The dusky obscurity of the
room was twice welcome. ToC
Monday, the 31st of August 1724,—a day long afterwards remembered by the
officers of Newgate,—was distinguished by an unusual influx of visitors to the
Lodge. “You are their friend, then?”
“I am,” Courtlaw answered. "
Sheppard cordially returned the pressure; and, cautioning Thames, "not to let the
ruffles drop, or they might tell a tale," began to warble the following fragment of
a robber melody:—
"Oh! give me a chisel, a knife, or a file,
And the dubsmen shall find that I'll do it in style!
Tol-de-rol!"
"Vot the devil are you about, noisy?" inquired Abraham. ”
“Go ahead. —"A
famous university," observes Ned Ward, in the London Spy, "where, if a man has
a mind to educate a hopeful child in the daring science of padding; the lightfingered subtlety of shoplifting: the excellent use of jack and crow; for the
silently drawing bolts, and forcing barricades; with the knack of sweetening; or
the most ingenious dexterity of picking pockets; let him but enter in this college
on the Common Side, and confine him close to his study but for three months;
and if he does not come out qualified to take any degree of villainy, he must be
the most honest dunce that ever had the advantage of such eminent tutors. There was nothing left now of the selfassured, prosperous man of affairs. 155
The ringing doorbell jarred her from her stupor. Before he could recover from the stunning effects of the blow, Wood
possessed himself of the child: and, untying the noose which had been slipped
round its throat, had the satisfaction of hearing it cry lustily. I love some one else. The men have never had so much work to do since they
banded. No matter how swiftly he pursued this riddle, he could not
bring it to a halt.
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