Light Freights [Paperback]

W. W. Jacobs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2008

LIGHT FREIGHTS - CONTENTS - AN ODD FREAK A QUESTION OF IIARIT . IIARII LABOUR A GARDEN PLOT . PRIVATE CLOTHES . TI1E ELL1. Y OF TIIE CtlIrEKDISII THE RESURRECTION OF XIR. IVIGGICTI . A hfrlRKED hlAS TO HAVE ASD 1 0 HOLD . BREVET RASE T VIN SPIRITS . SA IS BOY . A IVILL ASD A WAY JERRY RCSDLER , It IEACEJfAKER , FALSE COLOURS PAGE . b b I LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XOW YOU I. OOK MORE I. IKE TIIE GAI. YOUR FATIIEK ISEI 10 KSO V . . Z. i-otrf ispitcc NOT IIAI S, I O E SES l I I . 6 I LIGHT FREIGHTS AN ODD FREAK PEAKING o money, said the night-watch- S man, thoughtfully, as he selected an empty soap-box on the wharf for a seat, the whole world would be different if we all ad more of it. It would be a brighter and a appier place for everybody. He broke off , to open a small brass tobacco box and place a little quid of tobacco tenderly into a pouch in his left cheek, critically observing at the same time the efforts of a somewhat large steamer to get alongside the next wharf without blocking up more than three-parts of the river. He watched it as though the entire operation depended upon his attention, and, the steamer fast, he turned his eyes back again and resumed his theme. v Of course it S the being short that sharpens people, he admitted, thoughtfully the sharpest man I ever knew never ad a hapenny in is pocket, and the ways e had o getting other chqps to pay for is beer would ha made is fortin at the law if 8 e d only ad the eddication. Playful little chap e was. I ve seen men wt didnt know im stand im a pot o beer and then foller im up the road to see im knock down a policeman as e d promised. They d foller im to the fust policeman e met, anJ then ed point them out and say they were goinJ to half kill im, an the policeman ud just stroll up an ask em wot they were anging about for, but I never eard of a chap telling im. They used to go away struck all of a eap. He died in the accident ward of the London Horsepittle, poor chap. He shook his head thoughtfully, and ignoring the statement of the watchman at the next wharf that it was a fine evening, shifted his quid and laughed rumblingly. The funniest way o raising the wind I ever eard of, he said, in explanation, was one that appened about fifteen years ago. I d just taken my discharge as A. B. from the North Star, trading between here and the Australian ports, and the men wot the thing appened to was S. jpmates o mine, although ony firemen. I know it S a true story, becos I was in it a little bit myself, and the other part I ad from all of em, and besides, they didnt see anything

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Read Books (January 31, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1408617153
• ISBN-13: 978-1408617151
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces

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