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good-bye, I used to say : — If you send one of 

 your children over on Friday night or Satur- 

 day morning, I'll give him a couple of rabbits 

 for your Sunday's dinner." And he would 

 reply: — "Thank you, John, I will send over 

 for them, and thank you very much." 



This was what I had my mind when I 

 first recognised Jones the night of the fray, 

 and said : — " Is it you, Jones ; you're the last 

 man that ought to come and trouble me ; I 

 know you are out of a place and have a large 

 family, but if you'd come to me I would have 

 given you something." To which he replied — 

 " I know you would, John." No doubt Jones 

 thought of my kindness to him, when he 

 stopped the poachers from killing me, though 

 he might have thought of it a little sooner. 



