BOOK 9

ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM DRAWINGS BY WILL OWEN

["I tell you, I am as innercent as a new-born babe"]
["And next moment I went over back'ards in twelve foot of water"]

SKILLED ASSISTANCE

The night-watchman, who had left his seat on the jetty to answer the gate-bell, came back with disgust written on a countenance only too well designed to express it.