The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure

By William Bowen

Fred is befriended by the hunchback who runs the tobacco shop. Warned never to smoke the magic tobacco in the porcelain jar shaped like a “Chinaman's head,” Fred stays away from it for a long time. One day he falters and suddenly finds himself involved in high adventure on the Spanish Main.


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