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A Tiger's Skin
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Henery Walker on'y kept opening and shutting 'is mouth, and at last 'e went outside without saying a word.

" 'And Sam Jones see it, too,' ses Bob Pretty ; 'didn't you, Sam ?'

"Sam didn't answer 'im.

" 'And Charlie Hall and Jack Minns and a lot more,' ses Bob ; 'besides, I see it myself. I can believe my own eyes, I s'pose?'

" 'We'll have the law on you,' ses Sam Jones.

" 'As you like,' ses Bob Pretty; 'but I tell you plain, I've got all the bills for this properly made out, upstairs. And there's pretty near a dozen of you as'U 'ave to go in the box and swear as you saw the tiger. Now, can I sell any of you a bit o' pork afore you go? It's delicious eating, and as soon as you taste it you'll know it wasn't grown in Claybury. Or a pair o' ducks wot 'ave come from two 'un- dered miles off, and yet look as fresh as if they was on'y killed last night.'

"George Kettle, whose ducks 'ad gone the night afore, went into the front room and walked up and down fighting for 'is breath, but it was all no good ; nobody ever got the better

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