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The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht, by
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Title: The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht 1909
Author: F. Hopkinson Smith
Illustrator: F. Hopkinson Smith
Release Date: December 3, 2007 [EBook #23703]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE PARTHENON BY WAY OF PAPENDRECHT
By F. Hopkinson Smith
1909
"WILYUM!.....Wilyum!.....WILYUM!"
It was mine host of the Ferry Inn at Cook-ham who was calling, and at the top of his voice--and a big-chested voice it was--the sound leaping into aescendo as the object of his search remained hidden. Then he turned to me:
"He's somewheres 'round the boat house--you can't miss him--there's too much of him!"
"Are ye wantin' me, sor?" came another shout as I rounded the squat building stuffed with boats--literally so--bottom, top, and sides.
"Yes--are you the boatman?"
"I am, sor--and bloody sick of me job. Do ye see that wherry shovin' off--the one with the lady in a sweater? Yes--that's right--just slipped under the bridge. Well, sor, what d'ye think the bloke did for me? Look at it, sor!" (Here he held out his hand, in which lay a half-penny.) "And me a-washin' out 'is boat, feedin' of 'is dog, and keepin' an eye on 'is togs and 'is ladies--and then shoves off and '
The Parthenon by way of Papendrecht
by F. Hopkinson Smith