Captain Caution
“"The French, they say they marked some of 'em, so they can be recognized, and they been in use for seven years delivered at three pennies and bought back for a penny." "Maybe so," Henry admitted, and Marvin saw that his face had an unearthly whiteness to it the whiteness, almost, of the belly of a Ilatfish. "Maybe so; only the next time we get 'em, you watch me eat miner I'm getting so I can eat anything even a newspaper that's been wrapped 'round a fishl" "Yes," Newton interrupted, "and there'...s another thing. Our Statesman subscription runs out next week, and that means twenty-eight shillings a month for the paper and sixteen shillings a month delivery charges." He laughed bitterly. "Twenty-eight shillings a monthl No wonder the English don't know anything. Knowledge comes too bight Anyway, we got to sell two days' fish and one day's bread to get that renewed, provided you want it renewed." "Want it renewed!" one of the committeemen exclaimed. "We got to have it renewed. If there ain't any news nor anything to read, there won't be anything to talk about, and we might as well be dead." "Newton," said sour-mouthed Captain Taylor thoughtfully, "how much of that sixteen shillings goes to Osmore?" "Probably ten," Newton said promptly.MoreLess
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