Admiral Peters

Downloads: Under 100
Pages: 18

Download

About this book

Admiral Peters by W. W. Jacobs opens with Mr. George Burton, naval pensioner, sitting at the door of his lodgings gazing in placid content at the sea. Mr. Burton recognises Joe Stiles and tells him he did not know him without his beard. Mr. Stiles asks, "What about that drink you were speaking of, George?"

The hero says the hottest time he had, he thinks, was at the bombardment of Alexandria, and that he stood alone. Mr. Burton says he was just behind Mr. Stiles, and Mr. Stiles answers that so far as his memory goes he was the only man there. At a booking-office, Mr. Stiles insists firmly upon a first-class ticket and demands, "Who ever heard of an admiral riding third?"

About the author

W. W. Jacobs

W. W. Jacobs (William Wymark Jacobs, 1863 to 1943) was an English writer born in London, the son of a wharf manager. He drew on that dockside world for comic stories of sailors and night watchmen, though he is best remembered for the chilling tale "The Monkey's Paw."