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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head — John Shaqi

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the headBarker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Name: Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head
Author: Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Sea stories, English; Seafaring life -- Fiction

TOUGH YARNS;

                                A SERIES

                                   OF

                        NAVAL TALES AND SKETCHES

                          TO PLEASE ALL HANDS,

     From the Swabs on the Shoulders down to the Swabs in the Head.

                          _BY THE OLD SAILOR_,
                  AUTHOR OF “GREENWICH HOSPITAL,” ETC.

                            IN TWO VOLUMES.

                                VOL. II.

                            _PHILADELPHIA_:
                         E. L. CAREY & A. HART.

                              _BALTIMORE_:
                           CAREY, HART & Co.

                               _BOSTON_:
                          WILLIAM D. TICKNOR.
                                 1835.

                         E. G. DORSEY, PRINTER,
                          _12 Library Street_.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

                                  PAGE

 _Ghost Stories_,                    5

 _Frere du Diable_,                 23

 _The Fisherman’s Family_,          41

 _The Red Flag at the Fore_,        62

 _The Prisoner_,                    85

 _The Convict_,                    113

 _The Burning Ship_,               136

 _Veteran Soldier_,                163

 Advertisements                    185

TOUGH YARNS.

GHOST STORIES.

    “_Glendower._--I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

    _Hotspur._--Why, so can I; or so can any man:
    But will they come when you do call for them?”

                                           _King Henry IV._

I wish my young readers had been acquainted with my worthy and
excellent father, for he cared not a snap of the finger for ghosts
and hobgoblins, and he would actually walk through a churchyard at
midnight without feeling the smallest particle of fear. Now, it may be
supposed that his children (of whom I was the third) were naturally as
courageous as their father; but from certain circumstances this was not
the case. For whilst my worthy sire would have bidden defiance to a
whole army of apparitions, myself and my brothers (there were five of
us) would tremble at every noise after dusk, and when we were in bed,
bury our faces in the blankets, lest something alarming should appear:
nay more, not one of us would remain a moment in the dark without
screaming, even if persons were in the same room; or be left alone in
any place, though it was broad daylight and the sun shining in all his
splendour.

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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

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