[Blix by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookBlix CHAPTER V 25/33
Address Captain Jack, office this paper." "I know he's got a wooden leg!" cried Blix.
"Can't you just see it sticking out between the lines? And he lives all alone somewhere down near the bay with a parrot--" "And makes a glass of grog every night." "And smokes a long clay pipe." "But he chews tobacco." "Yes, isn't it a pity he will chew that nasty, smelly tobacco? But K. D.B.will break him of that." "Oh, is he for K.D.B. ?" "Sent by Providence!" declared Blix.
"They were born for each other. Just see, K.D.B.is a good housekeeper, and wants a respectable middle-aged gentleman.
Captain Jack is a respectable middle-aged gentleman, and wants a good housekeeper.
Oh, and besides, I can read between the lines! I just feel they would be congenial.
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