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"We shall beworkin' agin you, you know, me an' the cook an' the boy," said Sam anxiously. "Ho!" said Henry, "don't think I'm takin' a 'and, cos I'm not." "Werry good, then," said Sam, "the the what d'ye call it, Dick?" "Syndikit," said Dick. "The syndikit is me and the cook, then," said Sam. "Give us your 'and, cook."
At first it was all congratulations, then Sam, after a short, hard, cough, struck a jarring note. "Don't you wish now as you'd joined the syndikit, Dick?" he asked boldly. "Wot?" said the cook, hastily replacing the coins. "I arst 'im whether he was sorry 'e 'adn't joined us," said Sam, trying to speak calmly.
"Two pun ten," said Sam again; "an' I don't know what you're goin' to do with your half, but I'm goin' to give ten bob to Dick." "Why don't you give the man his money?" said Dick warmly. "Becos the syndikit 'ad all fell through," said the cook. "The syndikit was only a syndikit when we was both looking for 'im together. If the syndikit "
"'Cos I can't remember the word," said Sam angrily; "but a lot o' people gets together and goes shares." "You mean a syndikit," said Dick. "That's the word," said Sam, with relief. "Well, wot's the good of it?" said Dick. "This way," said Sam; "we make up a syndikit and divide the money when 'e's found.
"I've been thinkin', Sam," he said next morning, "that I've been rather selfish over that syndikit business. I ought to 'ave joined it." "You can please yourself," said Sam. "But it's better late than never," said Dick, turning to the cook who had joined them. "I'm goin' to put you in the way of findin' Cap'n Gething." The cook portrayed gratified surprise.
The cook descended without a word, and hastily interring the clothes, not without an uneasy glance seaward, scrambled up the cliff again and rejoined his exultant accomplice. They set off in silence, keeping at some distance from the edge of the cliff. "Business is business," said the cook after a time, "and he wouldn't join the syndikit."
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