HOLMAN DAY

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PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1911




THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPED




I


Cap'n Aaron Sproul, late skipper of the _Jefferson P. Benn_, sat by
the bedside of his uncle, "One-arm" Jerry, and gazed into the
latter's dimming eyes.