This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ..."Well, ya knaw, one of our lot use' ta tak' T Cads of England. That's a hawpenny paper ut comes out ivery week genally, I think. Well, this paper hed a tale in it called Dodger Charlie. That wur a boyhighwayman. An' it use ta te'll us a lot of clever tricks he did, and how he used to dodge t' bobbies. We wur reg'lar ta ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ..."Well, ya knaw, one of our lot use' ta tak' T Cads of England. That's a hawpenny paper ut comes out ivery week genally, I think. Well, this paper hed a tale in it called Dodger Charlie. That wur a boyhighwayman. An' it use ta te'll us a lot of clever tricks he did, and how he used to dodge t' bobbies. We wur reg'lar ta'en up wi' him. An' one day Towse (that's my mate) says to ma, ' Nip, what thinks ta if we tak ta highwaymanin', it must be jolly.' I says, 'How can wa wi'out tools?' Ya knaw, that's what highwaymen call pistols, an' skeleton keys, an' sich like things as them. Bud Towse says, says he, ' We cud borrow Sam Jenkins's pistol, that what he hed t' last bonfire neet. An' we cud buy hawf a hounce of powder, an' a pen'orth of caps. An' I've some stoney taws ut 'ud dew fur bullets, an' if tha' get a stoney taw in 'em they'll want na more fur a bit.' Well, we mak's it up, an' we borrows Sam Jenkins's pistol; it 'ud gettan a bit rusty, bud we thowt it 'ud dew it duty. We bowt some powder an' caps, an' we picked about hawf a go off? I cud hev heerd it a clois-length off. Na, I'll tell tha what, Nip, it caps me if he isn't one of them things tha read about i' that book of thi granny's.' 'What things? a happarition?' He says, 'Yes, doesn't ta remember t' book tells uz i' one place, when a feller shot at one of them things, it just chucked him t' bullet back again.' 'Well, ' I says, 'I think we'd better gi't' business up, fur it doesn't seem to answer as weel as I expected.' So we set off back agean home. Bud we hedn't goan far afore we spies t' owd chap set on t' roadside. 'My word, Towse, ' I says; 'tha's hit him, I believe, an' he's sat down yonder to dee, varry like.' So we were just considerin' about hookin' it across t' fields, when I noticed him ey...
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