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As I saw the shopkeepers walk by in their black frock coats and their black hats, I thought of the old line in nursery annals: "The merchants of London, they wear scarlet." The streets were all so unromantic, dreary. Nothing could be done for them, I thought  nothing. AS I SAW THE SHOPKEEPERS WALK BY IN THEIR BLACK FROCK COATS AND THEIR BLACK HATS I THOUGHT OF THE OLD LINE IN NURSERY ANNALS THE MERCHANTS OF LONDON THEY WERE SCARLET THE STREETS WERE ALL SO UNROMANTIC DREARY NOTHING COULD BE DONE FOR THEM I THOUGHT NOTHING
f the meat. Then poor old Bill was all alone at sea. "And the very next week, before the food gave out, Captain must have died on his bit of an island; for poor old Bill heard the Captain's soul going cursing over the sea, and the day after that the ship was cast on a rocky coast. "And Captain's been dead now for over a hundred years, and poor old Bill is safe ashore again. But it looks as if Captain hadn't done with him yet, for poor old Bill doesn't ever get any older, and somehow or other he doesn't seem to die. Poor old Bill!" When this was over the man's fascination suddenly snapped, and we all jumped up and left him. It was not only his revolting story, but it was the fearful look in the eyes of the man who told it, and the terrible ease with which his voice surpassed the roar of the rain, that decided me never again to enter that haunt of sailors--the tavern of the sea. THE BEGGARS I was walking down Piccadilly not long ago, thinking of nursery rhymes and regretting old romance.  THE BEGGARS CHAPTER ELEVEN OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEPER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN I WAS WALKING DOWN PICCADILLY NOT LONG AGO THINKING OF NURSERY RHYMES AND REGRETTING OLD ROMANCE
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