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Club reviews I. A Coffin my Innkeeper upon landing in my first whaling port; The mansion, with its flat roof and wide verandas, had a tropical look, and indeed it had been built by a retired Indian nabob at the beginning of this century. When he died the house had been sold, and now it was occupied by Mrs. Dallas, who leased it because of its suggestion of tropical habitation. She came from the West Indies, and had lived in "The Wigwam," as the house was called, for over ten years.,Leaving Captain Weaver to converse with the skipper and to supply his wants, Captain Acton passed his arm through the Admiral's and led him aft.,When he demanded it the boys showed him the island in the low grounds on which they had grown the test crop of corn.,“Soapsuds is Moses’ strong weakness,” commented Mrs. Wopp, laughing till her fat shoulders quaked perilously.,"It was for you," she says, hanging her head. "I thought if I could do something to make you happier, you might learn to love me a little!"，Her hands, the dusky hues arrange，“How old are you?” broke in the Admiral.，“What’s Jeth perched up there fer, Par?” demanded the boy.So it the fairer bodie doth procure

"What is amusing you?" asks he, a trifle stiffly.—To give way to recitation, and then find your listener in agonies of suppressed mirth, isn't exactly a situation one would hanker after.,So at her bidding he repeats the lines slowly, and in his best manner, which is very good:—,"But you have no piano?",“Who are they and why should they be worried by what happens here?” Bob wanted to know.,"My dear young lady," he remonstrated, "why distress yourself with recollections of these things?",His companionship, however, in spite of his beauty, for more reasons than one, must prove, then, as it had proved on other occasions, extremely embarrassing to Miss Acton. Shortly after he had obtained his promotion he arrived home on a visit to his father, and meeting her, fell in love and offered her marriage. But Lucy had much good sense, which is not often allied with so much beauty as she possessed. Her heart admitted his fascination, and she had heard things of him that did him honour; moreover, he was a member of a profession which she adored. But it had come to her knowledge, by avenues difficult to determine,[Pg 40] that he was a gambler and drank without moderation, and that his theory of life and morals was such as deserved severe condemnation as it would surely end in provoking heavy punishment.,“My conscience! You can’t eat all—” May Nell stopped, conscious of an unkindness. But the boy only laughed; he was used to comments on his appetite.,“All right,” sang out Jerry. “But I wish we had a lantern.”,"As if I'd publish it on the housetops!" she cried in infinite disdain. "It's plain you aren't much up in detective stories.",It was a few minutes past eleven when Captain Acton came out of the house talking to Miss Acton, who was followed by her own and Lucy's dog.,At this moment the conversation was interrupted by the bustling entrance of Admiral Sir William Lawrence, when of course the conversation was immediately changed from the subject of his son and sick-bays to other matters.,“I’ll get that boat-hook,” said Johnny, jumping on board the “Sea Mew.”.