Mattie and the HighwaymenIn the 1840s most highwaymen are hanging up their riding boots and putting away their pistols. But there is just time for one last gang of misfit ruffians to attack nervous travellers as they pass through Harewood forest in Hampshire And so it is that |
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... Pirate , Scarecrow on the double now ! We don't want her to be late for the wondrous Miss Bell , do we ? ' Mattie was hustled off the road to her right and all her protests were answered by bursts of rough laughter . They jogged along a ...
... Pirate , Scarecrow on the double now ! We don't want her to be late for the wondrous Miss Bell , do we ? ' Mattie was hustled off the road to her right and all her protests were answered by bursts of rough laughter . They jogged along a ...
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... quietly . ' You're a bunch of bloodthirsty pirates . ' ' Got it in one , little Miss ! This here's the finest band of thieves , cutpurses and scoundrels you'll ever meet , ' Dicker confided . ' Led by the last of the 12 The Highwaymen.
... quietly . ' You're a bunch of bloodthirsty pirates . ' ' Got it in one , little Miss ! This here's the finest band of thieves , cutpurses and scoundrels you'll ever meet , ' Dicker confided . ' Led by the last of the 12 The Highwaymen.
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... Pirate . ' And why not ? The Dickers have always been pirates , bootleggers , buccaneers , poltroons , highwaymen , throat- slitters and kidnappers . It's what we do best ! ' ' Except when you're in gaol , Dicker ! ' Lump said . ' Ah ...
... Pirate . ' And why not ? The Dickers have always been pirates , bootleggers , buccaneers , poltroons , highwaymen , throat- slitters and kidnappers . It's what we do best ! ' ' Except when you're in gaol , Dicker ! ' Lump said . ' Ah ...
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... Pirate ransacked her bags , and Stump - who so far had said nothing to anyone - stroked the mare kindly with his good arm and then whistled gently to her as he led her away . ' Dicker ! Come look at this , would ye ? ' ' What is it , Pirate ...
... Pirate ransacked her bags , and Stump - who so far had said nothing to anyone - stroked the mare kindly with his good arm and then whistled gently to her as he led her away . ' Dicker ! Come look at this , would ye ? ' ' What is it , Pirate ...
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Contents
5 | |
16 | |
Workus Brats | 26 |
Trapped | 34 |
No Mitchin | 47 |
Some Argufyin | 55 |
Plots and Proverbs | 68 |
Rafty Lessons | 75 |
Skisin Off | 135 |
Ancient History | 146 |
Tricksy Little Game | 155 |
Final Meal | 161 |
Lump Emmet Hump | 171 |
A Strange Homecoming | 181 |
Hard Decisions | 191 |
Revelations | 208 |
The Danger of a Little Gold | 83 |
The Lives of the Poor | 103 |
The Workhouse | 114 |
Nobbut Hard Work | 122 |
A Longawaited Bonfire | 223 |
Historical comment | 228 |
Hampshire dialect | 229 |
Common terms and phrases
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