. Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's dovecot. The story of a short life . the churchwardens of the par-ish for the benefit of the poor. Daddy Darwin hopedthere was no such alternative in this case, and itproved that by 2 Geo. III. c. 29, the twenty-shilling 4 50 AN OLD MANS STAFF RAPS ON DEATHS DOOR. fine was transferred to the owner of birds; at whichpoint another client called, and the polite lawyerleft Daddy to study the laws by himself. It was when Jack was helping Master Shaw to putthe horse into the cart, after the trial was over, thatthe farmer said to him, I dont want to put youabout, my lad,
. Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's dovecot. The story of a short life . the churchwardens of the par-ish for the benefit of the poor. Daddy Darwin hopedthere was no such alternative in this case, and itproved that by 2 Geo. III. c. 29, the twenty-shilling 4 50 AN OLD MANS STAFF RAPS ON DEATHS DOOR. fine was transferred to the owner of birds; at whichpoint another client called, and the polite lawyerleft Daddy to study the laws by himself. It was when Jack was helping Master Shaw to putthe horse into the cart, after the trial was over, thatthe farmer said to him, I dont want to put youabout, my lad, but I m afraid you wont keep yourmaster long. T old gentleman s breaking up, markmy words ! Constable and me was going into theGeorge for a glass, and Master Darwin left us andwent back to the office. I says, What are ye goingback to t lawyer for? and he says, I dont mindtelling you, Master Shaw, but its to make my off he goes. Now, there s only two more thingsbetween that and death, Jack March! And one sthe parson, and t others the doctor. SCENE \ITTLE Phoebe Shaw/ coming out of the day-school, and picking herway home to tea, wasstartled by folk running past her, and by a sound ofcheering from the far end of the village, which grad-ually increased in volume, and was caught up by thebystanders as they ran. When Phoebe heard that itwas Constable, and Master Shaw, and Daddy Dar-win and his lad, coming home, and the pigeons alongwi em, she felt inclined to run too; but a fit of shy-ness came over her, and she demurely decided to waitby the school-gate till they came her way. They didnot come. They stopped. What were they doing ?Another bystander explained, They re shaking handswi Daddy, and I reckon they re making him put upt birds here, to see em go home to t Dovecot. Phoebe ran as if for her life. She loved beast andbird as well as Jack himself, and the fame of Daddy 52 HOME. SWEET HOME! Darwins doves was great. To see them put up byhim to fly home after such an
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