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twig your loaded cab go by Ted here is honestYou are on the

honest lay, Ted, ain't you?"

"Alas, orficer," said the big ruffian with feeling The other

frail creature seee of its

soldier coat touching the ground

"Oh yes, I dare say," said the constable "Now then, forward, aot the nerve for it However, I ain't going to lose

sight of theate That little chap's

a devil He's got the nerve for anything, only he hasn't got the et in with a whole skin and with

all your things"

"I was incredulous a little It see

ready with so much hurry and inconvenience I should have lost my chance

of a start in life fro happen often so near the dock gates?"

"Often! No! Of course not often But it ain't often either that a s to join a ship at this tiht I've been in the dock police thirteen years and haven't seen it

done once"