The Laird's Luck And Other Fireside Tales
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" Here she turned on the naked urchinwith the churchwarden pipe. "If he'd only been home to his time--" "I was listening to Zeke Penhaligon, " said Matthew Henry (aged eight). "He's home to-day in the _Touch-me-not_. " "He's no good to King nor country, " said Mrs. Mayow.
"He was telling me about a man that got swallowed by a whale--" "Go away with your Jonahses!" sneered one of his sisters.
"It wasn't Jonah. This man's name was Jones--_Captain_ Jones, fromDundee. A whale swallowed him; but, as... it happened, the whale hadswallowed a cask just before, and the cask stuck in its stomach. Sowhatever the whale swallowed after that went into the cask, and didthe whale no good. But Captain Jones had plenty to eat till he cut hisway out with a clasp-knife--" "How _could_ he?" "That's all you know. Zeke _says_ he did. A whale always turns that wayup when he's dying. So Captain Jones cut his way into daylight, when, what does he see but a sail, not a mile away! He fell on his knees--" "How could he, you silly?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" Here she turned on the naked urchinwith the churchwarden pipe. "If he'd only been home to his time--" "I was listening to Zeke Penhaligon, " said Matthew Henry (aged eight). "He's home to-day in the _Touch-me-not_. " "He's no good to King nor country, " said Mrs. Mayow.
"He was telling me about a man that got swallowed by a whale--" "Go away with your Jonahses!" sneered one of his sisters.
"It wasn't Jonah. This man's name was Jones--_Captain_ Jones, fromDundee. A whale swallowed him; but, as... it happened, the whale hadswallowed a cask just before, and the cask stuck in its stomach. Sowhatever the whale swallowed after that went into the cask, and didthe whale no good. But Captain Jones had plenty to eat till he cut hisway out with a clasp-knife--" "How _could_ he?" "That's all you know. Zeke _says_ he did. A whale always turns that wayup when he's dying. So Captain Jones cut his way into daylight, when, what does he see but a sail, not a mile away! He fell on his knees--" "How could he, you silly?
What to read after The Laird's Luck And Other Fireside Tales?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Quiller-Couch Arthur Thomas Sir to read onlineMoreLess
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