human
Wonder what old Dave said about his powder-flask?
gpt
Don't know and don't care,
human
I should like to have been there and heard Old Hicky,
gpt
Yah! He'd only laugh, said Dick.
human
He likes a bit of fun as well as we do.
gpt
I should have liked to see the fire fly about.
human
So should I, if he'd thought it was Jacob, and given him what he calls a blob, said Dick;
gpt
Well, I wish now we hadn't done it,
human
Why?
gpt
Because Dave will be so savage. Next time we go over to his place he'll send us back, and then there'll be no more fun at the duck 'coy, and no netting and shooting.
human
Oh, I say, Tom, what a fellow you are! Now is Dave Gittan the man to look sour at anybody who takes him half a pound of powder? Why, he'll smile till his mouth's open and his eyes shut, and take us anywhere.
gpt
Well, half a pound of powder will make a difference,
human
I'll take him a pound,
gpt
How are you going to get it?
human
How am I going to get it! said Dick.
gpt
Why, let Sam Farles bring it from Spalding; and I tell you what, I won't give him the pound. I'll give him half a pound, and you shall give him the other.
human
Ah! cried Tom eagerly;
gpt
What! that they dug up when they made the new cow-house?
human
Yes, give him a lump of that, and we'll help him melt it down some night, and cast bullets and slugs.
gpt
Seems so nasty. Father said it was part of an old lead coffin that one of the monks was buried in.
human
Well, what does that matter? It was hundreds of years ago. Dave wouldn't know.
gpt
And if he did he wouldn't mind, said Dick.
human
All right! we'll take him the lead to-morrow.
gpt
But you haven't got the powder.
human
No, but Hicky goes to Ealand to-morrow, and he can take the money to the carrier, and we can tell Dave we've sent for it, and he knows he can believe us, and that'll be all right.