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You see the boy has not peached upon his father, and has convicted himself.

Sir Raffle Buffle presented his compliments to Mr Toogood, and could Mr Toogood favour Sir R. B. with the present address of Mr John Eames. "Old fox," said Mr Toogood; "but then such a stupid old fox! As if it was likely that I should have peached on Johnny if anything was wrong."

The commanding officers soon ascertained who were the two men that had been billeted at the old woman's, and found them surrounded by a group of Texians, making themselves merry with the stolen liquor. Seeing that they were discovered, to save his life, Golpin's companion immediately peached, and related the whole of the transaction. Of course the assassin was executed.

It's just because no man can trust his neighbour that every mutiny falls to the ground." "I suppose it must be so," said poor Meekin. "It is so; and, by George, sir, if I had my way, I'd have it so that no prisoner should say a word to his right hand man, but his left hand man should tell me of it. I'd promote the men that peached, and make the beggars their own warders. Ha, ha!"

"What is, then, this mystery?" asks mademoiselle, in her pretty French accent, of my wife. "Eh, ma fille!" whispers the lady. "Thou wouldst ask me what I said? I said 'Yes! behold all I said." And so 'tis my wife has peached, and not I; and this was the sum of our conversation, as the carriage, all too swiftly as I thought, galloped towards Hampstead, and flew back again.

"What I almost wish I had not done now," replied he, mournfully; "but it is done, and " "And what, father?" "I am a murderer, I suppose," replied Rushbrook. "He would have peached, Joey have had me transported, to work in chains for the rest of my days, merely for taking a few pheasants. Let us go home;" but Rushbrook did not move, although he proposed so doing.

"Tell me what you know about my poor Victoria's death. You were here just before." "Who told you so?" "It doesn't matter." "I know now. It was that engineer from Grandon. I've forgot his name. He peached on me, I reckin." "You have guessed the truth." "Rans, don't you trust that man." "Why not?" "He kin tell you how Vic come ter die, he kin. 'Twas jealousy and the like that did it."

"It will not take much stretch of imagination for you to surmise, Lester Armstrong, that I am that boy upon whom you peached, and on whom, through you, such a severe penalty was inflicted. "My hatred against you has intensified as the years rolled on, Lester Armstrong. You are in my power; I hold your life in my hands.

She quickly managed to wriggle confidences out of Leclerc concerning the Josephine-Charles connection, then peached. Charles was banished from the army, and, on the authority of Madame Leclerc, we learn that Josephine "nearly died of grief."

Two days later I again met the Warden as he was entering the main door of the jail. He had been over to the Court-house, he said, helping the deputy along with a new "batch of moonshiners." "What became of Bud Tilden?" I asked. "Oh, he got it in the neck for robbin' the mails, just's I told you he would. Peached on himself like a d fool and give everything dead away.

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