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"'Where's yer five shillings?' 'e says ''Ere yer are!' I says

'Oh, very well,' 'e says 'But you'll 'ave to draw last,' 'e says,

'bein' the youngest' Well, they started drawing the na"

"Oh, he drew Mr Byng, did he?"

"Yus And everyone knew Reggie was the fav'rit Smiled all over his

fat face, the old serpint did! And when it come to my turn, 'e says

to me, 'Sorry, Elbert!' 'e says, 'but there ain't no more names

They've give out!' 'Oh, they 'ave, 'ave they?' I says, 'Well, wot's

thechance?' I says 'Ow do

you mean?' 'e says 'Why, write me out a ticket marked "Mr X",' I

says 'Then, if 'er lidyship ht,' 'e says, 'but you know the conditions of this

'ere sweep Nothin' don't count only wot tikes plice during the teeks of the 'ouse-party,' 'e says 'Orl right,' I says 'Write me

ticket It's a fair sportin' venture' So 'e writes me out me

ticket, with 'Mr X' on it, and I says to them all, I says, 'I'd

like to 'ave witnesses', I says, 'to this 'ere thing Do all you

gents agree that if anyone not in the 'ouse-party and 'oo's name

ain't on one of the other tickets et the

pool?' I says They all says that's right, and then I says to 'eht out, I says, 'I 'appen to know', I says, 'that 'er

lidyship is in love with a gent that's not in the party at all An

Aent,' I says They wouldn't believe it at first, but,