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Book Excerpt: stumps of cigarettes. In a corner was a tin chop-box, whichEverett asked to have removed. It belonged, the landlord told him, tothe man who, two nights before, had occupied the cot and who had died init. Everett was anxious to learn of what he had died. Apparentlysurprised at the question, the Portuguese shrugged his shoulders."Who knows?" he exclaimed. The next morning the English trader acrossthe street assured Everett there was no occasion for alarm. "He didn'tdie of any disease," he explained. "Somebody got at him from thebalcony, while he was in his cot, and knifed him."The English trader was a young man, a cockney, named Upsher. At home hehad been a steward on the Channel steamers. Everett made him his mostintimate friend. He had a black wife, who spent most of her day in afour-post bed, hung with lace curtains and blue ribbon, in which sheresembled a baby hippopotamus wallowing in a bank of white sand.At first the black woman was a shock to Everett, but after Upsherdismissed herRead More
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Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was an American journalist, novelist, and playwright, renowned as one of the most prominent war correspondents of his time. Born in Philadelphia, he became known for his vivid reporting from conflicts such as the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. Davis also wrote novels, short stories, and plays, with works like Soldiers of Fortune gaining popular acclaim. His adventurous spirit and romanticized portrayals of heroism made him a cultural icon of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influencing both literature and journalism.
