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day for drink, saythree days — a total of eighteen; 

 shillings loss. "And now," said she. "He 

 sticks to his work, earns double the money he 

 did, and don't spend a quarter he used ; best 

 of all, John, I get it now, but before, the 

 public house got most of it." 



When we all came out of the court, Mr. 

 Fuller took father and me up to his house, and 

 into the kitchen. He gave the cook orders to 

 give us the best dinner she could, and with his 

 own hands, he brought me a thumping big 

 glass of hot brandy and water. Then he fetched 

 me his own great coat and said, giving it to me : 

 — "Now, John, I've got another job for you,, 

 so take this coat, and make as good a fist of it 

 as you did with Nash." 



