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The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories by W. W. Jacobs, Classics, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Sea Stories

The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories by W. W. Jacobs, Classics, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Sea Stories

Jacobs, W. W.

Paperback

HorrorGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1598185292
ISBN13: 9781598185294
Publisher: Alan Rodgers Books
Published: Sep 1 2005
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

From The Monkey's Paw What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkey's paw or something, Morris? Nothing, said the soldier, hastily. Leastways nothing worth hearing. Monkey's paw? said Mrs. White, curiously. Well, it's just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps, said the sergeant-major, offhandedly. His three listeners leaned forward eagerly. The visitor absent-mindedly put his empty glass to his lips and then set it down again. His host filled it for him. To look at, said the sergeant-major, fumbling in his pocket, it's just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy. He took something out of his pocket and proffered it. Mrs. White drew back with a grimace, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously. And what is there special about it? inquired Mr. White as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table. It had a spell put on it by an old fakir, said the sergeant-major, a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it.

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