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The story in 10 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A pirate-mad boy meets a crew of actors

   The first tale, Smoked Skipper, starts at Wapping Old Stairs with a small boy named Ralph. His head is stuffed with penny papers about buccaneers, and his father can no longer manage him.

   The skipper of the schooner Susan Jane agrees to take him to sea. He tells Ralph the ship is a pirate vessel, because the boy would never come otherwise. He warns his crew to play along. The sailors tell bloodcurdling tales, but they laugh too much to look like desperadoes.

   Ralph's first fight goes badly, and he ends up crying on the cook's knee. At sea he peels potatoes, polishes brass and suffers seasickness, since work is the cure for piratical yearnings. The mate finds the penny papers; later they are locked away.

   At anchor, Ralph speaks with perfect respect. A boy who seems beaten may simply be waiting for his moment.

2. 2

   A scheming father tries to marry off his daughter

   In A Safety Match, Mr. Boom decides his daughter Kate is angry enough to accept the first man who asks.

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3. 3

   Two wives aboard one schooner make trouble

   In A Rash Experiment, Captain Bunnett and his mate Fillson both find their wives arriving to sail on the schooner Foam.

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4. 4

   Skippers are frightened by a stranger and a ghost

   In The Cabin Passenger, the captain of the Fearless creeps onto his own wharf, because a man from the court is waiting in his cabin with a judgment summons.

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5. 5

   Discipline and piety are put to the test

   A Disciplinarian is told by a night watchman.

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6. 6

   Bills, lies and mops decide who is in charge

   In The Disbursement Sheet, a new owner, Edward, demands a proper sheet from Captain Fazackerly, who is used to the old way of simply splitting his cash.

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7. 7

   A poisoned fish and a false widow

   Pickled Herring concerns the brig Arethusa and its skipper's dog, Rupert, who bites two sailors in one week.

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8. 8

   A magic bird and a roll of banknotes

   In The Grey Parrot, Chief Engineer Gannett buys a parrot that swears fluently.

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9. 9

   Two stories where the mood grows serious

   An Intervention is a sea story with almost no joking.

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10. 10

    The tricks, the voice and the people they share

    Most of these tales share a shape.

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