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'Ere, 'and me the part you was tellin' about; an' I'll learn it an' say it, though not within a 'undred miles of Glasson which," she added, "I'll be an old woman before that, at the rate we're goin'. But you don't drag Arthur Miles into it, an' I give you fair warnin'. For, to start with, 'e's 'idin', an' 'tis only to keep 'im 'id that I got 'Ucks to let yer loose.
"Aw've heerd on 'em, the floowers o' the flock they coom to a bad end mostwise in Yorkshire nipped in t' bood loike! Was tha friend nipped untimely?" "I'd give a bloomin' camomile to know!" "Deserted or summat?" "Ow yus, 'e deserted to Khartoum," answered Withers with a sneer. "The 'owlin' sneak went in 'idin' with Gordon at Khartoum!"
"Aw've heerd on 'em, the floowers o' the flock they coom to a bad end mostwise in Yorkshire nipped in t' bood loike! Was tha friend nipped untimely?" "I'd give a bloomin' camomile to know!" "Deserted or summat?" "Ow yus, 'e deserted to Khartoum," answered Withers with a sneer. "The 'owlin' sneak went in 'idin' with Gordon at Khartoum!"
''Tain't no good, sir. I can't see 'im. 'E's 'idin' somewhere down 'ill. Ortheris tumbled out of his blanket. 'Shall I try to get 'im, sir? said he. 'No, was the answer. 'Lie down. I won't have the whole camp shooting all round the clock. Tell him to go and pot his friends. Ortheris considered for a moment.
"Say, what's yer name," said he, looking up and laying his finger on the battle scene; "which of them two does for t'other?" "The one in the armour," said Reginald. "Thought so t'other one's a flat to fight with that there long flagpole. Soon as 'e's chucked it away 'e's a dead 'un. Say, what did they do with 'is dead body? No use a 'idin' of it.
'Oh, 'e's got 'er on the floor, an' 'e's bangin' 'er 'ead. 'E's payin' 'er aht for givin' Liza Kemp a 'idin'. One of the women started up and said to her husband: 'Come on, John, you go an' stop it. 'Don't you, John, said the other man. 'When a man's givin' 'is wife socks it's best not ter interfere. 'But 'e's killin' 'er, repeated Polly, trembling with fright.
Wattles closes the shop next mornin' so as to give 'im a jolly good 'idin'. You see, these hanniversaries make 'er think of all she's 'ad to put up with since she married, and that makes things a bit rough on poor old Jim." Perceiving my sympathy to be wasted I proceeded, and on entering the office of the Tocsin I found that here, too, something unusual was going on.
An' if she does she's bloomin' lucky if she gits off with a 'idin' thet's wot I think. 'So do I. But I wouldn't 'ave thought it of Liza. I never thought she was a wrong 'un. 'Pretty specimen she is! said a little dark woman, who looked like a Jewess. 'If she messed abaht with my old man, I'd stick 'er I swear I would!
"Young gent, or no young gent," replied Bill sententiously, "he's no call to go 'idin' in our waggins and givin' 'ard-workin' men a turn. 'Old 'im tight, Tommy here's the luggage down on us." Tommy held him fast with a grip of iron, while the other porters coupled the trucks, and the luggage train lumbered away with its load.
'Ow d'yer know? 'She's been tellin' people in the street. 'Go' lumme, said Jim, furious, 'if she dares ter touch a 'air of your 'ead, swop me dicky I'll give 'er sich a 'idin' as she never 'ad before! By God, give me the chanst, an' I would let 'er 'ave it; I'm bloomin' well sick of 'er sulks! He clenched his fist as he spoke. Liza was a coward.
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