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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... ' , ' Nicklus ' and the tale of magic ' Akayzia Adams and the Masterdragon's Secret ' , to be pub- lished in December 2003 . Front cover illustration by Tom Warne This One 73UZ - N6S - UYN6 CONTENTS 1 The Highwaymen 5 2 Lord and Lady 3.
... ' , ' Nicklus ' and the tale of magic ' Akayzia Adams and the Masterdragon's Secret ' , to be pub- lished in December 2003 . Front cover illustration by Tom Warne This One 73UZ - N6S - UYN6 CONTENTS 1 The Highwaymen 5 2 Lord and Lady 3.
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Ed Wicke. CONTENTS 1 The Highwaymen 5 2 Lord and Lady 3 Work'us Brats 4 Trapped 16 26 34 5 No Mitchin ' 47 6 Some Argufyin ' 55 7 Plots and Proverbs 68 8 Rafty Lessons 75 9 The Danger of a Little Gold 83 10 The Lives of the Poor 103 11 ...
Ed Wicke. CONTENTS 1 The Highwaymen 5 2 Lord and Lady 3 Work'us Brats 4 Trapped 16 26 34 5 No Mitchin ' 47 6 Some Argufyin ' 55 7 Plots and Proverbs 68 8 Rafty Lessons 75 9 The Danger of a Little Gold 83 10 The Lives of the Poor 103 11 ...
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... lady to give it us ! So I expect you'd be pleased if we was to go with you and protect you from brigands and highwaymen and other outcasts from polite society . Hey ? Besides , we knows a shortcut , don't we , shipmates ? ' ' I don't ...
... lady to give it us ! So I expect you'd be pleased if we was to go with you and protect you from brigands and highwaymen and other outcasts from polite society . Hey ? Besides , we knows a shortcut , don't we , shipmates ? ' ' I don't ...
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... lady quite soon , Missy . Her name rings no bells with me , you might say ! ' Lump , now out of Dicker's reach , turned a worried eye towards Mattie . He wiped his brow and panted , ' Say - Dicker - what'll we do if if they won't pay ...
... lady quite soon , Missy . Her name rings no bells with me , you might say ! ' Lump , now out of Dicker's reach , turned a worried eye towards Mattie . He wiped his brow and panted , ' Say - Dicker - what'll we do if if they won't pay ...
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... lady ran away , meaning to leave behind a letter telling of her whereabouts - but she put it in her bags in- stead . So ... so he doesn't know where she is . Perhaps he doesn't even know she's gone . Methinks ... methinks Sir Dicker ...
... lady ran away , meaning to leave behind a letter telling of her whereabouts - but she put it in her bags in- stead . So ... so he doesn't know where she is . Perhaps he doesn't even know she's gone . Methinks ... methinks Sir Dicker ...
Contents
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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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