HUNTS WITH JOKROCKS 



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CHAPTER IV 

 THE 'CAT AND CUSTARD-POT' DAT 



above day deserves a more extended 

 notice than it receives in Mr. Jorrocks's 

 Journal. He writes that 'somehow or 



other in shavin', he thought they 'd 'ave mischief,' 

 and he went into the garden as soon as he was 

 dressed to consult the prophet Gabriel Junks, so 

 that he might take his pocket Siphonia in case 

 it was likely to be wet, but the bird was not 

 there. Then just as he had breakfasted and was 

 about ready for a start, young May, the grocer, 

 sent him a horse to look at, and as 'another 

 genTman' was waiting for the next offer of him, 

 Charley and Mr. Jorrocks stayed behind to try 

 him, and after a hard deal, Mr. Jorrocks bought 



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