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"Yus, that's w'ere it is," interrupted Bill. "The o'ny thing is as we might 'ave to knock yer missis axin' pardon; 'er ladyship on the 'ed, bein' a light sleeper, her maid ses, and a bit ov a spitfire, d'ye see?" The judge's ghost attempted to give vent to a cry of indignant horror and forbid the attempt in the most unequivocal way.
When the narrative came to a close there followed an impressive pause. Horrocks was the first to break it. "And how did you obtain your release?" "A Mennonite family, which had bin travelin' all night, came along 'bout an hour after daylight. They pitched camp nigh on to a quarter mile from the bluff w'ere we was tied up.
Picters and magazines! Gawd 'elp the man as hain't nothin' but picters and magazines to 'elp un w'en 'ee's got a devil hinside and a devil houtside a-shovin' and a-drawin' of un down to 'ell. And that's w'ere oi'm a-goin' straight, and yer bloomin' League, wisky or no wisky, can't help me.
I had only to begin speaking, within the hearing of a genuine Cockney, when he would say, "'Ello! w'ere do you come from? The Stites?" or, "I'll bet a tanner you're a Yank!" I decided to make a confession, and I have been glad, ever since, that I did. The boys gave me a warm and hearty welcome when they learned that I was a sure-enough American. They called me "Jamie the Yank."
"One o' us is pretty sure to get hurted," explained the mucker in defense of his plan, "an, if it's a croak it's a lot better dat it be me than youse, fer the girl wouldn't be crazy about bein' lef' alone wid me she ain't got no use fer the likes o' me. Now youse are her kin, an' so youse stay here w'ere yeh can help her after I git her out I don't want nothing to do wid her anyhow.
She seemed amused at the irrepressible satisfaction with which I received these minutes of his progress; and she used to calculate the distance; on such a day he was two hundred and sixty miles, on such another five hundred; the last point was more than eight hundred good, better, best best of all would be those 'deleecious antipode, w'ere he would so soon promener on his head twelve thousand mile away; and at the conceit she would fall into screams of laughter.
You know w'ere she lives, forty-six Bromley Road." One lad, his nerve gone, pushed his way frantically down the trench. He had "funked it." He was hysterical with fright and crying in a dry, shaking voice, "It's too 'orrible! I can't stand it! Blow you to 'ell they do! Look at me! I'm slathered in blood! I can't stand it! They ain't no man can stand it!" He met with scant courtesy.
An' if I thought he was alive and know'd w'ere he was, I'd go back to 'im yet, but " The subject was dropped here, for the new mill came suddenly into view, and Bob was glad to draw his mother's attention to it. "See, we were mending that just before we got the news you were so near us. Come, I'll show it to you.
'He bids you look out, no tricks. Huish walked briskly up the pier, and paused face to face with the young man. 'W'ere is 'e? said he, and to Herrick's surprise, the low-bred, insignificant face before him flushed suddenly crimson and went white again. 'Right forward, said Herrick, pointing. 'Now your hands above your head.
"The man as said 'e knew w'ere my farver was," said Dickie, remembering what he had been told to say; "so I went along of 'im, an' then in the wood 'e said 'e'd give me a dressing down if I didn't get through the winder and open the door; 'e said 'e'd left some tools 'ere and you wouldn't let 'im 'ave them." "You see," said the lady, "the child didn't know. He's perfectly innocent."
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