Short stories by Richard Matthews Hallet
Richard Mathews Hallet was born in Bath, ME but his family moved to Cambridge, MA where he grew up. He attended Cambridge Latin School, graduated from Harvard (1908) and Harvard Law School (1910). He clerked for the U.S. Circuit Court of New York for a year, then in 1912 shipped out on a British ship to Australia -- the first of many adventures about which he wrote. He also worked as a journalist for Gannett Newspapers, wrote articles for many magazines, and books of fiction.
Listing 2 stories.
After twelve years at sea, an elderly sailor must decide if he should return to Liverpool to search for his lover, or if he is too old for love to even try.
A woman and the female captain her husband used to sail with begin a bitter feud. But when the woman embarrasses the captain in front of the whole town, she seeks revenge in a clever way.