Coram Boy: Part 5

By JAMILA GAVIN

"Why I don't ditch you is more than I can say. Thank your lucky stars that blood is thicker than water. Tighten him up properly. Don't want no hold ups now. We can just catch the ferry before nightfall if we hurry!"

Otis Gardiner, pots man, Jack-of-all-trades and smooth-tongued entrepreneur, ranted non-stop. It was a side of Otis that not everyone saw; he could be so attractive, so charming, so sweetly spoken. A young man still, he had wide, appealing, brown eyes and shoulder-length red-brown hair drawn back to show off his broad, handsome brow. He could barter the hind leg off a donkey -especially if the donkey was a lady. By flirting with the wives, bantering with the gentlemen, demonstrating magic tricks to little children, he could persuade a customer to part with twice as much money as they should, all the while making them think they had themselves a bargain.

Publisher: Mammoth

Price: $16.95

Age group: 12 plus years

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