Ship of the Dead

After a line of mischief Philip Gale an American sailor is lured into hiring on the Yorikke a tramp cargo by Lawski a stoker from Poland Still the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned the Yorikke is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship work is close to slavery and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ships cargo Written by Anonymous