The Child of Waterloo, or, The Horrors of the Battle-Field — page 209: what you’re looking at

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206 THE CHILD OF WATERLOO. ‘‘Yes, yes; twenty-six pun’ ten, each.” ‘“No; I gave him twenty-six pounds, and took twenty-seven myself. I did the business, and put it up too. I only had ten shillings more than my share, and that made a pound more than he had, which wasn’t much to cry about.” ‘** No, nothing at all; that was right enough—and no more than was right either.” ‘* Well, he took the sulks upon that. He thought I wanted to do him. He thought I hadn’t acted right, and grumbled about it, sorely; so I said to him: ‘ Here, Bill, do you take the sovereign; one on us must know most about this affair and has done the most—and that must be you; take it. I see it don’t set on ‘your stomach—I shan’t want it.’ No; he wouldn’t have it at all; grumbled, but swore he wouldn’t have it. Well, I didn’t say no more, but I left the matter as it stood, and then I was told next day that I must beware of Bill, because he was getting dangerous, ‘“¢ Dangerous!’ said I. ‘ Yes,’ said my friend; ‘you and he did a job last night, didn’t you?’ ‘ Yes,’ saidI; ‘who told you? ‘Bill.’ ‘Then he means splitting,’ said I; ‘if he tells one, he'll tell another.’ ‘Hedoes. You had better come with me and I'll show you what he means.’ Well, I went with him, and looked through a passage window into a room, where he was sitting with an officer. The window was open, and I could hear what was said by either, aud I heard the officer say to him, ‘ Well, then you'll bring him to the bar? ‘I will.’ ‘ Well, then, call for what you will treat him with, and say that one good turn deserves another.’ ‘Iwill. ‘You'll know what I mean—he’s the man. It’sall right between us? ‘ Yes, certainly, I understand; you have helped me to a prisoner before now, and this Giles I want particularly.’ This was enough forme. I wentaway. I knew where to see him, about an hour afterward. I went and saw him. How precious friendly he was. I said to him, ‘Come this way, I have a new job for you—one [I’ve just thought of; come along.’ ‘Have you?’ said he. ‘Yes,’ I said;. ‘come along.’ And we came here, and into this very room, There was nobody here then.’ ‘ Well,’ said he, ‘what isit? ‘ Why,’ I said, ‘ you haven’t any idea of splitting, have you—of selling me, eh? You should have seen his facel._ He tried to keep his countenance, and he said he had no such intention, and won- dered how I could think of such a thing, and expressed his willingness to work with me as he had done. ‘ Well,’ said I, ‘I thought when you were settling with the trap to-night, you in- tended so doing, especially as I heard him and you plan how I was to be taken.’ He staggered, and I sprung forward and seized him by the throat, and held him fast. We struggled, and we fell. He was stunned, and I never released my hold of his throat, but held him there till he was dead.” ** What did you do with the body ?” ‘* Ah!” said another, ‘ ’tis easy to kill a man, but how to get rid of the body is the trouble.” “Sack it, but I had none,” comicbooks. com