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"There ain't no need to go into it," he said, looking round once more

"The time wi' Compeyson was a'most as hard a time as ever I had; that

said, all's said Did I tell you as I was tried, alone, for misdemeanor,

while with Coot convicted As to took up on suspicion,

that ice or three times in the four or five year that it lasted;

but evidence anting At last, me and Compeyson was both committed

for felony,--on a charge of putting stolen notes in circulation,--and

there was other charges behind Compeyson says to me, 'Separate

defences, no communication,' and that was all And I was so miserable

poor, that I sold all the clothes I had, except what hung on ers

"When as put in the dock, I noticed first of all what a gentleman

Compeyson looked, wi' his curly hair and his black clothes and his white

pocket-handkercher, and what a common sort of a wretch I looked When

the prosecution opened and the evidence was put short, aforehand, I

noticed how heavy it all bore on iv in the box, I noticed hoas always me that had

come for'ard, and could be swore to, hoas always me that the money

had been paid to, hoas always et the profit But when the defence come on, then I see the plan

plainer; for, says the counsellor for Coentlemen,

here you has afore you, side by side, two persons as your eyes can

separate wide; one, the younger, well brought up, ill be spoke to

as such; one, the elder, ill brought up, ill be spoke to as such;