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'Aye, Saunders, it's mine. Look ye 'ere, Isaac, it's a king's 'ead. It's Willum not Victory. I saved that un up when I wor a lad at Mason's, an look yer, there's my mark in the corner every arf-crown I ever 'ad I marked like that. He held it under Isaac's staring eyes, pointing to the little scratched cross in the corner.
We shot about half a dozen rabbits, two more hares, and a woodpigeon afterwards; but all these were nothing compared with the woodcock. How Farmer 'Willum' chuckled over it especially to think that we had cut out the game from the very batteries of the enemy! It was the one speck of bitterness in the old man's character his hatred of this keeper.
A dillygation iv Mormons has started fr'm dimmycratic headquarthers to thank Mack f'r his manly stand in favor iv poly-gamy an' th' raypublican comity has undher con-sideration a letther fr'm long term criminals advisin' their colleagues at large to vote f'r Willum Jennings Bryan, th' frind iv crime."
An' don't yer brother Willum live i' London, and ha'n't he got seven of's own to look arter? Ter think as I sh'd come ter pass ter say sich wards, an' yu a-layin' there a-dyin'! Ain't yer ashamed o' yerself, Mis' Green. I'm a-askin' of yer th' question; ain't yer ashamed o' yerself?" "No, an' ain't," said Mrs Green, feebly whispering.
'Why did ye seek me out? he says. 'Because, says Willum Waldorf Asthor, 'I wish, he says, 'f'r to renounce me sinful life, he says. 'I wish to be bor-rn anew, he says. An' th' clark bein' a kind man helps him out.
"No doubt he was," said the Captain, accepting the chair which Emma Gray handed to him, with looks of great interest. "Thank 'ee, Miss. Willum Stout excuse my familiarity, ma'am, I always called him Willum, because we was like brothers more than brothers, I may say, an' very friendly. Yes, Willum Stout was kind to his brother in his last days.
"What do you think is the reason?" asked the artist. The tone held respectful interest. The man looked at him more tolerantly. "Too fond of settin'." The artist nodded. "I'm afraid he is." "An' then he's al'ays a-givin' a little here and a little there. Why, what Willum Benslow's give away would 'a' made a rich man of him." "Yes?" "Yep. I don't s'pose I know half he's give.
Oh don't say Willum is " "Bill Garvie's all right," said the engine-driver, as he brushed past the girl and went up-stairs. Now, although Mrs Marrot's ears were totally deaf to locomotives they were alert enough to the sound of her husband's voice. When, therefore, he entered the kitchen, he found her standing on the floor with an ample shawl thrown round her.
"Tommy, hearken to this, a light has been burning in Double Dykes and the door swinging open a' day! I saw it mysel', and so did Willum Dods." "Did you go close?" "Na faags! Willum was hol'ing and I was lifting, so we hadna time in the daylight, and wha would venture near the Painted Lady's house on sic a night?"
"No doubt our ready cash is what our man-of-business calls `locked up, but that, you know, is only a matter of temporary inconvenience, and cannot last long." As Mrs Stoutley paused and hesitated, their visitor placed on the table a canvas bag, which, up to this point he had rested on one knee. "This bag," he said, "of nuggets, is a gift from Willum.
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