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*' Have you got more than one ? " " No, but 



do come on." "Have you got your man?" 



** Yes, come on." " Have you got more than 



one?" ''No." "Then stick to your man; 



I've got one and Joslin's got another, so each 



one stick to his man." 



" Come on, mate," says I to my man, so I 



went towards Hutley, and he came to meet me 



with his man. " Halloa," says I, as soon as I 

 saw them, " Jemmy Boys ; old friends meet 



to-night." " Yes, John," said Jim, who was 



Hutlev's catch, ** I wish we hadn't met." 



*'Come on, Jemmy," says I, cheerfully, "this 



way, please." So we all went to Joslin and 



Jones, and I said : "Do you know this man, 



George ?" "Oh, yes, I know him well enough," 



he replied ; but he lied, for he did not know 



him. 



After we had searched the three men I told 



Joslin and Hutley to stay with them, whilst 1 



went and looked up the things, bidding Joslin 



hold the man we did not know, for I thought 



we all knew Jones and Boys. I put the nets 



and two hares in my pockets, took the two 



