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Nothing annoyed me more as a boy than for my cap to be knocked off

Shock knew that, and it had been one of his favourite tricks, so that I

knew, as I thought, whence this piece of annoyance had coe that had been thrown, I deterood ai flat on his chest with his

chin resting in his hands, and his feet kicking up behind, now going up

and down, now patting together, for he had taken off his boots

Shock was having a good stare over the market from his elevated position

on the top of the baskets; and, taking a good aie, and then dodged round the side of the

cart I stood aghast directly after, beside a pile of baskets, and

watch a quarrel that had just begun a dozen yards ahere a big

red-faceda very fluffy white hat in his hand and

brushing it with his ar reat flat basket under one arly-"Don't you hit ly head off if you do that again," said

the ain!--why, throw rotten cabbages at my hat"

"I didn't"