ODD CRAFT - 1903 - CONTENTS THE MONEY - Box . . THE CASTAWAY . . . BLUNDELLS IMPROVEMENT BILLS LAPSE . . . . LAWYER QUINCE . . . BREAKING A SPELL . . ESTABLISHING RELATIONS THE CHANGING NUMBERS THE PERSECUTION OF BOB DIXONS RETURN . . A SPIRIT OF AVARICE . THE THIRD STRING ODD CHARGES . . . ADMIRAL PETERS . . . 0 . PAGE m m I THE MONEY-BOX THE MONEY-BOX AILORMEN are not good ands at saving money as a rule, said the night-watchman, as he wistfully toyed with a bad shilling on his watch-chain, though to ear em talk of saving ...
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ODD CRAFT - 1903 - CONTENTS THE MONEY - Box . . THE CASTAWAY . . . BLUNDELLS IMPROVEMENT BILLS LAPSE . . . . LAWYER QUINCE . . . BREAKING A SPELL . . ESTABLISHING RELATIONS THE CHANGING NUMBERS THE PERSECUTION OF BOB DIXONS RETURN . . A SPIRIT OF AVARICE . THE THIRD STRING ODD CHARGES . . . ADMIRAL PETERS . . . 0 . PAGE m m I THE MONEY-BOX THE MONEY-BOX AILORMEN are not good ands at saving money as a rule, said the night-watchman, as he wistfully toyed with a bad shilling on his watch-chain, though to ear em talk of saving when theyre at sea and there isnt a pub within a thousand miles of em, you might think different. It aint for the want of trying either with some of em, and Ive known men do all sorts o things as soon as they was paid off, with a view to saving. I knew one man as used to keep all but a shilling or two in a belt next.to is skin so that he couldnt get at it easy, but it was all no good. He was always running short in the most inconvenient places. Ive seen im wriggle for five minutes right off, with a tramcar conductor standing over im and the other people in the tram reading their papers with one eye and watching him with the other. Ginger Dick and Peter Russet-two men IYve spoke of to you afore-tried to save their money once. Theyd got so sick and tired of spending it all in praps a week or ten days arter coming ashore, and aving to go to sea apin sooner than they ad 3 The Money-Box intended, that they determined some way or other to ave things different. They was homeward bound on a steamer from Melbourne when they made their minds up and Isaac Lunn, the oldest fireman aboard-a very steady old teetotaler-gave them a lot of good advice about it. They all wanted torejoin the ship when she sailed agin, and e offered to take a room ashore with them and mind their money, giving em what e called a moderate amount each day. They would ha laughed at any other man, but they knew that old Isaac was as honest as could be and that their money would be safe with im, and at last, after a lot of palaver, they .wrote out a paper saying as they were willing for im to ave their money and give it to ein bit by bit, till they went to sea agin. Anybody but Ginger Dick and Peter Russet or a fool would ha known better than to do such a thing, but old Isaac ad got such a oily tongue and seemed so fair-minded about wot e called moderate drink- ing that they never thought wot they was letting themselves in for, and when they took their pay- close on sixteen pounds each-they put the odd change in their pockets and anded the rest over to him. The first day they was as pleased as Punch. Old Isaac got a nice, respectable bedroom for them all,
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