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You shall have my watch to be cleaned, and the kind jeweler shall lend you the money to pay the taxman while he cleans the watch I don't mind, gran'pa. Let's go to the jeweler, the jeweler in High street, you know, with golden balls painted upon his door, to show that he comes from Lombar Lombardshire," said the boy, making a dash at the name. "Come, gran'pa."
There was naebody else living within twal' miles o' the line, barring a taxman, a lamiter, and a bauldie." We had some difficulty in preventing Mr. Solder from making this report open and patent to the public, which premature disclosure might have interfered materially with the preparation of our traffic tables, not to mention the marketable value of the shares.
Foul fare the grasping taxman who wrings a couple of guineas from us on the plea that it is a luxury! We can just hold on, and I would not have him a pound the poorer for me. But you can understand, Bertie, that it is humiliating for a man of my age to have to go about without any money in my pocket. It affects me in so many petty ways.
There was naebody else living within twal miles o' the line, barring a taxman, a lamiter, and a bauldie." We had some difficulty in preventing Mr Solder from making this report open and patent to the public, which premature disclosure might have interfered materially with the preparation of our traffic tables, not to mention the marketable value of the shares.
"And the rent is ninety pounds, and the taxes twenty-two," said Mrs Mackenzie, with her handkerchief up to her eyes; "and there's the taxman come now for seven pound ten, and where I'm to get it, unless I coined my blood, I don't know." Margaret gave her two sovereigns which she had in her purse, and promised to send her a cheque for the amount of the taxes due.
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