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Captain Rogers The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 7. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
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Title: Captain Rogers
The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 7.
Author: W.W. Jacobs
Release Date: April 22, 2004 [EBook #12127]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CAPTAIN ROGERS ***
Produced by David Widger
THE LADY OF THE BARGE
AND OTHER STORIES
By W. W. Jacobs
BOOK 7
CAPTAIN ROGERS
A man came slowly over the old stone bridge, and averting his gaze from the dark river with its silent craft, looked with some satisfaction toward the feeble lights of the small town on the other side. He walked with the painful, forced step of one who has already trudged far. His worsted hose, where they were not darned, were in holes, and his coat and knee-breeches were rusty with much wear, but he straightened himself as he reached the end of the bridge and stepped out bravely to the taverns which stood in a row facing the quay.
He passed the Queen Anne
—a mere beershop—without pausing, and after a glance apiece at the Royal George
and the Trusty Anchor,
kept on his way to where the Golden Key
hung out a gilded emblem. It was the best house in Riverstone, and patronized by the gentry, but he adjusted his faded coat, and with a swaggering air entered and walked boldly into the coffee-room.
The room was empty, but a bright fire afforded a pleasant change to the chill October air outside. He drew up a chair, and placing his feet on the fender, exposed his tattered soles to the blaze, as a waiter who had just seen him enter
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