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thieving, h on Peentlehed Mottle-face, "'e 'ad a werry good 'eart--as

'ighvayo; never shot nobody unless 'e couldn't help it,

an' ven 'e did, 'e allus made a werry neat job of it, an' polished

'eentleed"

"Black Dan used to vork the roads south o' London, "Kent an' Surreytiht, as ood fifteen ht,

vith a entleman

"An' presently 'e caht be yonder--"

"Ah!" ain

"An' vith a cluht be theentleman

"An' as 'e come up nearer an' nearer, all at vunce 'e made out a

shadder in the shade o' theentle very hard

at the trees in front

"A shadder as h the leaves vos all dead still Soa bold cove--reached down for 'is blunderbush--this

werry saot under the box at this

i-dentical er veren't broke then) but,

afore 'e can get it out, into the road leaps a ht be dead ahead of us, aas yer arm"