. Tom Browns school-days . Tom and Martin. Now, Willum, didnt you see m there last week ? Ees, I seen em sure enough, says Willum, grasping a pronghe carried and preparing for action. The boys deny stoutly, and Willum is driven to admit that, ifit wornt they, twas chaps as like em as two peasn; and least-ways hell swear he seed them two in the yard last Martinmas,indicating East and Tom. Holmes had time to meditate. Now, sir, says he to Willum,you see you cant remember what you have seen, and I believethe boys. I doant care, blusters the farmer; they was arter my fowlsto-day, thats enough for
. Tom Browns school-days . Tom and Martin. Now, Willum, didnt you see m there last week ? Ees, I seen em sure enough, says Willum, grasping a pronghe carried and preparing for action. The boys deny stoutly, and Willum is driven to admit that, ifit wornt they, twas chaps as like em as two peasn; and least-ways hell swear he seed them two in the yard last Martinmas,indicating East and Tom. Holmes had time to meditate. Now, sir, says he to Willum,you see you cant remember what you have seen, and I believethe boys. I doant care, blusters the farmer; they was arter my fowlsto-day, thats enough for I. Willum, you catch hold o* totherchap. Theyve been a-sneaking about this two hours, I tells ee,shouted he, as Holmes stands between Martin and Willum, andhave druv a matter of a dozen young pullets pretty nigh to , theres a whacker! cried East; we havent been withina hundred yards of his barn; we havent been up here above tenminutes, and weve seen nothing but a tough old guinea-hen,who ran like a greyhound. [270]. [OH, THERES A WHACKER! CRIED EAST SCHOOL DAYS Indeed, thats all true, Holmes, upon my honor, added Tom;*we werent after his fowls; the guinea-hen ran out of the hedgeunder our feet, and weve seen nothing else. Drat their talk. Thee catch hold o tother, Willum, andcome along wi un. Farmer Thompson, said Holmes, warning off Willum andthe prong with his stick, while Diggs faced the other shepherd,cracking his fingers like pistol-shots, now listen to reason—theboys havent been after your fowls, thats plain. Tells ee I seed em. Who be you, I should like to know? Never you mind, Farmer, answered Holmes. And now Illjust tell you what it is—you ought to be ashamed of yourself forleaving all that poultry about with no one to watch it, so nearthe school. You deserve to have it all stolen. So if you chooseto come up to the Doctor with them, I shall go with you, and tellhim what I think of it. The farmer began to take Holmes for a master; besides, hewanted to get ba
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