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A Master of Fortune
C J Cutcliffe Hyne
A Master of Fortune
C J Cutcliffe Hyne
"The pay is small enough," said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. "It's a bit hard for a man of my age and experience to come down to a job like piloting, on eight pound a month and my grub." "All right, Capt'n," replied the agent. "You needn't tell me what I know already. The pay's miserable, the climate's vile, and the bosses are beasts. And yet we have more applicants for these berths on the Congo than there are vacancies for. And f'why is it, Capt'n? Because there's no questions asked. The Congo people want men who can handle steamers. Their own bloomin' Belgians aren't worth a cent for that, and so they have to get Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, English, Eytalians, or any one else that's capable. They prefer to give small pay, and are willing to take the men that for various reasons can't get better jobs elsewhere. Guess you'll know the crowd I mean?" "Thoroughly, sir," said Kettle, with a sigh. "There are a very large number of us. But we're not all unfortunate through our own fault."
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 24, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781727488784 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 260 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 353 g |
Language | English |
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