The Archive · 1920

The Junk Anchorage For Ever

After the Frenchtown and Kin-lee-yuen wharves and the landing In the good old Middle Ages, when the workman earned his wages by permission of a Baron, on a barren piece of soil, people knew much more of Witches than of economic riches, and were innocent of problems touching ordinary toil. Then, the world was so much nicer; Knight and Noble each would vie, Sir, in equestrian adventure and exquisite courtesy; while the peasant in his cottage was content with simple pottage, and well pleased to make obeisance to the aristocracee.

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