Tales of the clipper ships

Tales of the clipper ships

The knot of frowsy femalesthat strange and ghoulish sisterhood which frequents such dismal spots as faithfully as dramatic critics the first nights of theatreswho stood monotonously rocking perambulators on their back wheels outside the cemetery gates, were unanimously of opinion that it had been a skinny show. Indeed, Mrs. Wilkins, who was by way of considering herself what reporters like to call the doyenne of the gathering, said as much by way of consolation to her special crony Mrs. Pettefer, coming up hot and breathless, five minutes too late for the afternoons entertainment. I was put out, missin that, but there, I ad to take ar Florence to the orspittle for er aneroids, sighed Mrs. Pettefer, glancing malevolently at ar Florence as if she would gladly have buried her, without flars, too, by way of paying her out. I do love a lickle childs fruneral. The connoisseurs in grief dispersed. The driver of the hearse replaced the black gloves of ceremony by the woollen ones of comfort, for the day was raw and promised fog later: pulled out a short clay and lit it, climbed to his box and, whipping up his horses (bays with black pointsnone of your damned prancing Belgians for me, had been one of Old Featherstones last injunctions), set off at a brisk trot, he to tea and onions over the stables, they to the pleasant warmth of their stalls and their waiting oats and hay. Four of old Thomass nearest relatives piled into the first carriage, four more of his remoter kindred into the second, and the lawyerHobbs, Senior, of Hobbs, Keating & Hobbs, of Chancery Lanewho had lingered behind to settle accounts with the officiating clergyman, came hurrying down the path between ranks of tombstones, glimmering pale and ghostly in the greying November afternoon, to make up a mixed bag in the third and last with Captain David Broughton, master of the deceaseds ship Maid of Athens, and Mr. Jenkinson, the managing clerk from the office in Billiter Square. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67242
Author: Smith, C. Fox (Cicely Fox)
Release Date: Jan 24, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Date: 1926
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Smith, Phil W