The Pursuit of the House-Boat
John Kendrick Bangs
- Not
- even
- death
- can
- keep
- a
- good
- pirate
- down—but
- the
- world’s
- greatest
- detective
- might
- be
- able
- to
- give
- him
- a
- run
- for
- his
- moneyThe
- houseboat
- on
- the
- river
- Styx
- is
- the
- afterlife’s
- hippest
- meeting
- spot,
- and
- it
- attracts
- some
- of
- history’s
- greatest
- luminaries:
- William
- Shakespeare,
- Confucius,
- Napoleon
- Bonaparte,
- George
- Washington,
- and
- Socrates
- have
- all
- spent
- time
- together
- there.
- But
- such
- illustrious
- men
- also
- attract
- less
- savory
- characters
- from
- the
- past.
- One
- of
- these
- scoundrels,
- the
- great
- pirate
- Captain
- Kidd,
- seizes
- an
- opportunity
- to
- pick
- up
- some
- cigars
- from
- London
- with
- the
- houseboat.
- Now
- the
- vessel
- is
- missing,
- and
- there’s
- only
- one
- dead
- man
- skilled
- enough
- in
- deduction
- to
- track
- down
- Kidd
- and
- the
- boat—the
- world’s
- foremost
- detective,
- Sherlock
- Holmes.Meanwhile,
- Captain
- Kidd
- has
- his
- hands
- full,
- as
- the
- stolen
- boat
- contains
- an
- unexpected
- set
- of
- stowaways
- who
- are
- making
- his
- quick
- jaunt
- far
- more
- difficult
- than
- he
- bargained
- for.
- The
- Pursuit
- of
- the
- House-Boat
- is
- a
- raucous
- romp
- through
- the
- underworld.This
- ebook
- has
- been
- professionally
- proofread
- to
- ensure
- accuracy
- and
- readability
- on
- all devices.
