Dion Clayton Calthrop

Name: The Pirate's Pocket Book
Author: Dion Clayton Calthrop

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“The Pirate's Pocket Book”, is a work by Dion Clayton Calthrop. It explores elements such as Dingy David, Pirate and dust.

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ So they retired for a breathing space and a wash to that Island where the neat cottage stood and the geraniums grew. [51]
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They moored the Inky Murk to a low-growing pom-pom tree, and then, stepping carefully, like those unaccustomed to dry land (or wet land either, for the matter of that) , they gazed upon each other in silence. [53]
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No one, not even the most careful observer, would have recognised in the two dusty figures, the once spruce forms of Captain Thomas Tomb and Dingy David. [55]
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"Home!" said the young fellow, throwing a diamond at a wave-crest. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ A light burned in the window of the lonely cottage that stood upon the shore. [73]
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It was the work of a moment for Dingy David to seize upon the beautiful maiden who was writing jam labels, by the light of a solitary candle.
Such are the lives of the humble. [75]
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Without a glance at her face, he carried her at breakneck speed to the boat—pushed off, and rowed like Hercules for the island. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ If you are thinking of becoming a Pirate—and there is plenty of room at the top of every profession—you will have to look about a good deal, because you will have enemies. [11]
He dreams of other worlds to conquer.
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Tom Tomb—that was not his name, but it was the way he signed other people's cheques, and your father and mother will tell you that this is a very mean trick—lived partly on an island, and partly on board the Inky Murk. [13]
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You will understand that I mean not with one foot on the island and one on the boat, but sometimes on one and sometimes on the other. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ The young fellow was stealing flowers.
He was surprised to see Captain Tomb.
When I say he was surprised, you will see what I mean by the picture. [31]
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"What cinderadustmat do you mean," yelled Tomb, in a voice like a railway accident, "by stealing my flowers?"
"I thought they were wild," said the young fellow, taking his pipe from his mouth. [33]
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"Wild!" shrieked Tomb. "Wild!!" he bawled.
This last yell was so powerful that three of his buttons flew off his coat.
The young fellow caught them neatly in his left hand, and presented them to the Captain on bended knee. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ Now T. T. never robbed the poor. [17]
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Because it was not worth his while. [19]
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But any person who looked rich [22] [21] suffered accordingly. [23]
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The Inky Murk was the name of his boat. You can make one curiously like it with two chairs and a rug. [25]
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One day Tomb captured a young fellow—a very handsome lad too.
It was off a certain island where Tom Tomb had a neat cottage, in the garden of which he grew flowers for a pastime. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ When the boat was loaded with the noble family, Lord Wencheslaus (erstwhile Dingy David) and Ermyntrude Tomb stood hand in hand in front of Captain Thomas Tomb.
"You must often come and see us, father," she said. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ Mastering his ill-concealed emotion, T. T. rose and strode— (when I say strode—T. T. never walked: he strolled, strutted, strode, or stepped, invariably) —towards the house. [59]
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Threw open the door!! xxxxxx! o! z! What a sight met his eyes!!
Dust, dust, dust—everywhere. [61]
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Dust met his eye. (When I say that, I mean that he saw dust—over all the simple cottage furniture he loved.)
He groaned three times.
The young man, who was idly chewing the stone of a cringet, turned and saw, through the open door, dust, dust, dust. ”

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Dion Clayton Calthrop, The Pirate's Pocket Book

“ Leaping to his feet, [66] [65] he rushed to the Captain's side.
"Captain," said he, "we must have a Charwoman."
(I say charwoman, meaning a woman who is paid to do work that other servants are hired to do, but will not.) [67]
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In less time than it takes to skin an acquadatoric, Dingy David was in the rowing-boat making for the shore of the mainland. [69]
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Sixty-eight hours of hard rowing, without a rest, brought the strong young fellow to the coast.
It was night. [71]
Pause—excited reader. ”

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