# Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2)

Author: Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry), 1790-1846

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76867

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tough+yarns%2C+vol.+2+%28of+2%29+Barker&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I wish my young readers had been acquainted with my worthy and excellent father, for he cared not a snap of the finger for ghosts and hobgoblins, and he would actually walk through a churchyard at midnight without feeling the smallest particle of fear. Now, it may be supposed that his children (of whom I was the third) were naturally as courageous as their father; but from certain circumstances this was not the case. For whilst my worthy sire would have bidden defiance to a whole army of apparitions, myself and my brothers (there were five of us) would tremble at every noise after dusk, and when we were in bed, bury our faces in the blankets, lest something alarming should appear: nay mor...

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tough-yarns-vol-2-of-2-76867/chapters/13/index.md)