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Updated: May 17, 2025
David, confidential servant and head man to Aunt Hester, of the cloth works at Ellton, looked sharply round at the half-dozen heavily-laden mules behind him; and beyond them he saw another dozen or so of men, and more were coming from among the trees to right and left. "Hoi! all of you," cried David to his men. "Swords out! We must fight for the mistress's cloth."
"How did you know my name was Robin?" he said. "Guessed it, little one. There, I shan't hurt you. Where do you come from?" "Ellton," said the boy. "But what are you doing here in the forest?" "You came and fought David, and frightened him and the men away, and those are our mules and the cloth." Robin stopped short, for the big man broke out into a loud whistle, and then laughed.
"I liked stopping with aunt at Ellton," said the little fellow to himself, sadly, "and I should like to go again; but I should like to be fetched home next time, for old David is so cross every time I move, and " "Look here, young fellow," growled the man, half turning in his saddle; "if you don't sit still I'll get one of the pack ropes and tie you on, like a sack.
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