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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

THE MAN WHO WAS NOT ON THE PASSENGER LIST and SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Arts, Fiction

4.51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The Man Who Was Not On The Passenger List- A man traveling from England to the US on a steamship falls down into a hold to his death but the company refuses to pay his wife for their negligence and she cannot afford a lawyer. Justice needs to be done.

Share and Share Alike- A man traveling on a steamship kills his best friend but finds that getting rid of the body can be a weighty problem.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales.

0:33.4

This is your host, John Hagadorn.

0:35.9

It's been a while since we've done any Robert Barr stories.

0:38.0

I do enjoy your stories very much, and we have two Robert Barr stories for you today.

0:42.2

The first, the man who is not on the passenger list and share and share alike.

0:47.0

And now, the man who is not on the passenger list.

0:52.0

The well-sworn lie, franked to the world with all the circumstance of proof,

0:57.1

cringes abashed, and sneaks along the wall at the first sight of truth.

1:03.0

How true.

1:07.0

The gibrontus of the Hot Cross Bun Line was at one time the best ship of that justly celebrated fleet.

1:13.0

All steam ships have of course their turn at the head of the fleet

1:16.0

until a better boat is built,

1:18.0

but the Gibrantus is even now a reasonably fast and popular boat.

1:22.0

An accident happened on board that you brought to some years ago

1:25.9

which was of small importance to the general public, but of some moment to Richard Keeling

1:30.1

for it killed him. The poor man got only a line or two in the papers when the steam

1:34.7

arrived at New York and then they spelled his name wrong. Yet it happened

1:39.3

something like this. Kealing was wandering around very late at night when he should have been in his bunk, and he stepped on a dark place that he thought was solid.

1:47.0

As it happened, there was nothing between him and the bottom of the hold but space.

1:53.9

They buried Keeling at sea and the officers knew absolutely nothing about the matter when

1:58.0

inquisitive passengers hearing rumors question them.

2:02.1

This state of things very often exists both on sea and land as far

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