Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943 / 2008-07-03 00:00:00
EBOOK MANY CARGOES ***
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MANY CARGOES
BY
W.W. JACOBS
Second Edition
New York
1894
CONTENTS
A CHANGE OF TREATMENT
A LOVE PASSAGE
THE CAPTAIN'S EXPLOIT
CONTRABAND OF WAR
A BLACK AFFAIR
THE SKIPPER OF THE "OSPREY"
IN BORROWED PLUMES
THE BOATSWAIN'S WATCH
LOW WATER
IN MID-ATLANTIC
AFTER THE INQUEST
IN LIMEHOUSE REACH
AN ELABORATE ELOPEMENT
THE COOK OF THE "GANNET"
A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
A CASE OF DESERTION
OUTSAILED
MATED
THE RIVAL BEAUTIES
MRS. BUNKER'S CHAPERON
A HARBOUR OF REFUGE
A CHANGE OF TREATMENT
"Yes, I've sailed under some 'cute skippers in my time," said the night-
watchman; "them that go down in big ships see the wonders o' the deep,
you know," he added with a sudden chuckle, "but the one I'm going to
tell you about ought never to have been trusted out without 'is ma. A
good many o' my skippers had fads, but this one was the worst I ever
sailed under.
"It's some few years ago now; I'd shipped on his barque, the John
Elliott, as slow-going an old tub as ever I was aboard of, when I wasn't
in quite a fit an' proper state to know what I was doing, an' I hadn't
been in her two days afore I found out his 'obby through overhearing a
few remarks made by the second mate, who came up from dinner in a hurry
to make 'em.
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