Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-15

He went round the next night and
'ad another try to get is money, but
| 1t was no use. and all the good he done
was to make Mrs. Cook In such
temper that she 'ad to go to bed be-
fore he 'ad arr finished. 1t was no
good talking to old Cook and Emma,
because they daren't do anything with
out 'er, and 1t was no good calling
things up the stairs to 'er, because she
! didn't answer Three nights running
Mrs. Cook went off to bed afore y
o'clock for fear she should say some
thing to i'm as she'd be sorry for arter-
wards, and for three nights Charlie
made HIMSELF so disagreeable that
Emma told i'm plain the sooner he went
back to seq agin the better she would
like It. The only one who seemed 10
enjoy it was George Smith, and he
used to bring bits out o newspapers
and read to 'em, showing ow silly
people was done out o. their money.
On the fourth night Charlie dropped
It aud made lmself SO amiable that
Mrs. Cook stayed up and made I'm a
Welsh rabbit for Is supper and made
Inn drink two glasses O beer Instead o.
one, while old Cook sat and drank three
glasses o. water Just out o. temper and
to show that he didn't mind When
she started on the chandlers shop ag'tn
Charlie said he'd think 1t over and
when he went away Mrs. Cook called
i'm her sailor boy and wished I'M
pleasant dreams
But Charlie Tagg 'ad got better
things to do than to dream, and he sat
up In bed arf the night thinking out
new plan he'd thought OF to get that
money. When he did fall asleep mt
last he dreamt Of taking little farm
In Australia and riding about on 'orse-
back with the Sydney gal watching his
men at work.
In the morning he went and hunted
up slhipmate Of Is. young feller
named Jack Bates. Jack was one y
these ere chaps nobody's enemy but
their own, as the saying is-a good
'arted, free 'anded chap as you could
wish to see. Everybody liked i'm. and
the ships cat loved I'm. He'd ha' sold
the shirt OF Us back to oblige pal,
and three times In one week he got zig
face scratched for trying to prevent
husbands knocking their wives about.
Charlie Tagg went to i'm because he
was the only man he could trust, and
for over arr an hour he was telling
Jack Bates all is troubles, and at LAST,
as a great favor, he let i'm see the
Sydney gals photograph, and told him
that all that pore gals future 'appiness
depended upon I'm.
"I'll step round tonight and rob 'em
Of that f72," ses Jack. "It's your
money, and you've right to It"
Charlie shook his cad THAT
wouldn't do" he SEES. "Besides, don't
know where they keep 1t. No; I've
got better plan than that Come
round to the Crooked Billet so we can
talk 1t over in peace and quiet"
He stood Jack three or four arr pint,
afore he told I'm his plan, and Jack
was so pleased with 1t that he wanted
to start ut once, but Charlie persuaded
I'm to wait.
And don't you spare me. mind. out
o friendship" SEES Charlie. because
| the hlacker You paint me the better
shall like it,
"You trust me, mate" ses Jack
Bates. "If don't get that f72 for YOU
| you may call me Dutchman. Why,
it's fair robbery. call 1t. sticking to
your money like that"
They spent the rest o the day to-
gether, and when evening came Char
lie went on to the Cooks. Emma 'ad
ART expected they was going to a.
theayter that night. but Charlie said
he wasn't feeling the thing, and he sat
there SO quiet and miserable they
didn't know wot to make Of I'm.
lave you got any trouble on your
mind, Charlie" ses Mrs. Cook. ''or Is
| 1t the toothacheY'
ut amt the toothache," SEES Charlie.
| He sat there pulling long face and.
staring at the floor, but all Mrs. Cook.
and Emma could do he wouldn't tell
them wot was the matter with i'm.
He said he didn't want to worry other
people with is troubles. Let every,
body bear their own, that was is mot
to. Even when George Smith offered
to go to the theayter with Emma In
stead of I'm he didn't fire up, and II
1t admit ha' been for Mrs. Cook George
wouldn't ha' been sorry that he spoke.
'sTheayters amt for me" ses Char
lie, with groan. I'm more likely to
go to Jail, so far as can see, than
theayter"
| Mrs. Cook and Emma both screamed
and Sarah Ann Gid 'er first highster-
ticks, and very well, too, considering
that she 'ad only Just turned fifteen.
"Jailp' SEES old Cook as soon as they
Fad quteted Sarah Ann with q bowl o
cold water that young Bill lad the
presence o. mind to go and fetch.
"Jail! What for?'
"You wouldn't believe If was to
tell YOU" SEES Charlie, getting up to go,
"and, besides, I don't want any of you
to think as low am worse than wot
l am
He shook his 'ead at them sorrowful-
like, and afore they could stop i'm he
'ad gone. Old Cook shouted arter I'm,
but 1t was no use, and the others was
running into the scullery to fill the
bowl sg'in for Emma
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