Category: Short Stories
AN ODD FREAK A QUESTION OF HABIT HARD LABOUR A GARDEN PLOT PRIVATE CLOTHES THE BULLY OF THE “CAVENDISH” THE RESURRECTION OF MR. WIGGETT A MARKED MAN TO HAVE AND TO HOLD BREVET RANK TWIN SPIRITS SAM’S BOY A WILL AND A WAY JERRY BUNDLER THE PEACEMAKER FALSE COLOURS
“’E went off in a huff, an’ next morning ’e was so disagreeable that Sam an’ Peter went and signed on board a steamer called the _Penguin_, which was to sail the day arter. They...
12. Chapter 12“He sat down and took out the will and put on ’is spectacles. Then ’e spread it out on the table and took a glass o’ gin and water and began to read.
14. Chapter 14The crowd, with bated breath, stepped out to meet them, Larkins and Bullock leading. It was evident that the two heroes were clinging to Mr. Morgan more for support than from an...
2. Chapter 2“There was three or four ’undered people standing in front of the ’ouse, and women’s ’eads out of all the winders screaming their ’ardest for the police, and as they got closer...
7. Chapter 7To the landlord’s great annoyance his guest went for a walk next morning and did not return until the evening, when he explained that he had walked too far for his crippled cond...
5. Chapter 5Private Bliss took his head away, and holding it very erect, took in his belt a little and walked slowly up and down the deck. Then he went to the water-cask and took a long dri...
1. Chapter 1AN ODD FREAK A QUESTION OF HABIT HARD LABOUR A GARDEN PLOT PRIVATE CLOTHES THE BULLY OF THE “CAVENDISH” THE RESURRECTION OF MR. WIGGETT A MARKED MAN TO HAVE AND TO HOLD BREVET R...
4. Chapter 4“Henery walked off offended, and Bill went on with his digging. He wouldn’t go to work, and ’e ’ad his breakfast in the garden, and his wife spent all the morning in the front a...
3. Chapter 3His wife went out and got a paper, and Mr. Pinner, who was unable to read, watched her anxiously as she looked through it. It was evident, at length, that his prowess of the pre...
10. Chapter 10Mrs. Cox sighed, and, leaving the room, returned with a bottle of wine which was port to the look and red-currant to the taste, and a seedcake of formidable appearance. The visi...
9. Chapter 9“’Cos he must have artificial light, George,” said the skipper. “He lets me a little bit into the secret, you know, an’ he told me he likes to have the men a bit dazed-like first.”
11. Chapter 11Mr. Legge stopped suddenly, and, putting his hand on Mr. Green’s shoulder, gaspingly expressed his inability to go any farther. Mr. Green, patting his back, said he knew how he...
6. Chapter 6“Ned wasn’t much of a fighter, and I ’alf expected to see ’im do a bolt up on deck and complain to the skipper. He did look like it for a moment, then he stood up, looking a bit...
13. Chapter 13The waiter obeyed hastily. Hirst, a ludicrous but pitiable figure in knee-breeches and coat, a large wig all awry and his face a mess of grease paint, clung to him, trembling.
15. Chapter 15“He turned away and went below, and the skipper arter reading us all a little lecture on getting into fights without reason, sent the two chaps below agin and told ’em to turn i...