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A fourteen-year-old boy arrives at Wapping Old Stairs with a new sea chest and a head full of pirate stories. In the opening tale of W. W. Jacobs's More cargoes, Ralph boards the Susan Jane, whose skipper has agreed to pretend that his schooner is a pirate ship. The crew's teasing soon tests the boy's grand ideas about life at sea, while his encounters with a porter and a waterman show how quickly confidence can meet a demand for money.
This collection of English humorous short stories turns shipboard authority, pride and everyday bargaining into comic disputes. Another passage brings Mr. Hutchins into a schooner's cabin, where his campaign against drink wins over the skipper and infuriates the mate. Loud hymn singing gives the crew a chance to needle their superior. The dialogue, practical jokes and clashes between officers and sailors offer readers a lively picture of seafaring manners and social friction.
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- W. W. Jacobs
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- 107
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- English
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