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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... cried : ' That's good , then , my fine boys ! Let's have a light now and see what's in the net , shall we ? Don't sound like much of a catch though , do it ? Hey ? ' The voice was well - spoken , with a rustic edge to it . A lantern was ...
... cried : ' That's good , then , my fine boys ! Let's have a light now and see what's in the net , shall we ? Don't sound like much of a catch though , do it ? Hey ? ' The voice was well - spoken , with a rustic edge to it . A lantern was ...
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... cried . ' Surely oh , shorely ! you are not going to Miss Bell's Academy ? Why did you not say so ? We were just going there ourselves , weren't we , boys ? ' He nodded towards his men and changed his voice again . ' Me and my crew , we ...
... cried . ' Surely oh , shorely ! you are not going to Miss Bell's Academy ? Why did you not say so ? We were just going there ourselves , weren't we , boys ? ' He nodded towards his men and changed his voice again . ' Me and my crew , we ...
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... cried 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 ...
... cried 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 ...
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... cried Lucid . ' Pray do not upset yourself ! I am sure you exaggerate . This child , whom we have cared for , and must teach the difference between right and - ah - ' ' Wrong , ' supplied Hubert quickly . ' Yes , that's right wrong ...
... cried Lucid . ' Pray do not upset yourself ! I am sure you exaggerate . This child , whom we have cared for , and must teach the difference between right and - ah - ' ' Wrong , ' supplied Hubert quickly . ' Yes , that's right wrong ...
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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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