“The End of an Argument” and “Seattle Sam Signs On” have appeared in the “Blue Peter,” to whose Editor the customary acknowledgments are hereby made.
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE “MAID
OF ATHENS”
TALES OF
THE CLIPPER SHIPS
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE “MAID OF
ATHENS”
I
OLD Thomas Featherstone was dead: he was also buried.
The knot of frowsy females—that strange and ghoulish sisterhood which frequents such dismal spots as faithfully as dramatic critics the first nights of theatres—who 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 afternoon’s entertainment.