SALTHAVEN

By

W. W. JACOBS

1908

CONTENTS

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

[I Thought I Heard a Man's Voice]

[The Office Boy Caught the Junior Partner]

[Best and Prettiest Girl in Salthaven]

[It Was a Comfortable Position]

[Immersed in a Bundle of Papers]

[A Fine Show of Indignation]

[Were Regulating Their Pace by Hers]

[Nothing Loath, Gave a Tug]

[Presented Him With the Bananas]

[Proceeded With Almost Equal Care to Assist Her Mother]

[Mrs. Willett and Mrs. Chinnery Confronted Each Other]

[She Placed It Between his Lips With a Little Jab]

[To Bassett, the Best of Boys]

[I'm Choking]

[No Wonder I Thought You Was a Lady]

[I Came to Ask Your Advice]

[Holding a Handkerchief to his Bleeding Face]

[I've Got a Bone to Pick With You]

[She Said, 'Nonsense' he Replied, Softly]

[He Leaned Back in his Chair]

[I Heard You Come In, he Said, in a Stealthy Whisper]

[Think I'm the Most Forgetful Man in Salthaven]

[I've Got to Go, Too, Said the Captain]

[She Seated Herself on a Pile of Timber]

[I Don't Like Leaving Him Here]

[Corner of the Bank Of England]

[Mind, I Haven't Promised]

[Cut Short in his Expressions of Pleasure]

[C-ck! he Said, Waggishly]

[She Drew the Ring from Her Finger]

[It's to Make You Leave off Loving Me]

[Time! Cried Captain Sellers]

[Don't You Think Captain Trimblett is Lucky]

[Snatching his Hat from Its Peg]

[You Look Very Nice, Dear]

[You Can Have a Little Drop Yourself]

[Marvellous Piece of Jugglery]

[Don't Go, he Said, Hastily]

[Wedged Under a Dressing-table]

[Brought the Curtains Down With Him]

[Waved Herself off the Fence on to The Stones]

[His Cigar Fell Unheeded to the Floor]

[An Enormous Fist Held Just Beneath his Nose]