THIS could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak–the sea entering ... Read more
Polish Short Stories
Total Stories: 20
I There were two white men in charge of the trading station. Kayerts, the chief, was short and ... Read more
The white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in the stern of ... Read more
“And that be hanged for a silly yarn. The boatmen here in Westport have been telling this lie ... Read more
CHAPTER I In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men ... Read more
Kennedy is a country doctor, and lives in Colebrook, on the shores of Eastbay. The high ground rising ... Read more
It was curiousthat sense of dull uneasiness that came over him so suddenly, so stealthily at first he ... Read more
A desperate tale THAT year I spent the best two months of the dry season on one of ... Read more
I On my right hand there were lines of fishing stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo ... Read more
What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour. ... Read more
CHAPTER I While we were hanging about near the water’s edge, as sailors idling ashore will do (it ... Read more
Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not ... Read more