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diff --git a/old/10788.txt b/old/10788.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98c2e40 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/10788.txt @@ -0,0 +1,980 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Peter's Pence, 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.org + + +Title: Peter's Pence + Sailor's Knots, Part 8. + +Author: W.W. Jacobs + +Release Date: January 22, 2004 [EBook #10788] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PETER'S PENCE *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + +SAILORS' KNOTS + +By W.W. Jacobs + + +1909 + + + +PETER'S PENCE + + +Sailormen don't bother much about their relations, as a rule, said the +night-watchman; sometimes because a railway-ticket costs as much as a +barrel o' beer, and they ain't got the money for both, and sometimes +because most relations run away with the idea that a sailorman has been +knocking about 'arf over the world just to bring them 'ome presents. + +Then, agin, some relations are partikler about appearances, and they +don't like it if a chap don't wear a collar and tidy 'imself up. Dress +is everything nowadays; put me in a top 'at and a tail-coat, with a +twopenny smoke stuck in my mouth, and who would know the difference +between me and a lord? Put a bishop in my clothes, and you'd ask 'im to +'ave a 'arf-pint as soon as you would me--sooner, p'r'aps. + +[Illustration: "Put a bishop in my clothes, and you'd ask 'im to 'ave a +'arf-pint as soon as you would me."] + +Talking of relations reminds me of Peter Russet's uncle. It's some years +ago now, and Peter and old Sam Small and Ginger Dick 'ad just come back +arter being away for nearly ten months. They 'ad all got money in their +pockets, and they was just talking about the spree they was going to +have, when a letter was brought to Peter, wot had been waiting for 'im at +the office. + +He didn't like opening it at fust. The last letter he had 'ad kept 'im +hiding indoors for a week, and then made him ship a fortnight afore 'e +had meant to. He stood turning it over and over, and at last, arter Sam, +wot was always a curious man, 'ad told 'im that if he didn't open it he'd +do it for 'im, he tore it open and read it. + +"It's from my old uncle, George Goodman," he ses, staring. "Why, I ain't +seen 'im for over twenty years." + +"Do you owe 'im any money?" ses Sam. + +Peter shook his 'ead. "He's up in London," he ses, looking at the letter +agin, "up in London for the fust time in thirty-three years, and he wants +to come and stay with me so that I can show 'im about." + +"Wot is he?" ses Sam. + +"He's retired," ses Peter, trying not to speak proud. + +"Got money?" ses Sam, with a start. + +"I b'leeve so," ses Peter, in a off-hand way. "I don't s'pose 'e lives +on air." + +"Any wives or children?" ses Sam. + +"No," ses Peter. "He 'ad a wife, but she died." + +"Then you have 'im, Peter," ses Sam, wot was always looking out for +money. "Don't throw away a oppertunity like that. Why, if you treat 'im +well he might leave it all to you." + +"No such luck," ses Peter. + +"You do as Sam ses," ses Ginger. "I wish I'd got an uncle." + +"We'll try and give 'im a good time," ses Sam, "and if he's anything like +Peter we shall enjoy ourselves." + +"Yes; but he ain't," ses Peter. "He's a very solemn, serious-minded man, +and a strong teetotaller. Wot you'd call a glass o' beer he'd call +pison. That's 'ow he got on. He's thought a great deal of in 'is place, +I can tell you, but he ain't my sort." + +"That's a bit orkard," ses Sam, scratching his 'ead. "Same time, it +don't do to throw away a chance. If 'e was my uncle I should pretend to +be a teetotaller while 'e was here, just to please 'im." + +"And when you felt like a drink, Peter," ses Ginger, "me and Sam would +look arter 'im while you slipped off to get it." + +"He could 'ave the room below us," ses Sam. "It is empty." + +Peter gave a sniff. "Wot about you and Ginger?" he ses. + +"Wot about us?" ses Sam and Ginger, both together. + +"Why, you'd 'ave to be teetotallers, too," ses Peter. "Woes the good o' +me pretending to be steady if 'e sees I've got pals like you?" + +Sam scratched his 'ead agin, ever so long, and at last he ses, "Well, +mate," he ses, "drink don't trouble me nor Ginger. We can do without it, +as far as that goes; and we must all take it in turns to keep the old +gentleman busy while the others go and get wot they want. You'd better +go and take the room downstairs for 'im, afore it goes." + +Peter looked at 'im in surprise, but that was Sam all over. The idea o' +knowing a man with money was too much for 'im, and he sat there giving +good advice to Peter about 'is behavior until Peter didn't know whether +it was 'is uncle or Sam's. 'Owever, he took the room and wrote the +letter, and next arternoon at three o'clock Mr. Goodman came in a four- +wheel cab with a big bag and a fat umbrella. A short, stiffish-built man +of about sixty he was, with 'is top lip shaved and a bit o' short gray +beard. He 'ad on a top 'at and a tail-coat, black kid gloves and a +little black bow, and he didn't answer the cabman back a single word. + +[Illustration: "Mr. Goodman came in a four-wheel cab with a big bag and a +fat umbrella."] + +He seemed quite pleased to see Peter, and by and by Sam, who was bursting +with curiosity, came down-stairs to ask Peter to lend 'im a boot-lace, +and was interduced. Then Ginger came down to look for Sam, and in a few +minutes they was all talking as comfortable as possible. + +"I ain't seen Peter for twenty years," ses Mr. Goodman--"twenty long +years!" + +Sam shook his 'ead and looked at the floor. + +"I happened to go and see Peter's sister--my niece Polly," ses Mr. +Goodman, "and she told me the name of 'is ship. It was quite by chance, +because she told me it was the fust letter she had 'ad from him in seven +years." + +"I didn't think it was so long as that," ses Peter. "Time passes so +quick." + +His uncle nodded. "Ah, so it does," 'e ses. "It's all the same whether +we spend it on the foaming ocean or pass our little lives ashore. Afore +we can turn round, in a manner o' speaking, it 'as gorn." + +"The main thing," ses Peter, in a good voice, "is to pass it properly." + +"Then it don't matter," ses Ginger. + +"So it don't," ses Sam, very serious. + +"I held 'im in my arms when 'e was a baby," ses Mr. Goodman, looking at +Peter. + +"Fond o' children?" ses Sam. + +Mr. Goodman nodded. "Fond of everybody," he ses. + +"That's 'ow Peter is," ses Ginger; "specially young----" + +Peter Russet and Sam both turned and looked at 'im very sharp. + +"Children," ses Ginger, remembering 'imself, "_and_ teetotallers. I +s'pose it is being a teetotaller 'imself." + +"Is Peter a teetotaller?" ses Mr. Goodman. "I'd no idea of it. Wot a +joyful thing!" + +"It was your example wot put it into his 'ead fust, I b'leeve," ses Sam, +looking at Peter for 'im to notice 'ow clever he was. + +"And then, Sam and Ginger Dick being teetotallers too," ses Peter, "we +all, natural-like, keep together." + +Mr. Goodman said they was wise men, and, arter a little more talk, he +said 'ow would it be if they went out and saw a little bit of the great +wicked city? They all said they would, and Ginger got quite excited +about it until he found that it meant London. + +They got on a bus at Aldgate, and fust of all they went to the British +Museum, and when Mr. Goodman was tired o' that--and long arter the others +was--they went into a place and 'ad a nice strong cup of tea and a piece +o' cake each. When they come out o' there they all walked about looking +at the shops until they was tired out, and arter wot Mr. Goodman said was +a very improving evening they all went 'ome. + +Sam and Ginger went 'ome just for the look 'o the thing, and arter +waiting a few minutes in their room they crept downstairs agin to spend +wot was left of the evening. They went down as quiet as mice, but, for +all that, just as they was passing Mr. Goodman's room the door opened, +and Peter, in a polite voice, asked 'em to step inside. + +"We was just thinking you'd be dull up there all alone," he ses. + +Sam lost 'is presence o' mind, and afore he knew wot 'e was doing 'im and +Ginger 'ad walked in and sat down. They sat there for over an hour and a +'arf talking, and then Sam, with a look at Ginger, said they must be +going, because he 'ad got to call for a pair o' boots he 'ad left to be +mended. + +"Why, Sam, wot are you thinking of?" ses Peter, who didn't want anybody +to 'ave wot he couldn't. "Why, the shop's shut." + +"I don't think so," ses Sam, glaring at 'im. "Anyway, we can go and +see." + +Peter said he'd go with 'im, and just as they got to the door Mr. Goodman +said he'd go too. O' course, the shops was shut, and arter Mr. Goodman +'ad stood on Tower Hill admiring the Tower by moonlight till Sam felt +ready to drop, they all walked back. Three times Sam's boot-lace come +undone, but as the ethers all stopped too to see 'im do it up it didn't +do 'im much good. Wot with temper and dryness 'e could 'ardly bid Peter +"Good-night." + +Sam and Ginger 'ad something the next morning, but morning ain't the time +for it; and arter they had 'ad dinner Mr. Goodman asked 'em to go to the +Zoological Gardens with 'im. He paid for them all, and he 'ad a lot to +say about kindness to animals and 'ow you could do anything with 'em +a'most by kindness. He walked about the place talking like a book, and +when a fat monkey, wot was pretending to be asleep, got a bit o' Sam's +whisker, he said it was on'y instink, and the animal had no wish to do +'im 'arm. + +"Very likely thought it was doing you a kindness, Sam," ses Ginger. + +Mr. Goodman said it was very likely, afore Sam could speak, and arter +walking about and looking at the other things they come out and 'ad a +nice, strong, 'ot cup o' tea, same as they 'ad the day before, and then +walked about, not knowing what to do with themselves. + +Sam got tired of it fust, and catching Ginger's eye said he thought it +was time to get 'ome in case too much enjoyment wasn't good for 'em. His +idea was to get off with Ginger and make a night of it, and when 'e found +Peter and his uncle was coming too, he began to think that things was +looking serious. + +"I don't want to spile your evening," he says, very perlite. "I must get +'ome to mend a pair o' trowsis o' mine, but there's no need for you to +come." + +"I'll come and watch you," ses Peter's uncle. + +"And then I'm going off to bed early," ses Sam. "Me, too," ses Ginger, +and Peter said he could hardly keep 'is eyes open. + +They got on a bus, and as Sam was about to foller Ginger and Peter on +top, Mr. Goodman took hold of 'im by the arm and said they'd go inside. +He paid two penny fares, and while Sam was wondering 'ow to tell 'im that +it would be threepence each, the bus stopped to take up a passenger and +he got up and moved to the door. + +"They've gone up there," he ses, pointing. + +Afore Sam could stop 'im he got off, and Sam, full o' surprise, got off +too, and follered 'im' on to the pavement. + +"Who's gone up there?" he ses, as the bus went on agin. + +"Peter and Mr. Ginger Dick," ses Mr. Good-man. "But don't you trouble. +You go 'ome and mend your trowsis." + +"But they're on the bus," ses Sam, staring. "Dick and Peter, I mean." + +Mr. Goodman shook his 'ead. + +"They got off. Didn't you see 'em?" he ses. "No," ses Sam, "I'll swear +they didn't." + +"Well, it's my mistake, I s'pose," ses Peter's uncle. "But you get off +home; I'm not tired yet, and I'll walk." + +Sam said 'e wasn't very tired, and he walked along wondering whether Mr. +Goodman was quite right in his 'ead. For one thing, 'e seemed upset +about something or other, and kept taking little peeps at 'im in a way he +couldn't understand at all. + +"It was nice tea we 'ad this arternoon," ses Mr. Goodman at last. + +"De-licious," ses Sam. + +"Trust a teetotaller for knowing good tea," ses Mr. Goodman. "I expect +Peter enjoyed it. I s'pose 'e is a very strict teetotaller?" + +"Strict ain't the word for it," ses Sam, trying to do 'is duty by Peter. +"We all are." + +"That's right," ses Mr. Goodman, and he pushed his 'at back and looked at +Sam very serious. They walked on a bit further, and then Peter's uncle +stopped sudden just as they was passing a large public-'ouse and looked +at Sam. + +"I don't want Peter to know, 'cos it might alarm 'im," he ses, "but I've +come over a bit faint. I'll go in 'ere for 'arf a minnit and sit down. +You'd better wait outside." + +"I'll come in with you, in case you want help," ses Sam. "I don't mind +wot people think." + +Mr. Goodman tried to persuade 'im not to, but it was all no good, and at +last 'e walked in and sat down on a tall stool that stood agin the bar, +and put his hand to his 'ead. + +"I s'pose we shall 'ave to 'ave something," he ses in a whisper to Sam; +"we can't expect to come in and sit down for nothing. What'll you take?" + +Sam looked at 'im, but he might just as well ha' looked at a brass door- +knob. + +"I--I--I'll 'ave a small ginger-beer," he ses at last, "a very small +one." + +"One small ginger," ses Mr. Goodman to the bar-maid, "and one special +Scotch." + +Sam could 'ardly believe his ears, and he stood there 'oldin' his glass +o' ginger-beer and watching Peter's teetotal uncle drink whiskey, and +thought 'e must be dreaming. + +"I dessay it seems very shocking to you," ses Mr. Goodman, putting down +'is glass and dryin' 'is lips on each other, "but I find it useful for +these attacks." + +"I--I s'pose the flavor's very nasty?" ses Sam, taking a sip at 'is +ginger-beer. + +"Not exactly wot you could call nasty," ses Mr. Goodman, "though I dessay +it would seem so to you. I don't suppose you could swallow it." + +"I don't s'pose I could," ses Sam, "but I've a good mind to 'ave a try. +If it's good for one teetotaller I don't see why it should hurt another." + +Mr. Goodman looked at 'im very hard, and then he ordered a whiskey and +stood watching while Sam, arter pretending for a minnit to look at it as +though 'e didn't know wot to do with it, took a sip and let it roll round +'is mouth. + +"Well?" ses Mr. Goodman, looking at 'im anxious-like. + +"It ain't so 'orrid as I 'ad fancied," ses Sam, lap-ping up the rest very +gentle. + +[Illustration: "'It aint so 'orrid as I 'ad fancied.' ses Sam."] + +"'Ave you 'ad enough to do you all the good it ought to?" + +Mr. Goodman said that it was no good 'arf doing a thing, and p'r'aps he +'ad better 'ave one more; and arter Sam 'ad paid for the next two they +went out arm-in-arm. + +"'Ow cheerful everybody looks!" ses Mr. Good-man, smiling. + +"They're going to amuse theirselves, I expect," ses Sam-- "music-'alls +and such-like." + +Mr. Goodman shook his 'ead at 'em. + +"Music-'alls ain't so bad as some people try to make out," ses Sam. + +"Look 'ere; I took some drink to see what the flavor was like; suppose +you go to a music-'all to see wot that's like?" + +"It seems on'y fair," ses Peter's uncle, considering. + +"It is fair," ses Sam, and twenty minutes arterwards they was sitting in +a music-'all drinking each other's 'ealths and listening to the songs-- +Mr. Goodman with a big cigar in 'is mouth and his 'at cocked over one +eye, and Sam beating time to the music with 'is pipe. + +"'Ow do you like it?" he ses. + +Mr. Goodman didn't answer 'im because 'e was joining in the chorus with +one side of 'is mouth and keeping 'is cigar alight with the other. He +just nodded at 'im; but 'e looked so 'appy that Sam felt it was a +pleasure to sit there and look at 'im. + +"I wonder wot Peter and Ginger is doin'?" he ses, when the song was +finished. + +"I don't know," ses Mr. Goodman, "and, wot's more, I don't care. If I'd +'ad any idea that Peter was like wot he is I should never 'ave wrote to +'im. I can't think 'ow you can stand 'im." + +"He ain't so bad," ses Sam, wondering whether he ought to tell 'im 'arf +of wot Peter really was like. + +"Bad!" ses Mr. Goodman. "I come up to London for a 'oliday--a change, +mind you--and I thought Peter and me was going to 'ave a good time. +Instead o' that, he goes about with a face as long as a fiddle. He don't +drink, 'e don't go to places of amusement--innercent places of amusement +--and 'is idea of enjoying life is to go walking about the streets and +drinking cups o' tea." + +"We must try and alter 'im," ses Sam, arter doing a bit o' thinking. + +"Certainly not," ses Mr. Goodman, laying his 'and on Sam's knee. "Far be +it from me to interfere with a feller-creature's ideas o' wot's right. +Besides, he might get writing to 'is sister agin, and she might tell my +wife." + +"But Peter said she was dead," ses Sam, very puzzled. + +"I married agin," ses Peter's uncle, in a whisper, 'cos people was +telling 'im to keep quiet, "a tartar--a perfect tartar. She's in a +'orsepittle at present, else I shouldn't be 'ere. And I shouldn't ha' +been able to come if I 'adn't found five pounds wot she'd hid in a +match-box up the chimbley." + +"But wot'll you do when she finds it out?" ses Sam, opening 'is eyes. + +"I'm going to 'ave the house cleaned and the chimbleys swept to welcome +her 'ome," ses Mr. Goodman, taking a sip o' whiskey. "It'll be a little +surprise for her." + +They stayed till it was over, and on the bus he gave Sam some strong +peppermint lozenges wot 'e always carried about with 'im, and took some +'imself. He said 'e found 'em helpful. + +"What are we going to tell Peter and Ginger?" ses Sam, as they got near +the 'ouse. + +"Tell 'em?" ses Mr. Goodman. "Tell 'em the truth. How we follered 'em +when they got off the bus, and 'ave been looking for 'em ever since. I'm +not going to 'ave my 'oliday spoilt by a teetotal nevvy, I can tell you." + +He started on Peter, wot was sitting on his bed with Ginger waiting for +them, the moment he got inside, and all Ginger and Peter could say didn't +make any difference. + +"Mr. Small see you as plain as what I did," he ses. + +"Plainer," ses Sam. + +"But I tell you we come straight 'ome," ses Ginger, "and we've been +waiting for you 'ere ever since." + +Mr. Goodman shook his 'ead at 'im. "Say no more about it," he ses, in a +kind voice. "I dessay it's rather tiresome for young men to go about +with two old ones, and in future, if you and Peter keep together, me and +my friend Mr. Small will do the same." + +Sam shook 'ands with 'im, and though Peter tried his 'ardest to make 'im +alter his mind it was no good. His uncle patted 'im on the shoulder, and +said they'd try it for a few days, at any rate, and Ginger, wot thought +it was a very good idea, backed 'im up. Everybody seemed pleased with +the idea except Peter Russet, but arter Sam 'ad told 'im in private wot a +high opinion 'is uncle 'ad got of 'im, and 'ow well off he was, 'e gave +way. + +They all enjoyed the next evening, and Sam and Mr. Goodman got on +together like twin brothers. They went to a place of amusement every +night, and the on'y unpleasantness that happened was when Peter's uncle +knocked a chemist's shop up at a quarter-past twelve one night to buy a +penn'orth o' peppermint lozenges. + +They 'ad four of the 'appiest evenings together that Sam 'ad ever known; +and Mr. Goodman would 'ave been just as 'appy too if it hadn't ha' been +for the thoughts o' that five pounds. The more 'e thought of it the more +unlikely it seemed that 'is wife would blame it on to the sweep, and one +night he took the match-box out of 'is pocket and shook his 'ead over it +till Sam felt quite sorry for 'im. + +"Don't take up your troubles afore they come," he ses. "Orsepittles are +dangerous places." + +Mr. Goodman cheered up a bit at that, but he got miserable agin the next +night because 'is money was getting low and he wanted another week in +London. + +"I've got seven shillings and fourpence and two stamps left," he ses. +"Where it's all gone to I can't think." + +"Don't you worry about that," ses Sam. "I've got a pound or two left +yet." + +"No, I ain't going to be a burden on you," ses Mr. Goodman, "but another +week I must 'ave, so I must get the money somehow. Peter can't spend +much, the way he goes on." + +Sam gave a little cough. + +"I'll get a pound or two out of 'im," ses Mr. Goodman. + +Sam coughed agin. "Won't he think it rather funny?" he ses, arter a +bit. + +"Not if it's managed properly," ses Mr. Good-man, thinking 'ard. "I'll +tell you 'ow we'll do it. To-morrow morning, while we are eating of our +breakfast, you ask me to lend you a pound or two." + +Sam, what 'ad just taken up 'is glass for a drink, put it down agin and +stared at 'im. + +"But I don't want no money," he ses; "and, besides, you 'aven't got any." + +"You do as I tell you," ses Mr. Goodman, "and when you've got it, you +hand it over to me, see? Ask me to lend you five pounds." + +Sam thought as 'ow the whiskey 'ad got to Mr. Goodman's 'ead at last. +'Owever, to pacify 'im he promised to do wot 'e was told, and next +morning, when they was all at breakfast, he looks over and catches Mr. +Goodman's eye. + +"I wonder if I might be so bold as to ask a favor of you?" he ses. + +"Certainly," ses Peter's uncle, "and glad I shall be to oblige you. +There is no man I've got a greater respect for." + +"Thankee," ses Sam. "The fact is, I've run a bit short owing to paying a +man some money I owed 'im. If you could lend me five pounds, I couldn't +thank you enough." + +Mr. Goodman put down 'is knife and fork and wrinkled up 'is forehead. + +"I'm very sorry," he ses, feeling in 'is pockets; "do you want it +to-day?" + +"Yes; I should like it," ses Sam. + +"It's most annoying," ses Mr. Goodman, "but I was so afraid o' +pickpockets that I didn't bring much away with me. If you could wait +till the day arter to-morrow, when my money is sent to me, you can 'ave +ten if you like." + +"You're very kind," ses Sam, "but that 'ud be too late for me. I must +try and get it somewhere else." Peter and Ginger went on eating their +breakfast, but every time Peter looked up he caught 'is uncle looking at +'im in such a surprised and disappointed sort o' way that 'e didn't like +the look of it at all. + +"I could just do it for a couple o' days, Sam," he ses at last, "but +it'll leave me very short." + +"That's right," ses his uncle, smiling. "My nevvy, Peter Russet, will +lend it to you, Mr. Small, of 'is own free will. He 'as offered afore he +was asked, and that's the proper way to do it, in my opinion." + +He reached acrost the table and shook 'ands with Peter, and said that +generosity ran in their family, and something seemed to tell 'im as Peter +wouldn't lose by it. Everybody seemed pleased with each other, and arter +Ginger Dick and Peter 'ad gone out Mr. Goodman took the five pounds off +of old Sam and stowed 'em away very careful in the match-box. + +[Illustration: "He reached acrost the table and shook 'ands with Peter."] + +"It's nice to 'ave money agin," he ses. "There's enough for a week's +enjoyment here." + +"Yes," ses Sam, slow-like; "but wot I want to know is, wot about the day +arter to-morrow, when Peter expects 'is money?" + +Mr. Goodman patted 'im on the shoulder. "Don't you worry about Peter's +troubles," he ses. "I know exactly wot to do; it's all planned out. Now +I'm going to 'ave a lay down for an hour--I didn't get much sleep last +night--and if you'll call me at twelve o'clock we'll go somewhere. Knock +loud." + +He patted 'im on the shoulder agin, and Sam, arter fidgeting about a bit, +went out. The last time he ever see Peter's uncle he was laying on the +bed with 'is eyes shut, smiling in his sleep. And Peter Russet didn't +see Sam for eighteen months. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Peter's Pence, by W.W. 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