Bill's Lapse Summary
W. W. Jacobs

BILL’S LAPSE Strength and good-nature—­said the night-watchman, musingly, as he felt his biceps—­strength and good-nature always go together.  Sometimes you find a stro... Read more

W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. H... Read more