Crown and Anchor - Under the Pen'ant

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Crown and Anchor, by John Conroy Hutcheson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Author: John Conroy Hutcheson Illustrator: John B. Greene Release Date: March 25, 2008 [EBook #24916] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CROWN AND ANCHOR *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England John Conroy Hutcheson "Crown and Anchor" Chapter One. An Old Sea-Lion. “Hullo, Dad!” I cried out, stopping abruptly in front of the red granite coloured Reform Club, down the marble steps of which a queer-looking old gentleman was slowly descending. “Who is that funny old fellow there? He’s just like that ‘old clo’’ man we saw at the corner of the street this morning, only that he hasn’t got three hats on, one on top of another, the same as the other chap had!