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The Castaway Odd Craft, Part 2. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
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Title: The Castaway
Odd Craft, Part 2.
Author: W.W. Jacobs
Release Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12202]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CASTAWAY ***
Produced by David Widger
1909
PART 2.
List of Illustrations
Mrs. John Boxer Stood at the Door of The Shop With Her Hands Clasped on Her Apron.
'Well, Look 'ere,' Said Mr. Boxer, 'i've Told You My Story and I've Got Witnesses to Prove It.'
There is Something Forming over You.
Ah! What is This? a Piece of Wreckage With A Monkey Clinging to It?
'Have You Left Anything Inside That You Want?' She Inquired.
'You Villain!' Cried Mrs. Gimpson, Violently. 'i Always Distrusted You.'
THE CASTAWAY
Mrs. John Boxer stood at the door of the shop with her hands clasped on her apron. The short day had drawn to a close, and the lamps in the narrow little thorough-fares of Shinglesea were already lit. For a time she stood listening to the regular beat of the sea on the beach some half-mile distant, and then with a slight shiver stepped back into the shop and closed the door.
The little shop with its wide-mouthed bottles of sweets was one of her earliest memories. Until her marriage she had known no other home, and when her husband was lost with the North Star some three years before, she gave up her home in Poplar and returned to assist her mother in the little shop.
In a restless mood she took up a piece of needle-work, and a minute or two later put it down again. A glance through the glass of the door leading into the small parlour revealed Mrs. Gimpson, with a red shawl round her shoulders, asleep in her easy-chair.
Mrs. Boxer turned at the clang of the shop bell, and then, with a wild cry,