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"No," I shouted, as I gave the leg a snatch and hung on, "Co rascal, come down"

"Why, it's you, is it?" came froe Day!" I exclai o, will you"

"No," I cried stoutly "Coo, you sneak"

"I sha'n't," I cried angrily "Come down, you thief"

"If you call o!"

His courage returned as he found out as his captor, and he kicked

out savagely, but I held on

"Do you hear?" he cried "Here, let go, and I'll give you a fourpenny

piece out of my next pocket-money"

"You come down to Mr Brownse Day"

"I know you're a thief, and I shall take you up to Mr Brownso," he cried with a sudden access of fury, "I'll just

come down and I'll--"

He did not finish his threat I daresay it would have been sohtened as I held on; but

as he clung to the big quaint coping of the wall he suddenly gave two or

three such tre his

free foot on iven with such force that I was driven