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a call: — *' Look out, father, here they are." 

 Then, to my surprise and disappointment, I 

 heard a voice shout : — 



"Stand still, John; don't stir a peg till I 

 come to you." It was Jim's voice. 



" All right, Jim," I replied, and he came and 

 took my hand, and led me into the Half- Way - 

 House Lane. There was no moon, so it was 

 pitch dark; he went up the Lane to Hyde 

 Heath, and I down, half a mile to home. 



When I reached our house, my parents asked 

 me if I did not feel frightened, "No," said I, 

 " But I felt a bit hungry." And with that I 

 turned to at my supper, and so, afterwards, to 

 " allie couchay." * 



One day I was all alone, up in White's Wood,, 

 minding the tame birds, when a fearful thunder- 

 storm came on. I crept into the tilted cart,., 

 which I sometimes used to sleep in when 

 minding the birds at night ; my dog curled up  

 underneath, and thus, with my gun beside me,, 

 comfortably in the dry, I took no notice of the 



* This in the original manuscript. Presumably meaning — 

 allez coucher — Editors. 



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