SAILOR TOM
By
Tom, the protege of Barnacle Bill, was in no way reluctant to leave his harbor home in Boston and follow the seas. He was of a nautical disposition. Unfortunately for him, he was a cat, and to compound the agony, a black cat, the anathema of all sailors. Repeatedly, the crew of the Bouncing Bet tried to relieve him of his nine lives, until he proves that he is the bravest among the lot, a carrier of good, not bed fortune.