THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 20, 1939
DARK MOVES
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cher, comfortably.
“Only," said the landlord," I just ain't dam' well going to, see?"
He threw back his head and burst into laughter uncontrollable, and straightway the mirth became general, Patrons shouted and stamped with joy, with none yawping their glee louder than Mr. Abraham Lincoln Washington, and only the two marin- ers of the "Helping Hand" holding themselves stiffly aloof from the merri- ment.
"S-saved his life from the shark!" crowed the landlord, wiping his eyes. "Yes, we've been expecting you two to come back and produce the nigger! Why, I planted him on you, deliberate! I heard you say you was going on to the 'Flag and Pennant' and I just knew you'd jump at him, if you saw 'Im walk in there! I thought of the idea before you left 'ere, and that's why, I took care to lead you up the garden path a bit, before you left, with that talk of apologising and free drinks!"
"Do you meantersay that nigger's just been leading us on?" growled Mr. Butcher.
"I sent post 'aste for 'im, and told 'im where to go, and what to say! And you swallered it! Do you know who 'e really is? He's old Washing- ton, our local window-cleaner, and he's lived in this town ever since 'e was a small boy, and never hardly slept a single night away from it, neether. And — and "The land lord clung exhaustedly to the counter --and you've been mugs enough, seemingly, to give him ten bob to help you out with the yarn you was 'oping to make me believe, and-"
"All right all right!" irascibly interrupted Mr. Butcher. "Coine on, Joe! We ain't stopping to 'ave this rubbed in!"
And, for the second time that even- ing, the two mariners departed from the "Cutlass and Cannon" in distinctly dudgeonly manner.
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Yet, when they had left that some little distance behind them Mr. Butcher nudged Mr. Gabb 'in the ribs, and Mr. Gabb nudged Mr. Butcher in the ribbs, and both of them chuckled very cheerfully.
"Yes you was quite right in what you thought of, Joe," said Mr. Butcher "Looked at calm, it was too good, 'im turning up like that."
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'Specially when I remembered that that there landlord 'ad 'eard us say we was going on to the 'Flag and Pen- nant'," remarked Mr. Gabb. "Good
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WE DECIDED TO TAKE UP GOLF
THE OTHER DAY.
AND AFTER ABOUT OUR NINTH DIVOT
GERCHA
THEN SOMEBODY SAID WE WERE ADDRESSING THE BALL WRONG — AS A MATTER OF FACT WE NEVER SAID A WORD TO IT
•FOUND OUT THAT THE IDEA OF THE GAMEIS TO GET AROUND THE COURSE IN AS FEW STROKES AS POSSIBLE WE HAD 6 OF THEM!'
FORE
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THIEVING GOING ON TOLD TO KEEP OUR BECAUSE WE WERE
EYE ON THE BALL
AS THE CLUB WOULDN'T TAKE US SERIOUSLY AS REGARDS MAKING THE GAME SIMPLER READERS PLEASE NOTE
which we shouldn't 'ave 'ad otherwise. any way."
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idea o' yours, that, seeing if the nigger 'ud give 'imself away, after we'd took to suspecting 'im secretly."
"Aye, I guessed, if things was as we "Yes, stranger
after making out "e was a suspected, that there landlord would
to these parts," said Butcher "and then, when we let 'im little plot to take much notice of any-TWEEN BRITAIN AND BELGIUM Mr. be too excited about the success of 'is THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS BE- get just a little blest if 'e didn't lead the way round
a'ead at that corner,thing else," observed Mr. Butcher, with ARE TO BE RESUMED ON MON-
great content. "Wonder what that DAY. it to the 'Cutlass and Cannon'!"
landlord'll say when 'e comes to that ten-bob up all 'ope, these weeks past, of ever note in 'is till? I'd given doing anything with that old ‘dud"!”
"Oh, well, we'd got our plan ready if 'e did," grinned Mr. Gabb. "We got a double whisky apiece out of it,
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