The Head of the Family

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W. W. Jacobs wrote The Head of the Family. Mr. Letts leaves his ship by mutual arrangement, and the whole of the crew musters to see him off and to express their sense of relief at his departure. Mr. Letts had fancied a trip on a coaster as a change, and the schooner Curlew having no use for a ship's carpenter, he shipped as cook.

A woman says she lost her son at sea, and that two years ago, like a fool, she married again. Mr. Letts says he would not dream of going to Australia without Betty. A character says he has been to see a lawyer, who told him that this house and half the furniture belong by law to Betty. Mr. Green says, "Now you take yourself off before I put the police on to you."

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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."