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of his greatcoat

"As for you," said he, turning to et you ever had ten guineas and don't go

a-riskin' your vallyble young life; come--up with you!" and he

motioned me into the tilbury with his pistol

"What about ive me my blunderbuss--cost

hway up the unwieldy

weapon, he hove it into the ditch

"As to our argy

to ht on it

arter all" Then, turning towards the Bagman: "Drive on, fat-face!"

said he, "and sharp's the word" Whereupon the Bagled forward over the

crest of the hill, I saw the highway us

Very soon we came in view of "The White Hart," an inn I reht hand side of the road, and scarce were

we driven up to the door than down juinto the tap, forthwith began

recounting his loss to all and sundry, so that I soon found ere becoust

Indeed, I would have slipped away, but each timan would appeal to me to corroborate some statement