31/35 "I have knocked about in many parts in my time." "Are you from this neighbourhood ?" "Never was in these parts at all till a year or so ago. It's not two years yet." "What are you doing here ?" "What I can. A bit of work when I can get it given to me. I went tramping the country after I left the regiment--" "Then you have been a soldier ?" interrupted Mr.Elster. In tramping the country I came upon this place: I crept into a shed, and was there for some days; rheumatism took hold of me, and I couldn't move. |