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'Tarn't a bottle he's got; it's a pistol!" Two of the men turned as if to run away, but at that moment another bucket-bearer came up, and there was a shout from up by the fire to know why the spraying had stopped. "Hi! all on yer! Coome here!" yelled Smiler. "What's he been shootin'?" cried one of the men who had turned to go. "Hissen," growled Joey, with a horrified look.
The clanking of the engine stopped at once, for it was very hot there, and the diversion was acceptable; so, leaving the fine rain dripping from the hop-bine, three men came, dragging their legs after them, threading their way through the poles till they all stood together, wiping their streaming faces with their bare arms, and gazing down at the recumbent figure, at which the bucket-bearer smiled, the others following his example, and ending in a hearty chuckle, in which Smiler joined.
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