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A Tiger's Skin The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 8. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
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Title: A Tiger's Skin
The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 8.
Author: W.W. Jacobs
Release Date: April 22, 2004 [EBook #12128]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A TIGER'S SKIN ***
Produced by David Widger
THE LADY OF THE BARGE
AND OTHER STORIES
By W. W. Jacobs
BOOK 8
A TIGER'S SKIN
The travelling sign-painter who was repainting the sign of the Cauliflower
was enjoying a well-earned respite from his labours. On the old table under the shade of the elms mammoth sandwiches and a large slice of cheese waited in an untied handkerchief until such time as his thirst should be satisfied. At the other side of the table the oldest man in Claybury, drawing gently at a long clay pipe, turned a dim and regretful eye up at the old signboard.
I've drunk my beer under it for pretty near seventy years,
he said, with a sigh. It's a pity it couldn't ha' lasted my time.
The painter, slowly pushing a wedge of sandwich into his mouth, regarded him indulgently.
It's all through two young gentlemen as was passing through 'ere a month or two ago,
continued the old man; they told Smith, the landlord, they'd been looking all over the place for the 'Cauliflower,' and when Smith showed 'em the sign they said they thought it was the 'George the Fourth,' and a very good likeness, too.
The painter laughed and took another look at the old sign; then, with the nervousness of the true artist, he took a look at his own. One or two shadows—
He flung his legs over the bench and took up his brushes. In ten minutes the most fervent loyalist would have looked in vain for any resemblance, and
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