4/27 My father used to say that no good ever came of mob violence. They may do some harm for a time, but it is sure to recoil on their own heads." "Oi doan't ha' nowt to do wi' it," Bill replied, "cause oi told yer oi wouldn't; but oi've some trouble to keep oot o't. Ye see oi am nointeen now, and most o' t' chaps of moi age they be in 't; they meet at the 'Dog' nigh every noight, and they drills regular out on t' moor here, and it doan't seem natural for oi not to be in it, especial as moi brothers be in it. They makes it rough for me in t' village, and says as how I ain't got no spirit, and even t' girls laughs at me." "Not Polly Powlett, I am sure, Bill." "No, not Polly," Bill replied. |