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Whish, rush, whack!

"I say what are you doing of?"

"Oh!"

"Run! run!"

"Oh!"

These ejaculations were led with the blows dealt by our sticks,

several of which fell upon heads, backs, legs, and arh more struck the trees; and in the excitement one I delivered did

no end of ht down a shower of

fruit upon my head

It was all the work of a few ht it was some trick of a companion; directly after they scattered

and ran, under the impression that Old Brownsmith and all his men were

in pursuit

As for me, I felt red-hot with exciteooseberry bushes, whose pricking only see a path after one boy at who

with my hazel stick

At every stroke there was a howl fro as

he ran: "Oh! please, sir--oh! sir--don't, sir--oh! pray, sir!"

In my hard-heartedness and exciteh as we panted on I gave him a sharp cut, and he would