The Skipper and the Skipped: Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul

by Holman Day

THE SKIPPER TELLS OF "THE GLORIOUS, FASCINATING SEA."
See Chapter II.

THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPED

BEING THE SHORE LOG OF CAP'N AARON SPROUL

BY

HOLMAN DAY

THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPED

I

Cap'n Aaron Sproul, late skipper of the Jefferson P. Benn, sat by the bedside of his uncle, "One-arm" Jerry, and gazed into the latter's dimming eyes.

"It ain't bein' a crowned head, but it's honer'ble," pleaded the sick man, continuing the conversation.