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The Ship of Stars

CHAPTER XIV
11/19

8 in., marked on chest with initials and cross swords, tattooed, also anchor and coil of rope on right fore-arm: large brown mole on right shoulder-blade.
Striped flannel drawers: otherwise naked: no property of any kind.
Ditto.

Grown man, age 40 or thereabouts: dark; iron grey beard: lovers' knot tattooed on right forearm, with initials R.L., E.W., in the loops: clad in flannel shirt, guernsey, trousers (blue sea-cloth), socks (heather-mixture), all unmarked.
Silver chain in pocket, with Freemason's token: a half-crown, a florin, and fourpence-- And so on.

On the opposite page were entered the full names and details afterwards discovered, with notes of the Vicar's correspondence, and position of the grave.
"They ought to have gravestones," said Mr.Raymond.

"But as it is, I can only get about thirty shillings for the funeral from the county rate.

The balance has come out of my pocket--from two to three pounds for each.


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