A few bricks,
dislodged probably by his last descent, came clattering down the chimney, and as
it was perfectly dark, gave him the notion that some one was endeavouring to
force an entrance into the room. ’
Thus adjured, but mindful of Trodger’s orders, the militiaman went down the
hall backwards, his eyes fixed on the prisoner. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable
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collection. There MULSACK and SWIFTNECK, both prigs from their birth,
OLD MOB and TOM COX took their last draught on earth:
There RANDAL, and SHORTER, and WHITNEY pulled up,
And jolly JACK JOYCE drank his finishing cup!
For a can of ale calms,
A highwayman's qualms,
And makes him sing blithely his dolorous psalms
And nothing the transit to Tyburn beguiles
So well as a draught from the Bowl of Saint Giles!
"Singing's dry work," observed the stranger, pausing to take a pull at the bottle. ”
“It’s a score you can buy all sorts of things with. No blowzy barmaids for him to-day:
an American bar-keep to whom he could tell his troubles and receive the proper
meed of sympathy.
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