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Title: Stories of Ships and the Sea
Little Blue Book #1169

Author: Jack London

Editor: E. Haldeman-Julius

Release Date: March 27, 2006 [EBook #18062]

Language: English

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LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1169

Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius

Stories of Ships
and the Sea

Jack London

HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY
GIRARD, KANSAS

Copyright, 1922,
By Charmian London.

Reprinted by Arrangement.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

Page
Chris Farrington: Able Seaman 5
Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan 17
The Lost Poacher 25
The Banks of the Sacramento 40
In Yeddo Bay 54

STORIES OF SHIPS AND THE SEA

CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN

"If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe
only der boy, und you vood wait on der able seamen. Und ven der able
seaman sing out, 'Boy, der water-jug!' you vood jump quick, like a shot,
und bring der water-jug. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, my
boots!' you vood get der boots. Und you vood pe politeful, und say
'Yessir' und 'No sir.' But you pe in der American ship, and you t'ink
you are so good as der able seamen. Chris, mine boy, I haf ben a
sailorman for twenty-two years, und do you t'ink you are so good as me?
I vas a sailorman pefore you vas borned, und I knot und reef und splice
ven you play mit topstrings und fly kites."

"But you are unfair, Emil!" cried Chris Farrington, his sensitive face
flushed and hurt. He was a slender though strongly built young fellow of
seventeen, with Yankee ancestry writ large all over him.

"Dere you go vonce again!" the Swedish sailor exploded. "My name is
Mister Johansen, und a kid of a boy like you call me 'Emil!' It vas
insulting, und