George Manville Fenn

"Cutlass and Cudgel"


Chapter One.

“Heigh-Ho-Ha-Hum! Oh dear me!”

“What’s matter, sir?”

“Matter, Dirty Dick? Nothing; only, heigh-ho-ha! Oh dear me, how sleepy I am!”

“Well, sir, I wouldn’t open my mouth like that ’ere, ’fore the sun’s up.”

“Why not?”