BOBBERY. 81 



"We used to set 'em a-fighting in the 

 rumble-tumble, when they'd be sure to 

 drop something worth picking up. Some 

 of 'em would carry their blunt in their 

 hats ; and one night there was a fellow 

 had got ninety pounds, all notes, tied up 

 in a roll ; and old Bob Chandler was guard 

 of the old Night-coach, and give me the 

 office, when we pulled up together at the 

 Hammer Ponds. Going over Rodborough 

 Bob contrived to knock the fellow's hat off, 

 when I got down and picked it up; and 

 on our arrival at London old Bob and 

 I went snacks. There's no such times as 

 them now." 



I could but stare with indignation at 

 this fellow's villany and shameless auda- 

 city. 



I add a further proof of the facility there 

 was in imposing on these simple-minded 

 people. 



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