Captains All and Others

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William Wymark Jacobs

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Зарубежная классика

Год написания книги

2018

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George Barstow tried to take ‘old of the basket.

“I want that fifteen pounds fust,” ses the man.

“That’s on’y right and fair, George,” ses Bob Pretty, who ‘ad just come up. “You’ve got all the luck, mate. We’ve been hunting ‘igh and low for that cat for a week.”

Then George Barstow tried to explain to the man and call Bob Pretty names at the same time; but it was all no good. The man said it ‘ad nothing to do with ‘im wot he ‘ad paid to Bob Pretty; and at last they fetched Policeman White over from Cudford, and George Barstow signed a paper to pay five shillings a week till the reward was paid.

George Barstow ‘ad the cat for five years arter that, but he never let it get away agin. They got to like each other in time and died within a fortnight of each other, so that Joe Clark got ‘is property arter all.

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