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    The Old Man of the Sea Ship's Company, Part 11.
    The Old Man of the Sea Ship's Company, Part 11.
    The Old Man of the Sea Ship's Company, Part 11.
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    The Old Man of the Sea Ship's Company, Part 11.

    By W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs and Will Owen

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      The Old Man of the Sea Ship's Company, Part 11. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Old Man of the Sea, by W.W. Jacobs

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The Old Man of the Sea

      Ship's Company, Part 11.

      Author: W.W. Jacobs

      Release Date: January 1, 2004 [EBook #10571]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA ***

      Produced by David Widger

      BOOK 11

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      FROM DRAWINGS BY WILL OWEN

      THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

      What I want you to do, said Mr. George Wright, as he leaned towards the old sailor, is to be an uncle to me.

      Aye, aye, said the mystified Mr. Kemp, pausing with a mug of beer midway to his lips.

      A rich uncle, continued the young man, lowering his voice to prevent any keen ears in the next bar from acquiring useless knowledge. An uncle from New Zealand, who is going to leave me all 'is money.

      Where's it coming from? demanded Mr. Kemp, with a little excitement.

      It ain't coming, was the reply. You've only got to say you've got it. Fact of the matter is, I've got my eye on a young lady; there's another chap after 'er too, and if she thought I'd got a rich uncle it might make all the difference. She knows I 'ad an uncle that went to New Zealand and was never heard of since. That's what made me think of it.

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