, 1870-05-28


b standing up IN one corner Watching = pair
q furnishes roost, Whilo his master seemed to
n seetuIing him, IT least Judged 80 from Il
I sound Of his voice. But the brute heard Il
o | almost immediately, aud began to bark; SO
: OF the mill.
. foe7"
4 "Friend!" said.
"Enter, friend!"
!; And Hhen ~eas IN, he'd set horse-piste
I latch. That msda ma laugh bit, but he pr
y I it down ut once.
= 40 Jaks, I'm so Jolly glad you've com.
g foura just IN time for supper, soe!" and th
, GSs M beFIn tumpins about too, 60 that fol
nHcre'a something I've bronght,"I ssys
: taking It ont Of my jsoket pocket,
40 Jake, fs this cheese7 Rhere did 70
get cheese from And bread and butter, an
r l plum pudden! Ny wig, but weu have feas
ee.tMght.- And be danced on his bare feel
swinging the kstonished beast about, whi1o
l stood laughing At to CRY.
We 4te, and ate, and ate Al threo Of De whe
We did Sit down, for VAS toIcrably peckish
their amall game didn't particularly agree witt
them: After I'd done, and lit my pipe, toll
how I'd got work. And we'd = gpod long talk
/ day.
1t went on 20 for about month, / helpin,
them at times with bit Of baccy, md 20 or
when one night just ~ I'd got into bed,
heard something scratching It my window
which is near the ground, tud easy to get ut
Who's there2" called.
"Me," says Bos's voice.
a., And 4 sure enough when "a lighted ny can:
breeches, holding Eagle Eye al bloody IN hi
1 ntus
"Castlce etormed !" he says.
! "Stormed! How do you mean?''
"oh, FIVE Or six great louts from the town
round sioning through the holes, and climbed
up and Grinued through, and then burst open
the door. I'd have shot EN-, would, only the
powder was wet, and ouly 1athed. And whom
Eagle Eye ran at 'em,. they hit him that
Isaw that he was trying to keep in q cry, but
ho couldn't no longer.
| They've took everything" he sobbod-
my pistol, and two dozen roach I'd got sailed
| down, aud life Of Dickv Iurpin, and all {; and,
! Q Jake, believe thes'7e killed the poor dog
I gee, believe they have"
It wasn't 80 bad as that, though his shoulder
| was laid open, and Bob himself With 1 bump on
Ills temple - big ~ walnut; but We soon set
it pretty right. and then Bob cfept into bed
still euddling The dog, and wo al slept sound
enoueh ~ the bell woke me up to,work.
AlEcl kAdkY bGQ hlAfeu my IOQ[6- kt1 not
got any money; but it happened Inckiiy they
lust wanted boy to tend the opHlnes in my
shop, 30 be was taken on, with Kair wAgeB,
which wore soon Increased, for ha was quick,
and plucfr enough to dc things o~other boys
d8rentt.
We got on jolly, wo two. Tho H7at thing
Bob did, when ho got his weeks pay, Was to
buy pair Of rabbits, buck and doo. md VIC
spent Saturday afternoon knocking up hutch.
Then Vie got by degrees guinea Pigs, and \
male fnTet, and lot OF young stszlings, 10
Tint the HniHBis r2iAed cur rept sixnenee, abe
said We we're so messy.
On Ssnday mornings, when NC could lie in
bod, il was nice to hear them scroto31ing and
chipping. Or getting, up little fights with each
other, ~ big old crow in =
feed him Then eorne Of the other follows
would mostly drop in, til we'd havs pe<h4ps
AZ many ~ Elk before we'd denb breakfast.
And than we'd al start on acrosa the he}ds,
or, If itwas summer, down to the n1et ID
smelling about, chasing every beast he could
meet 1,sa than himself, and we following, With
The feI1st in bng, ready to loose On whatever
turned mp
went ont .. doors to smoke-not pipes "a
kept those for week dzss), but cigaca. re-
tnenbsr having quite a dispute onee.with Bob
about these samo eiga1B He said penny ones
were fFuta good enough. Now, I dent think
n3.,, 80. iys smoked WaE AL sorts OF penny ones
thing, or aiher, Which sell three for two pence
haltpeuny. But thar Amt good and I Tor ono
woull deal sooner have pine, ONLY tiat q
cigar looks more It's thing with onaH Sunday
rIotEsa.
inse sss aue .sMs took up Fith PoAy
evenings, didn't particularly notice ANYTHING
at hume. But when I'd broke with Lex for
Soaes M vhst saa I'd 'oa aoa aoont to began
10 naae tAeM SO SUI. 4os. vas on q
naay n,t ~ FL a !us' ~ aa snnhng 81
be.sus NY m "a ~ ~ stS Ntl~-w~s tne 80, ~
SoI9 n9o, mI.a -, oeeu W an4 ons po1ote
way. ~ r. 1Nm' eaettsiaen T.. rs soon asl
T.. H.; ~ - ~ 6os up ~ III olA l'1ie e1-
qto sesaso.ses 10 o. e1psaae, son Know;
- III, w aas.. %sss ~ sl'sn ~, ny" POI
M ,..1 Mitn p'1ese aeatnot. ana ing cheesl
Scs :. Il Mt,at,a 10y alap = s., - ...4...,.
49, nAs = ~ sAenot 'asa nes 1tns toloek
40 49, >. - - u'an snk. AuoM. ~.
and ~ ;rre1 c ent et ~ u hfae on US let
nHa ?a1aEGo ~ " peu poaoee 10 U ume TO
s nras II; ;,,t ne s.tngg1ea o.; ~ nna a. called Hs
utSae " utu..'s Wien t".aIeu II ou ana loahd
W love yo.x IN wMte letters Oh red gEoIpd.-
Hee, Sonfe a1ter ioups woman l aaid.
Me!a, impose am' IL don't matter to you,
oosS @Sot M bsked tater, nnt uba,ou xon 20.
~. r
tho m ~ ~ 9't1a this M ios T.
On, lsold tho sAxilngs, and that tounG
shInHn, anu the rabb'tsr
u,,s sou tue 5aohits! 9oo must BE- tooE, bad.
Wy Wy y H., eneae que Hnc'jay, or
rave 1hAfsson,: or sue W1sher,
Or -, kno"-ManA bennett? These
*sse @ ~ gus saskea at our shop, nld we're
aooNa YOU aga
:, Bns M he took @ ous hls knife, and BEGAN Whit
4ns t9as tno uoor " eoe h"tcn' paying: no aftclt-
tsMs.. mno y u nop! esss again after 5tt-
ssG"nas go.n nnh ~, no ,r,n4.;un
Cone, Yep! IN ns VINO tia.
him v0n hsyne or uns at ont OF
1hesed been dgure-show-marionnettes
.1ey e@noo ;. 9nELssopp.ng nea1 y the q; market.
pla1o tut alku ~ ec HeeAs; Icy =, lXe men
A. and women IS ~en: and i WAS one OF the gals
mere wno sahe On 70 WMte anetip, WIZ II roses
1ouna 5etl nes peau' 1au taAen 1ao 1ancs- 1neyd
teas We h toTn- tnat morning, 9ol mol meaning
changed H1gs, and he wa fool enough to
tMnk 19 shea zen Iemem1eI i nm: ~ that time. |
at:u M9u,y sgay f nuRnt: Dat' 1n1nAs i, snes any
.,o1 rnns 81 Hao 1uny np"s, ~ Hons sao = 5eas,
~, ua ~ 1@on'A' ~ o4sAH LUZ 1oese' Ill aooue
soWH o. won't an nrot+x ,,,r,, 4,a a.,no .t.or.A;,
e1eent that we pot gof ~ II 1u;ota, H.<5 :; tn,s
w,ya snend;ne s ooaa ;mo raaa,no M FL y 4eo eur
st1o5iinr along Hen;uaton Rod ats,d ~ snar 'en
~ 1s.s As ais6 ,1a sseaaol sttes
aSsninea eve md p1sye3 domin,as and dl.nah}s ~ 81
for neupy sar1s, at the Erchanpa Coffaas
shop ID Broad Allsy, i'll I've lost as much a.
ninepenca in one night. That Ma in wintar :
N Summer, we'd got csscket aud al that.
cau bowl = bit Eonnd hand; and though Bob Is
ssnan in zize, perlaps from smoking 20 fego-
lsr, he'd stick u tia wicket as well as any of
the big chaps.
Bout tlia spring it WAS thAt Bob first took
to telling tAhs. I'd no idea ho could; till
once, after we'd been reading aonnething. in
penny nunabere, be went On q his oan hsad,
alap-ap, I tell you, just like tho book, and
hardly taka my pipe without lin by TO make
up eonetMng, -.
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