The Toll-House / Sailor's Knots, Part 7.

by W. W. Jacobs

SAILORS' KNOTS

By W.W. Jacobs

1909

Part 7.

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List of Illustrations

[ "I'm a Poor Man, But I Wouldn't Spend the Night in That House for a Hundred Pounds." ] [ "They Saw the Gates of The House Before Them." ] [ "Barnes, Stood Peering at the Sleepers in Silence And Dropping Tallow over the Floor." ] [ "Into a Vast Bare Kitchen With Damp Walls and A Broken Floor." ] [ "All Three Stood Gazing at the Dead Man Below." ]

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"THE TOLL-HOUSE"

"It's all nonsense," said Jack Barnes. "Of course people have died in the house; people die in every house. As for the noises—wind in the chimney and rats in the wainscot are very convincing to a nervous man. Give me another cup of tea, Meagle."