[Parkhurst Boys by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookParkhurst Boys CHAPTER THIRTY FOURCHAPTER TWO 8/16
I follows unobserved, and observes them crawl behind a hedge.
I waits to observe what follows, and presently I observe a young gentleman walking down the lane.
As I expects, the male defendant comes out and offers to tell him his fortune, and I observes the young gentleman give the parties money. I waits till he leaves, and then with my brother officer we arrest the parties.
That's all, your worship.
Stand still, you wagabone you; do you hear ?" This last observation was addressed, not to his worship, but to the female prisoner, who once more made an effort to step forward and speak. The grip of the constable kept her where she was, but, heedless of this threatening gesture, she cried out, in a shrill, trembling voice-- "Please, sir--please, doctor, we're two of your boys." The doctor, who had been intently looking out for the curved nostril alluded to by his host, started as if he had been shot. "Eh, what ?" he gasped; "what was that I heard ?" "Why," said the professor, in ecstasy, "it's just as I told you. Dissimulation is second nature to the tribe.
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