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"And the bread and ive us a bit; I aly

"What! yer won't give me a bit?" he cried fiercely

"It isn't here," I said "It was inpacket and it ain, and worked away for long,

though I was ready to give up again and again, and ers were

getting painfully sore, but I worked on, and at last, toslipped slowly down on to the back of

ht it out of the

side down tothe sand away from the

paper as I tore it open

Shock uttered a cry like a hungry dog as he heard the paper rustle, and

then I divided the sandwiches in two parts and wrapped one back in the

paper

"What yer doin'?" cried Shock

"Saving half for next tirowled, but I paid no heed, and gave hi the parcel with the rest right at the end where

the sand did not fall, I sat down and we ate our gritty but welco up the candle till the

wick fell over and dropped in the sand; and then first one match and