The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-11-13

other wood we wur dead beat. l wanted
to 60 home, but Will wur In high spirits,
and swore the game-wur only begun, and
that he would have more birds. The devil
wur in him, cir, and it would ha' bin q
bad night for Tom Jarvis, the keeper, If
he had come across then. Well. sir, after
we had rested and got wind, Viii did the
same trick again, and brought down two
more pheasants. Then we run for home
like hares, and got III safe without seeing
anybody.
We played this game pretty often, and
the village got into q regular hubbub.-
The Squire sWore there We're some of the
cunningest thieves about the estate that
ever was, and thought we was gang that
plotted to do business on different parts of
the preserves. The first night we went
out old Jacob, the smith, wur suspected;
but the old man knew we Wur out, and
had been cute enough to 60 on that very
night to prayer-meeting at chapel four
miles away, along with one Of the Squire s
woodmen, who had also taken a pious
turn, and they two easily cleared one an
other. But we got nabbed at last, sir;
for one night, when we come home with
the game, who did we find waiting for US
in the farmyard but Tom Jarvis, the keep
er, and his man. They suspected US, yos
see, and, as they couldn't catch Us, they
playedus that deep trick They threat
ened to pull as up the next day; and after
they went, Will Oakley got his little bit
of money to0ethAr-Aia- ttzc
-COaI-pfts.
How did 1 get out of-it, sir? Well
master persuaded me to 90 to the hall 10
ak Squire's pardon. Master went and
toll hon a L l. l.
me on, and that wouldn't de 1t again
Squire stormed and swore shoekingly, but
he agreed to make it up When it was all
over, says l to him, 1--WE ought to have a
drop OF drink about this job, sir, seem as
how it's all settled; and mouthful ol
bread and cheese wouldn't be amiss
either"
"Why. you Impudent scamp" says he,
III you amt of sharp Pll have you put
IN the stocks yet" He went away and
told his lady, for heard her a-laughIng
hearty, and she come out into the passage
and hollered out to the footman, Slater, -
says she, give that man as much as be
can eat and drink" And he did, too; and
didn't make a bad day, for a snare that
l set a-going home agin had q hare in II
that night
CeoJ CLO0En " AAoNfO5b VI kQc
game, sir, provided you deals with re.
spectacle man. The little hucksters viii
make their own terms as to price, or else
they'll split on you, so it's better to go to
an honest man at once. My man, Mr..
Crouch. keeps the biggest house in Foose-
town, and deals with all the gentry A
very tidy man. SIR, but q bit added
about old picters and creckeryWare Says
he to me one day, a-sItLing in his parlor,
a-drnklEg q drop of Sherry wine, "Mr.
hooks" says he, that pieler over there. y
pointing to an old smudgo so dark that
could hardly see 1t, that" says he, SIS a
Ilshlun. Ny pieter restorer won't tall
me whether it's copy or honginal; he
won't commit hlsseli. Its the Tribute
Money is the pieter. Observe tbs hex
preston of that Phsrises's heysbroW
there. Mr. Rocks"
And so that's Tishiun, is it?'' says I.
1T IS says he. "ICs the picter that
brought TlshIun hout. and if it's only q
horlglnal, IT'S worth its thousands"
But Crouch ls good pay and an honest
man
Oh, yes, sir, I've been nabbed foug
times. We helps one another 10 pay the
fine. But the last time had three months
on the wheel. No Joke that, sir. II makes
your arms and thighs feel like babies.
warn't good for nothin' for a month after,
and had to 60 on the parish. Everything
else IN Jail Is very cem(ortable; but the
wheel Is the very devil. Pll sartinly
thrash Tom Jarvis for that some night.
Yes, sir, I'm married, but my wife has
got rumatiz by feld-work, and has half-a-
crown a week from the parish. Pm a la
borer, and earn ten shilings Week. be-
sides what can make by peachIng-per-
haps four or FIVE shillings more. I've two
boys, ten and twelve School, sir2 Oh,
no, they're worth five shillings week to
me. Better stop poaehing? No, SIR, I'm
blowed if l do.-BeLgrGviG. a5cs 81