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lot of money which really belonged to him. 

 I began to "get the hang of the joke" some 

 wag at Biggleswade had been having. 



"Wouldn't you, sir ? " he asked. " Wouldn't 

 you make a man sit up, who'd got a lot of 

 your money ? " 



" Yes, certainly I would," said I, scenting 

 some rare good sport that we might have with 

 my lawyer friend, and hoping for a lark that 

 would provide a subject for after-dinner 

 banter for a long time to come. " Certainly 

 I would," said I. " You go over and pitch 

 into Lawyer Chapman, Putty. Tell him 

 you have come for yom^ money, and you 

 mean to have it. Those lawyer chaps are 

 always trying to get the blind side of some- 

 body. Don't you be fooled by him any 

 longer. Get into the house, and don't let 

 them pitch you out again until you have got 

 your money." 



Any doubt that might have been lingering 

 in Putty's mind was now dispelled. "I will," 

 he asserted, and knowing Putty as I did, I did 

 not doubt that he would. 



