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" Have you got more than one ? " u 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. (i Halloa," says I, as soon as I 

 saw them, (l Jemmy Boys ; old friends meet 

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

 Hutley'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 I 

 w r ent 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 



