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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... fires , and sometimes the ball goes astray . ' ' It's my bird , and I'll thank you leave it be ! ' she coun- tered , suddenly fearless . Dicker stared at her . ' Leave it be ? Leave it be ?! I'm not having that thing in my camp , my ...
... fires , and sometimes the ball goes astray . ' ' It's my bird , and I'll thank you leave it be ! ' she coun- tered , suddenly fearless . Dicker stared at her . ' Leave it be ? Leave it be ?! I'm not having that thing in my camp , my ...
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... fire- brand ! If I say I'm Sir Dicker , it's true enough while I've got a knife in my pocket and a pistol at my belt . That pile of mossy stones over there is my manorial seat , and these here nobly - bred boys with perfect manners and ...
... fire- brand ! If I say I'm Sir Dicker , it's true enough while I've got a knife in my pocket and a pistol at my belt . That pile of mossy stones over there is my manorial seat , and these here nobly - bred boys with perfect manners and ...
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... fire ? ' There were laughs of approval at this suggestion but Pirate spoke up again , saying doubtfully , ' She's just a girl , Dicker . ' ' Just a girl ? She's a clear thousand in gold pieces , you lily - livered babies ! But no matter ...
... fire ? ' There were laughs of approval at this suggestion but Pirate spoke up again , saying doubtfully , ' She's just a girl , Dicker . ' ' Just a girl ? She's a clear thousand in gold pieces , you lily - livered babies ! But no matter ...
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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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