58 BAD LODGINGS MAKE BAD MEN. 



he's all you say, he's ragged and he drinks, 

 and he does no more work than he can help ; 

 and all shows that he's got no respect for 

 himself, so 'tisn't likely he'll have much for 

 other people ; if he had, he wouldn't have 

 spoke to you as he did. He was a decent 

 lad when he first came ; but I thought he 

 didn't get much better before I left, and I 

 used to tell him he went out too much of 

 nights. Since I've been back, I went up 

 one evening to his room, to talk to him about 

 getting to the King's Head, and stopping 

 out so late. He wouldn't say it was wrong; 

 but he said, ' Look here, who's to spend his 

 time always in this place ? Look at the 

 walls, how damp they are.' And so he went 

 on, finding fault with every thing. I told 

 him the other two men had just the same 

 lodgings, and they found no fault! 4 Not to 

 you/ said he, ' but they say plenty to me.' ' 

 The squire stopped me when I'd got so far, 

 and said, " I'll look to it ; you meet me at 

 their rooms to-morrow at ten o'clock." 



Next morning I was there, and showed 

 him how damp and wet the rooms were, 

 too near the ground, and never a bit of sun 

 ever to shine in front of them. " Now, sir," 



