Captain Shannon

Name: Captain Shannon
Author: Kernahan, Coulson

Kernahan, Coulson

Detective and mystery stories; England -- Fiction; Journalists -- Fiction; Murderers -- Fiction

THE END




Transcriber’s Notes


Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.

Small capitals are changed to all capitals.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected
after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and
consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below,
all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have
been retained.

The following corrections have been applied to the text (before/after):

  (p. 19)
  Captain Shannon.”
  “Captain Shannon.”

  (p. 63)
  ... play “Rule Britannia” on ...
  ... play ‘Rule Britannia’ on ...

  (p. 78)
  ... upon the “Cuban Queen;” the ...
  ... upon the ‘Cuban Queen;’ the ...

  (p. 102)
  ... and instal myself ...
  ... and install myself ...

  (p. 107)
  ... boy. “It’s rather ...
  ... boy. It’s rather ...

  (p. 107)
  ... return the “exs.” as ...
  ... return the ‘exs.’ as ...

  (p. 107)
  ... on the “Cuban Queen.” As Green ...
  ... on the ‘Cuban Queen.’ As Green ...

  (p. 134)
  ... in the haircutting rooms. ...
  ... in the hair-cutting rooms. ...

  (p. 146)
  ... whose caligraphy I ...
  ... whose calligraphy I ...

  (p. 156)
  ... just off the boatbuilder’s yard ...
  ... just off the boat-builder’s yard ...

  (p. 167)
  ... lying on the mantelshelf. ...
  ... lying on the mantel-shelf. ...

  (p. 177)
  ... one there, by the-bye?”
  ... one there, by-the-bye?”

  (p. 226)
  AFTER THE EXPLOSION.
  AFTER THE EXPLOSION

  (p. 249)
  ... And so ’d you, ...
  ... And so ’ud you, ...

  (p. 253)
  ... The “Cuban Queen” is being ...
  ... The ‘Cuban Queen’ is being ...

  (p. 254)
  ... FOR THE SECOND TIME.
  ... FOR THE SECOND TIME

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Captain ShannonKernahan, Coulson

General

Captain Shannon

Kernahan, Coulson

Detective and mystery stories; England -- Fiction; Journalists -- Fiction; Murderers -- Fiction

THE END




Transcriber’s Notes


Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.

Small capitals are changed to all capitals.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected
after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and
consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below,
all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have
been retained.

The following corrections have been applied to the text (before/after):

  (p. 19)
  Captain Shannon.”
  “Captain Shannon.”

  (p. 63)
  ... play “Rule Britannia” on ...
  ... play ‘Rule Britannia’ on ...

  (p. 78)
  ... upon the “Cuban Queen;” the ...
  ... upon the ‘Cuban Queen;’ the ...

  (p. 102)
  ... and instal myself ...
  ... and install myself ...

  (p. 107)
  ... boy. “It’s rather ...
  ... boy. It’s rather ...

  (p. 107)
  ... return the “exs.” as ...
  ... return the ‘exs.’ as ...

  (p. 107)
  ... on the “Cuban Queen.” As Green ...
  ... on the ‘Cuban Queen.’ As Green ...

  (p. 134)
  ... in the haircutting rooms. ...
  ... in the hair-cutting rooms. ...

  (p. 146)
  ... whose caligraphy I ...
  ... whose calligraphy I ...

  (p. 156)
  ... just off the boatbuilder’s yard ...
  ... just off the boat-builder’s yard ...

  (p. 167)
  ... lying on the mantelshelf. ...
  ... lying on the mantel-shelf. ...

  (p. 177)
  ... one there, by the-bye?”
  ... one there, by-the-bye?”

  (p. 226)
  AFTER THE EXPLOSION.
  AFTER THE EXPLOSION

  (p. 249)
  ... And so ’d you, ...
  ... And so ’ud you, ...

  (p. 253)
  ... The “Cuban Queen” is being ...
  ... The ‘Cuban Queen’ is being ...

  (p. 254)
  ... FOR THE SECOND TIME.
  ... FOR THE SECOND TIME

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Captain Shannon

Captain Shannon

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