The Democratic advocate., 1905-10-07

they re men they ought to make it up to
Henery Walker for the money he as saved
EN- for finding you out
"They We got to pay me fust, ses Bob.
Il m pore man, but I'll stick up for my
rights As for me shooting EN-, they d
ha been urt good deal more if [ d done
Especially Mr.. Henery Walker.
Don't answer im, Henery," ses John
Biggs. ''You save your breath to go and
tell Sam Jones and the others about it.
It'll cheer em up
''And tell em about my arf in case
they get too cheerful and go overriding it, F"
ses Bob Portly, stopping at the door.
Good night, all. =
Nobody answered i'm; and after waiting
little bit, Henery Walker set off to see
Sam Jones and the others. John Biggs
was quite right about its making em cheer
full, but they see as plain as Bob 'imself
that it ad got to be kept quiet. It'll
we've spent the money at any rate" ses
Walter Bell. "Then p'raps Mr.. Sutton
might get Bob locked up for it.
Mr.. Sutton went down to see EN- all
day or two afterwards. The shooting
party was broken up and gone ONE, but
they left some money behind EN-. Ten
pounds each they were to ave, same as
the others, but Mr. Sutton said that he
ad heard ow the other money was wasted
at the Caulifower, and e was going to
give it out to EN-, ten shillings week
until the money was gone.
Peter Gubbins with is arm tied up in
sling was the first one to turn up at the
Cauifower, and he was that down hearted
about it We couldn't do nothing with i'm.
He ad expected to be able to pull out ten
golden sOyereigns.
81 wonder ow they heard about it, y
ses Dieky Weed.
81 can tell you, ses Bob Portly, wot
ad been sitting up in corner by himself
nodding and smiling at Peter wot wouldn't
look at i'm. IA friend O mine at Wick
ham wrote to i'm about it He was so
disgusted at the way Bill Chambers and
Henery Walker come up ere wasting their
ard earned money that he sent i'm let
ter signed "A Friend of the Workingman
telling i'm about it
"a friend o yours?' ses John Biggs,
starring at im. "Wot for?'
II don't know" ses Bob; "he's
wunnerful good scholard, and he likes
writing letters. He's going to write another
tomorrow unless l go over and stop i'm. -
Another ses Peter, who ad been
telling everybody that e wouldn't speak
to i'm agin as long as e lived ''Wot
about?'
About the idea that shot you all, =
ses Bob. ~ want my character cleared.
o course they can prove anything against
me-Tve got my witnesses-but taking
one thing with another see now that it does
look suspicious and don't suppose any of
you will get any more of your money. Mr..
Sutton is so sick o being laughed at, he II
jump at anything.
You dassen't do it, Bob, ses Peter,
all of tremble
at aim t me, Peter, old pal, ses Bob.
| ''Ii's 5 my friend But don mind stop
ping im for the sake of old time, if get
my arf He'd listen 10 me, | feel sure. y
At first Peter said he wouldn't get a
farthing out of im if his friend wrote let
tiers till doomsday, but by and by he thought
better Of it and asked Bob to stay there
while he went down to see Sam Walker
about it, When e came back he'd got
the first week S money for Bob Portly; but
he said he left Walter Bell carrying on
| ike a mailman, and as for Sam Jones, he
was that upset e didn't believe he d last
out the night.