ded saving

, ,
”
im from the S outh Se a H ighl an d ers
’
.
“
I never get ti red 0 heari n g that yarn said ’
the a ffabl e M r S m i th . .
“ ”
I d o sai d Mr C lar k
, . .
M r K e t c h m a id l o oked up from his p ipe an d

.
eyed hi m d arkly ; the shoe m aker s m il ed seren ely .
”
A nother s m al l bottl e 0 le m on ade lan d l ord ’
, ,
he said sl owly , .
“
Go an d get you r l e mon ad e so mewhere el se ,
said the bursti n g M r K e t c h m a id . .
”
“
I pre fer to ave i t here rej oi n ed the shoe
’
,
m aker a n d yo u ve g o t to se rve m e K e t c h m a id
,
“ ’
,
.
A l icense d p ub l ican is com pe l l e d to se r v e people

whether h e l i kes to or n ot e l se he l oses of i s ,
’
”
l icen ce .
No t when they re the worse for l ic ker he

’
”
ai n t said the l an dl ord
’
,
.
”
“
Certai n ly n ot sai d the shoe maker ; that s ,
“ ’
why I m s ti c ki ng to le m on ad e K e t c h m a id
’
, .
The i n d ignan t M r K e t c h m a id re m ovi n g the .
wire fro m the co rk d ischarged the m iss il e at the

ce il in g The shoe mak er took th e glass from hi m
.
an d looke d rou n d wi th offen si ve slyn ess .
H ere s the e a l t h of H e nry W iggett what

’ ’
”
K e t c h m a id s l i fe he s aid
’
l O S t i s leg to save M r
’
.
, ,
u nctu ously A l so th e e al t h o f S a m J on e s who

.
“ ’
,
l et h issel f b e s pea red throu gh the chest for the

1 1 8 LIGHT FREI GHTS
sa m e n obl e purpose L i k ewise the e a l t h of .

’
Captai n Peters who n u rsed M r K e t c h m a id l i ke , .
’
i s o wn so n when he got k noc ked u p d o i n g th e
work of five me n as wa s drown de d ; l i kewis e th e
’
e al t h 0 D ick L e e w h o hel pe d M r K e t c h ma id
’
, .
capture a Chi n ese j u n k fu l l of pirates an d ki lled

the who le seven te en o f e m by O w d i d you
’ ’
say you k il l e d e m K e t c h ma i d ? ’
,
T he l an d l ord who was bu sy with the tap s , ,
affected n ot to hear .
“
K il l e d th e whol e seven tee n of e m by fi rst ’
tel li n g em yarns ti l l they fel l asl ee p an d the n

’
choki n g e m wi th H e n ry W ig g e tt s woode n leg

’ ” ’
resu m ed the shoe m aker .
“ — ”
K ee hee sai d a hapl ess l is te n e r ex p losively
, , .
K ee — hee— k ee
H e check ed hi m sel f su dd e n ly an d as su med ,
an a i r of great sol e m n i ty as the l an d lord l ooked

hi s way .
You d b etter go o m e J e m S u m me rs said

“ ’ ’
, ,
the fu m i n g M r K e t c h ma id “
You re the worse
. .
’
for l ic ker .
I m n ot sai d Mr S u m m ers s tou tly

’
, .
, .
O u t you go sa id M r K e t c h m a id b r ie fi y
” “
,
You .
, .
kn ow m y ru l es I kee p a respec tabl e hou se and

.
,
the m as can t dri n k in m oderation are best outs id e

’
.
”
Y o u s hou l d s tic k to le m on ad e J em said , ,
”
Mr C l ark. Yo u can say what you l i ke then
.
“
.
rz o LIGHT FREI GHTS
M r K e t c h m a id s own experien ces the only

.
’
d i ff ere n ce bei n g that the n eph ew had n o eye at

al l for the prob ab i l i ties .
I n th i s fel l work Mr C l ark was ably assi ste d

.
by the o ffen ded M r S u m m ers . S i d e by s id e .
they sat an d q u a fl e d l e m on ad e an d bu rl esqued ,
the l an d lord s au tob iography the on l y consol a

’
tion a fford e d t o M r K e t c h m aid consisti ng i n the

.
reflecti on that th ey w ere l os i n g a harm less

pl ea su re i n good l iquor O n ce a n d once on ly .
, ,
they su ccu m be d t o the su perior attract ion s of

alcohol an d M r K e t c h m a id retu rn in g from a visit
,
.
,
t o h is brewer at the l arge sea port o f B u r n s e a ,
heard from the os tler the de tail s o f a carouse

with wh ich he h ad been u tte rl y u n abl e to cope .
The cou pl e retu rned to le m o n ad e the fol low in g

_
n ig ht an d re m ai ne d fai thfu l to that beverage

,
u n t i l an eve n t tran sp ired whic h rend ered further

s el f d en i al a m ere fool ishn es s
-
.
I t w as abou t a wee k l ater ; M r K e t c h m a id had .
j u s t resu m ed h i s s ea t a fter servi n g a custom er ,
whe n the atten tion o f al l p re se n t was attracted

by a n od d an d regu lar tapp i n g on the bric k
pave d pass age ou ts i de I t stoppe d at the tap
.
room an d a m u rm u r o f voi ce s es cape d at the

,
ope n d oor . The n t he d oor was closed an d a ,
lou d pen etrat in g vo ic e c al l e d o n the n a m e o f S o l

K e t c h m a id .
R E S U R R E CT I O N OF M R W I GGET T
. 1 21
“
Good heaven s ! sai d the a m azed land lord ,
hal f ri sin g from h is seat a n d fal l in g bac k agai n ,
”
I ou ght to k now that voic e .
”
S o l K e t c h m a id bel lowed t he voice agai n ;
“
,
where are you shipm ate ,
”
H e n nery Wi g gett ! gasped the l an dlord as a
-
,
sm al l m an wi th ragged whi skers ap peared at the

”
w ick et it ca n t be !
,
“ ’
The n ew co mer regarde d hi m te nderly for a

-
m om en t w i thou t a word a n d then k ick in g Open , ,
the d oo r wi th an u n m istakabl e wooden l eg ,
stu m ped i n to the ba r an d graspi ng his ou t ,
stretched han d shook it ferven tly .
’
“
I m et Cap n P eters in M elbou rn e said the ,
strange r as h is frien d pu shed hi m i n to his ow n

,
chair and questioned h i m breathless ly

, He .
“
told m e where you was .
“
The s ight 0 you H en nery W iggett i s be tter
’
, ,
”
to m e than d i am on d s sa id M r K e t c h m a id , .
,
H o w d i d you get here ?

”
ecstat ically .
’
“
A frien d of hi s C ap n J on es o f the barqu e , ,
Ven us gave m e a passage to L ond on sai d Mr

'
.
, ,
Wi ggett an d I ve tra m ped down from there

,
“ ’
wi thou t a pe n ny i n my pocket .
”
“
A n d S o l K e t c h m a id s gl ad to see you sir ’
, ,
sai d M r S m ith who with the rest of the c o m

.
, ,
pany ha d been look in g on i n a sta te o f great

,
ad m i ration “
H e s n ever ti red of te l l in g u s o w
.
’ ’
1 22 LIGHT FREIGHTS
you saved h i m fro m the sha rk an d a d you r l eg ’
'
”
bit o fl i n so d oin g .
“
I d ave m y other bit o ff for i m too said
’ ’ ’
, ,
M r Wigge tt as th e l an d lord patted hi m a ffe c

.
,
t i o n a t e l y on the shou l d e r an d thru st a gl ass
of S piri ts i n to hi s ha n d s “
Cheerfu l I woul d .
, .
The k in d es t c a rte d a nd t he bravest m an that

-
’
”
ever breathed is ol d S ol K e t c h m a id
,
.
H e took the l an d l ord s ha n d agai n a n d ’

, ,
s q u eez in g it a ffecti on atel y looke d rou n d the ,
com fortabl e bar w i th m uch a pproval They .
began to conve rse in the l ow ton e s of c o n

fid e n c e and n a mes w hich had fi gu re d i n m any
,
o f the l an d l ord s sto ries fe l l con tin uou sly o n the

’
’
l i steners ears .
“
You never e ard anyth i ng m ore 0 pore S am
’ ’
”
J on es I s pose ? sai d M r K e t c h ma id
,
’
. .
M r Wiggett pu t down h i s glass

. .
“
I ran u p agin a m an i n Rio J ane iro two
”
yea rs ago he sai d m ou rn fu l ly
, P ore ol d S am , .
’
d ied i n I S arm s wi th you r n ame u pon is hone st
”
b lack l ips .
“
E n oug h to k il l any m an m u tte red the d is ,
c o m fi t e d M r C l ark l oo ki n g rou n d defi an tly u pon

.
,
his m u r m u ri n g fri en d s .
“
Who is th is putty faced swab S o l ? d e m anded -
,
M r W igge tt tu rn in g a fi erce gl ance i n the shoe

.
,
m ak er s d irect io n
’
.
1 24 LIGHT FREIGHTS
of ol d S ol an d I kn ew if I could on ly fi n d i m
,
’
my trou bles were over I kn ew that I cou ld .
creep i n to i s l i ttl e harbo u r an d l ay snu g

’
I .
knew that what S ol sa i d he m ea n t I l os t my .
l eg s avi n g i s l i fe an d he is grate ful

’
,
.
S o he ou ght to be sai d M r C lark a nd I m

“
, .
,
’
prou d to sha k e an d s with a hero ’

.
H e grippe d M r W ig g e t t s ha n d and the others

.
’
fol lowed su i t The wood e n l egged m a n wou n d

.
-
u p w ith Mr K e t c h m ai d an d d i sd ai n in g to notice
.
, ,
’
that that verac i ou s m ari ne r s grasp was som ewhat
l i m p san k i n to hi s cha ir aga i n an d as ke d for a
, ,
cigar .
“
L e nd me the box S ol h e sai d j ovially as , , , ,
he took i t from hi m I m goi n g to a nd e m “ ’ ’ ’
rou nd Th is i s my trea t m ates P ore old H enry

.
, .
W igg e tt s treat ’”
.
H e passed th e box rou n d M r K e t c h ma id , .
watchi n g i n hel pl es s i n di gn ation as the c usto mers ,
d iscard i n g the i r pipes than k ed M r W iggett , .
warmly a n d hel ped them sel ve s to a threepen ny

,
c igar apiec e M r Clark was so p artic u lar that

. .
he sp oi l t at least two by u ndu e p inchi ng b efore

he cou l d fi n d one to hi s sat i s fac tion .
C l osi n g ti m e ca m e al l too soon Mr Wi ggett ,

.
,
whose popu lari ty wa s n e v er for a m o m e n t i n

doubt d evelopi n g gi fts to which h is frie nd had
,
n e ver e ve n al l u d ed H e san g com ic son gs i n .

RE S U R R E C T I O N O F MR . W I GG ETT 1 25
a voice wh ich m ad e the gl asse s rattle on the

shel ves as ke d s o m e real ly cl ever ri d dles and
, ,
wou n d u p with a c onj uri n g tri c k which cons isted

i n borrowi n g hal f a c rown from M r K e t c h m a id .
a nd m ak in g i t pas s in to the pocket o f M r Peter .
S m ith This l ast was perhaps n ot q u ite s o satis

.
factory as th e u t m ost efforts of the tailor failed

,
to d iscover the c oi n an d he wen t hom e u nd er a ,
cl ou d o f s u sp ic ion whic h n early d rove h i m frantic .
”
“
I op e you re sat isfi ed sa id M r Wiggett as
’ ’
, .
,
the l an dl ord havin g shot the bol ts of th e front

,
door retu rned to the bar

,
.
You wen t a bi t too far s a id M r K e t c h m a id ,

.
,
’
shortly you shoul d ha been con ten t w ith d oin g
what I tol d y o u to d o A n d who asked yo u to .
’
an d m y c i gars rou n d ?
“
I got a b it exc ited pl eade d the other , .
A n d you forgot to tel l e m you re goi ng to ’ ’
star t t o m orrow t o l i ve wi t h that n iece of yours

-
”
i n N e w Z eal an d add ed the l an d lord
, .
”
S o I d id sai d M r W iggett sm it in g h is fore
, .
,
“ ’
head ; so I d i d I m very s orry ; I l l te ll em
.
’ ’
to m orrow n i ght
-
.
“
M e n t io n i t ca sual l ik e to m orrow m orn in g ,
-
,
com m an d ed M r K e t c h m a id a n d get off i n the

.
,
“
a rt e r n o o n the n I 11 give y o u som e d in n er bes id es

’
,
”
the fi ve shi ll i n gs as arran ged .
M r Wi ggett than k e d hi m warm ly a nd tak in g

.
, ,
1 26 LIGHT FREI GHTS
a can dl e withd rew to t he u n won ted lu xu ry of

,
cl ean sheets an d a soft bed F or som e ti m e he .
l ay awa ke i n d eep thou ght a n d t he n s m otherin g ,
a l au gh with the bed cl othes he gave a sigh o f -

,
conten t a n d fel l a sl eep .
’
To the l an d lord s great a n n oyan ce his gu es t
wen t for a wal k nex t m orn i n g an d d i d n o t re turn
u n ti l the e v en i n g whe n he ex pl ain e d that he
,
had wal ked too far for hi s c rippled con d ition

an d was u n ab l e to get bac k M u ch sym pathy .
wa s m an i fested for h i m i n t h e bar bu t i n al l the ,
conversation that en su e d M r K e t c h m a id l isten ed .
i n vai n for any h i n t o f h is d eparture S i gn al s .
were of n o use M r W i gge tt m erely n odd i n g

,
.
am i ably an d rais i n g h i s glas s In res pon se ; an d

when by c on sid erabl e s trategy he brou ght the
, ,
conversa tio n from pi g k il l i n g to n i eces M r -

, .
Wiggett d e ftly tran s ferred i t to u n cl es an d

d iscou rsed on p aw nbroki n g .
The hel p less M r K e t c h m a id su ff ered i n si l en c e

.
,
wi th h i s eye o n the cl oc k an d al m ost d an ced ,
with i m p at ien ce a t the tard i nes s of h is d e parti ng

gu ests H e acc o m pa n ied the l ast m a n to the
.
d oor and then c ri m so n with rage retu rn ed to

, , ,
the ba r to tal k to M r Wi ggett . .
“
Wot d y r m ean by i t ? he thu n d ered
’ ’
.
M ean by what S ol ? inqu ired M r W iggett

, .
,
look i n g u p i n s urpri s e .
1 28 LIGHT FREIGHTS
H e w as i n terru p ted by fren z ied an d i n cohere n t

excl a mation s fro m M r K e t c h m ai d . .
”
“
S ol K e t c h ma id h e sai d w ith d ign i ty ,
“
I , ,
’
ope you re d ru n k ’
I ope i t s the d ri n k an d
.
’ ’
n o t S ol K e t c h m a i d w o t I saved fro m the shark ,
by avin g m y l eg b i t o ff tal k i n g I saved you r , .
"
l i fe S ol an I ave co m e i n to you r l ittl e harbou r
, ,
’
a nd l et go m y l ittl e an chor to stay there ti ll I

go al oft to j oi n p oor S am J on es wo t d i ed with
”
you r n am e o n i s l ips ’
.
H e spran g su d den ly erect as M r K e t c h m a id .

,
w ith a l ou d cry s n atche d u p a bottl e an d m ad e

,
as thou gh to brai n hi m with i t .
”
You rasc al sai d the l an d lord i n a sti fle d
, ,
“
voi c e . You i n fern al rascal I n ever s e t eyes .
o n y o u t ill I saw you th e other d ay on th e qu ay

at B u rn s e a a n d j u st fo r an in n e rc e n t l ittl e j oke
, ,
l i ke with Ne d C l ark as k e d you to com e i n an d ,
p reten d .
“
P rete n d repeate d Mr W i ggett i n a horror .
,
stricken voic e P re te n d ! H a v e you forgotten

.
“
m e p ushi n g y o u o u t of the way an d s ayin g S ave ,

‘
yoursel f S ol a s th e sh ark s j aw cl ashed together

, ,
’ ’
’
ove r my leg ? H ave you forgotten o w
“
L ook ere sai d M r K e t c h m a id thru stin g an
’
,
.
,
i n furi ate d face cl ose to h i s there n e v er was a ,

“
H enery W i ggett there n ever was a shark there

”
n e v er was a S a m J on es !
W II ’
ED I I IS E Y ES TO T HE M EMO R Y O F T HE
'
F A IT H F L L B LA C K
several fresh an ec d otes of h i m s e l f a n d Sam J on es

that even in g ; anecd otes wh ich at the i m m in en t ,
ri s k of c hok in g M r K e t c h m aid w as obl ige d to

, .
i n d ors e .
A wee k pa ssed a n d M r Wi ggett sti l l graced , .
with h is p res en c e the bar of the S h i p “

Th e .
l an dl ord l os t flesh a n d bega n s eriou sly to con ,
s id er th e ad vis abi l i ty o f m ak i n g a cl ean breas t

o f the w hol e a ffai r M r Wiggett watched hi m . .
a n x i ou sl y a n d wi th a sk il l b orn of a l i fe l on g
,
-
s tu dy o f h u m an ity real i s ed that hi s vis i t wa s ,
d rawi n g to a n e n d A t l as t on e d ay M r K etch .
, ,
.
m ai d pu t the m atter bl u n tly .
“
I shal l tel l th e cha ps to n i g h t t h at i t was a -
”
l ittl e j oke o n m y p art h e a n n ou n ced wi th gri m , ,
d ec is ion ; the n I shal l tak e yo u by the col l ar

“
”
a n d k ic k y o u i n to the road .
M r W iggett s ighed an d shook hi s head

. .
”
“
I t l l b e a t e rrib l e S how U p for yo u h e said
’
-
, ,
“
so ftly You d better m ake i t worth m y wh il e
.
’
,
’ ’
an d I l l tel l e m th is even in g that I m goi n g t o
’
Ne w Z eal an d t o l i ve w i th a n i ece of m in e there ,
a n d that yo u ve pa i d my passage for m e I

’
'
don t l i ke te l l i n g any m ore l ies bu t se ei n g it s

’
, ,
’
’ ”
for y o u I l l d o i t fo r a cou ple o f pou n ds
, .
“
F i v e sh i l l i n gs s narled M r K e t c h m a id
, . .
M r Wiggett s m il ed com fortabl y an d shook

.
M r K e t c h m a id rai se d h is o fl e r t o
’
h is head . .
RE S U R R E CT I O N OF MR . W I G GET T 1 31
ten shil l i ngs to a pou n d an d fi nal ly a fter a few

, , ,
rem arks which pro m pted Mr Wiggett to state .
that ha rd words b r o ke n o bone s fl u n g in to the ,
bar and fetched the money .
T he n ews of M r W igg e t t s d eparture we n t

.
’
rou n d the vil lage at on c e th e l a n d l o rd hi m self ,
b reaki n g the news to the n ext custom er and an ,
overflow m ee ti n g asse m bled that eve n in g to bid

the e m igran t farewel l .
T he l an d lord n oted with pl easure that bus i

n ess was bris k S e v eral gen tl em en stood d rin k
.
to Mr Wi gge tt an d i n return he p u t h is hand

.
,
i n h i s o wn poc ket an d ord ered gl a sses rou n d .
Mr K e t c h m aid i n a state of so m e u neasi ness

.
, ,
took the orde r an d th e n M r Wi ggett w ith the

, .
,
a i r o f on e c on ferri ng i n esti m abl e bene fits p ro ,
d u c e d a l u cky hal fpe n n y which h ad on c e b e ,
l on ged to S a m J one s an d i ns i sted u pon h is ,
keepi n g i t .
“
Thi s is my l ast n ight m ates he said m ou rn , , ,
fu lly as he ackn owled ge d the dri n k in g of h is

,
heal th I n m a n y ports I ve bee n an d m a ny

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s n u g pu bs I ave vi si ted bu t I never i n al l my

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d ays c om e across a n icer k i n d er e ar t e d l ot 0 ,

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m en than wot y o u are .
H ear hear said Mr C l ark

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M r Wiggett pau se d and ta k in g a s ip from

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h i s gl ass to h id e h is e m oti on resu med , .

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I n my lo n ely pi lg ri mage th rou gh l i fe crip pl ed , ,
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an d a vi n g to beg m y bread he said tea rfu ll y
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I shal l t hi n k 0 th i s appy bar an d t hese frie nd ly

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faces \V he n I a m w r e s t l i n w ith the pangs of

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u nger an d bei n g m o v ed o n by the e a r t l e s s ’
pol ice I shal l t hi n k o f y o u as I last saw y o u

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B u t s ai d M r S m ith voic i ng the ge n eral
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c on stern ation you re g o i n g to you r n iece i n

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Ne w Z eal an d ?
M r Wi ggett shoo k h i s head a n d s m il e d a sad
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swee t s m il e .
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I ave n o n iece he sa id si m pl y ; I m al on e
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i n the worl d .
A t th e se touch in g word s h i s au d ienc e p u t

thei r g lasses d own an d s tare d i n a m aze at M r .
K e t c h m a id whil e tha t ge ntl e m an i n h is tu rn

,
gazed at M r W iggett as t hough he had sud de nly

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d eveloped horn s a n d a ta i l .
K e t c h m a i d tol d m e hi sse l f as he d pai d you r

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p assage to Ne w Z eal an d s a i d the shoe m aker ; ,
he sai d as c d p resse d y o u t o s tay but that y o u

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s aid a s b lood was th ic ke r even than frie n dshi p .
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A l l l ie s s aid M r Wi ggett sad ly
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I l l stay.
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w ith pl eas ure i f h e l l give th e word I l l stay ’

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eve n n o w i f e w ishes i t .
H e paused a m o me n t as thou gh t o gi ve h i s
bewil de re d v ic ti m t i m e to accept th i s o ffer a n d ,
then ad dressed t h e sca n d al i sed M r Cl ark agai n . .

A MAR KE D MAN
A T T O O I NG i s a g i ft sai d t h e n i ght ,
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w atch man fi rml y I t as to be a gi ft as
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y o u ca n wel l see A m an as to k n ow wot e is ’

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goin g to t attoo an o w t o d o i t ; there s n o ’
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ru bbin g ou t or al terin g I t s a gi ft an i t c an t .
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be l earn t I k ne w a m a n on ce as u sed to t att o o

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a cabi n boy al l over every v y ge tryin g to l ea rn

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E was a sl ow pa ins tak in g sort 0 m an an d the
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l a n gwi d ge those boy s used to us e whi le e was at ’
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work wou l d a rd l y be bel ieved bu t e a d to giv e ,
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U p tryi ng arter abou t fi fteen y e ars an d take to
croch e t wo rk i nstead
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S om e m en w on t b e tattooed at al l bein g ,
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prou d 0 the ir sk i n s o r s ic h li ke a n d for a good -
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ma ny y e ars Gin ger D ick a man I ve S poke to ’
y o u o f befor e was o n e 0 t hat sor t

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L i k e m any
red ai red me n e a d a very white s k in wh ich e
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was very prou d of bu t a t l ast ow i ng to a ,
u n fo r t n i t i d e a 0 m a ki ng I S forti n e l et hissel f be
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done .
I t co m e abou t in thi s way : H i m an d ol d S am

A MARKED MAN 1 35
S m al l an d P eter Ru sset ad b ee n p a i d o ff fro m ’
the i r ship a n d was avi n g a very appy pleasan t ’ ’
ti me ashore They was care fu l m en i n a way

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a nd they ad take n a roo m d own East I nd ia

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Road way an d p aid u p the ren t for a m o n th I t

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cam e cheaper than a lod gin g ouse bes id es bein g -

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a b it m ore p rivate a n d respecta bl e a thin g ol d ,
S am was al ways very p e r t ic k l e r abou t .
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They a d been ashore abou t three wee ks whe n
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on e d ay old S am a n d Peter we n t o ff al o n e bec os

Gin ger sai d e wasn t goin g w i th e m H e said a
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l ot m ore th in gs too : o w e was goi n g t o see wo t

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i t fel t l i ke to be i n bed wi thout avi n g a fat old ’
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m an groan in g is c art o u t an d an other on e ,
k nock in g on the m a n tel p iece al l n ight w i th

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twopen ce an d wan tin g to k n ow why he wasn t
bein g served .
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Gi n ger D ic k fel l in to a q u iet sleep arter
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they d gon e ; the n e wok e u p an d a d a sip from ’
the wat e r j u g —h e d a had mor e only so m ebody

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a d d roppe d th e soap i n i t an d the n d ozed off -
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agi n I t was l at e i n the aftern oon whe n e woke
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an d the n e see S a m an d P eter Russet stand i n g
by the si d e 0 the bed l ook i n g at i m
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Where ve you been ’

ses G i nger stretch in g ,
hissel f a nd yawn in g .
ses S a m s itti n g down a n l ook i n g ,

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very i m portan t Whil e you ve be en lay in g on
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your bac k al l d ay m e an P eter Ru sse t as b e e n ’
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d oin g a l ittl e e ad work ’
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Oh ses G i n ge r Wot w i th ? ’
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S am cou ghed a n d P eter b egan to whi stl e an ,

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Gi n ger he l a id sti l l an d s m i le d u p at the c e i l i n g ,
an d began to feel good tem pere d agi n -

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Wel l wot s the b is n e s s he ses at l ast

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S a m l ooke d at Peter b u t P e ter shook i s e ad ,

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at hi m .
I t s j u st a l i ttl e b i t 0 b is n e s s w e a pp e n e d to
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d rop on ses S a m a t l ast m e a n Peter an d I

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thi n k that w ith l u c k an d man age m e n t we re i n

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a fai r way t o m ak e ou r fortu n es P eter ere .
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ai n t give n to l ooki n g on the cheerfu l s ide 0

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th in gs bu t e thi n k s so too
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I d o se s P e ter
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bu t i t won t be m anaged
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right i f you go b l abb i n g i t to everybody .

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W e m u s t ave a n other m an i n i t P eter ses
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S am ; a n d wot s m ore e m us t ave gin ger

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c ol ou red a i r T hat be i n g s o i t s on ly r ight a n d

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p roper that our d ear ol d pal G i n ger s hou l d ave
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the fust o ffe r .
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I t was n t o ften that S am was so a fl e c k s h u n at e
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a n d Gi n ge r coul d n t m ak e i t ou t a t al l E ver ’
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si n ce c d kn own i m the ol d m an a d bee n ful l

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pl an s 0 m a kin g m on e y wi thou t earn in g i t
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S tu pid pl an s they was too bu t the stu p id er , ,
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they was the m or e ol d S am l i ked e m .
1 38 LIGHT FRE I GH TS
pushin g ol d S am ou t of the way bega n to dre ss ,
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an d at l ast e tu rn e d rou n d a n d as ked S a m
whether h e wa s d ru n k or on ly m ad .
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A l l ri ght se s S a m
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,i f you won t tak e it o n ‘
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we ll fi nd so m ebody a s w ill that s al l ; there s ,
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n o cal l to ge t hu ffy abou t i t Y o u ain t the o n y .
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red e d d e d m a n i n the world

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Gi n ger d id n t answer i m he wen t on d ress

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ing b u t every n ow a n d th e n e d l ook at S am and

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giv e a l ittl e l ar f wot mad e S a m s blood boil .
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You ve got n othi n to l arf at G in ger he ses , , ,
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a t l ast ; the l an d lad y s boy u d b e abou t the
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sam e a ge as wot you are n o w ; e a d a scar ove r
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the l e ft eyebrow s am e as wot you ve got though ,
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I d on t su ppose fie got i t b y fi ghti n g a chap three
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t i m es i s s iz e ’
E a d bri ght bl u e e yes a s m al l
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w el l shaped n ose an d a n ice m ou t h
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S am e as you Gi n ge r ses P et e r l ook i n g ou t

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o f the wi nd er .
Gi n g e r cou ghed a n d l ooke d thou ght ful .
I t sou n ds al l right m ates e se s at l as t b u t

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I d o n t see o w w e re to go to work I d on t
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wan t to ge t l ock ed u p for d eceivi n g .
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Yo u c a n t get loc k ed u p s e s S a m ; i f you
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l et e r d i sc ov e r you a n d cl a i m you o w can you

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get l ocke d u p for i t ? We shall go i n an see he r
a gi n an d l arn al l there i s t o l arn e sp e c ially
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about th e tattoo m arks a nd the n ,

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S C R E A M S G I NG E R .
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1 40 LI GH T FRE IGHTS
They started on i m agi n n e xt d ay bu t al l ’

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S a m a n d P ete r cou l d say d i d n t m ove 1 m ’

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al thou gh S a m s poke so feel in g abou t the j oy o f

a pore wid d er wo m an getti n g e r s o n bac k agi n
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arter al l thes e ye ars tha t e n early cri ed .
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They we n t d own agi n to the p u b that
e ve n i n g an d Gi n ger who sai d e was cu rious to
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se e wan te d to go too S a m who stil l ad op es .
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o f i m wou l d n t e ar of i t bu t a t l as t i t was
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arran ged that e was n t t o go i n s i d e b u t shoul d

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tak e a peep throu gh the d oor They got on a .
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tra m at A ldgate an d Gi nge r d id n t l i ke i t becos
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S am an d P eter tal ked i t over bet wee n theirselves

i n whispers an d p oi n ted ou t l i kely red aired m en -
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i n the roa d .
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A n d e d id n t l i ke i t whe n they got to the
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B lu e L ion an d S a m and P eter we n t i n and left
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i m ou tsi de peepi n g th rou gh th e d oor
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The .
l an dl ad y shoo k a n d s wit h the m q u ite friend ly

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an d the b arm ai d a fi n e l ook in g girl see m ed to ,

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take a lot 0 n ot i c e o f Peter G in ger waited

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abou t ou t si d e for n ea rly a cou pl e of hours an d at ,
l as t they ca m e ou t tal k i n g an d l ar fin g with , ,
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Pe te r weari n g a white rose w ot the barm ai d ad
give n i m
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G in ger D ic k ad a goo d bi t to say abou t ’
kee pi n g i m wai ti n g al l that ti m e bu t S a m said

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that they d be en getting val uabl e in form ation ,
A MARKED M A N B
an the m ore e co ul d s ee o f i t the easier the j ob

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appeared to be an t he n h i m an Peter wished fo r ,

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t o bi d G i n ger good bye whi le they we n t an d -

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u n f ed u p a red aired frien d 0 Peter s n a m ed -
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C h arl i e Bates .
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They al l wen t i n somewhere an d a d a few ’
d rin ks fu st though a n d arter a tim e Gin ger

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began to see thi n gs i n a d i fferen t l igh t t o wot e ’
a d be fore a n to b e arf asham ed of is sel fishn ess

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an d e c al led S a m s pot a l ovi n g cu p an k ep on

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drin kin g ou t of i t to show there w as n o ill

feel i ng al though S am k e p te l l in g hi m there
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wasn t Then S am sp oke u p abou t t a ttooin g

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agin an d Gi n ger said that every m an i n the

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cou n try ought to be tattooe d to preve n t the

s m all pox H e got s o exc i ted abou t i t tha t o l d
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S am a d to prom ise i m that h e shoul d be tattooed

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that very n ight befor e he cou l d pacify i m ,

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They al l we n t o ff o m e wi t h their arm s roun d ’
each other s n ec ks b u t arter a t i m e Gi nger fou n d

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that S am s n ec k was n t there an e stopped an d

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S poke seriou s to P eter abou t it P eter said e ’

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cou ld n t a cc ou n t fo r i t an e had su ch a j o b to ,
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get G i nger om e that e thou ght they wou l d n ever ’
ha g o t there H e go t i m to bed at l ast an the n

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e sat d ow n an d fel l asl eep wai ti ng fo r S am .
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G in ger was the l ast on e to wake u p i n the
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m orn i ng a n be fore e wok e he kept m aki n g a
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1 42 LIGHT FRE I GHTS
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m oan in g n ois e H i s ea d fe lt as thou gh it w as .
goi ng to bu st i s ton gu e fe l t l i ke a bric k a n d i s,

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chest w as so sore e cou l d ar d l y breathe The n .
at l ast e open ed i s eyes an d l o oked u p an d saw

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S a m an P eter an d a l ittl e m an with a black

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m oustache .
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Ch ee r u p Gin ger s e s S am i n a k i n d voice , , , ,
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i t s goin g on beau ti fu l
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My ead s ‘
ses Gi n ger wi th a groan
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a n I ve got p i n s an n ee d l es al l over my chest
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ses the m an with the bl ack m ous

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tache I n ever use pi n s ; they d p i son the fl esh
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G in ger sat U p i n bed an d stared at i m ; the n ’
e ben t i s ead d own an d sq u inte d at i s chest

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an d nex t m om en t e w as ou t of bed an d al l three
o f e m was hol d i n g i m dow n on the floor to
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p reven t i m break i n g the tattooer s n ec k which

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e d set i s e a rt u pon do in g an d e x p l ain in g t o i m

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that the tattooer was a t the top o f is p rofession ’

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an d that i t was on ly by a s trok e of l uc k e h ad ’
got i m A n d S a m re m i n d e d i m o f wot e a d
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s ai d the n ight before a n d sai d he d l ive to than k ,
i m fo r i t
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O w m u ch i s there d on e ? s es G inger at ,
l as t i n a d espri t voi ce
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S am tol d i m an d Gi n ger l ay sti l l an d call ed ’
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the tattooer al l the n am es he coul d th i n k of ;

wh ich too k i m s om e ti m e ’
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som e s tu ff to make i s s k i n soft agi n an d som e ,
m ore stu ff to m a ke the m ark s look a bi t ol d .
S a m wan te d to d raw u p an agree m e n t bu t

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Gi n ger D i ck an d P e te r Russet w oul d n t ear o f i t ’ ’

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They both sai d th at tha t s o rt 0 thi n g wou ld n t ’ ’
l ook well i n wri tin g n ot i f anybody el s e happened ,
to see i t that i s ; bes id es which Gi nger s ai d i t

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wa s i m poss ibl e for i m to s ay o w m u ch m oney he ’ ’
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wou l d ave the h a n d l in g of O n ce the tattooin g .
was d on e e b ega n to take a mo s t ki n d l y to the

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p lan an bei n g an o r fi n so far as e k ne w he

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a l m ost began to p ersuad e h issel f that t he red

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aire d l a n d lady w a s is m othe r .
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They a d a l i ttl e c al l over i n the ir room to se e
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o w G inge r was to d o i t an d t o d iscove r the weak

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p i n ts’
S a m worked u p a squ eaky voice an d
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p reten ded to be the l a n d l ady an d Pe te r pretend e d ,
to be t he goo d l ook i n g ba rm a i d -
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They wen t al l through i t over a n d ove r agin ,
the o nly u n pl easan tn ess bei n g c au se d by Peter

R u sset letti ng o ff a screech e v ery t i m e Gi n ger
al lu d ed to i s chest wot set is teeth o n ed ge an d
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ol d S a m as the l and l ad y o ffe ri n g Gin ger p ots o ’
beer which m ad e i s m ou th wate r ’

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W e S hal l go rou n d to m orrow for the l ast
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t i m e ses S a m a s w e to ld e r w e re s ail i ng the
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d ay arter O f cou rse m e an Peter a vi n g m ad e

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you r fort i n d rop ou t al toge ther bu t I d e s s ay we

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A MARKED M AN 1 45
shal l loo k i n agi n i n abou t s ix m on ths tim e an d ’

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the n perhaps the l an d lady w i l l i n t e rd u c e us to you .

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Mean ti m e ses Peter Ru sset you m ustn t
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forget that you ve g o t to sen d u s P ost O ffi ce
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m oney orders every week
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Gin ger sai d e wou ld n t forge t an d they shook

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an d s al l rou n d an d ad a dr i n k together an d the ’
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nex t art e r n o o n S a m a nd P eter wen t to the Bl ue

L ion for a l as t v i si t .
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I t was qui te early when they ca m e back .
Ginger was su rprised to see e m a nd he sai d so ’

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but e was m ore su rprised when e heard the ir
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reason s .
I t com e ove r u s al l at on ce as we d b in ’
doing w ron g Sa m s e s settin g down with a s igh

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Co m e over us l i k e a ch il l i t d id ses P eter , ,
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D oing wron g ? ses Gin ger D i c k stari n g , .
Wot are you tal kin g abou t ? ’
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S om ethi n g the lan dl ady sai d showed u s as
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we was d o i n wron g ses old S a m very solem n ; , ,
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i t co m e over u s i n a flash .
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L i ke l ightn in g se s Peter , .
A l l of a su dde n we see wot a cru el ard thin g ,

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i t was to go and try an d d eceive a poor widd e r

wom a n ses S a m i n a u s k y voice ; we both see
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i t at once .
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G i n ger D ic k look s at e m ard e d id an d then ’
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e ses j eerin g l ik e
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I s pose you d on t wan t a ny Post O ffi ce
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m oney ord ers sen t you the n ? he ses
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No says S a m an d Pete r both together

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Y o u m ay h ave e m al l ses S am ; bu t if ,
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you l l be rul ed by u s G i n ger you l l give i t u p

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sam e as wot we ave —you l l sl ee p the sw eeter ’ ’
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fo r i t .
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Give i t U p ! shou ts Gi n ger d an cin g u p an
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d own the roo m arter bei n g tattooed al l o v er ? ,

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Why y o u m u st be crazy S a m — wot s the m atter

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with y o u ?
I t ai n t fa ir pl ay agi n a wom an says o l d
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S am th r ee stron g m en a gin on e poor ol d

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wom an ; that s wot we feel Gi n ger ’

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Well [ d on t feel l i ke i t se s Gi n ger ; you

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ple ase you rs el f an d I l l pl ease m ysel f ,

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E we n t o ff i n a hu ff a n nex t m orn i n g e was

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so d isagreeabl e that S a m a n Peter wen t an d ’
sign ed on board a stea m er call ed the P eng u in ,
whic h was to sai l the d ay arter They parted .
bad frien d s al l rou n d a nd Gi nger Dick gave ,
Pe ter a n as ty b lac k eye an d Sam sa id that when ,
Gi n ger ca m e t o se e thi n gs i n a proper way agi n

h e d be sorry fo r wot c d s aid A n d e sai d
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that i m an d P e te r n eve r wan ted to l ook o n is

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fa ce agi n .
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Gi n ger D ick w as a bi t l on eso me a rter th ey d
gon e bu t e thought i t better to le t a few d ays go
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1 48 LIGHT F REIGH TS
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I t s a ard l i fe the sea ses th e ol d l ady , , .
She k e pt w i pi n g d own th e cou n ter i n fron t of

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i m over an over agi n a n e c ou l d see e r staring
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a t is wrists as though s he coul d a rd l y b el ieve her

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eyes The n she wen t back i n to the p arl our an d

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Gi nger eard her wh isperi n g a nd by an d by she

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came ou t agi n with th e bl u e eyed b arm aid -

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H a v e you bee n at sea l ong ses th e o l d l ady .
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O ver twenty three years m a a m ses Gin ger
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avoi d in g the barm a id s eye wot was fi xed o n
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is wrists an d I ve been s hipwrecked fou r
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tim es ; the fu s t ti me whe n I was a l ittle n ipper

o fourtee n
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Pore thin g s es t h e lan d l ad y shaking e r ,

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ead I can fee l for you ; m y boy wen t to se a
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at that age an d I ve n e v er see n i m si nce ’ ’ ’

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I m s orry to ear it m a a m ses Gin ge r very

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respectful l i ke I s u ppose I ve l ost m y m other

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so I can feel for you .

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Su ppose you v e l ost your mo t h e r l ses t h e ’ ’
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barm aid d on t you k n ow whethe r you have ? ’
No ses Gin ger D ic k very sad

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was wrec ked the fu st ti m e I was i n a ope n boat

fo r thre e week s an d wo t wi th the exposu re an d , ,
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a rd l y any food I got brai n fever an d l os t my ,
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m em ory .
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P ore thi n g ses th e l an d lad y agi n , .
I m ight as wel l b e a o r fi n s es Gi n ger l ook ’

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in g down so me ti m e s I seem to see a k in d

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a n d s o m e face bend i ng over m e a nd fancy it s

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my m other s but I can t re m ember e r n am e or
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my na m e or a n y t h i n k abou t e r
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You re m ind m e 0 my boy very m uch se s
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th e l an d lady shak in g e r ead ; you ve got the
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sam e colou red air an d wot s extraord in ary ’
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you ve go t the sa m e tattoo m ark s o n y Ou r wrists

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S ailor boy d an ci ng on on e a n d a cou pl e of dol

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p h in s on the other A n d e ad a l i ttl e scar o n .

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i s eyebrow m u ch the s am e as your s
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Good e vi ns ses G inger D ick starti n g back

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an d look in g as though e was tryi n g to re m e m ber ’
some th in g .
I s p ose they re com mo n a mon g s eafari n g

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me n ? ses the la nd lady goi n g o ff to attend to ,
a customer .
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G i nger D ick wou l d ha li ked to ha seen e r
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a bit more exc ited bu t e ord ered a nother gl a ss ,

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0 b itter fro m the barm aid an d tried to thi n k o w

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he was to brin g out about the shi p on hi s ches t

an d the le tters o n is back The l an dl ad y served ’
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a cou pl e 0 men an d by an d by she ca me bac k

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and b egan tal ki ng agi n .
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I l ike sai lors she ses on e thin g i s my b o y
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was a sai lor ; and another th i n g is they ve got ,

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su ch fe e l in c arts There was t wo o f e m i n ere

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t h e other d ay who d been i n e re o nc e o r twice

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and on e of e m was that k i n d carted I thou ght ’
he would ha ad a fi t at som ethi n g I tol d hi m .

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H o ses Gi nger prick in g u p hi s ears wot
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I was j ust tal k i ng to i m abou t my boy ’
sam e as I m ight be to you ses the o l d l ady and ,

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I was j us t t el l i n g i m abou t th e p oor chi l d losi n g

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i s fi nger
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L os in g i s wot ? s e s Gi n ge r t urn i ng pale

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and staggeri n g bac k .
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F i n ger se s the l and l ady
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E was only ten .
years ol d at the ti m e a n d I d Se n t i m ou t to ,
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W o t s the m atter ? A i n t you we l l ?

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G in ger d id n t a n swer e r a word he cou ld n t
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E wen t on go ing backward s u n ti l e got to the

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d oor an d the n e su dd en ly fel l through i t i n to the

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street an d tried to thi n k

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Then e rem e m bered S a m an d P e ter and

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whe n e thou ght of the m safe a n d sou n d aboard

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the P eng u in he n earl y broke d ow n al together as ,
e thought how l o nesom e he was

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A l l e wan ted was i s arm s rou n d both the ir
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neck s sa m e as they was the n i g ht a fore they a d
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H e sh ifted farthe r alo ng t he seat an d tak ing , ,
u p hi s l ong c lay p i pe from the tabl e struc k a ,
m atch an d s m oked the few whi ffs which rem ain e d .
Then he heard the travel l er order a pi n t Of al e

wi th gi n i n i t an d a pap er o f tobacco H is d ul l
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eyes gl istene d bu t he m ad e a feeble attem pt t o

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express su rp rise whe n these l u x u ries were placed

before hi m .
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Wot I sa i d j u st n ow abou t y ou being l i ke J ob
Brown w as on ly i n j oke l i ke h e said an x iou sly , , ,
as he tasted the brew I f J ob a d been l i ke you ’
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he d ha been a bette r man .
The phi lan throp is t bowe d H e al so man i feste d .
a l i ttl e c u ri osity con cern i n g on e to who m he had ,
for however short a t i m e su ggested a rese m blan ce , .
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H e was on e o the a r d e s t d ri n kers i n these
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parts began the o l d m an S l owl y fi l l i n g his pipe
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Th e travel l er than k ed h i m .
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W o t I m ean t was —said the ol d m an hastily ,
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th at a l l the ti m e e was d ri n ki n g e was tal ki ng
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agin beer sam e a s you was j u s t n ow an d he u sed ,
to try al l s o rts 0 ways an d p l an s o f becom ing a

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teetotal ler H e u sed to si t u p ere o f a n igh t
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d rin k i ng is a rd e s t a nd tal ki n g al l the t i m e of

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ways an d m ean s by wh ich e cou l d give i t u p .
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H e u sed to tal k abou t hi ssel f as i f e was som e
b ody el s e e was tryi n g to d o good to
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The cha ps abou t ere go t sic k of I s tal k ’
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th e best of i t the other cha ps avin g ’
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to ol d J ob d own in I S chai r an d try in g the ir

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a rd e s t to ex p lai n that J oe Gu bbi n s was only
d oi n g hi m a k i n d n ess H e seem ed to u n derstan d .
at l ast an d arter a lon g t i m e e s aid as e cou l d

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se e J oe me an t to d o i m a k in d ness bu t e d better ’
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n ot do a ny m ore .
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H e k ept a very tight old 0 the n ex t pi n t
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a n d as e set d own at th e tabl e he l ooked rou n d
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nasty l i ke an d as ked e m whethe r there was any
m ore a s wou ld l ik e to d o i m a k i nd ness a nd ’
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H enery Wal k e r sai d there was an d he we n t ,
straight o ff o m e arter fu st d ropp in g a hand ful

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0 sawd ust i nto J ob s m u g

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I m a n ol d m a n a n I ve see n a good m any
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rows i n my t i m e b ut I ve n ever see n anythi ng ,

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l i ke the on e that a pp e n e d the n I t was n o good .
tal ki n g to J ob not a bi t he bei n g that u nreason , ,
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able that e ve n wh e n is ow n word s was repeated
to i m he woul d n t l isten H e behaved l i ke a
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m ad m an a n the l a n gwid ge e u sed was that fear

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fu l an d tha t w i cke d that S m i t h t he l an dl ord said

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e wou ld n t ave i t i n i s hou se
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A rter that you d ha thou ght that J ob Brow n ’
wou ld ave l eft o ff i s tal k abou t bei n g a teetotal ler

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bu t he d i d n t H e s ai d they was q uite right i n

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try i n g to d o i m a k i nd n ess bu t he d id n t l i ke the

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way they d id i t H e sai d there was a righ t way .

TO H A VE A ND T O HOLD 1 55
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a nd a wron g way o f doin g everythi n g and they d ,
chose the wrong .
I t was al l very wel l for i m to tal k bu t the

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chaps said e m ight d rin k hissel f to death fo r al l

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they cared A n d i nstead of s e e in g i m sa fe om e
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as they u sed to whe n e was worse than u su a l h e
ad to loo k arter h issel f a n d get o m e as b est he
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coul d .
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I t was throu gh that at l ast e ca m e to o ffer ’
five pou n ds reward to anybody as coul d el p i m t o ’ ’
becom e a teeto talle r H e wen t off o m e one night .

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as u sual an d a rter stopp in g a few s econ d s i n the

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parlour to pu l l hisse l f together crept q u ietly ,
u pstairs for fear of wak in g is wi fe H e saw by ’

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the crack u nder th e door that S h e d left a cand le ’
burni n g so he pu l led h issel f togethe r agi n and

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then turne d the a n d l e a n d wen t i n an d began to
try an tak e off is coat
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H e a p p e n e d to g ive a al f look toward s the

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bed as e d i d so an d the n e s tarted back an d

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rubbed is eyes a nd tol d i ms e l f he d b e better

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i n a m i n ute The n e l ooke d agi n for I S wi fe was

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nowhere to be seen a n d i n th e bed al l fast and ,
sou n d asleep an d sn ori ng t heir ard e s t was l i ttle ’
Dick Weed the ta ilor an d M rs W e e d a nd the baby . .
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J ob B rown rubbed i s eyes agi n and then e ’
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d rew hisse l f up to i s fu l l height an d pu ttin g one

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a n d on th e ches t 0 drawers to steady h i ssel f

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stood there starin g at e m an d gettin g mad de r ’
a n d m ad d er e very seco nd The n e gav e a n asty .

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cou gh an d D ic k an d M rs Weed an the baby all

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woke U p an d stare d at i m as though they cou l d ’
a rd l y be l i eve their eye sigh t

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Wot do yo u wa n t ? s e s D ick W e e d s t art i n g u p

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Get U p ses J ob a rd l y able to speak

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su rprise d at you Get u p o u t 0 my bed d i re c k l y . .
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You r bed screa m s l i ttle D ick you t e t he ‘ ’
worse for l ick er J ob B row n Can t you see you ve , .

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come i nto the wron g hou se ? ’
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E h ? ses J ob stari n g Wron g ou s e ? Well ,
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where s m i n e then ?
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N ext d oor bu t one sa m e as i t always was
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s es Dic k Wil l you go ?
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A right ses J ob stari n g

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Well go d n ight
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D ick G o d n ight M rs Wee d G o d n ight baby

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Good ni gh t ses M rs We e d from u n der the
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be dcl othes .
G o d n i ght baby ses J ob agi n

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I t can t tal k ye t ses D ic k ’

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Ca n t tal k —why n ot ? se s J o b
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D ic k d i d n t a nswer i m
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Wel l go d n ight D i c k he ses agi n

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Go o d n i ght s e s D i ck fro m between i s teeth

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G o d night M rs Weed ses J ob

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M rs Weed forced hers e l f to s ay Good n igh t

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be bel ieved M rs P ottl e we n t for i s wi fe a t la st

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an d then J o b wen t om e wi th e r l i k e a l am b as k ’ ’
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i n g e r where s he d bee n al l the eve n in g an d s ay
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i ng c d b een l ook in g for e r everywhere

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There wa s s uch a t o d o abou t it i n the vil l age -
n ex t m orn in g that J ob Brown was fairl y scared .
A ll the w i m m e n was o u t at thei r d oors tal k in g

abou t i t an d s ay i n g wot a sham e it was an d o w
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silly Mrs Weed was to put u p with i t Then Ol d

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M rs Gu m m e r gra n d mother who was e ighty

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e ight years ol d stood outs ide J ob s ou se n early ,
al l d ay shak i ng e r st ic k at i m a nd d arin g o f i m
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to co m e ou t Wot wi th M rs Gu m m an d the littl e

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crowd watch in g e r al l d ay an d givi n g e r good
advice whi ch she wou ld n t take J o b was afrai d
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to show i s n ose outside the door .
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H e wasn t l ike h issel f that n i ght u p at the
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Caul iflower E s a t U p i n the corn er an d wou l d n t
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take a ny noti c e of a nyb ody a nd i t was easy to ,
s ee as he wa s thorou ghly asha med of h issel f .
Chee r u p J ob says Bi l l Chambers at l ast ;

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you a in t th e fust m an as has m ad e a fool of
hissel f .
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M i n d you r own bu s i ness ses J o b B rown , ,
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an d I l l m i n d m i n e
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Why d on t you leave i m alon e B il l ? ses
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H enery Wal ker ; you can see t he m an is worried

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bec au se the baby ca n t tal k ’
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To H A VE A ND To H O LD 1 59
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Oh ses B i l l I thou ght e was worried ,
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because I S wi fe c ou l d .
A l l the chaps except J ob that is l au ghed at

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that ; bu t J ob e got u p a n d pu nched the tabl e

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an d asked whe the r ther e was a nybody as woul d

l i ke to go ou t side wi th h i m fo r five m i n utes Then .
e sat d own agi n a n d said ard th in gs agi n the

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drin k whic h a d m ad e i m the l ar fi n g stoc k of al l

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the fool s i n C l ay b u ry .
I m goi n g to give i t u p S m ith he ses

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Yes I know y o u are ses S m ith

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I f I cou ld on y l ose the taste of i t fo r a ti m e

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I cou l d give i t u p ses J o b w ip in g i s m ou th and
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to prove I m i n earn est I l l give fi ve pou n d s to

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anybody as 11 preve n t m e tastin g i n tox icatin g

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l ic ker fo r a m on th .
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You m ay as well save you r breath to bid
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people good n ight wi th J o b ses B i l l C hambers ;
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y o u wou l d n t pay u p i f anybody d id keep you

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o ff i t .
J o b swore h on ou r brigh t he woul d bu t n obody ,
bel ieved i m an d at last he cal led for pen an d i n k

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an d wrote i t al l d own on a s heet 0 paper an d ’
signe d i t an d then he got two other chaps to sign

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i t as witnesses .
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Bil l Chambers wasn t satis fi ed then He ’
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pointed ou t that earn i n g the five pou n ds an d ,

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the n getting i t out 0 Jo b Brown art e r wa rd s was ,
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two su ch e n ti rely d i fferen t th i ngs that there was ,
n o l ikenes s between e m at al l The n J ob Brow n ’

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got so m ad e d i d n t k now wot e was doi n g and ,
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e an d ed ove r fi ve pou n d s to S m i th the l an d lord
a n d wrote o n the paper that he w as to give i t to

anybody who shoul d earn i t withou t con su l tin g
i m at al l Even B il l c ou l d n t thi n k of anyth i ng
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to say agi n that bu t he m ad e a poi n t of b itin g al l

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the soverei gn s .
There was q u i te a exc i te men t fo r a few d ays

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H e nery Wal ker e got a e a d a c h e with thi n king ’
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a n d J oe Gu bb i n s e got a e ad ac h e for dri n ki n g
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J o b B rown s beer agi’
n There was al l sorts 0 .
wil d w ays m en tioned to earn that fi ve pou nds ,
bu t they d id n t co m e to a nyth i n g
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A rter a wee k had gon e by J ob Brown began
to get restless l i k e a n d onc e or twic e e sai d i n ,
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S m ith s h e ari n g o w u se ful five pou n d s wou l d be

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S m ith d id n t tak e a ny n otice an d at last J ob tol d ,
i m there d id n t see m any l i kel ihood o f the fi ve

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pou nd s b ein g earn ed an d he wan ted i t to buy ,
p igs wi th T h e way e we n t on wh en S m ith s ai d

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e a d n t got the power to give i t back an d c d
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got to k ee p i t i n trust for a nybody as m i ght earn

i t was d isgracefu l
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H e u sed to as k S m i th for it every n ight an d ,
S m ith use d to giv e i m the sam e an swer u n ti l at ’
l as t J ob B row n said as he d go an see a l awyer ’ ’

u p an d j u st ave a p eep at 1 m b ut she wo u ld n t

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S he sa i d sh e d go u pstairs an d peep for e m an d
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she ca m e d own agi n a n d sai d that e was a l ittl e ’
bi t fl u sh ed bu t sl eep in g l ike a l a mb
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They we n t rou n d th e corn er an d dran k th e

al e u p a n d B i l l Chambers sai d i t was a good j ob
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H e nery thought e was c lever because n obody ’
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else d i d A s fo r i s e adac h e s h e pu t e m dow n
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to over eat i n g-
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S everal other chap s cal led to se e J ob bu t n on e ,
of the m was al lowed to go u p an d for s e ven ,
week s that u n fo r t u n it m an n ever touched a drop

of anythi n g Th e d oc tor trie d to p ersu ad e im
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n ow that e a d go t the start to keep i t a n d e l ike ,
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wise poi nted o u t that as e had bee n wi thou t
liqu or fo r over a m on th h e coul d go an d get that ,
fi ve pou n d s bac k o u t o S m i th ’
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J ob p ro m ised that e wou l d giv e i t U p ; b ut ’
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th e fust d ay e fel t abl e to crawl o n I s crutches
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he m ad e u p I s m i n d to go u p to the Caul i flower ‘
a n d see whether gi n an d beer tasted as good as i t

u sed to T he o nly thin g was i s wi fe m ight stop i m
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Y o u r e d one u p wi th n ursi ng m e ol d gal h e

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ses to is wi fe
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I a m a b it ti red s es she
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I cou l d see i t by you r eyes s es Jo b What ,

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you wa n t i s a chan ge Pol l y Why not go a n d , ;
s ee your si ster at Wic k ha m

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I d on t l i k e l eavin g you al on e ses M rs
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Brown e l s e I d l i ke to go I wan t to d o a l ittl e

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shopp in g .
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You go my d ear ses J ob I shal l be qu ite
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ap py s i tt in g at the gate i n t h e su n with a glass
0 m il k an a p ipe
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H e pers uade d e r at l ast an d i n a fi t 0 ’
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generosity gave e r three shi ll i n gs to go shopp ing

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with an d as soon as she wa s ou t o s ight he wen t

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o ff with a c ru tch a n d a s tic k s m ili n g al l over is

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face H e m et D ic k Weed i n the road a n d the y

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shook an ds qu i te friend ly an d J ob asked i m to

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ave a dri n k T hen H en ery Wal k er an d som e .
m ore chaps cam e alon g a n d by the tim e they go t ,
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to th e Caul i flower they wa s as m erry a party
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as you d wish t o see .
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E very m an a d a pi n t o beer which J o b pai d ’ ’
for n ot forgetti n g Sm ith i ssel f a n d J ob cl ose d is

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eyes with pleasure as e took his The n they .
bega n to tal k abou t is ac ci de nt an d J ob showed ’

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e m i s leg an d descri bed wot i t fel t l i ke t o be a
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teetotal l er fo r s e ven wee ks .
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A n d I l l trouble you for that five pou nds
‘
,
’ ’
S m ith e ses sm i l i n g
, I ve bee n withou t any , .
‘ ’
thing stron ger than m il k for seve n week s I .
never thought when I wrote that pa p er I was

goin g to earn my o wn m oney .
’
No ne of u s d id J ob se s S m ith
’
D ye thi n k , , .
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1 64 LIGHT FREIGHTS
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that leg l l b e al l right agi n ? A s good as th e
’
other I mean ? ,
’
Doctor se s so se s J ob , .
’
I t s wond erfu l wot t h ey ca n d o no wad ays
’
,
’ ’
se s S m i th shak i n g i s ea d , .
’
ses J ob ; where s that fi ve ‘
’
pou nds S m i th ? ,
’
You d on t wan t to p ut any su d de n weight or
anyt h in g l i ke that o n i t fo r a ti m e J ob ses S m ith , ,
’
d on t ge t struggl i n g or fi ghti n g whatever you do

’
, ,
’
Jo b .
’ ’ ’ ’
Tai n t s o l i kely ses J ob ; d y e thi n k I m a ,
fool ? Where s that fi ve pou n ds S m ith ? ’

,
’
’
“
A h yes se s S m ith look i ng as though e (1
‘
, , ,
j ust rem embered s o m ethi n g I wante d to tel l .

‘
’ ’
you abou t that to see i f I v e don e right I m , .
’
glad yo u ve co m e i n ’
.
E h ? ses J ob B rown stari n g at i m

’
,
’
.
H as you r wi fe gon e shoppi n g to d ay ? ses

’
-
S m ith l ook in g at i m very sol e m n

,
’
.
Brown pu t i s m u g d own on the tabl e an d

’
“
J o b
’
tur n e d as pal e as ashes Then e got u p an d .
l i m ped over to the bar .
’
Wot d yer m ean ? he ses c hok i ng ’
, .
’
S he said s he thought 0 d oing so se s S m ith ,
’
wip ing a gl as s ; s he c am e in yesterday and as ked

’
for that fi ve pou nd s she d won T he d oc tor c am e .
i n with e r a n d sai d she d kept you fro m l i cke r

’ ’
B R EV ET RANK
crew of the E l zz a éetl z H op k i n s sat on

’
HE
d ec k i n th e gloa m in g gaz i n g i d ly a t th e
,
du sky shapes of the barges as they d ropped

si l ently d own o n the tide or v iol ently d isc u ssi ng
,
the i den ti ty of vari ou s steamers as they cam e

swiftly p ast Eve n with these am u se m en ts th e
.
ti m e hu n g heavily an d they thou gh t longingl y of

,
certai n c osy bars by the riversid e to which they

were wont to b etak e th e m se lv e s i n thei r spare
tim e.
To n ig h t i n d efere nce to th e w is he s o f t he
-
,
sk ipper wishe s which app rox i m ate d cl osely to

,
those of Royal ty i n thei r e fl e c t s they rem ai ned

’
on b oard A n ew ac q u a i n tance of h is a brother

.
,
cap tai n who d abbl ed i n m esm eri s m was co m ing

, ,
to g ive them a tas te o f h is q ua l ity an d the S k ipper , ,
s ittin g o n the s id e of th e schoo n er i n the fain t

l ight wh ich stream ed from the gall ey was con ,
d escen d i ngly exp lai n ing to them the m arve ls o f

hypn oti s m .
’
I n ever eard the l i kes of it said o ne with a , ,
1 66
BRE VET RA NK 1 67
d e e p breath as the sk ipper co n cl u ded a marvellou s

,
e xam pl e .
’ ’ ’
“
There s a l ot you ai n t eard of B i ll sa i d , ,
another whose t e mper wa s s u ffe rin g from l ack

,
’ ”
of beer Bu t ave you seen al l th i s s ir ?
.
,
”
Everythi n g sai d the s k i pper i m press ively
, , .
H e wan ted to m esm erise m e an I said A ll ’ ‘

, ,
right I se s d o i t an wel com e — i f y o u can bu t

,
’
,
‘ ’
I ex pec t my head s a b it t o o s tron g for you ’

.
’
”
“
A n d i t was si r I l l be t sa i d the m an who
, ,
’
,
had been so can d id w ith B il l .
”
H e tried e verythin g s aid the s k i pper then , ,
’
he give i t u p ; bu t he s com i n g aboard t o n ight -
,
so any of you that l i kes ca n com e d own the cab in

”
an d be m e s m eri sed fre e .
’
Why can t he d o i t on d ec k ? said th e m ate ,
risi n g from the hatches a n d s tretchin g h i s gigan tic

form .
“’
Cos he m u st have art ifi cial l ight George , ,
“
said the sk ipp er H e l ets m e a l i ttl e bit i nto
.
’
the secret y o u k n ow a n he tol d m e he l i ke s to
, ,
”
have the m en a b it d aze d l i k e fi rst -
.
Voice s sou n d ed from the wharf an d the n ight ,
watch m an appeared pil o t i n g Captai n Z i n ga l l to

the schoon e r Th e crew n otice d that he cam e
.
aboard q u ite l i k e a ny other m an desce nd i ng the ,
l ad de r wi th even m ore c are th an u su al H e was .
a s mal l m an of m uch d ign ity w ith l i ght grey

, ,
1 68 LI GHT FRE I GHTS
eyes wh ic h had bee n so strain ed by the exe rcise

of h is favou ri t e hobby tha t they appeared t o be
starti n g from h i s head H e chatted agreeabl y .
abou t frei ghts for som e tim e an d the n at h is , ,

’
brother sk ipper s u rgen t en treaty con sen ted to go ,
below an d g ive the m a taste of his awful powers .
A t fi rs t he was n ot very su ccessfu l The me n .
stared at th e d i scs h e p u t i n to their han ds u n til

their ey e s ached b u t for so m e ti m e w ith ou t e ff ect
, .
B i l l was t h e fi rst to yiel d an d to the asto nish ,
m e n t o f h is frien ds pas s e d i n to a soft m agn eti c

S l u mber fro m whic h h e e m erge d to perform
,
the u su al i d ioti c tri ck s p e cu l iar to m e s m erised

subj ects .
I t s w ond erfu l wh at power you ave ove r e m

’ ’ ’
,
said Captai n Brad d re sp ectfu l ly , .
Captain Z in ga l l s m il ed a ff ably A t the prese n t .

“
”
m om ent he said “
that m a n i s my u n t h in k in
, ,
’
sl ave a n whatever I w i sh h i m to d o he d oes

,
’
.
Wou l d any o f you l i ke h i m to do anythi n g ?

”
“
Wel l s ir sai d on e of the men
, ,
e owes m e ,
’
’
arf a d ol lar an I thin k i t woul d b e a ighly i n
,
’
t eres t i n experi m e n t i f you coul d ge t i m to pay

’ ’
m e I f anyth in g u d ma k e m e b el ieve in mes

.
’
”
m erism that wou l d ,
.
A n he owes m e e igh t e en p en c e s ir said

’
, ,
an other s eam an eagerl y , .
”
O ne at a t i m e said the fi rst speaker sharply
, ,
.
LI GHT FR EIGHTS
We l l I don t m i nd m uc h sai d the mate

,
’
, ,
hesitati n g ; bu t n o m ak i n g me giv e thos e chap s

“
”
m oney you kn ow
, .
”
N o n o said Z in g a l l
, , .
’
Wot d oes e mea n ? Give the chaps m oney ?
said B il l tu rn i n g w ith a sta rtl ed ai r to the c ook
, .
”
I d u n n o said the c ook airi ly
,
“
J us t watc h , .
”
i m B i l l h e ad ded an xiously
’
, , , .
Bu t Bi ll had som eth i n g better to d o a n d feel ,
in g in h is pock e ts hu rried ly s trove to b al an ce h i s

cash accou n t I t wa s i m possibl e to d o an ythin g
.
else wh i le he was d o in g i t an d the s itu at ion becam e

,
s o strain ed and h is lan gu age so we ird th at the

s kipper was com pel l ed in the i n terests of la w a nd
m oral ity to order hi m from the cab in .
“ ”
L ook at m e sa i d Z in gal l to the m ate aft e r
,
q u iet had been r e stored .
The m ate c o mp l ie d a n d everyb od y gazed s pel l

,
bou n d at the tussl e for s u pre m acy betwee n bru te

force an d occul t sc ie n ce S lo wl y very slowl y .
, ,
sc ie n ce triu m phed bei n g i n te rru pted several ti m es

,
by the b l ood cu rd l in g t hre ats o f B i l l as they

-
,
fl oate d d own t he co m pa n ion way T h en the -

.
m ate su d den l y lu rched forward a n d woul d hav e ,
fallen b ut that s tron g han d s c au gh t hi m a nd

restored hi m t o h i s seat .
’
I m goi n g to S how you som ethi n g n ow i f I ,
“ ’
can sai d Z in g a l l wi p in g h is b row ; bu t I d on t
, ,
BR E V E T R A NK 1 71
’
k now how it l l com e off bec au se I m only a b e
’
’
ginn er at this sort o f th in g an d I ve n ever tried ,
this before I f you don t m i nd cap n I m goi ng

.
’
,
’
,
’
’
to t e l l h i m he i s Cap n Brad d an d that you are ,
”
the m ate .
Go ahead s a id th e del ighte d B rad d

, .
C aptai n Z i n gal l went ahea d full s peed W i th .
a few rap id p asses he rou sed the m ate from h is

torpor a n d fi xe d hi m with his gl i tteri n g eye .
’ ’
“
You are Cap n B rad d m aster 0 this ship he , ,
sa id s l owl y
, .
”
A y a y sa i d the mate e arne stly
, , , .
’
A n d that s you r m ate George s aid Z in g al l , , ,
poi n tin g to th e d eeply i n terested B rad d .
A y ay sa id the m ate a gai n wi th a s i gh

, , , .
”
T ak e com mand then sai d Z in g al l l eavin g
, , ,
h i m wi t h a satisfi ed ai r an d seating hi ms e l f on
the locker .
The m ate sat u p a n d l ook e d abou t h i m with

a n air o f q u i et au thor ity .
”
George he sai d tu rn in g su dd enly to the
, ,
sk ippe r wi th a very passabl e i m i tation o f hi s voice .
”
S ir sai d th e sk ipper with a pl ayfu l gl an ce
, ,
at Z i n ga l l .
“ ’
A fri en d 0 m in e n am ed Cap n Z i n gal l is
’
”
c o m in g aboard to n ight s ai d the m ate sl owly
-
, , .
Get a l i ttle whis ky for hi m ou t 0 my state ’
”
roo m .
1 7 2 L IG HT FREI GHTS
Ay , s ir s ai d the a m us e d Brad d
ay , ,
.
'
J u st a l ittl e i n the bottom of t h e b o t t l e l l
“ ’
d o con tin u e d th e m at e ; d on t pu t m ore i n for
, ,
”
he d rin ks l i ke a fi sh .
” ’
“
I n eve r sa id su c h a th i n g cap n said Brad d , , ,
'
i n a n agitated wh isp e r I never thought 0 su ch
.
”
a thi n g .
”
No I k now y o u w ou l d n t sa id Z in gal l who
’
, , ,
was starin g hard at a n earl y e m pty whis ky

bottle on the tab l e .
A n d d on t l eave you r baccy pou ch lyi ng

’
abou t George co n tin u ed the m ate i n a t h rill i n g

, , ,
whisper .
T he s kip per gave a fain t m irthl ess l i ttl e lau gh , ,
an d loo ked at h im u n eas i ly .
I f ever there w as a spon g e r for baccy Geo rge , ,
”
i t s hi m sa id the m ate i n a con fi dential whis per
’
, , .
C aptain Z in gal l who was at that very m om en t

,
fi l l in g h is pipe fro m th e pou ch whic h th e sk i pper

had hi msel f p u shed toward s hi m l a id it careful ly ,
o n the tabl e aga i n an d gazi n g stead i ly at his

,
fri e n d took ou t the tobac co al ready i n h i s p ipe

,
a n d repl aced it I n the s i l e nce wh ich e ns u e d the

.
m ate took u p the wh i sky bottl e an d pouri ng the ,
con ten ts i nto a t u m bler ad d ed a l i ttle water an d , ,
d ran k it w ith re l ish .
H e l ean ed bac k o n the l oc ker and sm ack ed his

l ip s There wa s a fai nt lau gh from on e of the
.
1 74 LIG HT FRE I GHTS
“ ’
ski pper exc i tably
, W hat s th e good o f pl aying .
”
with hi m ?
’
Z i n g a l l s reply which was qui te irrel evan t , ,
cons isted al m os t e n ti rely of i mp io us reflection s

u pon h is fri e n d s u n d ersta n d in g ’
.
’
“
B low i n is face agin s ir sai d the cook ben d , , ,
i ng d own ki n d ly .
Take hi m o ff ! yell e d Z in g al l ; he s k ill in g

“ ’
”
me !
The sk i pper fle w to the ass i sta n c e of hi s friend ,
bu t the m ate who was of gigan ti c stren gth a nd

,
statu re s i m pl y bac k ed a n d c ru sh e d hi m again st

, ,
a bu l khead Then as i f sa tisfi ed he rel eas e d the

.
, ,
crestfall e n Z i n gal l an d stood l ooki n g at h i m , .
Why — do n t —you —bri ng hi m ’

roun d ?
pan ted the s k ip per .
“ ’
H e s ou t of my con trol sai d Z i n g al l risin g , ,
“ ’
n i mbl y to h is feet I ve heard o f such cases .
’
be fore I m on ly n ew at th e work you k n ow
.
, ,
bu t I d are say i n a c ou pl e of years t i m e,

’
T he ski ppe r howled at h i m an d the m ate ,
su d de n ly al ive aga i n to th e obn oxiou s prese nce

o f the c rew d rove the m u p the c om p an ion l adder
, ,
an d p ursued the m to the forecastl e .
T his i s a pret ty ke ttl e 0 fi sh sa id B radd i n ’
, ,
d ign a n t l y W hy d on t y o u b ri ng hi m rou n d ? ’
.
“ ” ’
Because I ca n t said Z in g al l shortly I t ll , , .
’
”
have to wear o ff .
B R E V E T R A NK 1 75
We ar o tl l repeated t he sk ipper
r
.
H e s u n der a del u sion now said Z i n gal l

’
, ,
an 0 course I can t say how long i t 11 l ast

’ ’ ’ ’
,
’
bu t whatev e r you do d on t c ros s h i m i n any
”
way .
“
O h d on t c ross hi m re peated B rad d with
’
, , ,
sarcasti c i nfl ection a n d you cal l yoursel f a ,
”
m es meri s t .
Z i n g a l l drew hi msel f u p with a l i ttl e pride .
”
Wel l s e e what I ve d on e he sai d
,
“
The fact ’
, .
is I was charged ful l wi th electri c ity whe n I

,
’ ’
came aboard an d he s go t it al l n ow I t s l eft
, .
m e weak an d u n til m y wil l wears off h i m he s

,
’
’
captai n 0 thi s shi p .
A n d what abou t m e ? sai d B rad d .
” “
You re the m ate sai d Z i n ga l l an d m in d
’
, , ,
for you r own sake you act u p to i t I f you don t , .

’
’
cros s hi m I haven t any d oubt i t l l be al l right ’
bu t i f you d o he l l very l ikely m u rde r you i n a

’
fi t of fren zy and — h e wou ld n t be responsibl e

,
’
.
Good n igh t -
.
“
You re n o t goi n g ? said B radd cl utchi ng
’
h i m by the sleeve .
” “
“
I a m said the oth e r ,
H e seem s to h ave .
took a violen t d i sli k e to m e and i f I stay here ,
”
i t l l only m ak e hi m worse
’
.
H e ran l ightly u p o n d ec k an d avoid ing an ,
ugly rush on the part of the m ate who h ad been ,

1 76 LIGHT FREIGHTS
l isten i n g S pran g o n to th e lad de r an d hastily

,
cl am bered ashore .
The s k ipper worn an d scared l ooked u p as the

, ,
bogus ski p per ca m e bel ow .
’
I m goi ng to bed George s aid the m ate , , ,
starin g at h i m I feel a bi t heavy Give m e a

. .
”
c al l j u st afore h igh water .
’
Wher e are y o u goi n to s l eep ? d em and ed
the s k i pper .
’ “
Goi n to sl eep ? sai d th e m at e why i n m y , ,
”
stat e room to b e s ure
-
, .
H e too k t h e e m pty bottl e fro m the tab l e a n d ,
open i ng the d oor o f the state roo m cl osed it i n -

,
th e fac e o f i ts frenz ied owner a n d tu rn ed the key ,
i n the l ock Then he l ean e d over t he berth and

.
, ,
c ram m i ng the p il low agai ns t hi s m ou th gave way ,
to h i s feel ings u n ti l he was nearly su ffocated .
A ny i d ea that th e skipper m ight h ave had o f

the h eal in g e ffec ts o f sle ep were ru dely d is pel led
whe n the m ate ca m e o n dec k n ex t m o rn ing a n d ,
fou nd that they had taken the schoon er ou t wi th

o u t arou si n g h i m H i s del usio n see m ed to be
.
stron ger th an ever an d pu shi n g the s k ip pe r from

,
the wh eel h e took i t h im s e l f a n d read hi m a short ,
a n d sharp l ectu re o n the vi rtues of obed ien ce .
’
I k n ow you re a good s ort Ge orge S m ith , ,
he said l en ie ntly n obody coul d wish fo r a be tter

,
“
, ,
’
b u t wh il e I m m aste r of th i s he re shi p i t d o n t
’
I 7S LIG HT FRE I GH TS
my frien d Cap ta i n Z i n ga l l m es m erised you and

, ,
”
m ad e y o u thi n k you were m e .
”
“
I see what it is s ai d the m ate severely , , .
’ ’
You ve bee n d ri n k i n g ; you ve bee n u p t o my ,
”
whi sky .
’
“
Cal l the crew u p a n d as k e m then sai d , ,
Brad d d esperatel y, .
’
“
Cal l e m u p you rse l f you l u n at ic s ai d the , ,
“
m ate l ou d ly e n ou gh for the m e n to hear
,
If .
a nybody d ares t o pl ay th e fool w i th m e I won t ’
’
leave a whol e bon e i n h i s body that s al l , .
I n obed i en ce to the s u m m on s of Captai n Brad d

th e c rew c ame u p an d bein g reques ted by h i m ,
to tel l th e m ate that he was the mate an d that ,
he was a t p resen t l a b ou ri n g u n d er a d el u s ion ,
stood si l ently n u dgi n g each oth er a n d eyein g

h i m u n eas il y .
" “
“
Wel l sai d th e l atter at l e n gth why d on t
, ,
’
’
you s pea k an d tel l George he s gon e off hi s ead ’
”
a bi t ?
’
I t a in t n othi ng to d o w i th u s s i r said B i ll , , ,
very respec tful l y .
B ut d a m n i t al l m an sa id the m ate tak in g

, , , ,
'
a m ighty gri p o f his col l ar y o u k n ow I m the ,
“
cap n d on t y o u ?
’
,
’
0 cou rse I d o s i r s ai d B il l
’
.
, ,
”
The re y o u are George s aid the m ate r e l e as , , ,
i ng hi m an d tu rn i ng to the fran tic Brad d : you

,
“
B R E VET R A NK
he ar that ? No w l ook here you l isten to m e , , .
’
E i ther you ve bee n drin k i ng or el se your ead s
’
,
’
go n e a l ittle bit o ff You go dow n an d turn in .

-
,
an d i f you d o n t gi ve m e any m ore o f you r

’
”
non sense I ll overl ook it for this on ce
’
.
H e ord er e d the crew forward agai n an d bei n g ,
d es irou s of l e avi n g som e perm an en t m ark of hi s

com man d o n the shi p had the gal ley fresh painted ,
i n red a nd bl u e an d a l ot of ol d stores whi ch he

, ,
had vain ly con de m ned when m ate throw n over ,
board The s kipp er stood by hel plessly whil e i t

.
was d on e an d then wen t bel ow of h is own accord

,
an d tu rne d i n as be in g the on ly way t o retai n

,
his san i ty or at a ny rate th e clearn ess of head

, , ,
wh ich he fel t to be i n d ispen sab l e at th is j u nctu re .
Ti me i n stead of restorin g th e m ate to hi s

,
se n ses only ap pea re d to c on fi rm hi m i n hi s fol ly

, ,
a n d the sk i pp er a fter anoth er att em pt to con

,
vi n ce h i m l et thi n gs d ri ft resol vin g to have h i m

, ,
pu t u nd er re stra i n t as soon a s they got to port .
Th e y reached T id e s c ro ft i n the early afternoon ,
bu t b efore they en tered the harbou r the m ate as ,
thou gh he had h ad s om e s u b tl e i n tu i tion that this

woul d be hi s l ast com m a nd c al l ed the crew to ,
h im an d read the m a touch in g l ittl e ho m i ly u pon

,
their b ehaviou r when they shou l d lan d He .
warn ed the m of publ ic hous e s an d other d an gers -

,
an d rem i n ded the m a fi ec t i n g l y o f the ir d u ti e s as

L I G HT F R E I G H TS
husb an d s an d fathers A l ways go hom e to you r .
”
wife an d ch il d re n m y l ads he con ti n ue d wi th , ,
”
som e e m ot io n as I go hom e to m ine , .
W h y h e a i n t go t n on e wh i s pered B ill stari n g

,
” ’
, , .
’ ”
Don t be a fool B il l s ai d the cook he m ean s
“
, , ,
’ ’ ’ ” ’
th e c ap n s D on t you see he s the c ap n now
.
’
.
I t was as cl ear as n oon da y an d the agitatio n ,
of the s kipp er —a perfec t O thell o i n h i s way —was

awfu l H e p aced the d ec k i nce ssa n tly c ast ing
.
,
fretful gl an ces ashor e and as t he s choon er , ,
touched the sid e of the qu ay s pran g o n to the ,
bu l warks an d j u m ped ashore The m ate watched .
hi m with a n i l l c on cealed gri n an d then havin g

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m ad e the vessel s n u g wen t bel ow t o stren gthe n ,
h im sel f wi th a d rop of the s k i ppe r s whisky for ’
the crow n in g s ce n e of his pl ay H e cam e on .
d ec k a ga i n an d tak i n g n o heed of the wh ispers

, ,
of th e cre w wen t ashore , .
M ean t i m e Captai n B rad d had reached h is

,
hou se an d was d iscu ss i n g the situ at ion w ith h is

,
aston ishe d spou se S he pooh poohed the i d ea .

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o f th e pol i ce a n d the m ed ical facu l ty as be in g

l i kely to cau s e c om p l ication s w ith the own ers ,
an d d es p i te the re m onstra n c e s o f her hu sb and

, ,
i n s isted u pon faci n g the m ate al on e .
”
No w you go i n the k itchen she said l ook in g , ,
from the wind ow “

H er e he com es You s e e .
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how I l l settle h i m .
1 82 LIGHT F REI GHTS
coun te d the con ten ts two pou nd s an d a li ttle,
silver .
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There is n t fi ve p ou n ds there said M rs Brad d , .
,
’
b u t I m ay as well tak e l ast week s housekeep i ng
’ ”
whil e yo u ve got i t ou t .
Be for e the m ate cou l d prev e n t her she h ad

take n the two pou n d s an d pu t i t i n her pock e t .
H e loo ke d a t her pl ac id face i n a m aze m en t b u t ,
sh e met his gaze c al m l y a n d d ru m m ed o n the

tabl e wi th h er thi m bl e .
N o n o I wan t t he m on ey mys e l f said the

, , ,
m ate at last H e p u t h i s han d s to h is head a n d

.
began to prepare for the gran d tran sform ation

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s ce ne My h ead s gon e h e sai d i n a gu rgl ing
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voice “
W h at a m I d oi n g h e re ? Wher e a m I ?
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Good grac iou s what s th e m atte r with th e
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m an ? said M rs B radd wi th a screa m S h e
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, .
s n atched u p a bowl o f fl owers a n d fl ung the

con te nts i n h is face as her hu sban d burst i nto th e
room The m ate sp ran g to h i s feet spl u tt e ri ng
.
, .
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W hat am I d oi n g her e C ap n Brad d ? he ,
said i n h is u su al vo ice .
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H e s com e rou n d ! sai d Brad d ecstatical ly
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H e s co m e rou nd O h G e orge you have
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be en pl ayi ng the fool D on t you k n ow what .
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you ve b ee n d oin g ?
The mate shook h i s head an d stared rou n d th e ,
”
room .I th ou ght we wer e i n L on don he sa id , ,
BR EVET RANK 1 83
puttin g his han d to h is head You sa id Cap n .

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Z i n g a l l was c om i n g aboard H ow d i d we get .
”
here ? Where a m I ?
I n a hu rried breathl e s s fashion the sk ipper
,
tol d hi m the m ate regard in g h i m the whi l e w ith

,
a stare of fi xed i n cred u l ity .
’ ”
I can t u n derstan d i t he said at le ngth My .
m i n d s a perfect blan k
’
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A perfec t bl an k s ai d Mrs Bradd cheerful ly
, .
, .
I t m ight have been acc id en t but she tapped her ,
poc ke t as she S pok e a n d the outwitted m ate bit

,
h is l ip a s h e real ised his blu nder an d turn ed to ,
the d oor The coupl e watched h im a s he slowly

.
passed u p the street .
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I t s most extraord inary sai d the skipper ; ,
”
the m os t ex traordi nary case I ever heard of .
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So i t i s sa i d h i s wi fe a n d what s more
, ,
’
extraordinary stil l for you B en you t e goi n g to
, ,
church on S u nday an d what s m ore extraord i nary

,
’
eve n than that you are goi ng to p u t two gol den

,
”
soverei gns i n the p l ate .
T W I N S PI R I T S
H E Terrac e con sist i n g of eigh t gau n t

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hou se s face d the s ea wh il e th e bac k

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room s co m m a n d ed a view o f th e an c ie n t l ittl e

town so m e ha l f m i l e d i stan t The b e ach a w aste
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of sh i n gl e was d esol ate a n d bare e x ce p t for a

,
ru i ned bath i n g m ach i n e a n d a few p iec es of l i ne n

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d ry in g i n the w i n ter su n sh i n e I n the o ffi n g t iny

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stea m ers le ft a trai l of s mok e wh i l e s ail i n g craft

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their c a nva s gl is te n i ng i n the s u n sl ow ly m e lte d ,
“
from the s ight O n al l these t h in gs the Terrace
.
turn ed a stol id eye an d cou n ti ng u p i ts gain s

, ,
of th e previou s sea so n won d e re d whether i t

,
c ou l d hol d o n t o the n ex t I t was a d iscon

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ten ted Terrace an d had beco m e p rem ature ly

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sou red by a Board which re fu sed the m a p ier ,
a ban d stan d an d il l u m i nated gard en s

,
.
F rom the fron t wi n d ows o f the third story of

No I M rs C o x gaz i ng ou t to s ea sighed softly
. .
, , .
The s eason had b een a bad on e an d Mr Cox , .
had been e v e n m ore t rou bl esom e tha n usu al

owin g t o t ightne ss i n t he m oney m arke t a n d the
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1 86 LIGHT FREIGHTS
Mrs Cox gave h er a subdue d caress i n re tu rn

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,
n ot fro m any l ac k of feel i n g bu t be cau se s he d i d ,
everythin g i n a q u iet and sp ir itl ess fashion .
“
I v e got m y U n c l e Josep h fro m L on do n
’
”
stay i n g with u s con tin ued the vis i tor foll owin g
, ,
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her i n to the hal l s o I j ust got i n to the train an d
,
”
brou ght h i m d ow n for a b low at the s e a .
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A q u estion o n M rs Cox s l ips d ied away as .
a very s m al l m an who h ad be e n hid d e n by hi s

n iece cam e i n to sight .
“
My U n cl e J osep h said Mrs B erry ; M r “
, . .
”
J osep h P iper she ad d ed , .
M r P i p er shook ha n ds a n d a fter a perform ance

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on the door m at p rotracted b y reason of a

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festoon o f hem p fo l l owe d h is hos te s s i n to the

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fad ed d rawi n g room -

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”
A n d M r Cox ? i n q u ir e d M rs Berry i n a
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col d voice .
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M rs Cox shook her he ad
. H e s b ee n away .
”
t hi s l ast three d ays she sai d fl u sh i n g sl ig htly , , .
”
L ook i n g for wo rk ? s u ggested the visi tor .
M rs C o x n od d ed an d p lac i n g the tips o f h er

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fi n gers tog e th e r fid ge t e d ge n tly , .
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We l l I hope h e fi nd s i t said M rs B erry
, ,
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with more ve no m tha n the re ma rk s ee m ed to

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requ ire W h y where s you r m arble cl ock
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M rs Cox cou gh e d
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I t s be in g m e n d ed s h e .
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said con fused ly

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M rs B erry ey e d he r an x iou sl y
. Don t m i nd .
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h i m my d ear sh e sa id w i th a j erk of her head
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in th e d irection of Mr P i per he s n obody .
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Wou l d n t you l i ke to go ou t on the beach a

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l i ttl e whil e u n cl e ? ,
No sa id M r P iper
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, .
I su ppose M r Cox took the clock for com .
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pany re m arke d Mrs Berry after a hostil e stare
, .
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at her rel at ive .
M rs Cox sighe d an d shook h e r head I t was

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n o use pr e ten d ing with M rs B erry . .
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H e l l pawn the cl ock and anythin g else he
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ca n l ay h is ha n ds on an d when he s d run k i t u p ,
co m e hom e to be m ade a fu ss of con tinu ed ,
”
M rs B e rry heate d ly
. that s you me n
,
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.
H er gl an ce was so fi ery that M r J oseph .
P iper was u nable to al l ow the rem ark to pass

u n chal len ged .
“
I never pawn e d a cl oc k he said s trok i ng his , ,
l i ttl e grey he ad .
’ ’
That s a lo t to b oast o f is n t it ? d e m ande d ,
“ ’
h i s n iece ; i f I had n t got anyt h ing bet ter than
” ’
that to boast of I wou l d n t boast at al l .
M r P iper s aid that he was not boasti n g

. .
“ ’
I t l l go on l ike this m y d ear til l you re
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, ,
ruined said the sy m pathetic M rs Berry tu rn i ng

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’
to her frien d agai n what l l you d o then
“ ”
Yes I k n ow sai d M rs C ox
,
“
I v e had a
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bad s eason t o o a n d I m so a n xi ou s abou t hi m

, ,
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i n sp it e of i t al l I can t s l ee p at n ights fo r
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fearin g that he s i n s om e trou b l e I m s u re I
’
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”
laid awak e hal f l as t n igh t c ryin g .
M rs Berry s n i ffed l ou dly an d M r P i per

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m ak in g a re m ark i n a low voic e turned o n hi m ,
wi th feroc ity .
“
What d id y ou s ay ? she d e m an d ed .
”
I s a id i t d oe s h er c red i t sai d M r P iper , .
,
fi rml y .
I m ight have k n own i t was n on s en se retorte d ,
“
h is n iece hotly, Ca n t you ge t hi m to take the
.
’
”
pled ge M ary ?
,
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I c oul d n t i nsu l t h i m l ike that said M rs Cox , .
,
wi th a sh iver ; yo u d on t k n ow h i s prid e H e
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never ad m i ts that he d ri n ks ; h e says that h e .
’
o n ly take s a l ittl e for hi s i n d i gestion H e d .
n ever forgi ve m e Whe n h e p a w ns the thin gs

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he pre ten ds tha t som ebody has stole n the m ,
an d th e w ay he goe s o n at m e for m y c are

l ess ne s s i s al arm i n g H e gets worked u p to
.
su ch a p itch that so m e ti m es I al m ost th i n k he

”
bel i eves i t hi m sel f .
” “ ’
Ru bbi sh s ai d M rs B erry tartly you re t oo
, .
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easy wi th h i m .
M rs C ox sighe d a nd l eavi n g the room

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retu rned wi th a b o ttl e o f wi n e which was p ort

to the l ook an d re d c urran t to the tas te a nd -
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1 90 L I G H T F R E I G H TS
were you sa i d M rs Berry e mphatic al ly

If I , .
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I d get b eh i nd w ith th e rent or so methi n g
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a nd have the brokers i n H e d look rather .
’
aston ished i f he ca m e hom e a n d saw a broker s
m an si ttin g i n a chai r
’
H e d loo k m ore asto n ish ed i f he saw hi m
”
sitti n g i n a fl owe r pot suggested the cau stic -
,
Mr P i p e r
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“
I cou l d n t d o th at ’
sa id M rs Cox I ,
. .
cou l d n t stan d the d i sgrac e eve n thoug h I k n ew

’
I cou l d pay h i m o u t A s i t i s Co x i s al ways .

,
”
settin g h is fam i ly above m i n e .
Mrs B erry witho u t ceas in g to s tare M r

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, .
P i per ou t of c ou nten a nc e shook her head an d , , ,
fol d i n g her arm s agai n stated h er O pin ion that

,
M r Cox wan ted a shoc k an d ex press e d a great

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,
yearn ing to b e the h u mbl e m ea n s of givi n g hi m

on e .
’
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I f yo u can t have the brok e rs i n get s o m e ,
”
body to preten d to b e on e she s aid s harply ; , ,
that wou l d p reven t h i m pawn in g any m or e

” ’
thin gs at a n y rate W hy wou l d n t he d o ? she .
ad d ed n od d in g at her u ncle
, .
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A n x iety o n M rs C o x s face was exaggerate d .
on th at o f M r P i per . .
’
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L et u n cl e p reten d t o b e a b roker s m a n i n
”
for the re n t c on ti nu ed th e exc itabl e lad y
, ,
“
rapi dly Whe n M r C ox tu rn s u p a fte r h i s
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TWI N SP I R ITS 1 91
spree tel l h i m what his d oin gs have brought you

,
”
to and say you l l have to go to the workhouse
,
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I l oo k l i ke a b rok er s m an d on t I ? said ’
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’
M r P ipe r in a voice m ore than t inged with

.
,
sarcas m .
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“
Yes sai d his n iece that s wha t pu t i t i n to
“
, ,
”
m y h ead .
I t s very k in d of y ou d ear an d very k i n d of

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M r P iper sai d M rs Cox bu t I coul d n t thin k
.
“
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’
o f it I real ly coul d n t .
U n cl e woul d be del ighted sai d M rs Berry ,

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,
with a wi l fu l bl i n k i ng of p l ai n facts H e s got .

“ ’
’
n othin g better to d o ; it s a n ice hou se an d good
food an d he cou l d s it at the Ope n w i nd ow an d
,
s n i ff at the s ea al l day long .
M r P i per sn i ffed even as she s pok e bu t n ot at

.
,
the sea .
“ ’
A n d I l l com e for h i m the d ay after to
m orrow sai d M rs Berry ,
. .
I t was the ol d story of the stron ger wil l °
M rs Cox a fter a feebl e stan d gave way alto

.
gether an d M r P iper s obj ect ion s were d em o

,
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’
l is h e d be fore he had given them fu ll u tteran ce .
M rs Berry wen t o ff alon e after d i nn er secretly

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glad to have got ri d of Mr P i per who was .

,
m ak i n g a sel f i nvited stay at he r house of -
in de fi n ite d u ration ; an d Mr Pipe r i n his n ew .

,
‘
r ol e of b roker s m an
’
essayed the p art with as ,
m uch hel p as a cl ay p ip e an d a p i n t o f beer

cou l d a fford h i m .
T hat d ay a n d th e foll owi n g he sp en t a m i d t h e

faded gran d eu rs of the d rawin g roo m gaz in g -
,
l ongi ngly at the wid e exp an se of b each an d the

tu mbl i n g sea b e yo n d The hou se was alm ost
.
u n cann i ly qu iet an occasion al ti n k l e o f m etal or

,
c rash of chi n a fro m the b ase m en t givi n g th e

onl y i n d icat i on o f the i n d ustrio u s M rs Cox ; .
bu t on the d ay afte r the qu i et o f the hou s e was

broke n by the retu rn of i ts m as te r whos e an n oy ,
a n ce whe n h e fou n d the d rawi n g roo m cl oc k

,
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stol e n an d a m an i n poss essi on was a l a rm in g ,
i n i ts vehe men ce H e lectu red hi s wi fe severe ly

.
on her m is m an agem e nt a nd a fter s om e hesitation

,
an n ou n ce d h is i nten t io n o f goi n g through her

books M rs Co x gave the m to h i m a nd arme d
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wi th pe n a n d i n k a n d fou r squ are i n ches of p i n k

bl otti n g p ape r h e pe rform e d fea ts of bal anc in g
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wh ich m ad e h i m a ve ry B l on d i n of fi n a n ce .
”
I shal l h av e to ge t som ethi n g to d o he said , ,
gl oom ily l ay i n g d own h i s p e n

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Yes d e ar sa i d h is w i fe
, ,
.
M r Co x l ean ed back i n h is ch ai r a n d wi pi n g
.
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h is pe n o n the blotti n g p aper gazed i n a s p e c u

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lat ive fashi o n rou n d th e roo m H ave yo u any .
”
m oney ? h e i n q u i red .
F or r e ply h is w i fe ru m m aged in her poc k e t a n d

M r P iper who wa s al r e ady very tir e d of h is

.
,
i m prison m e nt l ooked u p c uri ou sly as h e heard

,
the d oor p u she d Ope n an d d iscovere d a n el d e rly ,
ge n tl e ma n w i th a n app e ara n ce o f great state li nes s

starin g at h i m I n the ord i n ary way h e was one
.
of the m eekest of m en bu t the i n sol e n ce of th i s ,
star e was ou tra geou s M r P i per Ope n ing h is . .

,
m ild bl u e eyes wi d e sta red back Whe reu pon M r , . .
Cox fu mbl i n g i n his v e st p ocket fou n d a p air o f

,
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fol d e rs an d p u tt i n g them astri de h is n ose gaz e d

, ,
’
a t the pseud o bro ker s m a n wi th cru shi ng e fl e c t
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”
What d o you wa n t here ? he asked a t ,
l en gth A re y o u th e fath e r of on e o f the

.
s e rvan ts ?
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I m the fat h er o f al l the s e rva n ts i n the
”
hou se sai d M r P i per sw e e tly
,
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“
D on t a n swer m e s i r sai d Mr Cox wi th , , .
,
’
m uc h pom pos ity ; you re a n ey e sore to an “
”
hon est m a n a vul tu re a harpy, , .
M r P i per pon d ered

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H ow d o yo u k now w h at s a n eyesor e to
”
an hon es t m an ? he aske d at len gth , .
M r Cox s m il ed scorn fu l ly
. .
Where i s you r warra n t or order or whateve r ,
”
y o u c al l i t ? he de m and e d .
“ ’
I ve show n i t to M rs C o x s ai d Mr P ip er .
, . .
”
S how i t to m e s ai d the other , .
“ ’
I ve co m pl ied wi th the l aw by showin g i t
TWIN SPIRITS 1 95
o n c e said M r P i per b l u ffi ng
,
. an d I m n ot , ,
’
”
goin g to show it agai n .
Mr Cox stared at h i m d isdai n fu l ly begin n in g

.
,
at h is l i ttl e S l ee k grey h e ad an d travel l i n g sl owly

d ownwards to his u n ti dy boots an d the n back
again H e repeat e d thi s several t i m es u nti l
.
,
M r P iper un able to b ear i t patien tly began to

.
, ,
eye hi m i n the sam e fash i on .
What are y o u l ook in g at vu l tu re ? d e manded

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the in cen sed M r Cox . .
“
Three spots 0 grease on a d irty wes k it ’
,
’
repl ie d M r P ip er read ily a pair 0 bow l egs in
.
, ,
“
a pai r 0 som eb ody el se s trou sers a n d a shabby

’ ’
coat wore u nd er the right ar m w i th carrying ,
O ff —h e pau sed a m o m e n t as though to m ake

”
”
s ure wi th carry in g off of a d rawi ng room cloc k -
.
H e regre tted thi s retort al m ost before he had

fi nished i t an d rose to his fee t wi th a fa i n t c ry
,
of alarm as the heate d M r Cox fi rst locke d the .
d oor a n d p u t th e key i n hi s p ock et an d then

threw u p th e wi n dow .
”
Vu l ture l h e cri ed i n a te rribl e voic e
“
, .
”
Yes s i r said the trembl i n g M r P iper
, , . .
M r Cox wa v ed hi s h a n d towa rd s th e wi n dow

. .
”
F ly he s aid b riefly
, , .
M r P i p e r tri ed to form h is whi te l ips in to a

”
s m il e a nd his kn ees trem bl ed ben eath hi m

, .
”
D id you hear w h at I said ? d em an ded
1 95 LIGHT FREIGHTS
Mr Cox
. W hat ar e you w ai ti n g for ? I f y ou
.
’ ” ’
don t fl y o ut of th e w i n d ow I l l throw you ou t .
” ’
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D on t tou c h m e screa m ed M r P iper ret reat , .
,
“ ’
i n g behi n d a tabl e i t s al l a m istak e A l l a ,
.
’ ’
j oke I m not a b rok e r s m an H a l ha l
. .
”
E h ? sai d the other ; n ot a broker s m a n ?
“ ’
What are you then ? ,
I n eager tre m bl in g to ne s M r P i p e r tol d h i m

, .
,
an d gath erin g con fid e n ce a s he p roceeded

, ,
related th e co nversati on wh ich had led u p to

h is i mp os tu re M r Cox l i sten ed i n a d azed. .
fashion an d as h e con cl u ded thre w h i m sel f i n to

,
a chair an d gav e w ay to a t e rribl e ou tburst of

,
gri e f .
“ ’
The way I v e worke d for tha t wom an h e ,
“
said broken ly to t hi n k i t shou l d com e to th is !
, ,
The deceit of t h e thi n g ; the wi c ked ness of i t .
My h eart i s b rok e n ; I sha l l n ever be t h e sam e

—
m an agai n n ever l ”
M r P iper m ad e a sym patheti c n oise

. .
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“
I t s bee n very u n pl easa n t fo r m e he sa i d , ,
b u t my n i ec e i s so m asterfu l .
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I d o n t bl am e you said M r Cox k i n d ly ; , .
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s h ake han d s .
They shook han d s s ole m n l y a n d M r P ipe r ,

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mu tterin g som ethi n g abou t a draught closed ,
the wi nd ow .
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Yo u m ight hav e be e n ki l l ed i n tryi n g to
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White H orse at Ne wstead a nd w a i t for me
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I l l let you out at the bac k way Co m e al on g . .
B u t you sai d i t was eight m i l es s aid M r P i per , . .
E ight m il es easy wal k i ng rej oi ned M r Cox , . .
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O r there s a trai n at th ree o c l oc k The re s ’ ’
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a sign p os t at the corn e r there an d i f you d on t

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hu rry I shal l b e abl e to catc h you u p Good by e .

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H e patted the hes i tat in g M r P ipe r o n the .
bac k an d l e ttin g h i m out throu gh the ga rd en

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i n d ic ated the road The n h e retu rne d t o the

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d rawin g roo m and ca re fu l ly ru m pl i n g h is ha ir

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tore hi s coll a r fro m th e s tud overtu rn ed a co u pl e ,
O f chai rs an d a s mal l tab l e an d s at down to wait ,
as patien tly as he coul d for the retu rn o f h i s wi fe .
H e waited abou t twe n ty m i n utes an d then ,
he heard a k e y tur n i n th e d oor bel ow an d h is

wi fe s footsteps s lowly mou nt i n g the s ta irs By
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the t i m e sh e reached the d ra w i ng roo m h is tabl eau -
was c om pl ete an d she fell bac k wi th a fai n t

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shr ie k at the fre nz ie d fi gu re whi ch m et her eyes .
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H ush sa i d the traged i an pu ttin g hi s fi n ger
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t o his l i ps .
H e n ry what is i t ? c ried M rs Cox

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What . .
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is the m atte r ?
The broke r s m an said her hu sba nd i n a
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thril l i ng wh isper “
We had word s — h e stru c k
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me I n a fi t of fu ry I —I — chok ed h i m
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M uch i n qu ired the bewi ld ered wom an .

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d oor to ad m it her T h e vis i tor was only bu sy .
two m in u tes o n the d oor m at bu t i n th at ti m e -

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M rs Cox was abl e i n l ow whis pers to a p pris e

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h er of the state o f a ffai rs .
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T h at s m y u ncl e a l l ove r sa id M rs B erry , .
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fi ercel y ; that s j u s t the m ean trick I shou l d
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hav e e x p e cted o f h i m You leav e e m to m e .
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my d ear .
S he fol l owe d he r frien d i nto t h e d raw i n g room -

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an d havi n g s h a k e n han d s with M r Cox d rew .

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he r han d ke rc h i ef from h e r poc ke t an d ap pl ied

i t t o he r e y e s .
S he s tol d m e al l ab ou t i t sh e sa id n od d i n g
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at M rs Cox . an d i t s wors e tha n you thi n k
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m u c h wors e I t is n t a brok er s m an —i t s m y
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poor un cl e J oseph P i pe r , .
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Y ou r u n cl e ! re peat e d M r C ox r e e l i n g bac k ; .
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t h e brok e r s m a n you r u ncl e ?
M rs B erry s n ifl e d
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I t was a l ittl e j oke o n
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ou r part sh e ad m itte d s i n k in g in to a chai r an d
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ho l d i n g h er han d kerc h i e f to her face P oor .
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u n cl e bu t I d ar e s ay he s happ i er wher e he is .
M r Co x wi ped h i s b row an d t h e n l ean i n g

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h is elbow on t he m an tel piece s tared at he r i n ,
well simu l ated a m aze m e n t

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S ee w h at you r j ok in g has le d t o he said at , ,
l ast I have got to b e a wan d ere r over the face

o f t he earth al l on accou nt of you r j okes
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I t was a n acci d e n t m u rm u red M rs Berry , .

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an d n obody k n ows h e w as h ere an d I m ,

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s u re poor d ear h e h ad n t got m u ch to live
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for .
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I t s v e ry k i n d o f you to l ook at i t i n that
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way S u san I m su re sai d Mrs Cox
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I was n e v e r on e to m ak e m ischief sai d M rs ,
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B e rry I t s n o good cry in g ov e r sp il t m il k
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I f u ncl e s k il l e d h e s k i ll ed an d t he re s an
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e n d of i t Bu t I d on t thi n k it s q u i t e sa fe for
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M r Cox to stay he re
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J ust what I s ay s a id that gen tle m an eag e rly ;, ,
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bu t I ve got n o m oney .
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You get away sai d Mrs B erry w ith a , .
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warn in g gl an ce at her frien d and nodd in g to ,
e m phasise her word s ; l eav e u s so m e ad d ress “
to wri te to an d we m u st try an d scrap e tw e n ty

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or thirty pou n d s to sen d you .
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Thirty s aid M r Cox h ardly able to b e l iev e
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his ears .
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M rs Berry nodd ed
. Y ou l l hav e to m ak e .
that d o to go on wi th she said pon d eri n g , , .
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A n d as soo n as you ge t i t you had better get
as far away as possibl e before poor u ncl e i s d is
covere d Where are we to se n d the money ?
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M r Cox affec ted to con s ider

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The White H orse News tead he sai d at
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len gth in a whisp e r ; b e tter wri te i t down
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Mrs B erry ob e ye d ; an d this bu si n ess bein g

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com plete d M r Cox a fter tryi n g i n vai n to

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obtai n a shi ll ing or two cash in h a n d bad e the m ,
a pathetic farewel l a n d we n t O ff down t he p ath ,
for s om e r e ason b e st k n ow n to h i mse l f on t ip toe , .
F or t h e fi rst two d ays M e ssrs Cox a n d P iper .
waited wi t h e xe m pl ary patie n ce for th e re m it

tanc e th e d em an d s o f the l a n d l ord a m a n o f
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c oars e fi bre be i n g m et in the m ean ti m e by t h e

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l a tter gen tl e m an from h i s own sl en d e r resource s .
They were both reaso nabl e m e n a n d kn ew fro m ,
experien ce th e d ifli c u l ty of rais in g m oney at

short n otice ; b u t o n the fou rth day their fu n ds ,
b e in g n early ex hau st e d a n u rgen t tel egram was

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d isp atc h ed t o Mrs Cox . .
M r C ox was al on e when th e reply cam e a nd

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Mr P i pe r r e tu rn in g to th e i n n parl ou r wa s
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am azed a n d d istress e d at h i s frien d s appear
an c e Tw ice he had to a d dr e s s h i m b e for e he
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see m ed to b e awar e of h i s pr e s e n c e an d then ,
M r Co x breath in g h ard an d sta r in g a t h i m

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stran g e ly hand e d h i m th e m e ssag e

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E h ? sa id M r P ip e r i n a m a z e as he read
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sl owly : “
N o — n eed — s en d —
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mon ey Uncl e
osep k — lzas —
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come—back —B E RR Y
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.What d oes .
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i t m ea n ? I s s he m ad ?
M r C ox s h oo k his h ead and tak in g t h e paper
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word s were shorte r bu t t he m ean in g was the ,
sa m e .
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I l l go ho m e an d as k t o se e you he s aid
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fi erc e ly ; that l l brin g t h i n gs to a he ad I shoul d ,
thi n k .
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A n d s h e l l say I v e gon e bac k to L o n d on ,
per h aps s aid M r P i per gi ft e d with sud de n

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cl earness o f vis i on You ca n t s how her up
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u n less you tak e m e wi th you and that 11 show u : ,
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u p T h at s h er artful n e ss that s S u sa n al l over
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S h e s a wic ked u ntru th fu l wo m a n gasped , ,
M r Co x
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I n ever d id l i k e S u san sai d M r P i p e r w it h , .
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ac e rbi ty n ev e r
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M r C o x s aid h e cou l d eas ily u nderstand it

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an d t h en a s a forl orn h op e sat d ow n a n d wrote

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a l on g l e tter to h is wi fe i n w h ich aft e r d wel l in g , ,
at great l e n gt h o n th e l am e n tab l e c irc u m stan c e s

s u rrou n d in g t h e s u dde n d e m i s e o f Mr P i per h e .
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ba d e her than k M rs B erry for h er w e l l m e an t .

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e ff ort s to e as e h is min d an d as k e d for the ,
i m m e d i ate d is patc h o f the m on e y p ro m i s e d .
A r e pl y ca m e the fol l owi n g eve n in g fro m M rs .
Berry h e rsel f I t was a lon g l etter an d n ot only

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l on g but bad ly wri tten an d c rossed I t beg a n

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w ith the w eather as ked after M r Cox s heal th
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a n d r e fe rr e d t o the writ e r s ; d e s cri b e d with ’
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attack e d Mrs Cox together wi th a l on g l ist

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of the rem e d i e s p rescribe d an d th e e ffects of

e ac h an d wou nd u p i n an ou t o i the way corner
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i n a v e i n o f che ery Opti m is m w h ich red uc e d

both readers to the verge of m ad n ess .
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Dear U ncle J ose ph has qu i te recov e red an d , ,
i n spi t e of a l ittl e n ervousn ess —h e was always

rather ti m id —a t m eeti ng you again has con ,
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sen ted to go to the Wh ite H ors e to sati sfy you ‘
tha t he i s al iv e I dare say he wi ll be wi t h you

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as soon as this letter — p erhaps he l p you to

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read i t .
M r Cox la i d th e l ette r d own wi th extr e m e

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care an d coughin g gen tly gla nced i n a sheepish

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fashio n at the goggle eyed M r P iper -

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F or so m e t i m e n e i ther o f the m spoke Mr . .
C ox was the fi rs t to break t he sil e nce a nd —when

he had fi n is h e d M r P i per sai d H u s h
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Besid es it d oes n o good h e ad d e d
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I t does me good sa id M r C ox recom m enc in g
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Mr P ip er held u p h i s han d wi th a s tartl ed

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gesture fo r s i le nce The word s d i ed away o n .
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his frien d s l i ps as a fa m i l iar voice was heard i n
the passage an d th e n e x t m omen t M rs Berry
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en tered th e roo m and sto o d regard i n g the m .
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I ran d own by th e sa m e trai n t o m a k e su re ‘
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you ca m e u ncl e she r e m arke d
, , H ow long .
have you been here ?

M r P i per m oist e n ed his l ips and gaz ed wi l dly

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at M r Cox for gu id an c e
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Bou t — b ou t fi v e m i n u tes he sta m m ere d
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We were so g l ad d ear u n cl e was n t hu rt ’
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mu ch con ti n u ed M rs B erry s m i l in g a n d shak
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ing her head a t M r Cox ; bu t th e i d ea o f you r .
bu rying him in the geran i u m bed ; w e h aven t -

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got h i m c l ea n yet .
M r P iper giv in g u tteran ce to u ncou th n oises

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qu itted the roo m h as tily bu t M r Cox sat stil l , .
an d stared at her du m bly .
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Were n t you su rpri se d to se e h i m ? i nqu ire d
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h is tormen tor .
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No t a fter you r letter said M r Cox fi n d in g , .
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his voice at la s t a n d S peak in g wi t h a n atte m p t

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at ch illy d ign i ty Noth i n g c oul d su rpri se m e

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much afte r that .
M rs B erry s m i l ed aga i n
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A h I ve got a n other l i ttl e su rprise for you
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she said b ris kly ,
M rs Cox wa s so u pset at
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the id ea o f bei ng al on e wh i le y o u were a wan dere r

over the face of the earth that she an d I hav e ,
gon e i n to partn ersh ip We have had a proper .
d eed drawn u p so that n ow the re are two o f u s

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to l ook after th i ngs Eh ? Wha t d i d you say ? .
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I was j u s t th i n ki ng said M r Cox , . .
only been a d o g l Th e dog pass ed i n the m an s ’
arm s an d with a whi ne o f ecstasy in si sted u pon

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l ick i ng hi s c a r Th ey wen t o n the i r way the

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d o g won derin g betwee n l ic ks what s ort o f tabl e

the m a n kep t an d the m an spec ul ati n g i dly as
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to a desc e nt w h ic h appeare d to h av e i nc l ud ed ,
am ong other t h i n gs a n an t eat e r ,

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E s al l righ t s aid the orp h an wistful ly ;
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n o cop pers to chivvy i m about an d as m u ch ’

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gru b as he wan ts Wis h I d b e e n a d o g
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H e tied u p h i s breec he s wit h a pi ece of stri n g

w h ic h was ly i ng on the pave m e n t an d hi s hand s , ,
bei n g n ow fre e pl ac e d the m i n a coupl e of ren ts

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which s e rved as poc kets an d began to wh istle , .
H e was n ot a proud boy a nd was q u ite w il l i n g ,
to t a k e a l esson eve n from th e hu mbl e st S ur e ly .
he was as u se fu l as a d og !
T he t h oug h t struck h i m j u st as a stou t k i nd l y ,
look in g seam an passed with a cou pl e O f sh i p

mates I t was a good n atu red face a n d the
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fi gu r e was that o f a m a n w ho l ived wel l A .
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m om en t s hes i tation an d M aster J on es wi th a
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courage born o f d espair ran after h im an d ,
tu gged hi m by the sl eeve .
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H al loa ! s aid M r S a m uel Brown l ook i n g
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rou n d .What d o you wa n t ?
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Wan t you fathe r sai d M aster J on es
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The j ol ly sea m an s face broke i n to a s m i l e

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S o al so d id the faces o f the j olly seam an s ’
frien ds .
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I m n ot your father m atey he sai d good
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n at uredly .
Yes y o u are sai d the desp erate B i l ly ; y o u

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kn ow you are .
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You ve m ade a m istake my lad said Mr , , .
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B rown stil l s m ilin g
, H ere ru n away .
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H e fel t i n h is trou s er pock et a n d prod u ced a -
pen ny I t was a gi ft n ot a bribe b ut i t had by

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n o m ea n s the e ffect its d on or i n t e n ded M aster .
J ones now qu ite certai n that he had m ad e a

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w i se choice of a father trotted alon g a yard or ,
two i n the rear .
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L ook here my l ad excl ai m ed M r Brown, , .
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goaded i nto acti on by i n tercepti n g a s m ile with

which M r Charles L egge had favoured Mr
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H arry Gree n you ru n o ff ho m e
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Where d o y o u l i ve n ow ? i n qu ired Billy ,
an xiously .
M r Green d isda in i n g con ceal m en t s l app e d M r

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L egge on the bac k a n d l a ughi n g uproariou sly , , ,
regard e d M aster J on es with m uch ki n d ness .
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You mu stn t fol l ow m e sa i d S a m severely ; , ,
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d ye hear ?
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A l l right father sa id the b o y d u ti ful ly

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A n d d on t cal l m e fathe r voc iferated M r
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B rown .
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Why n ot ? i n qu i red the you th artl e ssl y , .
M r L egge stopp e d su d d e n ly an d pu tti n g hi s

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han d on M r Gree n s shou l d er gas pin gly ex .
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p re sse d hi s i n ab i l ity to go any farthe r Mr . .
Green patti n g hi s bac k sai d he k n ew how he

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fel t because he fel t the sam e an d tu rn i n g to

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S am t ol d h i m he d be t he d eat h o f hi m i f he
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was n t m ore carefu l .
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I f you d on t ru n away said M r Brown ’
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harshl y as he turn e d t o the boy I shal l give
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you a h id i n g .
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Where a m I to ru n to ? whi m p ere d M aster
J on es d od gin g o ff a nd on
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R u n o m e sai d S a m ’
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T hat s where I m go i n g sai d M aster J on es ’
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fol l ow i n g .
Better try an d give i m th e s l i p S a m s aid ’

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M r L egge i n a con fi de n tia l wh ispe r ; thou gh
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i t s ee m s a u n n atu ral thin g to d o .
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U n na tu ral ? What d ye m ean ? d e m an de d
his u n fortu n at e frie n d “
W o t d ye m ea n by .
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u n n atu ral ?
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O h i f you re goi n g to tal k l i ke that S am
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s ai d M r L e gge shortly i t s n o good givi n g you
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advic e A s you ve m ad e you r bed y o u m u st l ay

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on it .
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H ow l on g is i t s i nc e you s aw i m l ast ’
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m atey ? i n q u ired M r Green . .
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S ti ck in g l ik e a l eech c on fi rmed M r Green , . .
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E s a pretty l ittle c hap rath er , .
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Tak es arter i s m other sa i d the ve ngefu l ,
M r L egge
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The u n fortu n ate S am sa id n othin g bu t strod e ,
a h au n ted m a n d own N i ghtin gal e L a n e i nt o

Wap pin g H i gh S tree t an d so to the ketch ,
N a n cy B el l whi ch was lyi n g at S h r i m p e t t s

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Wharf H e stepp e d on bo ard withou t a wor d

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an d only when he tu rn ed to d esce n d the fore

c ast le l ad d er d i d his ga ze rest for a m om en t on
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the s mal l forl orn piec e o f hu m an ity sta nd i n g on

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the wharf .
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H all oa boy what d o yo u want ? cried the ,
sk ipper ca tch ing s i ght of hi m

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Wan t my father s i r S am re pl ie d the you th ,

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who had k ept hi s ears o pen .
Th e sk i ppe r got u p from his seat an d eyed

hi m c u rio usly ; Me ssrs L e gge a n d Gree n draw .
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i n g n ear explai n ed the situ ati o n

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No w the .
sk ippe r was a worl d ly m a n ; an d Sam uel

Brown A B when at ho m e pl aye d a brass
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i n stru m en t i n the S alvatio n A rmy ban d .
H e regard ed the boy k i n dly an d s pok e h i m

fair .
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Don t ru n away h e s aid an xiou sly ,
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I m n ot goi n g to s ir sai d M ast e r J on es , , ,
c harmed with h is m a n n er an d he watched ,

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breathl essl y as the s ki pper stepped forward an d , ,
peeri ng down th e forecastl e cal l ed l oud ly for ,
S am .
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Yes si r said a worri ed voice
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Your boy s a s k in g after y o u sai d the s kipper
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gri n n in g mad ly .
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H e s n ot my boy s i r repl ied M r B rown
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through h is cle n ched teeth .
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Wel l you d better c om e u p an d see hi m
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s aid the othe r A re you s ure he i s n t S am ?
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Mr Brown m ade n o re ply bu t com in g on d ec k

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m et M aster J on es s sm il e of greeti n g wi th an i cy ’
stare an d started con vuls ively a s the s kipper

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beckon e d the boy aboard .
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H e s be e n rather n egl ected S am said th e , ,
ski p per shak in g hi s head

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Wot s it got to d o wi th m e ? sa id S am ,
viol e n tly I tel l y o u I ve n ever see n i m afore

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this a rt e r n o o n .
You h e ar what you r father says sa id t h e ,
sk ip per ( H old you r t o n g u e S a m ) Where s

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you r m oth er boy ? ,
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D ead s ir whi ned M as ter J one s
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got i m n ow
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T he skipper was a k in d hearted m an an d -
he l oo ked pityin gly at the forl orn littl e fi gure

by his si d e A nd S am was the good m an of the
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sh ip an d a l e a d in g l igh t at D i m p o rt .
H ow
wou ld you l i k e to com e to s e a with you r
”
father ? h e i n qu ired .
The grin of d elight wi th which Master J o n e s

rec e ived th is p rO p o s a l was su ffi c i e n t reply .
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I wou l d n t d o i t for eve ryb ody pu rsued the ,
s kipper gla nc i n g severel y at the m ate who was

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behaving foolishly bu t I d on t m i n d obligi ng
,
you S a m H e c an co m e
, . .
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Obl zgz ng ? re pe ated Mr Brow n hard ly able .

,
O bl igi n g me ?
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to get the word s o ut . I d on t
”
want to be obl ige d .
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“
There there i n te rrupte d th e sk ippe r
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I .
d on t wan t a ny t han ks Tak e hi m forrard an d

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give hi m so meth in g to eat —h e looks hal f s tarved ,
”
poor l i ttl e chap .
H e turned away and we n t d own to the cab i n ,
wh i le the cook whom M r Brow n had publ icly

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r e b u ked for hi s sin s th e d ay be fore led the boy ,
to the gal l ey a n d gave hi m a good m eal A fter .
t h at was d on e Charl i e washe d hi m an d H arry ,
goi n g ashore begge d a mu ch worn s u i t of boy s

,
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c l othes fro m a fore m an of his acqu a i n tance H e .
al so brou ght b ac k a m essage from the fore m an

t o M r B rown t o the e ffect that he was su rprised
.
at h i m .
The conversat ion that eve n i ng a fter Master

J on es was asle ep turn ed u p on bigamy bu t M r , .
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B row n snored throu gh i t al l though M r L egge s , .
21 6 LIGHT FREIGHTS
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they m ust n t d o i t here tha t s all I t s no good , .
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stan d in g there su l ki n g S a m I can t have i t , .
H e tu rn ed a way a n d M r B rown u n able to , .

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d eci de whether h e was ma d or d ru n k or both , ,
wal ke d back an d s q u eezi n g hi m sel f u p i n the

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bows looked m i serab ly over the s e a B ehi n d

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h i m the m e n d isport e d them se lv e s wi th M aste r

J on es an d on ce l ook i n g ov e r hi s should er h e
, , ,
actu ally saw th e sk ipper givi ng hi m a l esson

i n steerin g .
By th e fol l ow i n g a ft e rn oon he was in su ch

a state of col l a pse that whe n th ey p u t i n a t ,
the s m al l port of W it h e rs e a to d ischarge a

p ort i on of the ir cargo he obtai ned perm iss ion ,
to stay b elow i n h is bu n k Work proceeded .
’
withou t h i m an d a t n i n e O cloc k i n th e e ve n in g
,
they sa i l e d agai n an d i t w as n ot u n ti l they were

,
a coupl e o f m il es on the i r way to D im p o rt tha t

M r L egge ru she d aft w ith the a n n ou ncem en t
.
that h e w as m iss in g .
Don t tal k n on sen s e sa i d th e sk ipper as h e

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cam e u p fro m b el ow i n res pon s e to a hai l from

the m ate .
“
I t s a fact s i r s aid M r L egge shak in g h is
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head .
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What s to be d on e wi th the b o y ? d e m and ed
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the m ate bl a n kly , .
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S a m 5 a u n steady u n rel iabl e tricky ol d m an
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, , ,
Wh at are you go in g to d o B illy ? i n q u i red ,
t h e cook .
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I d u n no sai d the boy m i serabl y
, , .
H e sat u p i n hi s b u n k i n a brown s tu dy ,
e ver an d a n on tu rn i n g h is sharp l ittle eyes fro m

on e to a noth e r o f the m e n Then with a fi n al .
,
s n i ff t o th e m e m ory o f hi s d ep arted pare n t he ,
com p ose d hi m sel f to s l e ep .
W i th the bu oya ncy of c h i l d hood he had for

gotten h i s troubl e by th e m orn i ng an d ra n id ly ,
abou t the shi p as be fore u n ti l i n th e afternoon ,
they cam e i n s ig h t of D imp o r t M r L egge . .

,
who had a co ns id erabl e respect for the bra in

h idd e n i n that s m all head poi n ted i t ou t to ,
hi m a n d wit h so me c u riosi ty wa i ted for hi s

,
r e m ark s .
I ca n s ee i t sai d M aster J on es briefly

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That s wh e r e S a m l ives said hi s frien d , ,
poi n ted l y
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Yes said the boy n od d i n g al l o f you l iv e
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there d o n t you ?
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I t was a n i n n oce n t e n ou gh re m ark i n al l c o n

scien ce b u t there wa s that i n M aster J o nes s eye
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which c au sed M r L egge to m ove away h astily

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a n d gl a nc e at h i m i n som e d i squ ietu d e fr o m the

other s id e of the d ec k The boy u nco n sc i o u s o f
.
,
the i n terest exc i ted by h i s m ovemen ts wal ked ,
restlessly u p a n d d own .
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B O Y 21 9
B oy worri e d said the s kip per asi d e to th e

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s , , ,
m ate cheer u p son ny , .
Bi lly looke d u p a nd s m il ed an d the c lou d ,
w hich had sat on h is brow when h e t h o dgh t of

the col d blood e d des ertion of M r B rown gave
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way to an ex pressio n of seren e con ten t .
“
Wel l what s he goi n g to d o ? i nqu ired the
,
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m ate i n a l ow voi ce
, .
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T h at n eed n t worry us s ai d the sk ipper
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L et thi ngs take the ir cou rse ; that s my m otto .
H e took the wheel fro m H arry the l ittl e town

cam e cl oser ; the houses separa ted and d isclose d
roads an d the boy d iscovered t o his d isappo in t
,
me n t that the church stood o n grou n d of i ts own ,
and not o n the roof of a l arge red house as he

had su pposed H e ran forward as they got cl oser
.
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and perchin g u p i n th e bows u n t i l they were fast

,
t o the quay looked rou n d sear ch in gly for any

,
s ign s O f Sa m .
The ski pper loc ke d u p the cabi n an d the n ,
cal l in g on on e of th e shore han d s to keep an eye -
on the forecastle left i t open for the conve n ienc e ,
of the s m al l passenger H arry C ha rl i e and the .

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c ook stepped ashore T h e ski pper an d m ate .
fol l owed an d t h e latter lo o k i n g bac k fr o m som e

, ,
d istance cal led his a tten tion t o the desolate l ittle

,
fi gure sitt in g o n the hatc h .
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I s pose h e l l b e al l right sai d the skipper
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u n easi l y ; the re s food an d a be d d own the

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You m igh t j u st l ook rou n d t o n ight an d

see he s sa fe I expec t we l l have to take hi m
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bac k to L o n d o n w ith u s .
They tu rn e d u p a s m al l road i n th e d i rectio n

of hom e an d wal ked on i n s i len ce u n til the m ate , ,
gl an c in g beh i n d at a n ac q u ai n tan ce who h ad

j u st passed u t tere d a sha rp ex c l a mation Th e
, .
skipp e r tu rn ed a nd a s m al l fi gu re which had j u st

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shot rou n d t h e c orn er s topped i n m i d career an d -
ey e d the m wari ly T h e m en exchan ged u n e asy

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gl an ce s .
F ather c ri e d a sm al l voice
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H e—h e s ad op ted you n ow said the sk i pper

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h u s kfl y .
“
Oryou said the m a t e
,
I n ever took m uch .
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n oti ce of hi m .
H e l ooke d rou n d agai n M ast e r J on es was .
fol lowin g bris k ly abou t te n yard s i n the rea r

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a n d twe nty yard s b eh i n d hi m cam e the crew ,
who h avi ng seen hi m q u i t the s hip had fol l owe d

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w i th t he evi de n t i n ten tio n o f be i n g i n at the d eath .
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F ather c ri ed the boy agai n
,
wait for m e , .
O n e or two passers b y s tared i n as ton i sh m en t

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an d the m ate bega n to b e u n easy a s to the

co m pany he was k ee pi n g .
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L et s separate h e growl ed
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a n d see wh o
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he s call i n g after
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2 22 LI GHT FRE IGHTS
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Who s t h at boy ? cri ed the i n n oce n t wom an .
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I t s a poor l i ttl e m a d boy began the ski pper ; ,
he c ame aboard
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I m n ot m ad fath er i n terrupt e d M aster , ,
J on e s
“
A po or l i ttl e m ad boy c ont i nu ed th e sk ipper , ,
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hastily who c am e aboard i n L on do n an d s ai d
,
poor ol d Sa m B rown wa s h is father .
No —you fathe r cried the b oy shri lly

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H e cal l s ev e rybody h i s father sai d th e ,
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sk ipper wi th a s m i l e of an gu ish ; that s th e
,
form h is m ad ness t akes H e cal l e d J e m here .
”
h is fathe r .
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N0 he d i d n t said the m ate b lu n tly
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A n d the n he thou ght Cha rl i e was hi s fa ther .
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No s i r , sai d M r L egg e w ith respectfu l
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fi rm n es s .
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We ll h e sai d S a m Brown was sai d th e
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s k ip per .
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Yes that s right s i r sai d the crew
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Where i s S a m ? i n qu ired M rs H u n t l ook in g .
,
rou n d e xpectan tl y .
H e d eser ted the s hi p a t W i t h ers e a s ai d her ,
h u sba nd
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I see s ai d Mrs H u n t wi th a b i tter s m il e
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an d th ese m en hav e all co m e u p prep are d to

swear tha t the boy sa i d S a m was his father .
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H av e n t y ou ?
S AM S BOY
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2 23
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Yes m u m c h oru sed the crew d el ighted at
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bei n g u n derstood so easily .
M rs H u nt loo ked acros s the road to the fiel d s

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stretch ing beyon d Then she su d denly brought .
her gaz e bac k an d l ook i n g fu l l at her hu sban d

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u ttered j u st two word s

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O h J oe !,
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A s k t h e m ate crie d the franti c sk i pper , .
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Yes I know what the m at e 11 say said Mrs
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Hunt . I ve n o need to as k h im
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Charl i e a n d Harry were w ith S a m when the
b oy cam e u p to them protested the sk ipper , .
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I ve n o doubt sai d hi s wi fe “
O h J oe l , .
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Joe ! J o e !
T here was an u ncom fortabl e sil ence du ring ,
w hich the crew stan d i n g for the most part ,
on o ne l eg i n sym pathy w i th their chief s ’
e mb arrass men t n udged each other to say so m e

,
thi n g to clear the character of a ma n whom al l

estee m ed .
“
You u n grate ful l ittle d evi l bu rst ou t M r , .
L egge at l ength ; arter the ki nd way the sk ipper

,
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tre ated y o u too , .
“
Di d he treat h i m k in d ly ? i nqu ire d the
captai n s wi fe i n c onversati onal tones
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L i ke a fa — li ke a u ncl e m u m said the , ,
thoughtless M r L egge “
Gave im a passage. .
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o n t h e ship an d fairly spoil t im We was al l ’

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su rprise d at t he fuss e m ad e o f i m ; wasn t we ’ ’
H arry ?
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H e turned to h is frien d bu t o n M r Green s , .
face there was an ex pre ss ion of su ch u tte r scorn

a nd c on tem pt that hi s own fel l H e gl anced at .
th e sk ip per a nd was al m ost frighten e d at hi s

,
ap pearan c e .
T he si tuati on wa s e nd ed by M rs H u n t enterin g .
the hou se an d cl osi ng the d oor wi th a n o m i n ou s

ban g The m en sl u n k o ff heade d by M r L egge ;
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an d the m ate after a few m u rm ured word s o f

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e ncou ragem en t to the s k i ppe r al so d eparted , .
Captai n H u n t l ooked fi rst at the s m al l c au se of

his trou bl e who h ad d rawn o ff to som e d i st an ce
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an d the n at the hou se T he n with a d eterm i n ed .

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ges ture he t urne d the ha n d l e of the d oor a n d

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wal ked i n H is wi fe who was s ittin g i n a n

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arm cha ir wi th her eyes on the floor re mai n ed

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m ot ionl ess .
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L ook here P ol ly ,
he b egan .
Don t tal k t o m e was th e r eply

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I wonder .
y o u ca n l ook m e i n the fac e .
Th e sk ipper grou n d h is teeth a n d strove to ,
m a i n tai n a n a ir o f j u d ic i a l c al m .
“
I f you l l o nl y b e re ason abl e
’
he re
m ark ed severel y
, .
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I thou ght th ere w as s om eth ing secre t goin g
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on ,
said M rs H u nt . I ve o fte n loo ked at y o u
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2 26 LIGHT FREIGHTS
an d then tu rn i n g hasti ly away pu t h is han d ove r

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his m ou th a n d with protru d in g eyes gaze d out

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o f the wi nd ow .
M other ca n I co me i n ? said the boy

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O h P ol ly !,
s ighed the sk i pper Mrs H u n t . .
strove to regai n the utterance o f which a ston ish

m e n t had d eprived he r .
d o n t b e a fo o l l
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I what
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Yes I ve n o d oub t said the s ki pper t h e at ri
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cal ly “
.O h P ol ly ! P olly ! Pol ly !
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H e pu t h i s han d over h is m outh aga i n a n d

l au ghed sile n tly u n ti l hi s w i fe com in g behi n d
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h im too k hi m by the shoul d ers an d shoo k h i m

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viol en tly .
“
Th is sai d the s kipper chok i n g ;
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“
this is ,
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what you ve bee n worri e d abou t This .
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i s the secret what s
H e broke o ff su dde n ly as h is wi fe thrus t hi m
by m ai n force i nto a chair an d stan d in g over h i m ,
wi th a fi ery fac e d ared hi m to say a n other word .
Then she tu rned to the boy .
What d o you m ea n by cal l in g m e

”
she d e m and ed I m n ot you r m other ’
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Yes you are said M a ster J on es
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M rs H u n t eyed hi m i n bewil d erm en t an d

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the n rou sed to a sen se o f h er p osi tio n by a

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re newed gurgl i n g fro m the s k i pper s chai r set ’

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to work to try an d thu m p that m i sgu i d e d m a n

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i ntoa more seri ous fra m e of m i nd F ail ing in .
this s h e sat d own an d after a fu til e stru ggl e

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began to laugh herself an d that so hearti ly that

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Master J ones s m i l in g sy m pathetically c losed the

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d oor an d c ame bol dly i n to the room

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The s tate me n t g e n eral ly bel ieved that Captain

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H u n t and hi s wi fe adopted h i m i s i ncorrect the

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s k ipper accou nti ng for his con tinued presen ce

i n the h ou se by the si mpl e expl anation that he
had a d o pted the m —a n ex p l anation which M r
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S a mu el B row n for on e fi nds q u i te easy of

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ac ce p t an ce
.
A WI LL AND A WAY
H E ol d man sat over th e tap roo m fi r e at th e -
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C au l i flower his gn arl ed swol l en han d s
, ,
fond l ed the warm bowl of h is l ong p ip e an d a n ,
an cie n t ey e watched wi th al m ost you th fu l i m

p atien ce t h e sl ow warm i n g of a m ug of beer on
the hob .
H e had j u s t gi ve n u n asked for s tatistics to the -
vis itor at the i n n who was s itti n g the other s i de

of the hearth H is h e ad wa s stored with t h e
.
b ir ths m arriages a n d deaths o f C l a y b u ry a n d

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wi th a view o f be i n g entertai n in g h e had already

fol lowed from the crad le to the altar an d the
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al tar to th e grave the caree rs of som e of the m os t

,
u n i n terestin g peop l e that e ver breathe d .
“
No the re ai n t bee n a great s ight 0 s in gl e
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m e n hereabou ts he sai d i n ans wer to a q u es
, ,
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tion C l ay b u ry as al ways bee n a m arry ing
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sort 0 pl ace —n ot becau se th e wom e n are more

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good look i ng than others bu t becau s e they are

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sh arper ,
H e reache d forward a nd ta ki n g up h is b e e r
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m
n o LIGHT FRE I GHTS
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any on e of em an d e wou l d s it u p e re o f a n ight ,
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at the C aul iflowe r and se nd m en with large
fam i l ies a m o s t crazy by c a l k e rl at in g o w m any
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p in ts o bee r thei r ch il dren wore out every year
i n the sha pe 0 boots ’
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S om eti mes is un cl e old Ebenezer Gree n used , ,
to sit u p ere with i m H e was a s tron g c arty

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ol d man an d c d s i t an d l augh at F oxy til l i s
,
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chai r shook u nd er i m H e was a l ively s porting ’

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sort 0 m an an d when F oxy tal ked l i k e that e
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see med to be keepin g so m e j ok e to hissel f which

n early chok ed i m ’
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You l l m arry whe n I m gon e F oxy he d
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No t m e , s e s F oxy
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Then the old m an u d l au gh a gi n and tal k
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m ysteriou s about fox hu nts and say e won dered -
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who d get F o x y s bru sh H e sai d e d onl y got
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to shu t is eye s a nd e cou l d see the p ac k i n ful l
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cry through C l a y b u ry vi l l age a n d F oxy goi n g is ,
a rd e s t w ith i s tongu e angin g ou t

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F oxy coul dn t say anythi ng to 1 11 1 becau se it ,
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was u nd erstood that whe n the ol d m an d ied e
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was t o ave is farm an d is m o ney ; so e u sed to
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si t there an d s m il e as i f e l i ked i t ’
.
When F oxy was ab ou t forty th ree i s u ncle -

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died T he ol d ma n s m i nd see m ed to wan de r at

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the l a st a nd e sa i d what a good man e d al way s
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A WILL A ND A WAY 23 1
been and wot a com fort i t was to i m n o w that e

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wa s goi n A n d e men t ion ed a lot 0 l ittl e su m s
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0 money owe d i m i n the v il lage which n obody

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cou l d re m e mber .
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I ve m ad e my w il l F oxy he ses an d s chool
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m aster s ta k i n car e o f i t ; I v e le ft i t al l to you ’
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A ll right ses F oxy
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Thankee ,
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H e s goi n to read it arter the fu n eral ses ’
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is u n cle which i s the proper wa y to d o i t I d
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give anything t o be th e re F oxy an d see you r face , , .

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Those were is l as t word s bu t e l aughed once ’
,
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or twice an d for a long t im e arter e d gone F oxy

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Green sat there an d wo nd ered at is l ast words ’
an d wot there was to l augh abou t .
The ol d m an was bu ried a few d ays after an d ,
F oxy stood by the grave ol d i ng a a n d k e r c h i e f to ’ ’
’
i s eyes and behavin g as thou gh e a d los t m on ey
,
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i nstead o f com i n g i n for i t Then they we n t back .
'
to the farm and the fi rs t thi n g the school m aster ,
d id was to send al l the wom e n o ff before read i ng

the will .
W o t s that fo r ? s es F oxy stari n g

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You l l see ses the schoo l m a s ter ; the m was ’
,
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my i n structions I t s for you r sake M r Green ; .
,
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to gi ve you a c h an c e at l east t hat s wot you r m -

,
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u n cle sai d .
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H e sat d own an d t ook ou t the wil l and pu t on
’
i s spectacl es Then e spread it ou t o n the table .
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232 LIGHT FREIGHTS
an d too k a gl ass 0 gi n an d water an d began to ’
read .
“
I t was al l straight forward enou gh The farm .
an d stoc k an d two cottages a n d m oney i n the

, ,
ban k wa s al l l e ft to J osiah Gr e e n co m m on ly
, ,
call e d F oxy Gree n on con d i t io n ,
There was su ch a n oi se 0 cl appi n g an d pat ’
ti n g F oxy o n the bac k th at th e school m aster ad ,

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to leave o ff a nd wait for q u i et .
O u con di tion he ses i n a lou d voice that

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, , ,
he m arrie s the fi rst C l ay b u ry wom a n si ngl e or ,
wid ow that asks i m to m arry her i n the p resen ce

,
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of three wi tn esse s I f he re fu s es the prope rty is .

,
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to go to e r i n s tea d .
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F ox y tu rn ed rou n d l i ke m a d the n an d asked
H enery Wal k er wot e was p attin g i m on the ’
bac k for The n i n a cho k i n g voi c e h e asked to

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ave i t read a gi n .
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Wel l there s on e th i n g abou t i t Mr Green
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ses H e n ery Wa l ker wi th al l you r property ‘
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you l l be ab le to ave the p ick 0 the pretti e st
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gal s i n C l a y b u r y .
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O w s that ? ses J oe Cha mbers very sharp ; ,
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he s got t o take the fi rs t wo m a n that as ks i m
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d on t m atter wo t e r age i s .
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H e g o t u p su d d en ly an d wi thou t e ve n say in g , ,
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good bye to F o x y rushed o u t of the ou se a nd
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O H over the fi el d s a s ard as e cou l d go

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I t was very cu riou s the way the wo m e n took

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O n e an al l o f e m pret e n ded as i t was a n
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i n su l t to the s e x a n d they sa i d i f F oxy Green

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waite d ti l l e was ask e d to m arry he d wa i t lon g ’
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en ou gh L ittl e chits o gal s o fou rteen a n d fi fteen
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was wal k in g abou t toss i n g the i r ead s u p an d as ’
good as sayi n g they m ight ave Green s far m for ’ ’
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the askin g bu t they wou l d n t as k O l d wom en
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of s e ven ty a nd over sai d that i f F oxy wan ted to

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m arry the m h e d ave to as k a n d as k a good ,
m any ti m e s too .
O f course this was al l very wel l i n i ts way

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bu t at the sam e ti m e three C l ay b u ry gal s that

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wa s aw ay i n service was too k il l an d a d to co me
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om e an d several othe r wo m e n that was away
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took the ir hol id ays be fore th eir relation s k n ew

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anythi n g abou t i t A l most every ou se i n Cl ay .
bu ry ad got so m e fe m al e relat io n staying i n it

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an d th e y was alway s ex p lai n i n g to everybody

why i t wa s they a d com e o m e Non e o f e m so
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m uc h as m e n tio ned F oxy Gre e n .
Wo m e n are artful creatu res an d t h i n k a lot of

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a p p ear a nc e s T h ere was n t on e of e m a s wou l d
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ha m in d ed wot othe r fol ks sa id i f t h ey d caught
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F oxy bu t they d ha gon e hal f cra z y with sha m e

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i f t hey d trie d an d n ot m an a ged it A n d they

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c ou l d n t d o thi n gs on the qu iet be c au se of th e
th re e wit n esses That was the a r d s h ip of i t
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I t was the on ly thi ng tal ked abou t i n C l a y b u ry ,
and F oxy Green soo n showe d as he was very

wide awake F irst th in g e d i d w as to sen d the
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gal that u sed to d o th e d a iry work an d th e ouse -
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work o ff Then e bought a cou pl e 0 large fi erce
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dogs an d chai n ed e m u p one n ear the fron t door ,
a nd o n e n e ar the back T hey was very good dogs .

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an d they h i t F oxy hiss el f two or three t i m es so a s

to l e t i m see that they k n ew wot they was there for
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H e took G e orge S m ith a you n g fel l er that ,
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used to work on the farm i n to t h e ouse an d for , ,
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the fu st we e k o r two e rathe r enj oyed the excite ~
m en t B ut when e fou nd that e cou ld n t go i n to

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the vil lage or even wal k abou t I s own farm i n

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safety he tu rn ed i n to a reg lar wom a n hate r

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The art fu l tric ks th ose wom en ad would n t be ’
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bel ieve d O ne d ay when F oxy was eati n g i s
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d i n n er W i l l i a m H all d rove u p to the gate i n a

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cart an d whe n George cam e ou t to k n ow wot e
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wan ted e s ai d that he ad j u s t bou g ht som e pi gs
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a t R e n s h a m an d wou ld F oxy l i k e to m ake fu st

O ffer for e m ’
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Ge orge wen t in an d when e cam e ou t agi n he ,

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sa id Wil l iam H al l was to go i n sid e H e eld the .

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d og whi l e Wi l l iam we n t by an d as soo n as F oxy ,
eard wot e wan ted e asked i m to wai t til l e d

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fi n i shed i s d i n n e r and then he d go out and ave
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a l ook a t e m
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I wa s wa n t i n so m e p igs bad he s es an d the ,
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worst of i t is I ca n t get ou t to buy any as thin gs
T hat s wot I thou ght ses Wi l l ia m H al l ;

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that s why I brou ght e m t o you
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Y o u deserve to ge t on Wi l l ia m ses F oxy
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George h e ses turn i ng to i m
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Yes s e s George
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D o you k n ow m u c h about p i gs ?
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I kn ow a p i g when I see on e se s George , .
That s al l I wan t ses F oxy ; go and ave a

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l ook at e m .
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W il l ia m H al l gave a s tart as George wal ked
ou t an d a m i n u te a fterward s both of em eard an
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awfu l n oise an d Georg e cam e bac k rubbi ng is ,

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ead and sayi n g that whe n e l i fte d u p the cl oth ’
one 0 the pi gs was W il l ia m H al l s si ster an d the

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others was e r n ephews Wi l l ia m said i t was a .
j oke bu t F oxy said h e d id n t l i k e j ok e s a n d if

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Wi l l ia m thought that e or George was goin g to ’
wal k wi th i m past the dog e was m istook ’ ’

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Two d ays arter that F oxy a p p e n i n g to l oo k , ,
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ou t of i s bed roo m wi nd ow saw on e 0 the C lay ,
bu ry boys rac in g i s cow s al l u p a n d d own t h e ’
m ead ow H e ca m e d own qu ietly an d took u p a

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st i ck a n d the n e se t ou t to rac e that boy u p an d

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down H e d al ways bee n a good ru n ner a nd the

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got to m arry I l l m arry e r H owever I l l sleep

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on i t a n ight an d se e o w I fee l i n the m orn i ng ’

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I l l m arry F l ora Pottl e he ses when e got

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up . You can go rou n d thi s a rt e r n o o n George

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an d brea k the good n ews to e r ’

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George t id ie d h issel f u p arter d i nn er an d wen t .
F lora P ottl e was a very fin e l ook i n g gal a n d she -

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was very m uch s urprised when George wal ked i n ,
bu t sh e was more su rp r ised whe n e tol d e r that ’ ’
i f she was to go over a n d ask F oxy to be e r ’
u s b a n d he wou ld n t say NO
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Mrs Pottl e j u m pe d ou t of e r s ki n for j oy

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a mo s t S he d a d a ard ti m e of i t wi th F l ora
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an d fi ve you n g child re n s i n c e e r u s b an d d ied ’ ’

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an d she cou l d ar d l y bel ieve e r e ars w h e n F lora ’
said she wou l d n t ’

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E s ol d en ough to be my fathe r she ses ’
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O l d me n m ak e the bes t u s b an d s s e s Georg e

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coax ing e r and besi d es th i n k 0 the farm ‘
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That s wot you ve got to thi n k of ses her
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m other Don t thi n k 0 F oxy Green a t al l ;

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thi n k 0 the farm .
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F l ora s tood a n d leaned he rs e l f u p agi n a ches t
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0 d rawers an d twisted e r han d s an d at l as t she
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s en t b ack word to say that sh e wante d ti m e to

thi n k i t over .
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F oxy Gree n was very m u ch aston ished whe n
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George too k bac k that an swer H e d thou g h t .
A WI LL A ND A WAY 2 39
that any gal woul d ha j u m ped at i m withou t the ’ ’
farm an d arter go in g u pstairs an d l ookin g at

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hissel f in the glass e was m ore a ston ishe d than ’
eve n
When George S m ith wen t u p to the Pottl es
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agi n the n ex t day F l ora m ad e a fac e at i m an d ’

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e fel t as o r k a rd as i f e d bee n cou rtin g e r h isself

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a mos t
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A t fi rs t sh e wou ld n t ave anythin g to
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say to i m at al l bu t wen t on s weep in g ou t the

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room an d n early chokin g i m The n George

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S m i th wot was a l i kely you n g fell er p ut is arm

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rou n d er wai st an d taki ng the broo m away from

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e r m ad e e r s it d own besi d e i m wh ile e gave e r

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F o x y s m essage .
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H e d id F o x y s cou rt in g for i m for an hour ’ ’
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al thou gh i t on y seem ed abou t five m i n utes to ’
both of e m Then M rs P ottle cam e in an d

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arter a lot of tal k F l ora was go t to s ay that

George S m ith m ight come agin for fi ve m in utes
nex t d ay .
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F oxy we n t on d read ful whe n e eard that
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F lora a d n t given an an swer bu t G eorge S m ith , ,
who l iked the j ob mu ch better than farm in g or

m ak in g be ds tol d im she was com in g rou nd an d
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that it was on y n atu ral a you n g gal shoul d l i k e
to be cou rted a bit a fore giv i n i n ’
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Yes ses F oxy bi ti ng is li p bu t o w s it to
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be d one ?
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You l eave i t to m e ses George S m i th an d , ,
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it l l be al l right I s it there and tal k abou t the .
far m as wel l a s wo t you c ou l d .

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A n d abou t m e too I s pose ? s es F oxy
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catch in g im u p ’
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ses G eorg e ; I tel l e r al l s orts o l ies ‘
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about you .
F oxy l ooked at 1 111 a m o m e n t an d th e n e

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wen t o ff gru mbl i n g H e was l ik e a good m any .
m ore m en an d becau se F l ora P ottl e d i d n t seem

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to wan t i m e o n y fa nci ed e r the m ore N ext
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day e sen t Ge orge S m ith u p with an ol d brooch

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as a presen t an d whe n George ca me bac k e sai d

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e thou ght that i f i t a d be e n a n ew one i t wou l d
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ave d on e wot was wan ted .
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You can t kee p secrets i n C l ay b u ry an d i t
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soon g o t rou n d wot F oxy Green was arter .
That m ad e the othe r wo men m or e de term in ed

tha n ever a n d at last F oxy sen t u p word that i f
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F lora woul d n t as k i m to le t i m kn ow as e was

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ti red 0 b ei n g a p ri soner an d ol d Mrs B al l a d

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n early a d i m the d ay a fore

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I t took George S m i th two hou rs a rd cou rti n
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a fore he cou l d get F lora Pottl e to say Yes bu t ‘
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at last she d id an d then M rs Pot tl e ca m e in ,

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an d she shook and s wi th George an d gave i m a

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gl ass 0 b ee r M rs Pottle wanted to take e r u p

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to Green s fa r m there an d then b ut F lora said

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F l ora d i d n t s ay any th in g
S he sat there .
shu ffli n g e r feet on the carpet an d F oxy Gree n

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kep t on l oo k i n g at e r an d waitin g for e r to
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speak an d opi ng that she wou l d n t grow u p l ike
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e r m other .
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Go on F lora ses M rs P ottl e n u dgi n g e r ,
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Go on F lo ra ses H e nery Wal ker m i m ick i n g

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er .I s pose you ve c om e to ask F oxy a qu esti on
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by the l ook o f it
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Yes ses F l ora l ooki n g u p
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A re you q u it e , .
we l l M r Gre en ?
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Yes yes ses F oxy ; b u t you d i d n t c om e
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u p ere to as k m e that .
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I t s al l I cou l d d o to get e r ere at al l M r , .
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G ree n says M rs P ottl e ; s he s that shy you
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c an t thi n k
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S he d rather ha ad y ou as k e r .
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you rse l f .
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That can t b e do n e ses F oxy shaki n g i s
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ead L eastways I m n ot go i n g to ris k i t
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N o w F l ora ses e r m othe r nu d gi n g e r ag in

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Co m e on F l ora P ottl e s es B o b H u n t ; , ,
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we re al l a
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S hu t your eyes an d ope n you r m ou th as i f
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F oxy was a powd er ses H en ery Wal ker ,

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I ca n t ses F lora tu rn i n g to h er m other

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I can t an d I won t ’ ’
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F lora Pottle se s e r m other fi ri ng u p ,

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I won t ses F lora fi ri ng u p too ; you ve ’
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b een bothering m e al l d ay l ong for ever so l ong ,
and I won t I ate the sight of i m H e s the

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u gl iest man i n C l a y b u ry .
Mrs Pottl e began to cry an d say that she d

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d i sgraced e r but F oxy Green l ooked at e r an d

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e s es Very wel l F l ora Pottl e then we 11 say n o
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more abou t i t Good even in g . .

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Good even i ng s es M rs P ottle getting U p
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a nd givi n g F l ora a shake Com e along you ‘

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tan tali sin g m awthe r do You 11 d ie an O l d , .

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m aid that s what you ll do
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That s al l you kn ow s e s F l ora sm il ing over

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at George S m i th ; bu t i f you re so fon d 0 Mr ‘
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Gree n why don t you ask i m you rself ? H e can t ’ ’ ’
say No .
F or hal f a m i n ute the room was as q u i et as a

grave an d the on y th in g that m oved was F oxy
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Gree n s eyes as he looked fu st at the d oor at the
other e n d of th e room an d the n at th e window .
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L or bless my s o u l l se s Mrs Pott le i n a
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surprised voice I never thou gh t O f i t ‘
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S he sat d own agin an d s m il ed at F oxy as if

s he coul d eat i m ’
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I can t thi n k why I d id n t thi n k of i t she

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ses l ook in g rou nd

, I was goi n g out l i ke a l amb .
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O ne m om e n t ses F oxy ol d i n g u p i s an d
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I shoul d be a terrible bad crue l u n ki n d husban d , , ,
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to anybody I d id n t l i ke Don t say words you l l
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be sorry for a rt e rwa rd s Mrs Pottl e , . .
I m n ot goi n g to
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se s M rs P ottl e ; the
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word s I m goi n g to say wi ll be good for b oth of

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u s ; I m far m ore su itabl e for you tha n a you n g
gal — M r Gree n wil l you m arry m e ?
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F oxy Green l ook e d at e r for a m om en t and ’

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then e l ooked ro u n d at all the m gri n n i ng m en
wo t h e d brou ght there by m istak e to se e i m
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m ade a fool o f The n i n a l ow u s k y voice h e

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s e s I wi ll
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l ight of the fi re as i t shone on the gl a sses and

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d anc e d with shad ow s o n the wal l s the story proved ,
so en thral l in g that George the waiter who s e pres , ,
en ce had bee n forgott e n cr e at e d a ve ry d isagr e e ,
able sen sation by s u d d enly starti n g u p from a

dark corn er an d gl id i ng s il e ntly fro m the room .
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T h at s wh at I ca l l a good sto ry said on e ,
O f t h e m en s ipp i n g his hot whisky

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i t s an O l d idea t hat sp i rits l i ke to get i n to the
c om pany of h u man b ei ngs A m an tol d m e onc e .
that he trav e lled d own the Gre at Western with

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a ghost a n d had n t the sl ighte st s us picion of i t
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un ti l the in spector cam e for tic kets My frie n d .
said the way that ghost tried to k eep u p a ppear

a n c e s by feel i n g for it in al l i ts pockets a n d look in g
on the fl oor was q u i te touchi n g U l ti m ately it .
gave it u p an d with a fain t groa n va n i she d t hrou gh

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the ve n til ator .
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That l l d o H irst said an oth e r m an
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I t s n ot a s ubj ec t for j estin g said a l i ttl e ol d

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gen tle m an who had bee n an atten tive l istener .
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I ve n ever seen an appar iti on m ysel f b u t I
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kn ow p e ople who have an d I con sider t h at they ,
form a ve ry i nteresti ng l in k between u s a nd the

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after l ife There s a ghost story con n ecte d with
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this house you k n ow ,

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N eve r h eard of it sa i d a n other s peaker , ,
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and I ve b ee n here s om e years now
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I t d ates back a l on g t i m e n o w said the old

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You ve heard abou t J erry Bu nd le r
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George
Wel l I ve j us t eard Odd s an d en ds s i r sai d
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the old waiter bu t I n ever p ut m uch cou n t to
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e m There was on e ch ap ere what sai d e sa w i t
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an d the go v n e r sacked im p rom pt
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My father was a n ative of this town s aid the ,
o l d gentl em an an d k n ew the story wel l He

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was a tru thful m a n an d a steady chu rchgoer bu t ,
I ve heard him d ecl are that on ce i n h is l i fe he saw

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the appearance of J erry Bu nd ler i n this hou se .
A n d who was this Bu n dl er ?

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voic e .
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A L ond on thi e f pick poc ket highway m an , ,
anyth in g he coul d turn h is d ishonest hand to ,
repl i ed the ol d gen tl e m an ; an d he was ru n to “
earth in thi s hou se one Christm as wee k som e

e ighty years ago H e took his l ast s upper i n
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this very roo m a n d after he had gon e u p to bed

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a cou ple o f B o w S tre et run ners who had followed ,
him from L ondon bu t l ost the scen t a bit wen t ,
up stairs with the l a n l rd a n d tried the d oor I t .
was stou t o ak an d fast so one wen t i n to the

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yard an d by m ean s of a short ladder got on to

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the wi ndow sil l whil e the other stayed ou tsid e

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th e d oor Those bel ow i n the yard saw the m an

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sudden s m ash of gl ass a n d wi th a cry he fel l i n

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a heap on the stones a t their fee t Then i n the .
m oonl ight they saw the whi te face o f the p ick

pocket pe e pin g over the si l l and whi le some ,
stayed i n the yard oth ers ran i n to the hous e an d

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hel pe d the other m an to break th e d oor i n I t .
was d ifli c u l t to obtai n an en tran ce even then for ,
i t was b arre d with h eavy furn i tu re bu t they go t ,
i n at l as t and the fi rst th i n g that m et th ei r eyes

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was the body o f J erry d an gl i n g from the top of

the be d by his own han d kerchie f .
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Which bed room was i t ? ask ed two or three
voices together .
The n arrator shook his head That I can t .

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tel l y o u ; bu t the story goes that J erry stil l

hau n ts th i s hou se an d my father u sed to declare
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pos itively that the l ast ti me he slept here the

ghost of J erry B u n d ler lowered i tsel f from the
t o p o f h is be d an d tri e d to strangl e hi m .
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Th at l l d o said an u neasy voice
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I w ish .
you d thought to as k you r father which bedroom

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i t was .
What for ? i n q u ired th e ol d gen tl e m an .
We l l I shou l d tak e care n o t to sl eep i n it

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that s all sai d the voic e shortly

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There s n othing to fear said the other
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d on t bel ieve for a m om en t that ghosts c oul d

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real ly hu rt one I n fac t m y father u se d to

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2 50 LIGHT FREIGHTS
O l d b u mbu g i ai d H i rst I shou l d l ike to s .

“
put hi m to the test S u ppo se I d r e ss u p as J erry

.
B u n dl e r an d go an d give h i m a chan c e of d is
play in g his cou rage ?
B ravo ! sai d M al col m hu sk ily d rown i ng on e , ,
”
or two fai n t Noes “
J u st for the j oke gen tl e
.
,
”
me n .
NO , n o ! Drop it H i rst sai d an other m a n , , .
”
O n l y for the j ok e said H irst s omewh at , ,
“ ’
eagerly I ve got s om e thi n gs u p stairs i n
.
wh ich I am goi ng to pl ay i n th e R i va l s — kn ee
’
breeches bu ckle s an d al l that sort of thin g I t s
, , .
’
a rare chan c e I f you l l wai t a b i t I l l give you
.
’
a fu l l d res s rehears al en ti tl ed J erry B u n d ler ;

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, ,
‘
or Th e N octu rn al S tran gl er .
’
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You won t frighten u s said the com m erc i al
’
, ,
with a hu sky l au gh .
’ ’
I d on t k n ow that s a id H irst sharply ; i t s
“
,
’
a q u esti o n of actin g that s al l I m p retty good ,
.
,
ai n t I S o m ers
’
,
O h you r e al l right — for an a m ateur sa i d

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, ,
h is frie nd w i t h a l augh
,
.
’ ’
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I l l bet you a l evel sov you d on t frighte n .
m e said the s tou t trave l l er

, .
”
“
D on e ! sai d H irst “
I ll take the bet to .
’
frighten you fi rst an d the ol d gen tl em an after

w ards These ge ntl e m e n s hal l be the j udges
. .
You won t frighte n us sir sai d a nothe r m an

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J ER RY B U ND L E R 2 51
becau se we re pre pared fo r you ; but you d’ ’
better leave the O l d m an alon e I t s d an gerou s .

’
”
Play .
“
Well I l l try you fi rst sai d H i rst spri n ging
,
’
, ,
”
up . NO gas m in d , .
H e ran l ightly u pstai rs to h is room le avi n g ,
t h e others m ost O f whom had b een d rin k in g

,
som ewhat freely to wran gle abou t h is proceed ,
i ngs I t en d ed i n two of the m goin g to bed

. .
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H e s crazy on act in g s aid S om e rs l ighti ng
’
, ,
his p ipe Thin k s he s t h e equ al of anyb o dy

.
“ ’
al m os t I t does n t m atter wi th us bu t I won t

.
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,
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let h i m go to the O l d m an A n d he won t m in d .

’
so l on g as he gets a n opp ort un i ty of actin g

”
to u s .
W e l l I hope he l l hu rry u p sai d M alcol m

“
,
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, ,
“
yawn i n g ; i t s after twelve n ow ’
.
N early hal f an hou r p asse d M al col m d rew .
his watch from h i s pock et an d wa s bu sy wi n d in g

i t whe n George the wai ter who had been sen t
, , ,
o n an e rran d to t h e ba r bu rst sud d en ly i nto the ,
room and ru she d toward s the m .
E s com in gen tl em e n h e sai d breathl essly

’ ’ ’
.
, , ,
”
Why you re frightened George sai d the
,
’
, ,
s tou t com m erc ial wi th a chuc kl e , .
“
I t was the su d d en ness o f i t said G eorge ,
sheep i shly ; a n d besi des I did n t l ook fo r s e e i n

“
,
’
i m i n the bar There s onl y a gl i m m er of l ight

’ ’
.
’
there and e was sitti ng on the fl oor behin d the
,
”
bar I nearly trod on i m
.
’
.
“ ’
O h you l l n ever m ake a m an George s aid
, , ,
M al col m .
“
Wel l it took m e u n awares said th e waiter
, , .
No t that I d have gon e to the bar by m ys elf

’
’ ’
i f I d kn own e was there an d I d o n t bel ie v e ,
’
you wou l d ei ther si r , .
”
“
N on se n s e ! sa i d Mal col m “
I l l go an d .
’
”
fetch hi m i n .
“ ’
You d o n t k n ow what it s l i k e s ir sai d ’
, ,
George catch i n g h i m by the sl e eve

,
I t ain t .
“ ’
’ ’
fi t to l ook at by you rs el f i t ai n t i nd e e d I t s , , .
go t the W/z a t s tl z a t ? ’
T hey al l start ed at the sou n d o f a s m othere d

cry fro m th e staircase an d th e sou n d of som e
body ru n n i n g h u rri ed ly al on g the passage B e .
fore anybod y cou l d speak the d oor fl ew ope n ,
an d a fi gu re bursti n g i n to the roo m fl u n g i tse l f

gasp in g an d s h iveri n g u p on the m .
“
W hat i s i t ? Wha t s the m atter ? d e m anded ’
”
M al col m W hy it s M r H irs t
.
“
H e shoo k
,
’
. .
hi m roughly a n d the n h el d som e spiri t to h is

l ips H irst dran k i t gr e e d ily a n d with a sharp
.
i ntake o f h i s breath grippe d hi m by the arm .
”
“
L i ght th e gas George s ai d M al col m, ,
.
The waite r obeyed has tily H irst a l ud icrous .

,
b u t pi tiabl e fi gu re i n kn e e b reeches an d c oat -

,
2 54 LIGHT FR EIGHTS
the d u mb fou n ded M al col m t u rn i ng rou nd to ,
“ ’
the oth e rs I t s the l as t t i me I c om e to thi s
.
house .
“
I leave t o m orrow s ai d George - “
I wou ld n t , .
’
go down to that b ar agai n by m ys el f n o n ot for , ,
fi fty pou n d s !
’
I t s ta l k i n g abou t the thi n g that s ca use d it
’
,
”
I exp ect sai d one of the m e n ; w e ve al l bee n
,
“ ’
tal kin g about thi s an d havi n g it i n ou r m in d s .
’
P ractical ly we ve been form in g a s p i ri tual istic
”
c ircl e w it hou t k nowi n g i t .
“
H an g the ol d ge n tle m an ! s aid Ma l col m ,
heartily U pon m y sou l I m hal f afrai d to go

’
.
,
’
to bed I t s od d they shoul d both th i n k they
.
”
saw som ethi ng .
”
“
I s aw i t as pl ain as I see you s ir sai d , ,
’
George s ole m n ly , P ra p s i f you kee p your eye s .
”
tu rne d U p the p assage you l l se e i t for yourself ’
.
Th ey fol lowed th e d i rec ti on o f hi s fi n ger bu t ,
saw nothin g al though on e of the m fan cied that

,
a head peeped rou n d the c orn er of the wal l .
’ ”
Who l l com e d own to th e bar ? sai d M al
col m l ooki n g rou n d
, .
“
You can go i f you l i k e sai d on e of the others , , ,
“
with a fai n t l augh we l l wai t h ere for you ’
.
The stou t travel ler wal ked toward s th e d oor

a n d too k a few step s u p the p assage Then h e .
s topped A l l was q u i te sile n t an d h e wal k ed

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J ERR Y B UNDLER 2 55
sl owly to the e nd an d l ook ed d own fear ful ly

toward s the gl ass partition which s hu t off the
bar Three ti m es he m ade as thou gh to go to
.
I t ; the n he turne d b ack an d gl a nc i n g ove r his , ,
shou l d er cam e hu rriedly back to the room

,
.
“
D i d you see i t si r ? whispered George .
“
D on t know ’
sa id M alcol m shortly , I , .
fanc ied I saw som eth in g but i t m ight have been ,
fancy . I m i n the m ood to see anything j ust

’
”
now H ow are you feelin g now s ir ?
.
,
”
“
O h I fee l a bi t better n ow sai d H i rst som e
, , ,
what bru squ ely as al l eyes were tu rn e d upon

,
hi m . I d are say you thi n k I m eas ily scared

“ ’
,
”
b u t you d id n t see it ’
.
”
“
N o t at al l said M alcol m s m il in g faintly
, ,
d espite h i m sel f .
“ ’
I m goin g to bed sai d H i rs t n otic in g the , ,
s m il e an d rese n ti ng i t “
Wi ll you share my
room wi th m e So m ers ? ,
“
I wi l l with pl eas ure sai d hi s friend “
pro , ,
vi d e d you d on t m i nd sleeping wi th the g as o n

’
”
ful l a l l n ight .
H e rose from h is seat an d b id d i n g the com ,
pan y a frien d ly good n i ght le ft the room with -

,
his crestfal len frien d The othe rs saw them to .
the foot o f the stairs and havi ng heard their ,
d oor c l ose return ed to the co ffee room

,
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.
“
Well I su ppose the b et s
, said the ’
stou t com m erc ial p ok i n g th e fi re an d the n

,
sta nd in g wi th hi s l egs apart o n the hearthrug ;

though as far as I c an see I won i t I never
, , .
saw a m an so s c are d i n al l m y l i fe Sort of .
’
poet ic j u sti ce abou t i t i sn t there ? ,
“
N ever m i nd abo u t p oetry or j u st ice sa id ,
“ ’
one of hi s l i sten ers ; w ho s goi n g to sl e ep with
”
me ?
I wil l sa i d M al col m a ffably
, , .
A n d I su ppose we share a room together ,
”
M r L eek ? sai d the th ird m an turn in g to th e
.
,
fourth .
“
N o tha n k you
,
sai d the othe r bri skly ; I
, ,
“
d on t bel ieve i n ghosts I f anythi n g com es in to

’
.
my room I shal l shoot i t .
’
T h at won t h urt a sp iri t L eek said M alcol m , , ,
d ecisively .
“
Wel l the n oise l l be l i k e com pany to m e ’
said L ee k a n d i t l l wak e the house too B u t

“
,
’
.
”
i f you re n ervou s s ir he ad d ed wi th a gri n to
’
, , , ,
the m an w ho had s u gges te d shari n g hi s roo m ,
George 11 b e on l y too p leas e d t o sl e ep o n the

’
”
d oor m at i n s i d e you r roo m I k n ow
-
,
.
”
That I wil l s i r sai d George fe rven tly ; an d
, , ,
i f you ge n tl em e n wou l d on l y co m e d own with

m e to the bar to pu t the gas ou t I c oul d n e v e r ,
b e s u ffi ci en tl y grate fu l .
Th ey we n t ou t i n a body wi th the e xc ept ion ,

2 58 LIGHT FREIGHTS
“
was th e fi rs t to S p e a k M a tches he said i n .
, ,
a stran ge voice Georg e stru ck on e

. The n .
he l eapt at the gas a n d a bu rner fl a m ed fro m

the m atch M al col m touched the thin g on th e
.
floor wi th h i s foot an d fou n d i t soft H e l ooke d .
a t his com pan i on s They m ou the d i n q u iries at

.
hi m bu t h e s hook hi s head H e l it the can dl e

,
.
,
an d k n e e l i n g d own exa m i ne d the s i l e n t th i n g

, ,
on the floo r Then h e rose swi ftl y an d d ip pi n g

.
,
his han d kerch i ef i n the water j ug ben t d own -

,
agai n an d gri ml y w i ped th e whi te fac e The n .
he sp ran g back wi th a cry o f i n cred ul ou s horror ,
poi n ti n g at i t L ee k s p istol fel l to the fl oor an d

.
’
he shu t ou t the s igh t wi th h i s h an d s bu t th e ,
others c rowd i n g forward gaz e d S pel l bou n d a t

, ,
-
t he d ead face o f H irst .
Be fore a word was s po ke n th e d oor op e n e d

a n d S om ers h astily entered th e room H is ey e s .
”
fel l o n the fl oor Goo d God l h e cri ed
. You .
’
didn t
N obo dy spok e .
“
I tol d h i m n ot to h e sa i d i n a su ffocati n g, ,
“
voice I tol d h i m n ot to I tol d hi m
. .
H e l ean ed aga i n s t th e wall deathly sick pu t , ,
h is arm s ou t fee bly a n d fe l l fai nti n g i n to the

,
’
travell er s arm s .
T H E PE A C E M A K E R
HE harbou r was c rowded wi th fi shin g boats ,
an d fresh arrival s were com in g i n every fe w

m i nu tes. U n til the e ntra nc e was reached they
ca m e scu d d ing al on g with eve ry appearance o f
haste bu t then their m ai nsail s ca m e tu mbl in g
,
down to the d eck an d th e boats wi th su ffi cien t

,
way l eft on the m m oved easi ly over t h e sti l l

water an d fel t thei r way to a berth
, S mal l
.
boats conveyed the fi sh to the quay where ,
embryo fi sherm en were appra isi n g th e catch

with a wisd om beyo n d t h e i r years .
There was a gl ut o f whiti n g S o m any whitin g

.
,
and going so cheaply that i t was en ough to m ake

the m b ite thei r tail s from sh ee r ve xation S m all .
fl at fi sh which sl i d away from thei r p i le were

carefu l ly l ook e d after an d c oa xed back wi t h the
t o e o f a sea boot bu t whiti n g s l i d away u n
~
,
noti ced u nti l they van i shed fro m m ortal k en i n

the pockets of pred atory u rchi ns .
I n th e s mall m ark e t a short red faced m an

, ,
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with a scrubby beard wal ked i n a d isparaging

m
2 60 LIGHT F R E I G H TS
fashion fro m h eap to heap u si n g a favou ri t e ,
briar i n l ieu o f a ha m m e r to k n ock d ow n s uch

fi sh as foun d b id ders T he l atter were few an d .
wary an d turn i n g a de af ea r to el oqu e n ce e x

,
pr e ss e d Op in i on s d istast efu l to a n au cti on ee r s ’
e ar i n cru d e E ngl is h .
T h e sen se o f the m e e t in g bei n g agai n s t h i m ,
the au ctio n ee r tru ck l ed to i t a n d com i n g to ,
an other heap cons isti n g of a s e l ection o f the

m ost u n des i rabl e fi sh that swi m Bri ta n n ia s ’
real m gazed at it i n d ign an tly

, Ther e w as a .
titt e r b ehin d h i m an d h e voiced hi s wrat h ,
i m petuou sly .
’
“
T hat s J o e G u bb s s catch he bawl e d
’ “
S el p , .
’
’
me I d k n ow th at m a n s l u ck anywhere
,
’
.
H e tu rn e d th e fi sh over scorn fu l ly wi th hi s
'
foot an d wi th a severe glan ce at the hapl ess

, ,
G u b b s m ov e d away to som ething m ore saleabl e

, .
’ ’
“
W he r e d ye get e m from G u b b s P i n q u i re d ,
“
an aggravati n g voic e We n e ver get su ch .
’
thin gs i n ou r n ets I v e n e v e r s ee n so m e 0 ’
the m thi n gs afore .
’ ’
“
There s a lot you a i n t see n B o b Tarbu t , ,
s ai d G u b b s tu rn i n g u pon h i m a n d what y o u
,
“
’
d o se e don t d o y o u m uch good .
I d be asha m ed to bri ng hom e suc h a q ueer

’
”
l ook i ng l ot j eere d the othe r, .
“
Th e y m ay n t b e u p to m uch bu t ther e s non e
’
,
’
fi n d i ng too m u ch s trategy for sport i n a larg e

rin g at the b i d d i n g o f th e resou rc efu l i nd ivi d u al
,
who had l ast s po ke n grad ual ly m ade i t s mal ler ,
an d s mall er Two or th re e s m al l bl ows warm ed

.
the combatan ts a n d they set to work i n earnest , .
The n G u b b s u n d er a heavy bl ow from Tarb ut

, ,
wen t to the grou n d an d s tayed there .
I t was three m i n u tes b e for e h e ca m e thoroughl y

rou n d an d then he sat u p i n a dazed fashion an d
,
look e d rou n d for h is Oppone n t .
“
D i d I k i l l i m i h e i nq u ired i n a wh isper
’
, .
N0 n ot q u ite sa i d o n e o f h is frien d s gently

, , , .
G ub b s rubbed his eyes What are t hey pat .

“
tin g hi m o u the back for ? he i n q u ired eyei n g ,
the grou p who w e re m ak in g a fuss over T arbu t .
” ’
’
Cos he s won sai d his frie n d , .
G u b b s staggered to hi s feet .
” “
“
I t s n o goo d sai d the lan dl ord of the Three
’
,
”
F ishers who had ru n over to t h e scene o f the
,
’
fray ; you was n t p roperly trai n ed you k now
“
, .
N o w l ook ere I f yo u pu t yourse l f i n my hand s

’
.
, ,
”
i n three w e e ks you c an beat hi m holl er .
”
You d o as M r L ark i n s ses J oe sai d h is frien d , .
, ,
i m press ively .
“
I live d am on g p r iz e fi gh t e r s afore I co m e
”
down ere said M r L arki n s expan d i n g h is
’
, .
,
s m al l fram e I n three wee ks ti m e G u b b s

.
’
, ,
’ ”
you l l be abl e to kn ock hi m sil ly .
THE PEA C EMAKER 26 3
Well wh at abou t Tarbu t ? H e ough t to

,
“
be trained too said on e of the me n ,
F air .
’ ”
p lay s fair play any d ay .
”
“
I l l train im said an ol d e x coas tgua rdsman
’ ’
,
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”
I don t want n o trai n in g s ai d T arbu t s u rli ly
’
, ,
.
”
I ve beat i m beat i m easy
’ ’ ’
.
Wel l bea t 1 m again Tarb u t sai d one o f his

, , ,
’
frien ds “
.I l l put m y fi ve bob on you Who l l
’
.
take m e ?
F or the n ex t fi ve m in u t es heed l ess o f the ,
’
assertions of both me n that they wou l d n t fight
an y m or e bets we re freely taken Tarbu t i n
, , ,
view of h is recent success bein g a h o t favourite ,

.
A j arri n g e lem en t was i n trod uced i nto the

proceedi ngs by a sm al l el derly m an wearin g a ,
p iece of bl u e ribbon wh o p u shin g his way i n , ,
eag e rl y i n qu i r e d what i t was all abou t Nobody

,
.
troubl i n g to give hi m a correct an swer h e tried ,
to solve i t for hi m sel f an d was the n c au ght j us t , ,
in the n ick o f t i m e tryi ng to m ake the e n em ies ,
shak e hand s .
“
You go o ff to you r M oth er s M e e tin g P eter ’
,
Morgan sa i d an incen sed voi ce

, .
“ ’ ”
I t s a fi ght said the l ittl e m an rais ing his
, ,
“
voice . O h my frien ds ,
’
“
I t s n oth in g 0 the k in d said L ark in s hotly ’
, , .
“ ’
I m trai n i n g em for a race that s al l They re
’
,
’ ’
j ust goi ng to see who s th e best ru n ner ’

.
Morgan d isregard i ng the pu bl ica n l ooked to

, ,
others for i n form ation .
’ ”
I t s q u i t e ri ght sai d a bystan d er “
You , .
’
c an bel i ev e m e ca n t you P ,
“
Whe n s i t goi n g to be ? as k ed Morgan
’
.
”’
I don t k n ow s a i d th e othe r turn in g away
, , .
”
Y o u o u ght t o b e asha m ed o f you rsel ves s aid ,
“
Morgan warm ly ,
I t s b ad e n ou gh to m ake a
.
’
C ou p l e o f m e n fi ght what d on t wan t to wi thou t

’
”
tel l i ng a lot o f l ies abou t i t .
I t s n on e 0 you r b u s i n ess s ai d L ark i ns

’ ’
, ,
surl ily “
.A sk n o qu e sti on s a n d you l l hear n o ’
l ies Y o u l l g e t so m e id ea i nto that ead of

’ ’
.
”
you rs an d the n go a n d spl i t an d have it stop ped ,
.
“
I n ever tol d o f an yth i n g i n my l i fe said ,
“
M orga n sharp ly ,
My m ates here k n ow that
. .
T hat ai n t m y way My way s persu as ion an d

’
.
’
”
e xam pl e n ot forci n g peo pl e to d o what I want
, .
“ ’
There s a pu rse o fi fteen a n d s ix m ad e u p ’
for the wi n n e r sai d L ark i n s tu rn in g away an d

, ,
whisp eri n g the n ews to G u b b s Th e S pot fo r .

“
t h e p ic n ic l l be m ad e k n own later on
’
Them .
what s i n the k n ow i s respec t ful ly asked to keep

’
t h ei r m ou ths sh u t to save trou b l e al l rou n d .
H e we nt b ack to h i s bar an d the other m en , ,
a fter stan d i n g ab ou t a b it strol led off one by ,
on e t o thei r teas M r M organ was on e o f th e . .
l ast to l eave an d wen t as far as T a rb u t s door

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,
266 LIGHT FRE I GHTS
’
drea m t I k i l led Tarbu t a n it s give m e su c h a ,
’
’ ”
fright that I ve r e solved not to fi ght .
’ ”
That s al l ri ght sa i d L ark i n s briskl y ; , ,
”
d ream s al ways go by con traries .
“ ’ ”
We l l ther e a i n t m uch com fort i n th at s aid ,
G u b b s who was an x i ous to g e t bac k to h is

,
warm bed sharply , .
“
Y ou d res s an d c o m e d own said the i m ,
p e r i o u s L ark i n s
“
You ou ght to b e as h am ed
.
’
of you rsel f after al l th e troubl e I m taki n g on
”
you r behal f .
M r G u b b s rubbed h i s eyes an d pon der e d

. .
What s th e towel for ? h e de m an d ed s us

’
,
p i c i o u s l y .
“ ’
Ru b you d ow n w i th afte r y o u ve b athed ,
sai d the other .
“ ”
B ai kal ? sai d M r G a bb s with e m phasis .
, .
”
Bathed ? Wh at for ?
”
“
Train in g repl i e d M r L ark i ns,
H u rry u p . . .
’
I do n t bel ieve ol d B u l l oc k s goin g to m ake
’
” “ ’
T arbu t b athe s a i d G u b b s s h iveri n g ;
, it s ,
”
weaken in g .
“
You d o as you r e tol d sai d the au tocratic ’
,
”
L arkin s Bul l oc k d on t k now n othi n g abou t it
.
’
.
M r G u b b s sighe d an d w i th d rew h is head

.
,
an d ex p l ai n in g to h is aston is he d wife th at he
was go i n g for a l ittl e s trol l gloom i ly dressed ,
h i m sel f an d j oi ned hi s trai n er bel ow .

THE PEACEMAKER
Sho u l ders back sai d the s m al l publ ican , .
”
H ead u p .
H e led the way down to the beach an d , ,
ign ori ng t h e l ooks of avers ion wh ic h Mr G u b b s .
bestowed u pon th e s i lver sea stood by whil e he ,
d i srobe d an d picked hi s way painfu l ly over the

sh ingle to the edge of the water I t was a .
bright m orn i ng bu t som ewhat chil l an d M r

, , .
G u b b s s bre athl ess gas pi n gs fu rn i sh e d an ex

’ -
c e l l e n t cl u e to the tem p erature o f th e wate r .
”
H ow d o you feel ? in q u ired Mr L arkin s .
,
anx iously as he rubbed hi m down

,
.
”
“
I feel ill said the other sh iverin g
, ,
.
You l l fee l better w he n yo u ve had your

’ ’
ru n said L ark i n s cheeri ly

, ,
“
A d my w—w— w ot ? i nqu ired M r G u b b s
’
.
,
starin g at hi m o ff ens ively a nd rubbin g hi msel f ,
furiously w i th the towel .
“
You r ru n repeated L ark i n s sternly
,
You , .
“
d on t wan t you r coat I ll hol d that A n d m i n d

’
.
’
.
,
I d on t wan t you to go ru n n i n g l i ke a steam

’
”
en gi n e or a ru naway hors e
, .
”
I was n t goi n to sai d G u b b s
’ ’
,
.
” “
J u st t rot easy co n tin u ed the oth e r ,
for ,
ab ou t hal f a m ile Go as far as that gate over .
”
there the n rest two m i n ute s and trot back agai n
,
.
H is m an n er was so d ic t atorial that M r G u b b s .

,
rem e m berin g i n t i me his score at t h e Three “

268 LIGHT F REIGHTS
F ishers ,
swal l owed som eth in g he was goi n g to
say —an d it was n e arly s trong e n ou gh to choke
h i m —and set O ff at a stran ge we i rd gait toward s ,
th e i nd ic at e d goa l H e r e ached i t a t l ast and

.
,
after a l ong two m i n u tes started bac k again i n

r e spons e to th e s e m aphor e l ik e ap peal s of the -
e n thus iast ic L ark i n s .
“ ’
I ve got my work cu t ou t for m e I ca n see , ,
s aid t h e l att e r as h i s v ict i m pu ffi n g an d blow in g

, , ,
sat d own on the grou n d “

B u t I l l soon get .
’
you i n tri m a n d m in d you keep q u i e t abou t i t

,
.
’ ”
I d on t wan t B u l loc k to k n ow .
”
“
W h y n ot ? d em an d e d M r G u b b s . .
B ec aus e he d tr ai n Tarbu t the sam e way

’
,
sai d L ark i n s w it h a cu n n in g gri n

, .
“ ’ ’
W e l l w h y s h ou l d n t Tarbu t a v e a d oi ng
,
sa m e as m e ? s aid M r G u b b s vi n d ictive ly .
,
.
’
“
Why s houl d e b e a l ay in g i n c om fort i n i s
’
-
be d w h il e I m catc h in g c ol d bathin g an d k i l l in g
’
”
mys e l f ru n n in g ?
D on t you b e a fool sai d L arki ns a ffection
’
, ,
“
at e ly pattin g h i m on t h e shou lder Co me i nto
’
my pl ac e when you have ti m e an d I l l pu t th e ,
gl ove s o n wi th you a b i t ; an d be c are ful what

y o u eat m i n d e lse you 11 u n d o al l the good I ve
’ ’
, ,
”
don e you .
I f i t i s poss ibl e for a m an to e xp e ctorate sar e
c as t ic a l l y M r G u b b s ac hieved that feat

, . .
who was n aturall y of a retiri n g d isp os ition had ,
to tak e hi s m atu ti n al t ub befor e q u i t e a c ircl e of

ad m i rers O ppos ition on th e part of the l ad ies
.
was bal k e d by con ti n u in g to al lu d e to the a fi a i r

as a race though M rs G u b b s w ho got u p on e
, .
,
morn i ng to se e her m an ru n we n t hom e i n a stat e

,
o f m i n d bord e rin g u pon s tu pefactio n .
A n u n easy feel i n g was c aus e d by the a nx iety o f

the exc e ll e n t M r M orga n to d iscov e r th e ti me an d
.
pl ac e o f m ee ti n g No i n for m atio n was a fford ed

.
hi m an d as h e had i nd i gnan tl y den i e d any i n t e n

,
t io n o f givi n g th e al ar m th e gen tleme n i n ter e sted

,
were m u ch e x erc i se d as to the rea son s for h is

curi osity .
The battl e w as fi xed for a S aturday even i n g ,
the two trai n ers a fter m u ch wordy warfare havin g

, ,
sel ected a s i t e w hich M r L ark ins i n sisted had

.
bee n m ad e p u rposel y by N ature w i th a v iew to

a ff airs o f the k i n d L ofty cl iffs h id it from vi ew
.
,
an d the grou n d i tsel f c on siste d of turf so soft

an d spongy tha t L arki n s p red icte d that Tarbu t
wou l d bou nc e u p from i t l i k e an in d iaru b b e r bal l .
The pri n cip al s e xp ressed t h e m sel ves a s sati sfi e d ,
thou gh the ir n iggard l i n ess i n the m atte r o f than k s

for the trou bl e w h ic h had b e e n take n over th e
arran ge men ts form e d food for conversatio n fo r
the trai ners al l the way ho m e .
T he boats got i n earl y on F ri d ay aft e rn oon w it h

T H E PEACEMAKER 27 :
the ir fish The catch was s m al l an d soon d isposed

.
of a nd then the atten tive tra in ers rescu i ng their

, ,
m en from ad m irers who were feel in g thei r arm s ,
a n d p uttin g lea ding question s a s t o thei r wi n d

an d state of m in d sen t the m i n doors wi th conc ise
,
i nstruction s as t o how they were to spe n d the l ast

e ven in g L arki n s o ffic i o u s l y s e n t h is m an o ff for
.
a short sharp wal k a fter h i s tea an d l ater on

, , ,
goi ng to the q uay fou n d that B ul lock had given,
h is m an the sam e i nstru cti on s .
’
“
D on t you go worryi n g o f e m m i n d sai d
’
, ,
“
L ark i ns s t e rnly t o the grou p an l et em ha ve an ,
’ ’
easy ti m e of i t to m orrow i n the boats Both o f

-
.
”
’
e m he added generou sly
, , .
“
S pok e l i k e a Bri ton Mr L ark in s said an old ,
.
,
fi sherm an .
What I wan t is fai r pl ay an d n o favou r sai d ,
M r L ark in s
. i t s to b e a genu i n e sporti ng a ffair
’
.
N o ba d blood or anything of that ki nd A fter .
the l ittl e a ffa ir al l what go to see i t are welcom e

,
to on e d ri n k at my ex pens e .
“
I t s ti m e m y m an was bac k sai d Bullock
’
, ,
l ook in g u p t h e ro ad wh ich l ed o v er th e cl iffs “

I .
tol d h i m to go j ust as far as the grou n d an d back .
“ ’
O l d P eter M organ s gon e d own to the place
”
t o o I t hi n k
,
piped a s m al l l ad i n huge boots
, .
I s aw i m fol lowi n g o f Tarbu t

’
.
“
Th e l an dlord o f the Three F ishers s tarted
’
u n easily I t s o n m y m i n d he said in a mel a n
.
, ,
“
c h o l y voice that that bl essed O l d t e e t o t al l e r l l ’
’
hav e th e thin g s topp ed H e l l tel l th e p ol ice or .
som ethi ng .
”
N0 h e wo n t sai d t h e ol d fi she rm an who had
’
,
“ ’
spoke n be fore M e a n P e ter was boy s to gether
.
,
’ ’ ’
a n h e s n eve r d on e a nyth in g 0 that sort i n h is
l i fe B efor e ol d Peter got rel i giou s ther e was
.
n othin g he l iked b etter tha n to se e a fi ght or to ,
’ ’
take part i n on e e ithe r an i t s my O pi n ion he d ,
’
’
l ik e to see this on e on ly he d on t l i k e to say so , .
” ’
“
Wel l he won t sai d L arki n s gri mly
, it m ay , ,
“
’
be as you say bu t we re n ot goin g to take a ny ,
”
risk s .
Co nversat io n becam e general an d i n view o f ,
t h e n e arness of th e eve nt an i m ated bu t s til l the , ,
two gl ad iators fai le d to pu t i n a n appearan c e .
” ’
H e s overdo i n g i t that s what he i s said Mr
’
, , .
L ark in s re ferr i n g to th e ard e n t G u b b s

,
“
You
’
c an ave a m an too w il l i n g H e l l go an d k noc k
’
.
”
h issel f u p .
The sm al l boy ca m e u p hi s b i g boot s clatterin g ,
ov e r th e s ton es and shad i n g hi s eye s w i th h is , ,
han d s l ooked u p the road The othe r m en fol l ow

,
.
,
i n g his gaze s aw three m en a dvanc i n g l ovi n gly

,
arm i n arm toward s them

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.
I t —i t can t b e ol d M orga n wi th e m ? s ai d M r
’ ’
.
L ark in s .
27 4 LIGHT FREIGHTS
that the l ad s re m ar k as to a bi t of a scrap

’
was capabl e o f w i d e i nterp retation I n a few .
m in u tes both p art ies were face to face an d the ,
two trai n ers gaz i n g at t he ir c harges sp eechless

with i nd ign ati on .
“
Whi ch i s G u b b s ? d e m an d ed L ark i n s at last ,
i n a n u n natu ral voi ce .
The figure on M organ s right arm m an age d ’
to open an eye an d to twi st its swol len l ip s I nto

so meth ing in ten d e d for a s m i l e .
“
What ave you bee n d oin g ? voc i ferated the
’
i n ce n sed l an d lord .
”
“
F i gh t i n sai d G u b b s s peak i ng with som e
’
,
d i ffi cu l ty ; i t s al l ove r n ow I t was a d raw

’
.
,
’
an d we re goi n g to hal ve th e m on ey b e twee n
Oh,are you sai d L ark i n s b itterly

,
Wel l , .
“
,
’
you won t h ave a d am ned h a pen ny of i t What ’
.
do you m ea n by i t ? Eh ?
’ ”
“
I ll te l l you al l abou t i t sai d Morgan , ,
w ho was l ook i n g radia ntly happy I sa w .

“
Tarbu t go i n g u p th e road an d I fol l owe d h i m

an d t al k ed to h i m a n d by a n d by u p com es ,
G u b b s a n d I tal ked to hi m
,
T he n I fo u n d o u t .
what of cou rse I k n ew b e fo re that al l y o u m e n

, , ,
were tryi n g to i n du ce these p oor sou l s to k n ock

”
each other abou t fo r m on ey .
M r L ark i n s chok i n g hel pl essly l ooked sternly

.
, ,
THE PEACEMAKER
at M r M organ an d poin ted an i ncrim i nating

.
,
’
fi nger at T ar b u t s vi sage .
“
I urged e m n ot to make such a brutal show
’
”
of them selves for mon ey c on tinu ed M r Morgan ,
.
,
“
bu t they sai d a s o w they woul d G ub b s said ’
.
i t wou ld b e the e asiest thi rty five shil l ings he d -

’
ever earned an d Tarbu t said i t was hi m as was

,
’
goi n g to earn it A fter a l ittle tal k 0 t h is kind .
,
G u b b s here i t Tarbu t sm ac k i n the ey e

’
.
Tarbu t gave a fai n t groan i n con fi rmation .
“ ”
Then they both started to p e el con tinued ,
M r M organ
. .
“ ’ ’
Why d id n t you stop e m ? I n q u ire d the ex
“
coastgu ard ; i t was you r d uty as a Christian to
”
’
stop em .
“
I thought i t was better for e m to fi ght l ik e ’
that than to make a bru tal exhi bi t ion of the m

selves sai d Mr M organ with d igni ty
,
.
“
I t was ,
.
a revol ting spectac l e sho ck in g an d I m gl ad an d , ,

’
thank fu l there was n obody there b u t m e to see

’
e m m ake such brute beasts of the m selves .
A threaten i n g m ur m ur broke fro m th e crowd .
“ ”
There in that sweet secl u ded spot said M r , .
Morgan shaking h is h e a d t h e s e two m e n s t ripp e d

,
“
, ,
to the wais t k nocked one another abou t for fi fteen

,
rou nd s F i rst bl oo d fel l to Tarbu t h e got i n with

.
,
h is l eft on G u b b s s n ose then G u b b s u p with a ’

,
fearful blow an d kn ocked hi m flat I t was as .

276 LIGHT F REIGHTS
clea n a bl ow as ever I see I took T arbu t o n my .
kn ee — poor fel l ow he was d oin g wrong b ut sti l l

, ,
’
he was su fferi n g an d Peter M orga n s al ways got
,
'
a kn ee for the s u fi e re r S econ d rou n d he was .
m ore cau ti ou s a n d watch ing i s opp ortu ni ty he

,
’
cl en ched an d fel l with G u b b s u n d ern eath I t was .
a d isgu sting s pecta cle .
M r L ark i ns b e n t savagely over to M r B ul l oc k

. .
an d whis pered i n h i s c ar .
W hen ti m e wa s c a l le d —sa i d M r M orga n . .
”
Who c al l e d i t ? i n q u i red a voice with th e ,
air o f o n e m aki n g a poi n t .
” “
“
I d i d said Mr Morgan ; the re was n obod y
,
.
e l se -b oth of e m wal ked rou n d each other a b i t

’
sparri n g an d l ook i ng for Opportu n ities I t hi n k .
the thir d rou n d was the l ongest of al l B oth o f .
’
e m ke p t gettin g i n a l o t of l i ttl e kn ock s an d the n
d odgin g away agai n The n Tarb u t c augh t G u bb s .
o ne i n th e bread b a— in t h e wi nd —an d the n

-
foll ow e d u p o n hi s j aw an d k n ock ed h i m d ow n
agai n I t was a d i sgustin g spectacl e
. .
“ ’ ”
M ust ha bee n said a d ej ected vo ice
, .
A fter that th e re was twelve m o re rou nd s ,
con tin u e d the n arrator ; so m eti m es Tarbu t had

“
the b est of it an d someti mes G u b b s Both me n

, .
was very d eterm i n ed a n d fou ght very fa ir I t .
was good sol i d hard hitti ng a n d they w e r e

, ,
’
m arked al l over before t h ey d fi n i s hed O n c e .
The peacem aker s ighed an d turn i ng l ed h is

, , ,
charges gen tly away T he crowd watche d the m

.
“ ”
as far as th e Three F ishers and observi n g that
,
they d etach e d the m selves by forc e fro m the ir

gu id e an d frien d cross e d the road and foll owed
,
them i n.
FA L S E CO LO U RS
F course there is a deal of b ul lyin g done

,
at sea at ti mes sai d th en ight watchm an

”
,
-
,
thou ght fu l ly Th e m en cal l i t bu l ly i ng an the

.
“ ’
O ffi cers cal l it d isci pl i n e bu t i t s the sam e thin g

,
’
’
u n d er an other n am e S ti ll i t s fair i n a way I t
.
, .
gets passed o n from o n e to another E v e rybody .
ab oard a mo s t h a s got s om ebody to bu l ly except

’
, ,
perhaps the boy ; he as the worst o f i t u nl ess

,
’
,
’
he ca n m an age to get the s hip s cat by i tsel f
occasion al ly
’
“
I d on t th in k sa ilo r m e n m i n d bein g bull ied
-
.
’ ’
I n ever eard of i ts puttin g on e o ff i s fee d y e t ,
’ ’
an d that s th e m ai n thin g arter al l s sai d an d ,
don e .
“
F u st o ffi cers are o ften worse than s kip pers .
I n the fu st p lace they k n ow they ai n t skip pers

,
’
,
’ ’
an that alon e i s e n ou g h t o pu t e m i n a b ad
’
tem per espec ial ly i f they ve a d their c e r t ifi k it a
,
’
good m any years an d ca n t get a vacancy ’

.
“
I re m em ber a good m any yea rs ago n o w I
, ,
was l yi n g at Cal c utta o ne ti m e i n the P eew z t as

’
m
’ ’ ’
fi ne a barqu e as you d w i sh to see a n we a d a ,
fust m ate there as was a d isgrace to is sects A ’

.
nasty b u l lyi n g violent m an who u se d to cal l

, , ,
the han ds n a m es as they d id n t k n ow t h e m ean ’
i n gs of a nd what wa s n o u se l ook i n g i n the

d iction ary fo r .
“
There was on e chap aboard B il l Cou si n s as ,
h e u sed to m a ke a p a rt ic k l e r m ark o f B i l l ad .
the m is fo rt in to ave red ai r a nd th e way the ’ ’
’
m at e u sed to throw t ha t i n i s face was d i sgrace
ful F ortu n ately for u s a l l th e sk ip per was a
.
,
very dece n t s ort o f m a n so t h at th e m at e was ,
’
o nly a t i s worst when h e wasn t by
’
.
’ ’
W e was sitti n g i n the fo c s l e at te a o ne arter ’
n oo n w h en B il l Cou si n s ca m e d own an w e see

, ,
’
’ ’ ’
at on ce c d a d a tu rn w ith the m ate H e sat .
’
al l by hissel f for so m e ti m e s i m m e ri n g an th e n ,
’
O n e 0 these d ays I ll swi n g for
’
he broke ou t .
‘
i m m ark m y word s
’ ’
.
’
Don t be a fool B i ll ses j o e S m it h ,
’
, .
I f I cou l d on y m ark i m ses B il l c atch in g

’ ’
,
’
,
h is breath j u st m ark i m fai r a n s qu are I f

‘ ’ ’
.
I cou l d o n y ave i m al on e for te n m i n u tes wi th

’
,
’
n obody stan d in g by to s e e fair play But 0 .
,
c ou rs e i f I i t I m i t s m u t i ny
,
’ ’
.
’
’
You c ou l d n t d o i t i f i t was n t B i ll ses J o e
’
, ,
’
S m ith agai n .
H e wal k s about t he town as tho u gh the pl ac e

282 LIGHT F REIGHTS
to pl ea s e you ,
B i ll — it
s m y Op i n io n you re back
’ ’
in g ou t o f i t .
’
“ ’
You t e a l iar ses B il l
‘ ’
, .
’
Wel l I v e got so m e stu ff i n a can as m ight
,
b e boil ed d ow n H i n d oo for al l y o u cou l d tel l to

-
’
th e d i ffe re n ce se s the c arp en t e r ; an d i f you l l
,
‘ ’
keep that u gly m ou th o f you rs shut I l l pai n t ,

’
’
you mysel f .
“
We l l B i l l was a bi t flatte re d t he carpen ter
, ,
b e ing a very su peri or sort of a m an an d q u ite an ,
arti st i n is way a n B ill sa t d own an let i m d o

’
,
’ ’ ’
i m with som e stu ff ou t of a ca n that m ad e i m

’ ’
’
look l i k e a H i n doo wh at a d been pol ishe d T he n .
B ob P ul l i n was d on e too an when they d got

’ ’
,
t h e ir tu rb i n s on th e chan ge i n their appearanc e,
was won d erfu l .
F eel s a b i t sti ff s e s B i l l worki n g i s m ou th ’ ’

.
, ,
’ ’
That l l w e ar off ses the carpe n ter ; i t ,
‘
’ ’ ’
wou ld n t be y ou i f you d id n t ave a gru m bl e B il l ’
, .
A n d m i n d an d do n t s pare i m B il l ses J oe ’ ’
,
’
, .
’ ’
‘
Ther e s two of you a n if you on ly d o wot s ,
’
’
expected of you the m ate ou ght to ave a e asy ,
t i me abed thi s
’ ’
L et the m ate s tart fust ses Ted H i l l He s , .
‘
’
su re to start o n y o u i f you on ly get i n i s way .
L ord I d l i k e to se e h is fac e whe n you start

,
’
on i m
’
“
We l l the two o f e m we n t a shore arter dark
,
’
FALSE C O LO URS 283
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with the best wishe s 0 al l on board an the res t ,
’
’
of u s sat down i n the fo c s le s p e k e rl a t i n g as to ’ ’
what sort 0 tim e the m ate was goi n to ave H e

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wen t ashore al l right b eca us e Te d H i l l s e e i m ,

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go an h e n oticed wi th p a rt ic k l er pl e asu re as o w
,
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he was d re ss e d v e ry carefu l .
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I t m u st ha bee n n ear el e ven o cl ock I wa s .
s i tti ng w i th S m ith on the port sid e 0 th e gal ley ’
’
whe n we heard a u b b u b approachi ng the ship .
I t was the m at e j u s t com ing aboard H e was .
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wi thou t i s at ; i s n ec ktie was twisted rou nd is
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ear and i s shirt an d i s col l ar was al l torn to

,
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shred s The secon d a n d th ird o ffi cers ra n u p to

.
hi m to s e e w hat was the m atter an d w h i l e he ,
was tel l in g them u p com es the s k i pper , .
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You do n t m ea n to tel l m e M r F i n gal l ses
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the ski pper i n surp rise that you v e bee n kn oc ked

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abou t l i ke that by the m m i l d an d m e ek H in doos P

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H in d oos s ir ? roare d th e m ate
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, C e rt n l y .
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n ot s i r I v e been assau l te d li k e thi s by fi ve
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Germa n sail o r m en A n d I l ick ed e m al l -
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I m gl ad to h ear that ses the s k ipper ; an d

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the secon d an d t h ird pats th e m at e on the back

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j u st l i k e you p at a dog you d on t know .
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Big fe l l ows t h ey was ses h e a n the y give , ,
’
m e som e troubl e L ook at my e y e l .

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T he secon d o ffi cer stru c k a m atch an d look e d
at i t a n d i t c e rt n y was a beau ty
,
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2 84 LI GHT F REIGHTS
I h ope you reporte d th is at t h e pol ice

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stat ion P s e s the sk i ppe r .
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No s i r s e s the m ate h ol d i n g u p is ead
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I d on t wan t n o p l ic e to protect m e F ive s a
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larg e n u mbe r bu t I d rove e m o ff an d I don t ,
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thi nk they l l m e dd l e w ith a ny B ri ti sh fu st o ffic e rs

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agai n .
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You d better tu r n i n ses the s e con d l e ad in g
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h i m o ff by the arm .
“
T h e m ate l i m p e d o ff w i th hi m a n d a s soon ,
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as the c oast was c l ear w e pu t ou r ead s together
a n d tri ed to m ak e ou t h ow i t was t hat Bil l
Cous i ns an d B ob ad chan ge d the m s e lves i n to ’
fi ve G e rm an s ail or m e n -
.
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I t s the m at e s p ri d e s e s t he carpen t e r
’
He , .
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d id n t l i k e bei n g k n oc ked abou t by H in d oos
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.
We t h ou gh t i t was that b u t we had to wai t ,
n e arly a n oth e r h ou r a fore th e two ca m e aboard ,
to m ak e s ure T her e was a d i ffere nce i n th e way .
they cam e aboard too from that o f the m ate , ,

.
Tit ty d id n t m ak e n o n oi se an d the fu st t h in g we
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k n ew o f t h e i r co m i n g aboard was seein g a bare ,
’ ’ ’
blac k foot wav in g feebl y at th e top of the fo c s l e
lad d e r fe e l in for the s tep be l ow ’
.
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That wa s B ob H e cam e d own w ithou t a .
word an d the n w e se e e was hol d i n g an other

,
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bl ack foot a n d gu i d i n g i t to where i t shoul d go .
That was B il l a n of al l the o rr id l im p l ook i n g ,

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H e gave a groan a nd tu rn e d over i n hi s b u n k ,
a n d whe n w e asked h i m s om e m ore abou t it h e ,
swore at u s T hey b oth s ee m ed q u ite d on e u p

.
,
an d at l ast th ey d ropp e d o ff to s l ee p j u st as they

was wi tho ut eve n stop p in g to wa sh the bl ac k o ff
,
o r to u n d res s the m sel ve s .
I was awok e r ather early i n the morn in g by

the sou n d s o f so m ebod y t al k i n g to the m sel v e s ,
an d a l ittl e sp l ashi n g o f water I t se e m ed to go .
o n a l on g w h il e a n d at l ast I l ean e d ou t of my
,
b un k a n d see B il l b end i n g ov e r a b uc ke t an d
washin g hi m sel f an d u si n g bad l an g wid ge .
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Wot s th e m atter B i l l ? ses J oe yawn in g, ,
and s i ttin g u p i n b e d .
My s k i n s that te n d er I ca n h ard ly t ouch

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i t s e s B i l l b e n d in g d own an d ri nsing i s face
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I s i t al l orf ?
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O rf ? ses j o e ; n o 0 course i t ai n t Why
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d on t y o u u s e so m e soap
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an swer s B il l m ad l i ke ; w h y I ve -
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,
u sed m ore soa p than I ve u se d for s i x m on ths

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i n the ord i n ary way .
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That s n o good ses J oe ; give you rsel f a
,
‘
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good wash .
B il l put d ow n the s oa p the n very car e fu l an d ,
we n t over to i m a nd tol d hi m al l the d read fu l

’
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thin gs he d d o to h i m wh e n he got stron g agi n ,
an d the n B o b P u l l i n got ou t o f his bu n k a n a d ’ ’

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a t ry o n k zs face H i m an B il l kep t washi n g .
,
an d the n tak i n g each other to th e l igh t and tryin g

to bel ieve i t was com i n g o ff u n ti l they got sic k
o f i t a n d then B ill e u p wi th h is foot a n d
, ,
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caps ized the buc ket and wal ked u p an d d own ,
the fo c s l e ravi n g
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.
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Wel l the carpen ter pu t i t on ses a voice
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m ake i m tak e i t orf ’
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You woul d n t bel i eve the j o b we a d to wake

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that m an u p H e was n t fairly wo k e t il l he was
.
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haule d ou t of is bu n k an set d own opposite
them two pore bl ac k fel lers a n tol d to m ake e m ’ ’
white agai n .
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I don t bel ieve as there s anythin g wil l
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touch it he says at last ,

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I fo rgot al l abou t ,
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that .
D o y o u mean to s ay bawl s B il l that we ve

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got to b e bl ac k a l l the res t of ou r l i fe ? ’
C e r t n l y n ot ses the carpe n ter i n d i gn an tly

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i t l l wear o ff i n ti m e ; shavi n g every m orn ing l l
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el p i t I shou l d say,
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I l l get m y ra zor n o w ses B il l i n a aw fu l
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voi ce ; d on t let i m go B o b ‘
I l l ac k i s
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head orf .
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H e ac tual ly wen t o ff an got h is razor bu t ’
, ,
0 cou rse we j u mpe d ou t o f o u r bu nk s an d got

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betwee n e m an d tol d hi m plain ly that i t was n ot

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to be an d then we set em d own an d tried e very

,
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2 88 LIGHT F REI GHTS
th ing we cou l d thin k of from b u tter an d l i n s e e d ,
oil to col d tea l eave s us e d as a pou l tic e an d a l l

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i t d i d was to m ak e e m s hi ni e r an shi n ier ’ ’

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I t s n o good i tel l you ses the carp en ter
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i t s t h e m ost las ti n g bl ack I k now I f I t ol d .
you how m u c h that stu ff i s a can yo u wou l d n t ,

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bel i eve m e .
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Well you re i n i t s es B ill his voice al l o f
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a tre mb l e ; you d on e i t s o a s we c ou l d kn oc k
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t h e m at e abou t W hateve r s d on e to u s l l b e
.
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d one to you too .
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I d on t thi n k t u r p s l l tou c h i t s e s th e
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,
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carpe n t er ge ttin g u p bu t we l l ave a try
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H e wen t an d fetched th e ca n an d poured
so m e ou t o n a b it 0 rag an d tol d B il l to d ab ’
h is fac e with i t B il l give a d ab a n d the n ex t

.
,
m omen t he ru she d over w i th a screa m an d buried

his hea d i n a shi rt wot S i m m ons was weari n g
at the ti m e a n d b ega n to w ip e h is face wit h i t .
The n he left t h e fl u s t e r e d S i m mon s a n shov e d ’
a nother c hap away fro m the b uck et an d buri e d

h is face i n i t an d k ic ke d an d carried on l ike a
’
m ad m an The n e j u m p ed i nto his bu n k a gai n
.
an d buried i s fac e i n the cl othe s a n d rocke d

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h issel f an d m oa ne d as i f he was dy i n g .
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D o n t you u se i t B ob h e ses a t l a st
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Ta i n t l i kel y s es B ob I t s a good thin g
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you tri ed i t fu s t B i ll , .
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A ve they tried holy sto n e ? ses a voice -
from a bu n k .
No they a in t ses B ob s napp ishly

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an d ,
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what s more th ey ai n t goi n to
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Both 0 their tem pers was so b ad that we let
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the subject drop whil e we was at break fast The .
o r k a r d p e r s it io n of a ffairs cou l d n o l on ger be d is
regarded F ust one chap threw ou t a i n t an d

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the n an other grad ually gettin g a l ittl e stron ger

,
a n d stron ger u n til Bi l l tu rn ed rou nd i n a u n c o m

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fo r t a b l e way an d requ este d of u s to leave o ff

tal kin g with our m ouths fu l l an d speak u p l i ke
En gl ishm en wot we m ean t .
You see i t s this way B i l l ses J oe soft l i k e

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A s soon as the m ate see s you there l l be trouble
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for all of u s .
F o r al l of u s repeats B il l n od d in g
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Whereas ses j o e l ook ing rou n d for support

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i f we gets u p a l i ttl e col lecti on fo r you an d you
shoul d fi n d it conve n i en t to d e s ar t
E ar ear ses a l o t 0 voi ces
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B ravo j o e
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O h d es a r t i s i t ses B i ll ; a n where are we ‘ ’

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goi n to d e s a rt to P
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Wel l that we l eave to you ses J o e ; there s

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m any a ship short an ded as woul d b e gl ad to -
pic k u p s ich a C ou pl e of pri m e sai l or men a s you -
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an Bo b f
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Ah , an wot abou t ou r bl ac k faces ? ’
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290 LIGHT FREIGHTS
Bi l l s till i n the sam e s n eeri n g u ngrate ful sort

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0 voice
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That can be go t over ses j o e , .
ses B il l a n d B o b togethe r .
S hip a s n igger cook s ses j o e sl app i n g hi s -

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k n e e an d look i n g rou n d triu m phan t .
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I t s n o good tryi n g to d o some peopl e a
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k i nd n ess J oe was perfectly s i n cere a n d nobody

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cou l d s ay bu t wot i t was n t a good i d ea bu t ’

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0 cou rse M r B il l Cous i n s m u st con s i d er hissel f

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i nsu l ted an d I ca n o n ly su pp os e tha t the troubl e

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he d go n e through a d a ffecte d h is brai n L i ke
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w ise B o b Pu l l i n s A n y way that s the on ly ’

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excu se I ca n m ake for em T o cu t a l on g ’

.
story short nobody a d an y m ore break fast a n d

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n o t i m e to d o a nyt hi ng u n ti l the m two m e n was

scrou ged u p i n a corner a n el d there u n abl e to ’ ’
m ove .
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I d n ever ave d on e em s es th e carpen ter
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arte r it was al l over i f I d k n own they was ,

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goin to carry on l ike this They wan ted to b e .
d on e )
The m ate l l h al f m urd er em ses Te d H il l ’ ’
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H e l l ave e m s en t to gaol that s wot ’
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h e ll do
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ses S mi th , I t s a seriou s m atter to .
go ashore an d com mi t assau l t a n d b atte ry o n

the m at e .
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Yo u r e al l i n i t ses the voice 0 B il l from the

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Go an se n d e m u p se s the m ate to S m i th ,
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Yessir ses J oe withou t m ovi ng

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Wel l go on th en roars the m ate
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They ai n t over a n d above wel l s ir thi s , ,
morn i n g s es J oe ,
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S en d e m u p con fou n d you ses the m at e ,
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l i m p in g toward s i m ’
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Well j o e give is shou l d ers a e l p l e s s sort
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0 shru g a n d wal ked forward an d bawl e d d own
the
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They re com i n g s i r he ses wal k ing back t o , , ,
the m ate j u st as the s k ipper cam e ou t of i s ’
cabi n .
W e al l we n t o n with ou r wo rk as ard as we ’
k n e w o w The s k ipper was tal king to the m ate

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abou t is i nj uries a n d saying u n k i n d thin gs

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ab ou t Ge rm an s whe n he gi ve a sort of a s hou t

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an d staggere d bac k s tari ng We j u s t l ooked .
rou n d an d th e re was the m two bl ackam oors

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com in g s l owly towa rd s u s .
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Goo d heave ns M r F in gal l ses the ol d m an , .
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W h at s this ’
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I n ever se e s i ch a look o n any m an s face
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as I s aw on the m ate s then Three ti m es e .
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open e d i s m ou th to speak an d shu t i t agi n

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withou t s ayi n g a nyth i n g T he ve i n s on is .

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forehead s wel led u p tre m e n dou s an d i s ch ee k s
was al l blown ou t p u rp le .
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That s B i ll Cou s i n s hair ses the s ki pper

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to hi msel f I t s Bi l l Cous i n s hair

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I t s B il l
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Cou s
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Bob wal ked u p to hi m wi th B il l lagging ,
a l ittl e way behi n d an d then he s tops j ust ,
i n fron t of i m an d fetches u p a sort 0 l ittle

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s m i le .
D on t you m ak e those faces at m e si r roars

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the sk ipper What d o you m e an by i t ? What

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have you bee n doi n g to yourselves

sir ses B il l u mb l y ; i t was d one
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to u s .
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The ca rpen ter who was j ust goi ng to C ooper ,
up a cask which ad started a bit shook l i k e a ’

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l ea f a nd gave B il l a l ook that wou l d ha m el ted

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a ston e .
Who d i d it ? ses the sk ipper ’

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We ve be e n the wic t i m s of a cru e l outrage

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sir ses B il l d oi n g al l e coul d to avoi d the m ate s
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eye wh ich wou l d n t b e avoided

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S o I shou l d thi n k s es the sk ipper You ve ’ ‘ ’

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bee n kn oc ked abou t too , .

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s es B i l l very respectful ; m e and ,

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Bob was as hore l as t n i ght sir j u st for a qu iet , ,
l ook roun d whe n we was set on to by fi ve,
fu rri ners .
Wiza t ? s es the s k ipp e r ; an d I won t repeat

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what the m ate s aid .

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We fought e m a s l on g a s we cou l d s ir s es ,
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B il l then we was b oth k n oc ked senseless an d

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whe n w e cam e to ou rs e lve s we was m e ssed u p

l ike th i s ere ’
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What sort 0 m e n were they ? ask e d the ’
s k ipper getti n g exc ited

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S ail or m en si r s es B ob putti n g i n hi s
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spok e D u t c h ie s or Ge rm an s o r so m ething 0
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that s ort .
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Was t he re o n e tal l m an wi t h a fair b eard ,
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s e s the s kipp er gettin g m ore an d m ore exc i ted , .
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Yess ir se s B i ll i n a s u rpri sed sort 0 vo ice
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S am e gan g s es the s kipper “

S a m e gan g ’
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as knoc k e d M r F i n gal l abou t you m ay d epen d .

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u po n i t M r F i n gal l i t s a m ercy for you you
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d i d n t ge t you r face bl acke d too

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I thou gh t th e m ate wou l d ha b urst I can t ’

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u n d erstan d how any m a n cou l d swe l l as h e

swel l ed withou t bu rsti n g .
I d on t b el ieve a word o f i t he s es at l a st
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W hy n o t ? ses the s ki pp er sha rpl y ’

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Well I d on t s es the m ate hi s voi ce tre m
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bl in g with passion I ave m y reason s .
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I s pose yo u d on t th i n k thes e two poor
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fe ll ows we n t an d bl ack ed the m sel v e s for fu n ,
d o you ? ses the s k i pper

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The m ate c o u l d n t an swer ’
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L I G HT F R E I G HT S

XVIT H T W ELV E I LLU S T R A T I O N S

HE K E PT BEH ND C I 49, AND C O NT E NTED I

T HERE W AS U NPL E ASAN T N E S S A LL R O U ND TH E N

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m an thou ghtfu l l y as h e selecte d a n e m pty

soap box o n th e wharf for a seat the whol e

worl d wo u l d be d i fferen t i f we a l l a d m ore of i t

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at the sam e t i m e the e fforts of a som ewhat l arge

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fast he tu rned h is eye s back aga i n a n d resu med

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fol ler i m u p the road to see i m k nock d own

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to the fust pol ice m an e m et an then c d poi nt ’

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the s tate m e n t o f the watch m an at the n ext wharf

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