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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bob's Redemption, by W.W. Jacobs This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Bob's Redemption Captains All, Book 5. Author: W.W. Jacobs Release Date: February 21, 2004 [EBook #11185] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOB'S REDEMPTION *** Produced by David Widger CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs BOB'S REDEMPTION [Illustration: "Bob's Redemption."] "GRATITOODE!" said the night-watchman, with a hard laugh. "_Hmf!_ Don't talk to me about gratitoode; I've seen too much of it. If people wot I've helped in my time 'ad only done arf their dooty--arf, mind you--I should be riding in my carriage." Forgetful of the limitations of soap-boxes he attempted to illustrate his remark by lolling, and nearly went over backwards. Recovering himself by an effort he gazed sternly across the river and smoked fiercely. It was evident that he was brooding over an ill-used past. 'Arry Thomson was one of them, he said, at last. For over six months I wrote all 'is love-letters for him, 'e being an iggernerant sort of man and only being able to do the kisses at the end, which he always insisted on doing 'imself: being jealous. Only three weeks arter he was married 'e come up to where I was standing one day and set about me without saying a word. I was a single man at the time and I didn't understand it. My idea was that he 'ad gone mad, and, being pretty artful and always 'aving a horror of mad people, I let 'im chase me into a police-station. Leastways, I would ha' let 'im, but he didn't come, and I all but got fourteen days for being drunk and disorderly. Then there was Bill Clark. He 'ad been keeping comp'ny with a gal and got tired of it, and to oblige 'im I went to her and told 'er he was a married man with five children. Bill was as pleased as Punch at fust, but as soon as she took up with another chap he came round to see me and said as I'd ruined his life. We 'ad words about it--naturally--and I did ruin it then to the extent of a couple o' ribs. I went to see 'im in the horsepittle--place I've always been fond of--and the langwidge he used to me was so bad that they sent fo
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