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I shall do my duty. 'If you don't throw the doors open, we shall break 'em down, said Hugh; 'for we will have the rioters out. 'All I can do, good people, Akerman replied, 'is to exhort you to disperse; and to remind you that the consequences of any disturbance in this place, will be very severe, and bitterly repented by most of you, when it is too late.
Akerman hastened to them, shewed himself at the gate, and having, after some confused vociferation of 'Hear him hear him! obtained a silent attention, he then calmly told them, that the gate must not go down; that they were under his care, and that they should not be permitted to escape: but that he could assure them, they need not be afraid of being burnt, for that the fire was not in the prison, properly so called, which was strongly built with stone; and that if they would engage to be quiet, he himself would come in to them, and conduct them to the further end of the building, and would not go out till they gave him leave.
'Is there no way of helping you? said the governor. 'None, Mr Akerman. You'll do your duty, and I'll do mine. Once again, you robbers and cut-throats, said the locksmith, turning round upon them, 'I refuse. Ah! Howl till you're hoarse. I refuse. 'Stay stay! said the jailer, hastily. 'Mr Varden, I know you for a worthy man, and one who would do no unlawful act except upon compulsion
It did not matter that Akerman had made himself utterly ludicrous, or that the rest of the Games Committee had been led to carry out a programme which they knew to be hypocritical. It was the spirit that mattered. And at the back of it all moved "the Bull" pulling the strings. In front of the School House porch, clearly, dispassionately, Gordon put his case.
William Akerman, of Patney, in Wiltshire, was upon a visit to me in London, and, as he was very anxious to go and have a peep at the proceedings of the House of Commons, I was prevailed upon to accompany him thither one evening, although I went rather reluctantly, as all the interest which I had formerly felt in hearing the debates had long since been banished from my breast.
Gregory got gazetted; and Akerman, on becoming captain, forgot the numbers of the football grounds, thus causing endless and hilarious confusion. No one quite knew what was happening, but everyone was happily excited, and vaguely garrulous about "how the war has changed things." Gordon found that his new position brought with it certain other honours.
"I haven't heard your name yet, mister. My twin-sister's is Dot an' mine is Don." "My name is Jim Jim Akerman, all told, but just call me Jim. An' now I'll introduce you to the crew if you like," said the man, smiling at the twins. "This man is fireman on the engine and his name is Pete. We call him Pete on account of his job of piling peat on the fire." "Do you use peat?
If any region of horror could exceed it a few years ago, Newgate in Bristol did; so great was the filth, the stench, the misery, and wickedness which shocked all who had a spark of humanity left. He described a great change for the better which had lately been made in the London Newgate. Perhaps it was due to Akerman. Wesley's Journal, iii. 32. There were two city prisons so called.
He made as though he would retire when he said these words, but he was checked by the voice of the locksmith. 'Mr Akerman, cried Gabriel, 'Mr Akerman. 'I will hear no more from any of you, replied the governor, turning towards the speaker, and waving his hand. 'But I am not one of them, said Gabriel. 'I am an honest man, Mr Akerman; a respectable tradesman Gabriel Varden, the locksmith.
And now what happens? The House begins to win its matches; 'the Bull' sees his house losing cup after cup. He and Akerman and the other fools think something must be done. So they wait for an opportunity and then give me a Games Committee beating, to try and frighten the rest of the House. They talked about my unsportsmanlike play. They did not mind when I played rough against Milton. Oh dear, no!
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