The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories by W. W. Jacobs

Wildside Press. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. 180 pages. Dimensions: 9.1in. x 6.1in. x 0.9in.From The Monkeys Paw: What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkeys paw or something, Morris Nothing, said the soldier, hastily. Leastways nothing worth hearing. Monkeys paw said Mrs. White, curiously. Well, its 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, its 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 peoples 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. This volume also includes The Lady of the Barge, Bills Paper Chase, The Well, Cupboard Love, In the Library, Captain Rogers, A Tigers Skin, A Mixed Proposal, An Adulteration Act, A Golden Venture, Three at Table. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN.