A selection of 16 short stories by William Wymark Jacobs, best known for his sea stories. Wapping Old Stairs? said the rough individual, shouldering the bran-new sea-chest, and starting off at a trot with it; yus, I know the place, captin. Fust v’y’ge, sir? Ay, ay, my hearty, replied the owner of the chest, a small, ill-looking lad of fourteen. Not so fast with those timbers of yours. D’ye hear.
