text: The Nest Egg, Captains All, Book 3
  
  CAPTAINS ALL 
  
  By W.W. Jacobs 
  
  THE NEST EGG 
  
  [Illustration: "The Nest Egg."] 
  
  "Artfulness," said the night-watch-man, smoking placidly, "is a gift; but it don't pay always.  I've met some artful ones in my time--plenty of 'em; but I can't truthfully say as 'ow any of them was the better for meeting me." 
  He rose slowly from the packing-case on which he had been sitting and, stamping down the point of a rusty nail with his heel, resumed his seat, remarking that he had endured it for some time under the impression that it was only a splinter. 
  "I've surprised more than one in my time," he continued, slowly.  "When I met one of these 'ere artful ones I used fust of all to pretend to be more stupid than wot I really am."
tokens: The Nest Egg , Captains All , Book 3 CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE NEST EGG [ Illustration : " The Nest Egg . " ] " Artfulness , " said the night - watch - man , smoking placidly , " is a gift ; but it do n't pay always . I 've met some artful ones in my time -- plenty of 'em ; but I ca n't truthfully say as ' ow any of them was the better for meeting me . " He rose slowly from the packing - case on which he had been sitting and , stamping down the point of a rusty nail with his heel , resumed his seat , remarking that he had endured it for some time under the impression that it was only a splinter . " I 've surprised more than one in my time , " he continued , slowly . " When I met one of these ' ere artful ones I used fust of all to pretend to be more stupid than wot I really am . "
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