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NIGHT WATCHES by W.W. Jacobs HIS OTHER SELF "They're as like as two peas, him and 'is brother," said the night- watchman, gazing blandly at the indignant face of the lighterman on the barge be...

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS SAM'S GHOST Yes, I know, said the night-watchman, thoughtfully, as he sat with a cold pipe in his mouth gazing across the river.

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE [Illustration: "The Boatswain's Mate"] Mr. George Benn, retired boat-swain, sighed noisily, and with a despondent gesture, turned to the door ...

AT SUNWICH PORT BY W. W. JACOBS Part 2. ILLUSTRATIONS From Drawings by Will Owen CHAPTER VI For the first few days after his return Sunwich was full of surprises to Jem Hardy.

NIGHT WATCHES by W.W. Jacobs THE UNKNOWN "Handsome is as 'andsome does," said the night-watchman.

THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs AN ADULTERATION ACT Dr. Frank Carson had been dreaming tantalizing dreams of cooling, effervescent beverages.

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs "MANNERS MAKYTH MAN" The night-watchman appeared to be out of sorts.

SAILORS' KNOTS By W.W. Jacobs 1909 ODD MAN OUT The night watchman pursed up his lips and shook his head.

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE TEMPTATION OF SAMUEL BURGE [Illustration: "The Temptation of Samuel Burge."] Mr. Higgs, jeweller, sat in the small parlour behind his shop, gazing hungrily at ...

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs GOOD INTENTIONS "Jealousy; that's wot it is," said the night-watchman, trying to sneer-- "pure jealousy."

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs ADMIRAL PETERS Mr. George Burton, naval pensioner, sat at the door of his lodgings gazing in placid content at the sea.

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE WHITE CAT [Illustration: "The White Cat."] The traveller stood looking from the tap-room window of the _Cauliflower_ at the falling rain.

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS DIRTY WORK It was nearly high-water, and the night-watchman, who had stepped aboard a lighter lying alongside the wharf to smoke a pipe, sat with half-closed eyes e...

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs BOB'S REDEMPTION [Illustration: "Bob's Redemption."] "GRATITOODE!"

DIALSTONE LANE By W.W. Jacobs Part V. CHAPTER XVIII Month by month the _Fair Emily_ crept down south.

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs FOR BETTER OR WORSE Mr. George Wotton, gently pushing the swing doors of the public bar of the "King's Head" an inch apart, applied an eye to the aperture, in th...

THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs A MIXED PROPOSAL Major Brill, late of the Fenshire Volununteers, stood in front of the small piece of glass in the hatstand, and with...

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs ESTABLISHING RELATIONS Mr. Richard Catesby, second officer of the ss.

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS THE CONVERT Mr. Purnip took the arm of the new recruit and hung over him almost tenderly as they walked along; Mr. Billing, with a look of conscious virtue on his j...

SAILORS' KNOTS By W.W. Jacobs 1909 PRIZE MONEY The old man stood by the window, gazing at the frozen fields beyond.

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs THE GUARDIAN ANGEL [Illustration: "The lodger was standing at the foot o' Ginger's bed, going through 'is pockets."] The night-watchman shook his head.

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs CAPTAINS ALL [Illustration: "Captains All."] Every sailorman grumbles about the sea, said the night-watchman, thoughtfully.

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS SHAREHOLDERS Sailor man--said the night-watchman, musingly--a sailorman is like a fish he is safest when 'e is at sea.

THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs THREE AT TABLE The talk in the coffee-room had been of ghosts and apparitions, and nearly everybody present had contributed his mite ...

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE MADNESS OF MR. LISTER [Illustration: "The Madness of Mr. Lister."] Old Jem Lister, of the _Susannah,_ was possessed of two devils--the love of strong drink and...

SAILORS' KNOTS By W.W. Jacobs 1909 DOUBLE DEALING Mr. Fred Carter stood on the spacious common, inhaling with all the joy of the holiday-making Londoner the salt smell of the sea below, and...

NIGHT WATCHES by W.W. Jacobs THE UNDERSTUDY The Understudy "Dogs on board ship is a nuisance," said the night-watchman, gazing fiercely at the vociferous mongrel that had chased him from the...

NIGHT WATCHES By W.W. Jacobs THE WEAKER VESSEL Mr. Gribble sat in his small front parlour in a state of angry amazement.

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs [Illustration: "Can I 'ave it took off while I eat my bloater, mother?"] FINE FEATHERS Mr. Jobson awoke with a Sundayish feeling, probably due to the fact that...

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs [Illustration: "As I was a-saying, kindness to animals is all very well"] WATCH-DOGS "It's a'most the only enj'yment I've got left," said the oldest inhabitant,...

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs FRIENDS IN NEED R. Joseph Gibbs finished his half-pint in the private bar of the Red Lion with the slowness of a man unable to see where the next was coming from...

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs [Illustration: Mr. Chase, with his friend in his powerful grasp, was doing his best, as he expressed it, to shake the life out of him] FAIRY GOLD "Come and ha...

SAILORS' KNOTS By W.W. Jacobs 1909 SENTENCE DEFERRED [Illustration: "An elderly man with a wooden leg, who joined the indignant officer in the pursuit."] Fortunately for Captain Bligh, the...

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs BREAKING A SPELL "Witchcraft?"

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs LAWYER QUINCE Lawyer Quince, so called by his neighbours in Little Haven from his readiness at all times to place at their disposal the legal lore he had acquired from...

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs DIXON'S RETURN Talking about eddication, said the night-watchman, thoughtfully, the finest eddication you can give a lad is to send 'im to sea.

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS HUSBANDRY Dealing with a man, said the night-watchman, thoughtfully, is as easy as a teetotaller walking along a nice wide pavement; dealing with a woman is like th...

DIALSTONE LANE By W.W. Jacobs Part IV. CHAPTER XIV Mrs. Chalk watched the schooner until it was a mere white speck on the horizon, a faint idea that it might yet see the error of its ways and...

CHAPTER I Mr. Edward Tredgold sat in the private office of Tredgold and Son, land and estate agents, gazing through the prim wire blinds at the peaceful High Street of Binchester.

BY W. W. JACOBS CONTENTS THE CHANGELING MIXED RELATIONS HIS LORDSHIP ALF'S DREAM A DISTANT RELATIVE THE TEST IN THE FAMILY A LOVE-KNOT HER UNCLE THE DREAMER ANGELS' VISITS A CI...

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS MADE TO MEASURE Mr. Mott brought his niece home from the station with considerable pride.

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs DUAL CONTROL "Never say 'die,' Bert," said Mr. Culpepper, kindly; "I like you, and so do most other people who know what's good for 'em; and if Florrie don't lik...

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs THE BEQUEST R. Robert Clarkson sat by his fire, smoking thoughtfully.

DEEP WATERS By W.W. JACOBS PAYING OFF My biggest fault, said the night-watchman, gloomily, has been good nature.

SHIP'S COMPANY By W.W. Jacobs [Illustration: 'I tell you, I am as innercent as a new-born babe'.] SKILLED ASSISTANCE The night-watchman, who had left his seat on the jetty to answer the gat...

SAILORS' KNOTS By W.W. Jacobs 1909 DESERTED "Sailormen ain't wot you might call dandyfied as a rule," said the night- watchman, who had just had a passage of arms with a lighterman and been...

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE NEST EGG [Illustration: "The Nest Egg."] "Artfulness," said the night-watch-man, smoking placidly, "is a gift; but it don't pay always.

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs ODD CHARGES Seated at his ease in the warm tap-room of the Cauliflower, the stranger had been eating and drinking for some time, apparently unconscious of the presence...

ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs THE THIRD STRING Love?

THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs A TIGER'S SKIN The travelling sign-painter who was repainting the sign of the "Cauliflower" was enjoying a well-earned respite from h...