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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/12201-0.txt b/12201-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c2016d --- /dev/null +++ b/12201-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,539 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 12201 *** + +ODD CRAFT + +BY + +W. W. JACOBS + +1909 + + + + +THE MONEY-BOX + +Sailormen 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 they're at sea +and there isn't a pub within a thousand miles of 'em, you might think +different. + +[Illustration: "Sailormen are not good 'ands at saving money as a rule."] + +It ain't for the want of trying either with some of 'em, and I've 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 couldn't get at it easy, but it was all +no good. He was always running short in the most inconvenient places. +I've 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 I've spoke of to you afore--tried +to save their money once. They'd got so sick and tired of spending it +all in p'r'aps a week or ten days arter coming ashore, and 'aving to go +to sea agin sooner than they 'ad 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 to +rejoin 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 'em 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 drinking 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, and arter they'd 'ad a few drinks they +humoured 'im by 'aving a nice 'ot cup o' tea, and then goin' off with 'im +to see a magic-lantern performance. + +It was called "The Drunkard's Downfall," and it begun with a young man +going into a nice-looking pub and being served by a nice-looking barmaid +with a glass of ale. Then it got on to 'arf pints and pints in the next +picture, and arter Ginger 'ad seen the lost young man put away six pints +in about 'arf a minute, 'e got such a raging thirst on 'im that 'e +couldn't sit still, and 'e whispered to Peter Russet to go out with 'im. + +"You'll lose the best of it if you go now," ses old Isaac, in a whisper; +"in the next picture there's little frogs and devils sitting on the edge +of the pot as 'e goes to drink." + +"Ginger Dick got up and nodded to Peter." + +"Arter that 'e kills 'is mother with a razor," ses old Isaac, pleading +with 'im and 'olding on to 'is coat. + +Ginger Dick sat down agin, and when the murder was over 'e said it made +'im feel faint, and 'im and Peter Russet went out for a breath of fresh +air. They 'ad three at the first place, and then they moved on to +another and forgot all about Isaac and the dissolving views until ten +o'clock, when Ginger, who 'ad been very liberal to some friends 'e'd made +in a pub, found 'e'd spent 'is last penny. + +"This comes o' listening to a parcel o' teetotalers," 'e ses, very cross, +when 'e found that Peter 'ad spent all 'is money too. "Here we are just +beginning the evening and not a farthing in our pockets." + +They went off 'ome in a very bad temper. Old Isaac was asleep in 'is +bed, and when they woke 'im up and said that they was going to take +charge of their money themselves 'e kept dropping off to sleep agin and +snoring that 'ard they could scarcely hear themselves speak. Then Peter +tipped Ginger a wink and pointed to Isaac's trousers, which were 'anging +over the foot of the bed. + +Ginger Dick smiled and took 'em up softly, and Peter Russet smiled too; +but 'e wasn't best pleased to see old Isaac a-smiling in 'is sleep, as +though 'e was 'aving amusing dreams. All Ginger found was a ha'-penny, a +bunch o' keys, and a cough lozenge. In the coat and waistcoat 'e found a +few tracks folded up, a broken pen-knife, a ball of string, and some +other rubbish. Then 'e set down on the foot o' their bed and made eyes +over at Peter. + +"Wake 'im up agin," ses Peter, in a temper. + +Ginger Dick got up and, leaning over the bed, took old Isaac by the +shoulders and shook 'im as if 'e'd been a bottle o' medicine. + +"Time to get up, lads?" ses old Isaac, putting one leg out o' bed. + +"No, it ain't," ses Ginger, very rough; "we ain't been to bed yet. We +want our money back." + +Isaac drew 'is leg back into bed agin. "Goo' night," he ses, and fell +fast asleep. + +"He's shamming, that's wot 'e is," ses Peter Russet. "Let's look for it. +It must be in the room somewhere." + +They turned the room upside down pretty near, and then Ginger Dick struck +a match and looked up the chimney, but all 'e found was that it 'adn't +been swept for about twenty years, and wot with temper and soot 'e looked +so frightful that Peter was arf afraid of 'im. + +"I've 'ad enough of this," ses Ginger, running up to the bed and 'olding +his sooty fist under old Isaac's nose. "Now, then, where's that money? +If you don't give us our money, our 'ard-earned money, inside o' two +minutes, I'll break every bone in your body." + +"This is wot comes o' trying to do you a favour, Ginger," ses the old +man, reproachfully. + +"Don't talk to me," ses Ginger, "cos I won't have it. Come on; where is +it?" + +Old Isaac looked at 'im, and then he gave a sigh and got up and put on +'is boots and 'is trousers. + +"I thought I should 'ave a little trouble with you," he ses, slowly, "but +I was prepared for that." + +"You'll 'ave more if you don't hurry up," ses Ginger, glaring at 'im. + +"We don't want to 'urt you, Isaac," ses Peter Russet, "we on'y want our +money." + +"I know that," ses Isaac; "you keep still, Peter, and see fair-play, and +I'll knock you silly arterwards." + +He pushed some o' the things into a corner and then 'e spat on 'is 'ands, +and began to prance up and down, and duck 'is 'ead about and hit the air +in a way that surprised 'em. + +"I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing up and down-- +"fighting's sinful except in a good cause--but afore I got a new 'art, +Ginger, I'd lick three men like you afore breakfast, just to git up a +appetite." + +[Illustration: "I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing +up and down."] + +"Look, 'ere," ses Ginger; "you're an old man and I don't want to 'urt +you; tell us where our money is, our 'ard-earned money, and I won't lay a +finger on you." + +"I'm taking care of it for you," ses the old man. + +Ginger Dick gave a howl and rushed at him, and the next moment Isaac's +fist shot out and give 'im a drive that sent 'im spinning across the room +until 'e fell in a heap in the fireplace. It was like a kick from a +'orse, and Peter looked very serious as 'e picked 'im up and dusted 'im +down. + +"You should keep your eye on 'is fist," he ses, sharply. + +It was a silly thing to say, seeing that that was just wot 'ad 'appened, +and Ginger told 'im wot 'e'd do for 'im when 'e'd finished with Isaac. +He went at the old man agin, but 'e never 'ad a chance, and in about +three minutes 'e was very glad to let Peter 'elp 'im into bed. + +"It's your turn to fight him now, Peter," he ses. "Just move this piller +so as I can see." + +"Come on, lad," ses the old man. + +Peter shook 'is 'ead. "I have no wish to 'urt you, Isaac," he ses, +kindly; "excitement like fighting is dangerous for an old man. Give us +our money and we'll say no more about it." + +"No, my lads," ses Isaac. "I've undertook to take charge o' this money +and I'm going to do it; and I 'ope that when we all sign on aboard the +Planet there'll be a matter o' twelve pounds each left. Now, I don't +want to be 'arsh with you, but I'm going back to bed, and if I 'ave to +get up and dress agin you'll wish yourselves dead." + +He went back to bed agin, and Peter, taking no notice of Ginger Dick, who +kept calling 'im a coward, got into bed alongside of Ginger and fell fast +asleep. + +They all 'ad breakfast in a coffee-shop next morning, and arter it was +over Ginger, who 'adn't spoke a word till then, said that 'e and Peter +Russet wanted a little money to go on with. He said they preferred to +get their meals alone, as Isaac's face took their appetite away. + +"Very good," ses the old man. "I don't want to force my company on +nobody," and after thinking 'ard for a minute or two he put 'is 'and in +'is trouser-pocket and gave them eighteen-pence each. + +[Illustration: "'Wot's this for?' ses Ginger."] + +"Wot's this for?" ses Ginger, staring at the money. "Matches?" + +"That's your day's allowance," ses Isaac, "and it's plenty. There's +ninepence for your dinner, fourpence for your tea, and twopence for a +crust o' bread and cheese for supper. And if you must go and drown +yourselves in beer, that leaves threepence each to go and do it with." + +Ginger tried to speak to 'im, but 'is feelings was too much for 'im, and +'e couldn't. Then Peter Russet swallered something 'e was going to say +and asked old Isaac very perlite to make it a quid for 'im because he was +going down to Colchester to see 'is mother, and 'e didn't want to go +empty-'anded. + +"You're a good son, Peter," ses old Isaac, "and I wish there was more +like you. I'll come down with you, if you like; I've got nothing to do." + +Peter said it was very kind of 'im, but 'e'd sooner go alone, owing to +his mother being very shy afore strangers. + +"Well, I'll come down to the station and take a ticket for you," ses +Isaac. + +Then Peter lost 'is temper altogether, and banged 'is fist on the table +and smashed 'arf the crockery. He asked Isaac whether 'e thought 'im and +Ginger Dick was a couple o' children, and 'e said if 'e didn't give 'em +all their money right away 'e'd give 'im in charge to the first policeman +they met. + +"I'm afraid you didn't intend for to go and see your mother, Peter," ses +the old man. + +"Look 'ere," ses Peter, "are you going to give us that money?" + +"Not if you went down on your bended knees," ses the old man. + +"Very good," says Peter, getting up and walking outside; "then come along +o' me to find a police-man." + +"I'm agreeable," ses Isaac, "but I've got the paper you signed." + +Peter said 'e didn't care twopence if 'e'd got fifty papers, and they +walked along looking for a police-man, which was a very unusual thing for +them to do. + +"I 'ope for your sakes it won't be the same police-man that you and +Ginger Dick set on in Gun Alley the night afore you shipped on the +Planet," ses Isaac, pursing up 'is lips. + +"'Tain't likely to be," ses Peter, beginning to wish 'e 'adn't been so +free with 'is tongue. + +"Still, if I tell 'im, I dessay he'll soon find 'im," ses Isaac; "there's +one coming along now, Peter; shall I stop 'im?" + +Peter Russet looked at 'im and then he looked at Ginger, and they walked +by grinding their teeth. They stuck to Isaac all day, trying to get +their money out of 'im, and the names they called 'im was a surprise even +to themselves. And at night they turned the room topsy-turvy agin +looking for their money and 'ad more unpleasantness when they wanted +Isaac to get up and let 'em search the bed. + +They 'ad breakfast together agin next morning and Ginger tried another +tack. He spoke quite nice to Isaac, and 'ad three large cups o' tea to +show 'im 'ow 'e was beginning to like it, and when the old man gave 'em +their eighteen-pences 'e smiled and said 'e'd like a few shillings extra +that day. + +"It'll be all right, Isaac," he ses. "I wouldn't 'ave a drink if you +asked me to. Don't seem to care for it now. I was saying so to you on'y +last night, wasn't I, Peter?" + +"You was," ses Peter; "so was I." + +"Then I've done you good, Ginger," ses Isaac, clapping 'im on the back. + +"You 'ave," ses Ginger, speaking between his teeth, "and I thank you for +it. I don't want drink; but I thought o' going to a music-'all this +evening." + +"Going to wot?" ses old Isaac, drawing 'imself up and looking very +shocked. + +"A music-'all," ses Ginger, trying to keep 'is temper. + +"A music-'all," ses Isaac; "why, it's worse than a pub, Ginger. I should +be a very poor friend o' yours if I let you go there--I couldn't think of +it." + +"Wot's it got to do with you, you gray-whiskered serpent?" screams +Ginger, arf mad with rage. "Why don't you leave us alone? Why don't you +mind your own business? It's our money." + +Isaac tried to talk to 'im, but 'e wouldn't listen, and he made such a +fuss that at last the coffee-shop keeper told 'im to go outside. Peter +follered 'im out, and being very upset they went and spent their day's +allowance in the first hour, and then they walked about the streets +quarrelling as to the death they'd like old Isaac to 'ave when 'is time +came. + +They went back to their lodgings at dinner-time; but there was no sign of +the old man, and, being 'ungry and thirsty, they took all their spare +clothes to a pawnbroker and got enough money to go on with. Just to show +their independence they went to two music-'ails, and with a sort of idea +that they was doing Isaac a bad turn they spent every farthing afore they +got 'ome, and sat up in bed telling 'im about the spree they'd 'ad. + +At five o'clock in the morning Peter woke up and saw, to 'is surprise, +that Ginger Dick was dressed and carefully folding up old Isaac's +clothes. At first 'e thought that Ginger 'ad gone mad, taking care of +the old man's things like that, but afore 'e could speak Ginger noticed +that 'e was awake, and stepped over to 'im and whispered to 'im to dress +without making a noise. Peter did as 'e was told, and, more puzzled than +ever, saw Ginger make up all the old man's clothes in a bundle and creep +out of the room on tiptoe. + +"Going to 'ide 'is clothes?" 'e ses. + +"Yes," ses Ginger, leading the way downstairs; "in a pawnshop. We'll +make the old man pay for to-day's amusements." + +Then Peter see the joke and 'e begun to laugh so 'ard that Ginger 'ad to +threaten to knock 'is head off to quiet 'im. Ginger laughed 'imself when +they got outside, and at last, arter walking about till the shops opened, +they got into a pawnbroker's and put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen +shillings. + +[Illustration: "They put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen shillings."] + +First thing they did was to 'ave a good breakfast, and after that they +came out smiling all over and began to spend a 'appy day. Ginger was in +tip-top spirits and so was Peter, and the idea that old Isaac was in bed +while they was drinking 'is clothes pleased them more than anything. +Twice that evening policemen spoke to Ginger for dancing on the pavement, +and by the time the money was spent it took Peter all 'is time to get 'im +'ome. + +Old Isaac was in bed when they got there, and the temper 'e was in was +shocking; but Ginger sat on 'is bed and smiled at 'im as if 'e was saying +compliments to 'im. + +"Where's my clothes?" ses the old man, shaking 'is fist at the two of +'em. + +Ginger smiled at 'im; then 'e shut 'is eyes and dropped off to sleep. + +"Where's my clothes?" ses Isaac, turning to Peter. "Closhe?" ses Peter, +staring at 'im. + +"Where are they?" ses Isaac. + +It was a long time afore Peter could understand wot 'e meant, but as soon +as 'e did 'e started to look for 'em. Drink takes people in different +ways, and the way it always took Peter was to make 'im one o' the most +obliging men that ever lived. He spent arf the night crawling about on +all fours looking for the clothes, and four or five times old Isaac woke +up from dreams of earthquakes to find Peter 'ad got jammed under 'is bed, +and was wondering what 'ad 'appened to 'im. + +None of 'em was in the best o' tempers when they woke up next morning, +and Ginger 'ad 'ardly got 'is eyes open before Isaac was asking 'im about +'is clothes agin. + +"Don't bother me about your clothes," ses Ginger; "talk about something +else for a change." + +"Where are they?" ses Isaac, sitting on the edge of 'is bed. + +Ginger yawned and felt in 'is waistcoat pocket--for neither of 'em 'ad +undressed--and then 'e took the pawn-ticket out and threw it on the +floor. Isaac picked it up, and then 'e began to dance about the room as +if 'e'd gone mad. + +"Do you mean to tell me you've pawned my clothes?" he shouts. + +"Me and Peter did," ses Ginger, sitting up in bed and getting ready for a +row. + +Isaac dropped on the bed agin all of a 'cap. "And wot am I to do?" he +ses. + +"If you be'ave yourself," ses Ginger, "and give us our money, me and +Peter'll go and get 'em out agin. When we've 'ad breakfast, that is. +There's no hurry." + +"But I 'aven't got the money," ses Isaac; "it was all sewn up in the +lining of the coat. I've on'y got about five shillings. You've made a +nice mess of it, Ginger, you 'ave." + +"You're a silly fool, Ginger, that's wot you are," ses Peter. + +"Sewn up in the lining of the coat?" ses Ginger, staring. + +"The bank-notes was," ses Isaac, "and three pounds in gold 'idden in the +cap. Did you pawn that too?" + +Ginger got up in 'is excitement and walked up and down the room. "We +must go and get 'em out at once," he ses. + +"And where's the money to do it with?" ses Peter. + +Ginger 'adn't thought of that, and it struck 'im all of a heap. None of +'em seemed to be able to think of a way of getting the other ten +shillings wot was wanted, and Ginger was so upset that 'e took no notice +of the things Peter kept saying to 'im. + +"Let's go and ask to see 'em, and say we left a railway-ticket in the +pocket," ses Peter. + +Isaac shook 'is 'ead. "There's on'y one way to do it," he ses. "We +shall 'ave to pawn your clothes, Ginger, to get mine out with." + +"That's the on'y way, Ginger," ses Peter, brightening up. "Now, wot's +the good o' carrying on like that? It's no worse for you to be without +your clothes for a little while than it was for pore old Isaac." + +It took 'em quite arf an hour afore they could get Ginger to see it. +First of all 'e wanted Peter's clothes to be took instead of 'is, and +when Peter pointed out that they was too shabby to fetch ten shillings +'e 'ad a lot o' nasty things to say about wearing such old rags, and at +last, in a terrible temper, 'e took 'is clothes off and pitched 'em in a +'eap on the floor. + +"If you ain't back in arf an hour, Peter," 'e ses, scowling at 'im, +"you'll 'ear from me, I can tell you." + +"Don't you worry about that," ses Isaac, with a smile. "I'm going to +take 'em." + +"You?" ses Ginger; "but you can't. You ain't got no clothes." + +"I'm going to wear Peter's," ses Isaac, with a smile. + +Peter asked 'im to listen to reason, but it was all no good. He'd got +the pawn-ticket, and at last Peter, forgetting all he'd said to Ginger +Dick about using bad langwidge, took 'is clothes off, one by one, and +dashed 'em on the floor, and told Isaac some of the things 'e thought of +'im. + +The old man didn't take any notice of 'im. He dressed 'imself up very +slow and careful in Peter's clothes, and then 'e drove 'em nearly crazy +by wasting time making 'is bed. + +"Be as quick as you can, Isaac," ses Ginger, at last; "think of us two +a-sitting 'ere waiting for you." + +"I sha'n't forget it," ses Isaac, and 'e came back to the door after 'e'd +gone arf-way down the stairs to ask 'em not to go out on the drink while +'e was away. + +It was nine o'clock when he went, and at ha'-past nine Ginger began to +get impatient and wondered wot 'ad 'appened to 'im, and when ten o'clock +came and no Isaac they was both leaning out of the winder with blankets +over their shoulders looking up the road. By eleven o'clock Peter was in +very low spirits and Ginger was so mad 'e was afraid to speak to 'im. + +They spent the rest o' that day 'anging out of the winder, but it was not +till ha'-past four in the after-noon that Isaac, still wearing Peter's +clothes and carrying a couple of large green plants under 'is arm, turned +into the road, and from the way 'e was smiling they thought it must be +all right. + +"Wot 'ave you been such a long time for?" ses Ginger, in a low, fierce +voice, as Isaac stopped underneath the winder and nodded up to 'em. + +"I met a old friend," ses Isaac. + +"Met a old friend?" ses Ginger, in a passion. "Wot d'ye mean, wasting +time like that while we was sitting up 'ere waiting and starving?" + +"I 'adn't seen 'im for years," ses Isaac, "and time slipped away afore I +noticed it." + +"I dessay," ses Ginger, in a bitter voice. "Well, is the money all +right?" + +"I don't know," ses Isaac; "I ain't got the clothes." + +"Wot?" ses Ginger, nearly falling out of the winder. "Well, wot 'ave +you done with mine, then? Where are they? Come upstairs." + +"I won't come upstairs, Ginger," ses Isaac, "because I'm not quite sure +whether I've done right. But I'm not used to going into pawnshops, and I +walked about trying to make up my mind to go in and couldn't." + +"Well, wot did you do then?" ses Ginger, 'ardly able to contain hisself. + +"While I was trying to make up my mind," ses old Isaac, "I see a man with +a barrer of lovely plants. 'E wasn't asking money for 'em, only old +clothes." + +"Old clothes?" ses Ginger, in a voice as if 'e was being suffocated. + +"I thought they'd be a bit o' green for you to look at," ses the old man, +'olding the plants up; "there's no knowing 'ow long you'll be up there. +The big one is yours, Ginger, and the other is for Peter." + +"'Ave you gone mad, Isaac?" ses Peter, in a trembling voice, arter +Ginger 'ad tried to speak and couldn't. + +Isaac shook 'is 'ead and smiled up at 'em, and then, arter telling Peter +to put Ginger's blanket a little more round 'is shoulders, for fear 'e +should catch cold, 'e said 'e'd ask the landlady to send 'em up some +bread and butter and a cup o' tea. + +They 'eard 'im talking to the landlady at the door, and then 'e went off +in a hurry without looking behind 'im, and the landlady walked up and +down on the other side of the road with 'er apron stuffed in 'er mouth, +pretending to be looking at 'er chimney-pots. + +Isaac didn't turn up at all that night, and by next morning those two +unfortunate men see 'ow they'd been done. It was quite plain to them +that Isaac 'ad been deceiving them, and Peter was pretty certain that 'e +took the money out of the bed while 'e was fussing about making it. Old +Isaac kept 'em there for three days, sending 'em in their clothes bit by +bit and two shillings a day to live on; but they didn't set eyes on 'im +agin until they all signed on aboard the Planet, and they didn't set eyes +on their money until they was two miles below Gravesend. + +[Illustration: "Old Isaac kept 'em there for three days."] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Money Box, by W.W. 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Jacobs + +Release Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12201] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: US-ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MONEY BOX *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + + + +<br><br> +<center> +<img alt="title (42K)" src="title.jpg" height="658" width="479" /> +</center> +<br><br> +<br /><br /> +<h2> + 1909 +</h2> + +<center> +<h3>PART 1.</h3> +</center> + +<br /><br /> +<hr> +<br /><br /> + + +<h2>List of Illustrations</h2> + + + + + +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-1"> +"Sailormen Are Not Good 'ands at Saving Money As a Rule." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-2"> +"I Ain't Hit a Man for Five Years," 'e Ses, Still Dancing +Up and Down." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-3"> +"'Wot's This For?' Ses Ginger." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-4"> +"They Put Old Isaac's Clothes up for Fifteen Shillings." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-5"> +"Old Isaac Kept 'em There for Three Days." +</a></p> + + + + + + + +<br /><br /> +<hr> +<br /><br /> + + + + + + +<a name="2H_4_1"></a> +<br /><br /> +<h2> + THE MONEY-BOX +</h2> +<p> + Sailormen 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 they're at sea + and there isn't a pub within a thousand miles of 'em, you might think + different. +</p> +<a name="image-1"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="001.jpg" height="424" width="588" +alt="'sailormen Are Not Good 'ands at Saving Money As a Rule.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + It ain't for the want of trying either with some of 'em, and I've 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 couldn't get at it easy, but it was all + no good. He was always running short in the most inconvenient places. + I've 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. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick and Peter Russet—two men I've spoke of to you afore—tried + to save their money once. They'd got so sick and tired of spending it + all in p'r'aps a week or ten days arter coming ashore, and 'aving to go + to sea agin sooner than they 'ad intended, that they determined some way + or other to 'ave things different. +</p> +<p> + 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 to + rejoin 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. +</p> +<p> + 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 'em bit by bit, till + they went to sea agin. +</p> +<p> + 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 drinking 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. +</p> +<p> + The first day they was as pleased as Punch. Old Isaac got a nice, + respectable bedroom for them all, and arter they'd 'ad a few drinks they + humoured 'im by 'aving a nice 'ot cup o' tea, and then goin' off with 'im + to see a magic-lantern performance. +</p> +<p> + It was called "The Drunkard's Downfall," and it begun with a young man + going into a nice-looking pub and being served by a nice-looking barmaid + with a glass of ale. Then it got on to 'arf pints and pints in the next + picture, and arter Ginger 'ad seen the lost young man put away six pints + in about 'arf a minute, 'e got such a raging thirst on 'im that 'e + couldn't sit still, and 'e whispered to Peter Russet to go out with 'im. +</p> +<p> + "You'll lose the best of it if you go now," ses old Isaac, in a whisper; + "in the next picture there's little frogs and devils sitting on the edge + of the pot as 'e goes to drink." +</p> +<p> + "Ginger Dick got up and nodded to Peter." +</p> +<p> + "Arter that 'e kills 'is mother with a razor," ses old Isaac, pleading + with 'im and 'olding on to 'is coat. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick sat down agin, and when the murder was over 'e said it made + 'im feel faint, and 'im and Peter Russet went out for a breath of fresh + air. They 'ad three at the first place, and then they moved on to + another and forgot all about Isaac and the dissolving views until ten + o'clock, when Ginger, who 'ad been very liberal to some friends 'e'd made + in a pub, found 'e'd spent 'is last penny. +</p> +<p> + "This comes o' listening to a parcel o' teetotalers," 'e ses, very cross, + when 'e found that Peter 'ad spent all 'is money too. "Here we are just + beginning the evening and not a farthing in our pockets." +</p> +<p> + They went off 'ome in a very bad temper. Old Isaac was asleep in 'is + bed, and when they woke 'im up and said that they was going to take + charge of their money themselves 'e kept dropping off to sleep agin and + snoring that 'ard they could scarcely hear themselves speak. Then Peter + tipped Ginger a wink and pointed to Isaac's trousers, which were 'anging + over the foot of the bed. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick smiled and took 'em up softly, and Peter Russet smiled too; + but 'e wasn't best pleased to see old Isaac a-smiling in 'is sleep, as + though 'e was 'aving amusing dreams. All Ginger found was a ha'-penny, a + bunch o' keys, and a cough lozenge. In the coat and waistcoat 'e found a + few tracks folded up, a broken pen-knife, a ball of string, and some + other rubbish. Then 'e set down on the foot o' their bed and made eyes + over at Peter. +</p> +<p> + "Wake 'im up agin," ses Peter, in a temper. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick got up and, leaning over the bed, took old Isaac by the + shoulders and shook 'im as if 'e'd been a bottle o' medicine. +</p> +<p> + "Time to get up, lads?" ses old Isaac, putting one leg out o' bed. +</p> +<p> + "No, it ain't," ses Ginger, very rough; "we ain't been to bed yet. We + want our money back." +</p> +<p> + Isaac drew 'is leg back into bed agin. "Goo' night," he ses, and fell + fast asleep. +</p> +<p> + "He's shamming, that's wot 'e is," ses Peter Russet. "Let's look for it. + It must be in the room somewhere." +</p> +<p> + They turned the room upside down pretty near, and then Ginger Dick struck + a match and looked up the chimney, but all 'e found was that it 'adn't + been swept for about twenty years, and wot with temper and soot 'e looked + so frightful that Peter was arf afraid of 'im. +</p> +<p> + "I've 'ad enough of this," ses Ginger, running up to the bed and 'olding + his sooty fist under old Isaac's nose. "Now, then, where's that money? + If you don't give us our money, our 'ard-earned money, inside o' two + minutes, I'll break every bone in your body." +</p> +<p> + "This is wot comes o' trying to do you a favour, Ginger," ses the old + man, reproachfully. +</p> +<p> + "Don't talk to me," ses Ginger, "cos I won't have it. Come on; where is + it?" +</p> +<p> + Old Isaac looked at 'im, and then he gave a sigh and got up and put on + 'is boots and 'is trousers. +</p> +<p> + "I thought I should 'ave a little trouble with you," he ses, slowly, "but + I was prepared for that." +</p> +<p> + "You'll 'ave more if you don't hurry up," ses Ginger, glaring at 'im. +</p> +<p> + "We don't want to 'urt you, Isaac," ses Peter Russet, "we on'y want our + money." +</p> +<p> + "I know that," ses Isaac; "you keep still, Peter, and see fair-play, and + I'll knock you silly arterwards." +</p> +<p> + He pushed some o' the things into a corner and then 'e spat on 'is 'ands, + and began to prance up and down, and duck 'is 'ead about and hit the air + in a way that surprised 'em. +</p> +<p> + "I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing up and down— + "fighting's sinful except in a good cause—but afore I got a new 'art, + Ginger, I'd lick three men like you afore breakfast, just to git up a + appetite." +</p> +<a name="image-2"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="002.jpg" height="491" width="516" +alt="'i Ain't Hit a Man for Five Years,' 'e Ses, Still Dancing +Up and Down.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + "Look, 'ere," ses Ginger; "you're an old man and I don't want to 'urt + you; tell us where our money is, our 'ard-earned money, and I won't lay a + finger on you." +</p> +<p> + "I'm taking care of it for you," ses the old man. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick gave a howl and rushed at him, and the next moment Isaac's + fist shot out and give 'im a drive that sent 'im spinning across the room + until 'e fell in a heap in the fireplace. It was like a kick from a + 'orse, and Peter looked very serious as 'e picked 'im up and dusted 'im + down. +</p> +<p> + "You should keep your eye on 'is fist," he ses, sharply. +</p> +<p> + It was a silly thing to say, seeing that that was just wot 'ad 'appened, + and Ginger told 'im wot 'e'd do for 'im when 'e'd finished with Isaac. + He went at the old man agin, but 'e never 'ad a chance, and in about + three minutes 'e was very glad to let Peter 'elp 'im into bed. +</p> +<p> + "It's your turn to fight him now, Peter," he ses. "Just move this piller + so as I can see." +</p> +<p> + "Come on, lad," ses the old man. +</p> +<p> + Peter shook 'is 'ead. "I have no wish to 'urt you, Isaac," he ses, + kindly; "excitement like fighting is dangerous for an old man. Give us + our money and we'll say no more about it." +</p> +<p> + "No, my lads," ses Isaac. "I've undertook to take charge o' this money + and I'm going to do it; and I 'ope that when we all sign on aboard the + Planet there'll be a matter o' twelve pounds each left. Now, I don't + want to be 'arsh with you, but I'm going back to bed, and if I 'ave to + get up and dress agin you'll wish yourselves dead." +</p> +<p> + He went back to bed agin, and Peter, taking no notice of Ginger Dick, who + kept calling 'im a coward, got into bed alongside of Ginger and fell fast + asleep. +</p> +<p> + They all 'ad breakfast in a coffee-shop next morning, and arter it was + over Ginger, who 'adn't spoke a word till then, said that 'e and Peter + Russet wanted a little money to go on with. He said they preferred to + get their meals alone, as Isaac's face took their appetite away. +</p> +<p> + "Very good," ses the old man. "I don't want to force my company on + nobody," and after thinking 'ard for a minute or two he put 'is 'and in + 'is trouser-pocket and gave them eighteen-pence each. +</p> +<a name="image-3"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="003.jpg" height="600" width="576" +alt="''wot's This For?' Ses Ginger.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + "Wot's this for?" ses Ginger, staring at the money. "Matches?" +</p> +<p> + "That's your day's allowance," ses Isaac, "and it's plenty. There's + ninepence for your dinner, fourpence for your tea, and twopence for a + crust o' bread and cheese for supper. And if you must go and drown + yourselves in beer, that leaves threepence each to go and do it with." +</p> +<p> + Ginger tried to speak to 'im, but 'is feelings was too much for 'im, and + 'e couldn't. Then Peter Russet swallered something 'e was going to say + and asked old Isaac very perlite to make it a quid for 'im because he was + going down to Colchester to see 'is mother, and 'e didn't want to go + empty-'anded. +</p> +<p> + "You're a good son, Peter," ses old Isaac, "and I wish there was more + like you. I'll come down with you, if you like; I've got nothing to do." +</p> +<p> + Peter said it was very kind of 'im, but 'e'd sooner go alone, owing to + his mother being very shy afore strangers. +</p> +<p> + "Well, I'll come down to the station and take a ticket for you," ses + Isaac. +</p> +<p> + Then Peter lost 'is temper altogether, and banged 'is fist on the table + and smashed 'arf the crockery. He asked Isaac whether 'e thought 'im and + Ginger Dick was a couple o' children, and 'e said if 'e didn't give 'em + all their money right away 'e'd give 'im in charge to the first policeman + they met. +</p> +<p> + "I'm afraid you didn't intend for to go and see your mother, Peter," ses + the old man. +</p> +<p> + "Look 'ere," ses Peter, "are you going to give us that money?" +</p> +<p> + "Not if you went down on your bended knees," ses the old man. +</p> +<p> + "Very good," says Peter, getting up and walking outside; "then come along + o' me to find a police-man." +</p> +<p> + "I'm agreeable," ses Isaac, "but I've got the paper you signed." +</p> +<p> + Peter said 'e didn't care twopence if 'e'd got fifty papers, and they + walked along looking for a police-man, which was a very unusual thing for + them to do. +</p> +<p> + "I 'ope for your sakes it won't be the same police-man that you and + Ginger Dick set on in Gun Alley the night afore you shipped on the + Planet," ses Isaac, pursing up 'is lips. +</p> +<p> + "'Tain't likely to be," ses Peter, beginning to wish 'e 'adn't been so + free with 'is tongue. +</p> +<p> + "Still, if I tell 'im, I dessay he'll soon find 'im," ses Isaac; "there's + one coming along now, Peter; shall I stop 'im?" +</p> +<p> + Peter Russet looked at 'im and then he looked at Ginger, and they walked + by grinding their teeth. They stuck to Isaac all day, trying to get + their money out of 'im, and the names they called 'im was a surprise even + to themselves. And at night they turned the room topsy-turvy agin + looking for their money and 'ad more unpleasantness when they wanted + Isaac to get up and let 'em search the bed. +</p> +<p> + They 'ad breakfast together agin next morning and Ginger tried another + tack. He spoke quite nice to Isaac, and 'ad three large cups o' tea to + show 'im 'ow 'e was beginning to like it, and when the old man gave 'em + their eighteen-pences 'e smiled and said 'e'd like a few shillings extra + that day. +</p> +<p> + "It'll be all right, Isaac," he ses. "I wouldn't 'ave a drink if you + asked me to. Don't seem to care for it now. I was saying so to you on'y + last night, wasn't I, Peter?" +</p> +<p> + "You was," ses Peter; "so was I." +</p> +<p> + "Then I've done you good, Ginger," ses Isaac, clapping 'im on the back. +</p> +<p> + "You 'ave," ses Ginger, speaking between his teeth, "and I thank you for + it. I don't want drink; but I thought o' going to a music-'all this + evening." +</p> +<p> + "Going to wot?" ses old Isaac, drawing 'imself up and looking very + shocked. +</p> +<p> + "A music-'all," ses Ginger, trying to keep 'is temper. +</p> +<p> + "A music-'all," ses Isaac; "why, it's worse than a pub, Ginger. I should + be a very poor friend o' yours if I let you go there—I couldn't think of + it." +</p> +<p> + "Wot's it got to do with you, you gray-whiskered serpent?" screams + Ginger, arf mad with rage. "Why don't you leave us alone? Why don't you + mind your own business? It's our money." +</p> +<p> + Isaac tried to talk to 'im, but 'e wouldn't listen, and he made such a + fuss that at last the coffee-shop keeper told 'im to go outside. Peter + follered 'im out, and being very upset they went and spent their day's + allowance in the first hour, and then they walked about the streets + quarrelling as to the death they'd like old Isaac to 'ave when 'is time + came. +</p> +<p> + They went back to their lodgings at dinner-time; but there was no sign of + the old man, and, being 'ungry and thirsty, they took all their spare + clothes to a pawnbroker and got enough money to go on with. Just to show + their independence they went to two music-'ails, and with a sort of idea + that they was doing Isaac a bad turn they spent every farthing afore they + got 'ome, and sat up in bed telling 'im about the spree they'd 'ad. +</p> +<p> + At five o'clock in the morning Peter woke up and saw, to 'is surprise, + that Ginger Dick was dressed and carefully folding up old Isaac's + clothes. At first 'e thought that Ginger 'ad gone mad, taking care of + the old man's things like that, but afore 'e could speak Ginger noticed + that 'e was awake, and stepped over to 'im and whispered to 'im to dress + without making a noise. Peter did as 'e was told, and, more puzzled than + ever, saw Ginger make up all the old man's clothes in a bundle and creep + out of the room on tiptoe. +</p> +<p> + "Going to 'ide 'is clothes?" 'e ses. +</p> +<p> + "Yes," ses Ginger, leading the way downstairs; "in a pawnshop. We'll + make the old man pay for to-day's amusements." +</p> +<p> + Then Peter see the joke and 'e begun to laugh so 'ard that Ginger 'ad to + threaten to knock 'is head off to quiet 'im. Ginger laughed 'imself when + they got outside, and at last, arter walking about till the shops opened, + they got into a pawnbroker's and put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen + shillings. +</p> +<a name="image-4"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="004.jpg" height="654" width="495" +alt="'they Put Old Isaac's Clothes up for Fifteen Shillings.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + First thing they did was to 'ave a good breakfast, and after that they + came out smiling all over and began to spend a 'appy day. Ginger was in + tip-top spirits and so was Peter, and the idea that old Isaac was in bed + while they was drinking 'is clothes pleased them more than anything. + Twice that evening policemen spoke to Ginger for dancing on the pavement, + and by the time the money was spent it took Peter all 'is time to get 'im + 'ome. +</p> +<p> + Old Isaac was in bed when they got there, and the temper 'e was in was + shocking; but Ginger sat on 'is bed and smiled at 'im as if 'e was saying + compliments to 'im. +</p> +<p> + "Where's my clothes?" ses the old man, shaking 'is fist at the two of + 'em. +</p> +<p> + Ginger smiled at 'im; then 'e shut 'is eyes and dropped off to sleep. +</p> +<p> + "Where's my clothes?" ses Isaac, turning to Peter. "Closhe?" ses Peter, + staring at 'im. +</p> +<p> + "Where are they?" ses Isaac. +</p> +<p> + It was a long time afore Peter could understand wot 'e meant, but as soon + as 'e did 'e started to look for 'em. Drink takes people in different + ways, and the way it always took Peter was to make 'im one o' the most + obliging men that ever lived. He spent arf the night crawling about on + all fours looking for the clothes, and four or five times old Isaac woke + up from dreams of earthquakes to find Peter 'ad got jammed under 'is bed, + and was wondering what 'ad 'appened to 'im. +</p> +<p> + None of 'em was in the best o' tempers when they woke up next morning, + and Ginger 'ad 'ardly got 'is eyes open before Isaac was asking 'im about + 'is clothes agin. +</p> +<p> + "Don't bother me about your clothes," ses Ginger; "talk about something + else for a change." +</p> +<p> + "Where are they?" ses Isaac, sitting on the edge of 'is bed. +</p> +<p> + Ginger yawned and felt in 'is waistcoat pocket—for neither of 'em 'ad + undressed—and then 'e took the pawn-ticket out and threw it on the + floor. Isaac picked it up, and then 'e began to dance about the room as + if 'e'd gone mad. +</p> +<p> + "Do you mean to tell me you've pawned my clothes?" he shouts. +</p> +<p> + "Me and Peter did," ses Ginger, sitting up in bed and getting ready for a + row. +</p> +<p> + Isaac dropped on the bed agin all of a 'cap. "And wot am I to do?" he + ses. +</p> +<p> + "If you be'ave yourself," ses Ginger, "and give us our money, me and + Peter'll go and get 'em out agin. When we've 'ad breakfast, that is. + There's no hurry." +</p> +<p> + "But I 'aven't got the money," ses Isaac; "it was all sewn up in the + lining of the coat. I've on'y got about five shillings. You've made a + nice mess of it, Ginger, you 'ave." +</p> +<p> + "You're a silly fool, Ginger, that's wot you are," ses Peter. +</p> +<p> + "Sewn up in the lining of the coat?" ses Ginger, staring. +</p> +<p> + "The bank-notes was," ses Isaac, "and three pounds in gold 'idden in the + cap. Did you pawn that too?" +</p> +<p> + Ginger got up in 'is excitement and walked up and down the room. "We + must go and get 'em out at once," he ses. +</p> +<p> + "And where's the money to do it with?" ses Peter. +</p> +<p> + Ginger 'adn't thought of that, and it struck 'im all of a heap. None of + 'em seemed to be able to think of a way of getting the other ten + shillings wot was wanted, and Ginger was so upset that 'e took no notice + of the things Peter kept saying to 'im. +</p> +<p> + "Let's go and ask to see 'em, and say we left a railway-ticket in the + pocket," ses Peter. +</p> +<p> + Isaac shook 'is 'ead. "There's on'y one way to do it," he ses. "We + shall 'ave to pawn your clothes, Ginger, to get mine out with." +</p> +<p> + "That's the on'y way, Ginger," ses Peter, brightening up. "Now, wot's + the good o' carrying on like that? It's no worse for you to be without + your clothes for a little while than it was for pore old Isaac." +</p> +<p> + It took 'em quite arf an hour afore they could get Ginger to see it. + First of all 'e wanted Peter's clothes to be took instead of 'is, and + when Peter pointed out that they was too shabby to fetch ten shillings + 'e 'ad a lot o' nasty things to say about wearing such old rags, and at + last, in a terrible temper, 'e took 'is clothes off and pitched 'em in a + 'eap on the floor. +</p> +<p> + "If you ain't back in arf an hour, Peter," 'e ses, scowling at 'im, + "you'll 'ear from me, I can tell you." +</p> +<p> + "Don't you worry about that," ses Isaac, with a smile. "I'm going to + take 'em." +</p> +<p> + "You?" ses Ginger; "but you can't. You ain't got no clothes." +</p> +<p> + "I'm going to wear Peter's," ses Isaac, with a smile. +</p> +<p> + Peter asked 'im to listen to reason, but it was all no good. He'd got + the pawn-ticket, and at last Peter, forgetting all he'd said to Ginger + Dick about using bad langwidge, took 'is clothes off, one by one, and + dashed 'em on the floor, and told Isaac some of the things 'e thought of + 'im. +</p> +<p> + The old man didn't take any notice of 'im. He dressed 'imself up very + slow and careful in Peter's clothes, and then 'e drove 'em nearly crazy + by wasting time making 'is bed. +</p> +<p> + "Be as quick as you can, Isaac," ses Ginger, at last; "think of us two + a-sitting 'ere waiting for you." +</p> +<p> + "I sha'n't forget it," ses Isaac, and 'e came back to the door after 'e'd + gone arf-way down the stairs to ask 'em not to go out on the drink while + 'e was away. +</p> +<p> + It was nine o'clock when he went, and at ha'-past nine Ginger began to + get impatient and wondered wot 'ad 'appened to 'im, and when ten o'clock + came and no Isaac they was both leaning out of the winder with blankets + over their shoulders looking up the road. By eleven o'clock Peter was in + very low spirits and Ginger was so mad 'e was afraid to speak to 'im. +</p> +<p> + They spent the rest o' that day 'anging out of the winder, but it was not + till ha'-past four in the after-noon that Isaac, still wearing Peter's + clothes and carrying a couple of large green plants under 'is arm, turned + into the road, and from the way 'e was smiling they thought it must be + all right. +</p> +<p> + "Wot 'ave you been such a long time for?" ses Ginger, in a low, fierce + voice, as Isaac stopped underneath the winder and nodded up to 'em. +</p> +<p> + "I met a old friend," ses Isaac. +</p> +<p> + "Met a old friend?" ses Ginger, in a passion. "Wot d'ye mean, wasting + time like that while we was sitting up 'ere waiting and starving?" +</p> +<p> + "I 'adn't seen 'im for years," ses Isaac, "and time slipped away afore I + noticed it." +</p> +<p> + "I dessay," ses Ginger, in a bitter voice. "Well, is the money all + right?" +</p> +<p> + "I don't know," ses Isaac; "I ain't got the clothes." +</p> +<p> + "Wot?" ses Ginger, nearly falling out of the winder. "Well, wot 'ave + you done with mine, then? Where are they? Come upstairs." +</p> +<p> + "I won't come upstairs, Ginger," ses Isaac, "because I'm not quite sure + whether I've done right. But I'm not used to going into pawnshops, and I + walked about trying to make up my mind to go in and couldn't." +</p> +<p> + "Well, wot did you do then?" ses Ginger, 'ardly able to contain hisself. +</p> +<p> + "While I was trying to make up my mind," ses old Isaac, "I see a man with + a barrer of lovely plants. 'E wasn't asking money for 'em, only old + clothes." +</p> +<p> + "Old clothes?" ses Ginger, in a voice as if 'e was being suffocated. +</p> +<p> + "I thought they'd be a bit o' green for you to look at," ses the old man, + 'olding the plants up; "there's no knowing 'ow long you'll be up there. + The big one is yours, Ginger, and the other is for Peter." +</p> +<p> + "'Ave you gone mad, Isaac?" ses Peter, in a trembling voice, arter + Ginger 'ad tried to speak and couldn't. +</p> +<p> + Isaac shook 'is 'ead and smiled up at 'em, and then, arter telling Peter + to put Ginger's blanket a little more round 'is shoulders, for fear 'e + should catch cold, 'e said 'e'd ask the landlady to send 'em up some + bread and butter and a cup o' tea. +</p> +<p> + They 'eard 'im talking to the landlady at the door, and then 'e went off + in a hurry without looking behind 'im, and the landlady walked up and + down on the other side of the road with 'er apron stuffed in 'er mouth, + pretending to be looking at 'er chimney-pots. +</p> +<p> + Isaac didn't turn up at all that night, and by next morning those two + unfortunate men see 'ow they'd been done. It was quite plain to them + that Isaac 'ad been deceiving them, and Peter was pretty certain that 'e + took the money out of the bed while 'e was fussing about making it. Old + Isaac kept 'em there for three days, sending 'em in their clothes bit by + bit and two shillings a day to live on; but they didn't set eyes on 'im + agin until they all signed on aboard the Planet, and they didn't set eyes + on their money until they was two miles below Gravesend. +</p> +<a name="image-5"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="005.jpg" height="652" width="530" +alt="'old Isaac Kept 'em There for Three Days.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Money Box, by W.W. 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Jacobs + +Release Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12201] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MONEY BOX *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + +ODD CRAFT + +BY + +W. W. JACOBS + +1909 + + + + +THE MONEY-BOX + +Sailormen 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 they're at sea +and there isn't a pub within a thousand miles of 'em, you might think +different. + +[Illustration: "Sailormen are not good 'ands at saving money as a rule."] + +It ain't for the want of trying either with some of 'em, and I've 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 couldn't get at it easy, but it was all +no good. He was always running short in the most inconvenient places. +I've 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 I've spoke of to you afore--tried +to save their money once. They'd got so sick and tired of spending it +all in p'r'aps a week or ten days arter coming ashore, and 'aving to go +to sea agin sooner than they 'ad 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 to +rejoin 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 'em 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 drinking 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, and arter they'd 'ad a few drinks they +humoured 'im by 'aving a nice 'ot cup o' tea, and then goin' off with 'im +to see a magic-lantern performance. + +It was called "The Drunkard's Downfall," and it begun with a young man +going into a nice-looking pub and being served by a nice-looking barmaid +with a glass of ale. Then it got on to 'arf pints and pints in the next +picture, and arter Ginger 'ad seen the lost young man put away six pints +in about 'arf a minute, 'e got such a raging thirst on 'im that 'e +couldn't sit still, and 'e whispered to Peter Russet to go out with 'im. + +"You'll lose the best of it if you go now," ses old Isaac, in a whisper; +"in the next picture there's little frogs and devils sitting on the edge +of the pot as 'e goes to drink." + +"Ginger Dick got up and nodded to Peter." + +"Arter that 'e kills 'is mother with a razor," ses old Isaac, pleading +with 'im and 'olding on to 'is coat. + +Ginger Dick sat down agin, and when the murder was over 'e said it made +'im feel faint, and 'im and Peter Russet went out for a breath of fresh +air. They 'ad three at the first place, and then they moved on to +another and forgot all about Isaac and the dissolving views until ten +o'clock, when Ginger, who 'ad been very liberal to some friends 'e'd made +in a pub, found 'e'd spent 'is last penny. + +"This comes o' listening to a parcel o' teetotalers," 'e ses, very cross, +when 'e found that Peter 'ad spent all 'is money too. "Here we are just +beginning the evening and not a farthing in our pockets." + +They went off 'ome in a very bad temper. Old Isaac was asleep in 'is +bed, and when they woke 'im up and said that they was going to take +charge of their money themselves 'e kept dropping off to sleep agin and +snoring that 'ard they could scarcely hear themselves speak. Then Peter +tipped Ginger a wink and pointed to Isaac's trousers, which were 'anging +over the foot of the bed. + +Ginger Dick smiled and took 'em up softly, and Peter Russet smiled too; +but 'e wasn't best pleased to see old Isaac a-smiling in 'is sleep, as +though 'e was 'aving amusing dreams. All Ginger found was a ha'-penny, a +bunch o' keys, and a cough lozenge. In the coat and waistcoat 'e found a +few tracks folded up, a broken pen-knife, a ball of string, and some +other rubbish. Then 'e set down on the foot o' their bed and made eyes +over at Peter. + +"Wake 'im up agin," ses Peter, in a temper. + +Ginger Dick got up and, leaning over the bed, took old Isaac by the +shoulders and shook 'im as if 'e'd been a bottle o' medicine. + +"Time to get up, lads?" ses old Isaac, putting one leg out o' bed. + +"No, it ain't," ses Ginger, very rough; "we ain't been to bed yet. We +want our money back." + +Isaac drew 'is leg back into bed agin. "Goo' night," he ses, and fell +fast asleep. + +"He's shamming, that's wot 'e is," ses Peter Russet. "Let's look for it. +It must be in the room somewhere." + +They turned the room upside down pretty near, and then Ginger Dick struck +a match and looked up the chimney, but all 'e found was that it 'adn't +been swept for about twenty years, and wot with temper and soot 'e looked +so frightful that Peter was arf afraid of 'im. + +"I've 'ad enough of this," ses Ginger, running up to the bed and 'olding +his sooty fist under old Isaac's nose. "Now, then, where's that money? +If you don't give us our money, our 'ard-earned money, inside o' two +minutes, I'll break every bone in your body." + +"This is wot comes o' trying to do you a favour, Ginger," ses the old +man, reproachfully. + +"Don't talk to me," ses Ginger, "cos I won't have it. Come on; where is +it?" + +Old Isaac looked at 'im, and then he gave a sigh and got up and put on +'is boots and 'is trousers. + +"I thought I should 'ave a little trouble with you," he ses, slowly, "but +I was prepared for that." + +"You'll 'ave more if you don't hurry up," ses Ginger, glaring at 'im. + +"We don't want to 'urt you, Isaac," ses Peter Russet, "we on'y want our +money." + +"I know that," ses Isaac; "you keep still, Peter, and see fair-play, and +I'll knock you silly arterwards." + +He pushed some o' the things into a corner and then 'e spat on 'is 'ands, +and began to prance up and down, and duck 'is 'ead about and hit the air +in a way that surprised 'em. + +"I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing up and down-- +"fighting's sinful except in a good cause--but afore I got a new 'art, +Ginger, I'd lick three men like you afore breakfast, just to git up a +appetite." + +[Illustration: "I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing +up and down."] + +"Look, 'ere," ses Ginger; "you're an old man and I don't want to 'urt +you; tell us where our money is, our 'ard-earned money, and I won't lay a +finger on you." + +"I'm taking care of it for you," ses the old man. + +Ginger Dick gave a howl and rushed at him, and the next moment Isaac's +fist shot out and give 'im a drive that sent 'im spinning across the room +until 'e fell in a heap in the fireplace. It was like a kick from a +'orse, and Peter looked very serious as 'e picked 'im up and dusted 'im +down. + +"You should keep your eye on 'is fist," he ses, sharply. + +It was a silly thing to say, seeing that that was just wot 'ad 'appened, +and Ginger told 'im wot 'e'd do for 'im when 'e'd finished with Isaac. +He went at the old man agin, but 'e never 'ad a chance, and in about +three minutes 'e was very glad to let Peter 'elp 'im into bed. + +"It's your turn to fight him now, Peter," he ses. "Just move this piller +so as I can see." + +"Come on, lad," ses the old man. + +Peter shook 'is 'ead. "I have no wish to 'urt you, Isaac," he ses, +kindly; "excitement like fighting is dangerous for an old man. Give us +our money and we'll say no more about it." + +"No, my lads," ses Isaac. "I've undertook to take charge o' this money +and I'm going to do it; and I 'ope that when we all sign on aboard the +Planet there'll be a matter o' twelve pounds each left. Now, I don't +want to be 'arsh with you, but I'm going back to bed, and if I 'ave to +get up and dress agin you'll wish yourselves dead." + +He went back to bed agin, and Peter, taking no notice of Ginger Dick, who +kept calling 'im a coward, got into bed alongside of Ginger and fell fast +asleep. + +They all 'ad breakfast in a coffee-shop next morning, and arter it was +over Ginger, who 'adn't spoke a word till then, said that 'e and Peter +Russet wanted a little money to go on with. He said they preferred to +get their meals alone, as Isaac's face took their appetite away. + +"Very good," ses the old man. "I don't want to force my company on +nobody," and after thinking 'ard for a minute or two he put 'is 'and in +'is trouser-pocket and gave them eighteen-pence each. + +[Illustration: "'Wot's this for?' ses Ginger."] + +"Wot's this for?" ses Ginger, staring at the money. "Matches?" + +"That's your day's allowance," ses Isaac, "and it's plenty. There's +ninepence for your dinner, fourpence for your tea, and twopence for a +crust o' bread and cheese for supper. And if you must go and drown +yourselves in beer, that leaves threepence each to go and do it with." + +Ginger tried to speak to 'im, but 'is feelings was too much for 'im, and +'e couldn't. Then Peter Russet swallered something 'e was going to say +and asked old Isaac very perlite to make it a quid for 'im because he was +going down to Colchester to see 'is mother, and 'e didn't want to go +empty-'anded. + +"You're a good son, Peter," ses old Isaac, "and I wish there was more +like you. I'll come down with you, if you like; I've got nothing to do." + +Peter said it was very kind of 'im, but 'e'd sooner go alone, owing to +his mother being very shy afore strangers. + +"Well, I'll come down to the station and take a ticket for you," ses +Isaac. + +Then Peter lost 'is temper altogether, and banged 'is fist on the table +and smashed 'arf the crockery. He asked Isaac whether 'e thought 'im and +Ginger Dick was a couple o' children, and 'e said if 'e didn't give 'em +all their money right away 'e'd give 'im in charge to the first policeman +they met. + +"I'm afraid you didn't intend for to go and see your mother, Peter," ses +the old man. + +"Look 'ere," ses Peter, "are you going to give us that money?" + +"Not if you went down on your bended knees," ses the old man. + +"Very good," says Peter, getting up and walking outside; "then come along +o' me to find a police-man." + +"I'm agreeable," ses Isaac, "but I've got the paper you signed." + +Peter said 'e didn't care twopence if 'e'd got fifty papers, and they +walked along looking for a police-man, which was a very unusual thing for +them to do. + +"I 'ope for your sakes it won't be the same police-man that you and +Ginger Dick set on in Gun Alley the night afore you shipped on the +Planet," ses Isaac, pursing up 'is lips. + +"'Tain't likely to be," ses Peter, beginning to wish 'e 'adn't been so +free with 'is tongue. + +"Still, if I tell 'im, I dessay he'll soon find 'im," ses Isaac; "there's +one coming along now, Peter; shall I stop 'im?" + +Peter Russet looked at 'im and then he looked at Ginger, and they walked +by grinding their teeth. They stuck to Isaac all day, trying to get +their money out of 'im, and the names they called 'im was a surprise even +to themselves. And at night they turned the room topsy-turvy agin +looking for their money and 'ad more unpleasantness when they wanted +Isaac to get up and let 'em search the bed. + +They 'ad breakfast together agin next morning and Ginger tried another +tack. He spoke quite nice to Isaac, and 'ad three large cups o' tea to +show 'im 'ow 'e was beginning to like it, and when the old man gave 'em +their eighteen-pences 'e smiled and said 'e'd like a few shillings extra +that day. + +"It'll be all right, Isaac," he ses. "I wouldn't 'ave a drink if you +asked me to. Don't seem to care for it now. I was saying so to you on'y +last night, wasn't I, Peter?" + +"You was," ses Peter; "so was I." + +"Then I've done you good, Ginger," ses Isaac, clapping 'im on the back. + +"You 'ave," ses Ginger, speaking between his teeth, "and I thank you for +it. I don't want drink; but I thought o' going to a music-'all this +evening." + +"Going to wot?" ses old Isaac, drawing 'imself up and looking very +shocked. + +"A music-'all," ses Ginger, trying to keep 'is temper. + +"A music-'all," ses Isaac; "why, it's worse than a pub, Ginger. I should +be a very poor friend o' yours if I let you go there--I couldn't think of +it." + +"Wot's it got to do with you, you gray-whiskered serpent?" screams +Ginger, arf mad with rage. "Why don't you leave us alone? Why don't you +mind your own business? It's our money." + +Isaac tried to talk to 'im, but 'e wouldn't listen, and he made such a +fuss that at last the coffee-shop keeper told 'im to go outside. Peter +follered 'im out, and being very upset they went and spent their day's +allowance in the first hour, and then they walked about the streets +quarrelling as to the death they'd like old Isaac to 'ave when 'is time +came. + +They went back to their lodgings at dinner-time; but there was no sign of +the old man, and, being 'ungry and thirsty, they took all their spare +clothes to a pawnbroker and got enough money to go on with. Just to show +their independence they went to two music-'ails, and with a sort of idea +that they was doing Isaac a bad turn they spent every farthing afore they +got 'ome, and sat up in bed telling 'im about the spree they'd 'ad. + +At five o'clock in the morning Peter woke up and saw, to 'is surprise, +that Ginger Dick was dressed and carefully folding up old Isaac's +clothes. At first 'e thought that Ginger 'ad gone mad, taking care of +the old man's things like that, but afore 'e could speak Ginger noticed +that 'e was awake, and stepped over to 'im and whispered to 'im to dress +without making a noise. Peter did as 'e was told, and, more puzzled than +ever, saw Ginger make up all the old man's clothes in a bundle and creep +out of the room on tiptoe. + +"Going to 'ide 'is clothes?" 'e ses. + +"Yes," ses Ginger, leading the way downstairs; "in a pawnshop. We'll +make the old man pay for to-day's amusements." + +Then Peter see the joke and 'e begun to laugh so 'ard that Ginger 'ad to +threaten to knock 'is head off to quiet 'im. Ginger laughed 'imself when +they got outside, and at last, arter walking about till the shops opened, +they got into a pawnbroker's and put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen +shillings. + +[Illustration: "They put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen shillings."] + +First thing they did was to 'ave a good breakfast, and after that they +came out smiling all over and began to spend a 'appy day. Ginger was in +tip-top spirits and so was Peter, and the idea that old Isaac was in bed +while they was drinking 'is clothes pleased them more than anything. +Twice that evening policemen spoke to Ginger for dancing on the pavement, +and by the time the money was spent it took Peter all 'is time to get 'im +'ome. + +Old Isaac was in bed when they got there, and the temper 'e was in was +shocking; but Ginger sat on 'is bed and smiled at 'im as if 'e was saying +compliments to 'im. + +"Where's my clothes?" ses the old man, shaking 'is fist at the two of +'em. + +Ginger smiled at 'im; then 'e shut 'is eyes and dropped off to sleep. + +"Where's my clothes?" ses Isaac, turning to Peter. "Closhe?" ses Peter, +staring at 'im. + +"Where are they?" ses Isaac. + +It was a long time afore Peter could understand wot 'e meant, but as soon +as 'e did 'e started to look for 'em. Drink takes people in different +ways, and the way it always took Peter was to make 'im one o' the most +obliging men that ever lived. He spent arf the night crawling about on +all fours looking for the clothes, and four or five times old Isaac woke +up from dreams of earthquakes to find Peter 'ad got jammed under 'is bed, +and was wondering what 'ad 'appened to 'im. + +None of 'em was in the best o' tempers when they woke up next morning, +and Ginger 'ad 'ardly got 'is eyes open before Isaac was asking 'im about +'is clothes agin. + +"Don't bother me about your clothes," ses Ginger; "talk about something +else for a change." + +"Where are they?" ses Isaac, sitting on the edge of 'is bed. + +Ginger yawned and felt in 'is waistcoat pocket--for neither of 'em 'ad +undressed--and then 'e took the pawn-ticket out and threw it on the +floor. Isaac picked it up, and then 'e began to dance about the room as +if 'e'd gone mad. + +"Do you mean to tell me you've pawned my clothes?" he shouts. + +"Me and Peter did," ses Ginger, sitting up in bed and getting ready for a +row. + +Isaac dropped on the bed agin all of a 'cap. "And wot am I to do?" he +ses. + +"If you be'ave yourself," ses Ginger, "and give us our money, me and +Peter'll go and get 'em out agin. When we've 'ad breakfast, that is. +There's no hurry." + +"But I 'aven't got the money," ses Isaac; "it was all sewn up in the +lining of the coat. I've on'y got about five shillings. You've made a +nice mess of it, Ginger, you 'ave." + +"You're a silly fool, Ginger, that's wot you are," ses Peter. + +"Sewn up in the lining of the coat?" ses Ginger, staring. + +"The bank-notes was," ses Isaac, "and three pounds in gold 'idden in the +cap. Did you pawn that too?" + +Ginger got up in 'is excitement and walked up and down the room. "We +must go and get 'em out at once," he ses. + +"And where's the money to do it with?" ses Peter. + +Ginger 'adn't thought of that, and it struck 'im all of a heap. None of +'em seemed to be able to think of a way of getting the other ten +shillings wot was wanted, and Ginger was so upset that 'e took no notice +of the things Peter kept saying to 'im. + +"Let's go and ask to see 'em, and say we left a railway-ticket in the +pocket," ses Peter. + +Isaac shook 'is 'ead. "There's on'y one way to do it," he ses. "We +shall 'ave to pawn your clothes, Ginger, to get mine out with." + +"That's the on'y way, Ginger," ses Peter, brightening up. "Now, wot's +the good o' carrying on like that? It's no worse for you to be without +your clothes for a little while than it was for pore old Isaac." + +It took 'em quite arf an hour afore they could get Ginger to see it. +First of all 'e wanted Peter's clothes to be took instead of 'is, and +when Peter pointed out that they was too shabby to fetch ten shillings +'e 'ad a lot o' nasty things to say about wearing such old rags, and at +last, in a terrible temper, 'e took 'is clothes off and pitched 'em in a +'eap on the floor. + +"If you ain't back in arf an hour, Peter," 'e ses, scowling at 'im, +"you'll 'ear from me, I can tell you." + +"Don't you worry about that," ses Isaac, with a smile. "I'm going to +take 'em." + +"You?" ses Ginger; "but you can't. You ain't got no clothes." + +"I'm going to wear Peter's," ses Isaac, with a smile. + +Peter asked 'im to listen to reason, but it was all no good. He'd got +the pawn-ticket, and at last Peter, forgetting all he'd said to Ginger +Dick about using bad langwidge, took 'is clothes off, one by one, and +dashed 'em on the floor, and told Isaac some of the things 'e thought of +'im. + +The old man didn't take any notice of 'im. He dressed 'imself up very +slow and careful in Peter's clothes, and then 'e drove 'em nearly crazy +by wasting time making 'is bed. + +"Be as quick as you can, Isaac," ses Ginger, at last; "think of us two +a-sitting 'ere waiting for you." + +"I sha'n't forget it," ses Isaac, and 'e came back to the door after 'e'd +gone arf-way down the stairs to ask 'em not to go out on the drink while +'e was away. + +It was nine o'clock when he went, and at ha'-past nine Ginger began to +get impatient and wondered wot 'ad 'appened to 'im, and when ten o'clock +came and no Isaac they was both leaning out of the winder with blankets +over their shoulders looking up the road. By eleven o'clock Peter was in +very low spirits and Ginger was so mad 'e was afraid to speak to 'im. + +They spent the rest o' that day 'anging out of the winder, but it was not +till ha'-past four in the after-noon that Isaac, still wearing Peter's +clothes and carrying a couple of large green plants under 'is arm, turned +into the road, and from the way 'e was smiling they thought it must be +all right. + +"Wot 'ave you been such a long time for?" ses Ginger, in a low, fierce +voice, as Isaac stopped underneath the winder and nodded up to 'em. + +"I met a old friend," ses Isaac. + +"Met a old friend?" ses Ginger, in a passion. "Wot d'ye mean, wasting +time like that while we was sitting up 'ere waiting and starving?" + +"I 'adn't seen 'im for years," ses Isaac, "and time slipped away afore I +noticed it." + +"I dessay," ses Ginger, in a bitter voice. "Well, is the money all +right?" + +"I don't know," ses Isaac; "I ain't got the clothes." + +"Wot?" ses Ginger, nearly falling out of the winder. "Well, wot 'ave +you done with mine, then? Where are they? Come upstairs." + +"I won't come upstairs, Ginger," ses Isaac, "because I'm not quite sure +whether I've done right. But I'm not used to going into pawnshops, and I +walked about trying to make up my mind to go in and couldn't." + +"Well, wot did you do then?" ses Ginger, 'ardly able to contain hisself. + +"While I was trying to make up my mind," ses old Isaac, "I see a man with +a barrer of lovely plants. 'E wasn't asking money for 'em, only old +clothes." + +"Old clothes?" ses Ginger, in a voice as if 'e was being suffocated. + +"I thought they'd be a bit o' green for you to look at," ses the old man, +'olding the plants up; "there's no knowing 'ow long you'll be up there. +The big one is yours, Ginger, and the other is for Peter." + +"'Ave you gone mad, Isaac?" ses Peter, in a trembling voice, arter +Ginger 'ad tried to speak and couldn't. + +Isaac shook 'is 'ead and smiled up at 'em, and then, arter telling Peter +to put Ginger's blanket a little more round 'is shoulders, for fear 'e +should catch cold, 'e said 'e'd ask the landlady to send 'em up some +bread and butter and a cup o' tea. + +They 'eard 'im talking to the landlady at the door, and then 'e went off +in a hurry without looking behind 'im, and the landlady walked up and +down on the other side of the road with 'er apron stuffed in 'er mouth, +pretending to be looking at 'er chimney-pots. + +Isaac didn't turn up at all that night, and by next morning those two +unfortunate men see 'ow they'd been done. It was quite plain to them +that Isaac 'ad been deceiving them, and Peter was pretty certain that 'e +took the money out of the bed while 'e was fussing about making it. Old +Isaac kept 'em there for three days, sending 'em in their clothes bit by +bit and two shillings a day to live on; but they didn't set eyes on 'im +agin until they all signed on aboard the Planet, and they didn't set eyes +on their money until they was two miles below Gravesend. + +[Illustration: "Old Isaac kept 'em there for three days."] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Money Box, by W.W. 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Jacobs + +Release Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12201] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: US-ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MONEY BOX *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + + + +<br><br> +<center> +<img alt="title (42K)" src="title.jpg" height="658" width="479" /> +</center> +<br><br> +<br /><br /> +<h2> + 1909 +</h2> + +<center> +<h3>PART 1.</h3> +</center> + +<br /><br /> +<hr> +<br /><br /> + + +<h2>List of Illustrations</h2> + + + + + +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-1"> +"Sailormen Are Not Good 'ands at Saving Money As a Rule." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-2"> +"I Ain't Hit a Man for Five Years," 'e Ses, Still Dancing +Up and Down." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-3"> +"'Wot's This For?' Ses Ginger." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-4"> +"They Put Old Isaac's Clothes up for Fifteen Shillings." +</a></p> +<p class="toc"><a href="#image-5"> +"Old Isaac Kept 'em There for Three Days." +</a></p> + + + + + + + +<br /><br /> +<hr> +<br /><br /> + + + + + + +<a name="2H_4_1"></a> +<br /><br /> +<h2> + THE MONEY-BOX +</h2> +<p> + Sailormen 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 they're at sea + and there isn't a pub within a thousand miles of 'em, you might think + different. +</p> +<a name="image-1"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="001.jpg" height="424" width="588" +alt="'sailormen Are Not Good 'ands at Saving Money As a Rule.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + It ain't for the want of trying either with some of 'em, and I've 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 couldn't get at it easy, but it was all + no good. He was always running short in the most inconvenient places. + I've 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. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick and Peter Russet—two men I've spoke of to you afore—tried + to save their money once. They'd got so sick and tired of spending it + all in p'r'aps a week or ten days arter coming ashore, and 'aving to go + to sea agin sooner than they 'ad intended, that they determined some way + or other to 'ave things different. +</p> +<p> + 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 to + rejoin 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. +</p> +<p> + 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 'em bit by bit, till + they went to sea agin. +</p> +<p> + 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 drinking 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. +</p> +<p> + The first day they was as pleased as Punch. Old Isaac got a nice, + respectable bedroom for them all, and arter they'd 'ad a few drinks they + humoured 'im by 'aving a nice 'ot cup o' tea, and then goin' off with 'im + to see a magic-lantern performance. +</p> +<p> + It was called "The Drunkard's Downfall," and it begun with a young man + going into a nice-looking pub and being served by a nice-looking barmaid + with a glass of ale. Then it got on to 'arf pints and pints in the next + picture, and arter Ginger 'ad seen the lost young man put away six pints + in about 'arf a minute, 'e got such a raging thirst on 'im that 'e + couldn't sit still, and 'e whispered to Peter Russet to go out with 'im. +</p> +<p> + "You'll lose the best of it if you go now," ses old Isaac, in a whisper; + "in the next picture there's little frogs and devils sitting on the edge + of the pot as 'e goes to drink." +</p> +<p> + "Ginger Dick got up and nodded to Peter." +</p> +<p> + "Arter that 'e kills 'is mother with a razor," ses old Isaac, pleading + with 'im and 'olding on to 'is coat. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick sat down agin, and when the murder was over 'e said it made + 'im feel faint, and 'im and Peter Russet went out for a breath of fresh + air. They 'ad three at the first place, and then they moved on to + another and forgot all about Isaac and the dissolving views until ten + o'clock, when Ginger, who 'ad been very liberal to some friends 'e'd made + in a pub, found 'e'd spent 'is last penny. +</p> +<p> + "This comes o' listening to a parcel o' teetotalers," 'e ses, very cross, + when 'e found that Peter 'ad spent all 'is money too. "Here we are just + beginning the evening and not a farthing in our pockets." +</p> +<p> + They went off 'ome in a very bad temper. Old Isaac was asleep in 'is + bed, and when they woke 'im up and said that they was going to take + charge of their money themselves 'e kept dropping off to sleep agin and + snoring that 'ard they could scarcely hear themselves speak. Then Peter + tipped Ginger a wink and pointed to Isaac's trousers, which were 'anging + over the foot of the bed. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick smiled and took 'em up softly, and Peter Russet smiled too; + but 'e wasn't best pleased to see old Isaac a-smiling in 'is sleep, as + though 'e was 'aving amusing dreams. All Ginger found was a ha'-penny, a + bunch o' keys, and a cough lozenge. In the coat and waistcoat 'e found a + few tracks folded up, a broken pen-knife, a ball of string, and some + other rubbish. Then 'e set down on the foot o' their bed and made eyes + over at Peter. +</p> +<p> + "Wake 'im up agin," ses Peter, in a temper. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick got up and, leaning over the bed, took old Isaac by the + shoulders and shook 'im as if 'e'd been a bottle o' medicine. +</p> +<p> + "Time to get up, lads?" ses old Isaac, putting one leg out o' bed. +</p> +<p> + "No, it ain't," ses Ginger, very rough; "we ain't been to bed yet. We + want our money back." +</p> +<p> + Isaac drew 'is leg back into bed agin. "Goo' night," he ses, and fell + fast asleep. +</p> +<p> + "He's shamming, that's wot 'e is," ses Peter Russet. "Let's look for it. + It must be in the room somewhere." +</p> +<p> + They turned the room upside down pretty near, and then Ginger Dick struck + a match and looked up the chimney, but all 'e found was that it 'adn't + been swept for about twenty years, and wot with temper and soot 'e looked + so frightful that Peter was arf afraid of 'im. +</p> +<p> + "I've 'ad enough of this," ses Ginger, running up to the bed and 'olding + his sooty fist under old Isaac's nose. "Now, then, where's that money? + If you don't give us our money, our 'ard-earned money, inside o' two + minutes, I'll break every bone in your body." +</p> +<p> + "This is wot comes o' trying to do you a favour, Ginger," ses the old + man, reproachfully. +</p> +<p> + "Don't talk to me," ses Ginger, "cos I won't have it. Come on; where is + it?" +</p> +<p> + Old Isaac looked at 'im, and then he gave a sigh and got up and put on + 'is boots and 'is trousers. +</p> +<p> + "I thought I should 'ave a little trouble with you," he ses, slowly, "but + I was prepared for that." +</p> +<p> + "You'll 'ave more if you don't hurry up," ses Ginger, glaring at 'im. +</p> +<p> + "We don't want to 'urt you, Isaac," ses Peter Russet, "we on'y want our + money." +</p> +<p> + "I know that," ses Isaac; "you keep still, Peter, and see fair-play, and + I'll knock you silly arterwards." +</p> +<p> + He pushed some o' the things into a corner and then 'e spat on 'is 'ands, + and began to prance up and down, and duck 'is 'ead about and hit the air + in a way that surprised 'em. +</p> +<p> + "I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing up and down— + "fighting's sinful except in a good cause—but afore I got a new 'art, + Ginger, I'd lick three men like you afore breakfast, just to git up a + appetite." +</p> +<a name="image-2"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="002.jpg" height="491" width="516" +alt="'i Ain't Hit a Man for Five Years,' 'e Ses, Still Dancing +Up and Down.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + "Look, 'ere," ses Ginger; "you're an old man and I don't want to 'urt + you; tell us where our money is, our 'ard-earned money, and I won't lay a + finger on you." +</p> +<p> + "I'm taking care of it for you," ses the old man. +</p> +<p> + Ginger Dick gave a howl and rushed at him, and the next moment Isaac's + fist shot out and give 'im a drive that sent 'im spinning across the room + until 'e fell in a heap in the fireplace. It was like a kick from a + 'orse, and Peter looked very serious as 'e picked 'im up and dusted 'im + down. +</p> +<p> + "You should keep your eye on 'is fist," he ses, sharply. +</p> +<p> + It was a silly thing to say, seeing that that was just wot 'ad 'appened, + and Ginger told 'im wot 'e'd do for 'im when 'e'd finished with Isaac. + He went at the old man agin, but 'e never 'ad a chance, and in about + three minutes 'e was very glad to let Peter 'elp 'im into bed. +</p> +<p> + "It's your turn to fight him now, Peter," he ses. "Just move this piller + so as I can see." +</p> +<p> + "Come on, lad," ses the old man. +</p> +<p> + Peter shook 'is 'ead. "I have no wish to 'urt you, Isaac," he ses, + kindly; "excitement like fighting is dangerous for an old man. Give us + our money and we'll say no more about it." +</p> +<p> + "No, my lads," ses Isaac. "I've undertook to take charge o' this money + and I'm going to do it; and I 'ope that when we all sign on aboard the + Planet there'll be a matter o' twelve pounds each left. Now, I don't + want to be 'arsh with you, but I'm going back to bed, and if I 'ave to + get up and dress agin you'll wish yourselves dead." +</p> +<p> + He went back to bed agin, and Peter, taking no notice of Ginger Dick, who + kept calling 'im a coward, got into bed alongside of Ginger and fell fast + asleep. +</p> +<p> + They all 'ad breakfast in a coffee-shop next morning, and arter it was + over Ginger, who 'adn't spoke a word till then, said that 'e and Peter + Russet wanted a little money to go on with. He said they preferred to + get their meals alone, as Isaac's face took their appetite away. +</p> +<p> + "Very good," ses the old man. "I don't want to force my company on + nobody," and after thinking 'ard for a minute or two he put 'is 'and in + 'is trouser-pocket and gave them eighteen-pence each. +</p> +<a name="image-3"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="003.jpg" height="600" width="576" +alt="''wot's This For?' Ses Ginger.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + "Wot's this for?" ses Ginger, staring at the money. "Matches?" +</p> +<p> + "That's your day's allowance," ses Isaac, "and it's plenty. There's + ninepence for your dinner, fourpence for your tea, and twopence for a + crust o' bread and cheese for supper. And if you must go and drown + yourselves in beer, that leaves threepence each to go and do it with." +</p> +<p> + Ginger tried to speak to 'im, but 'is feelings was too much for 'im, and + 'e couldn't. Then Peter Russet swallered something 'e was going to say + and asked old Isaac very perlite to make it a quid for 'im because he was + going down to Colchester to see 'is mother, and 'e didn't want to go + empty-'anded. +</p> +<p> + "You're a good son, Peter," ses old Isaac, "and I wish there was more + like you. I'll come down with you, if you like; I've got nothing to do." +</p> +<p> + Peter said it was very kind of 'im, but 'e'd sooner go alone, owing to + his mother being very shy afore strangers. +</p> +<p> + "Well, I'll come down to the station and take a ticket for you," ses + Isaac. +</p> +<p> + Then Peter lost 'is temper altogether, and banged 'is fist on the table + and smashed 'arf the crockery. He asked Isaac whether 'e thought 'im and + Ginger Dick was a couple o' children, and 'e said if 'e didn't give 'em + all their money right away 'e'd give 'im in charge to the first policeman + they met. +</p> +<p> + "I'm afraid you didn't intend for to go and see your mother, Peter," ses + the old man. +</p> +<p> + "Look 'ere," ses Peter, "are you going to give us that money?" +</p> +<p> + "Not if you went down on your bended knees," ses the old man. +</p> +<p> + "Very good," says Peter, getting up and walking outside; "then come along + o' me to find a police-man." +</p> +<p> + "I'm agreeable," ses Isaac, "but I've got the paper you signed." +</p> +<p> + Peter said 'e didn't care twopence if 'e'd got fifty papers, and they + walked along looking for a police-man, which was a very unusual thing for + them to do. +</p> +<p> + "I 'ope for your sakes it won't be the same police-man that you and + Ginger Dick set on in Gun Alley the night afore you shipped on the + Planet," ses Isaac, pursing up 'is lips. +</p> +<p> + "'Tain't likely to be," ses Peter, beginning to wish 'e 'adn't been so + free with 'is tongue. +</p> +<p> + "Still, if I tell 'im, I dessay he'll soon find 'im," ses Isaac; "there's + one coming along now, Peter; shall I stop 'im?" +</p> +<p> + Peter Russet looked at 'im and then he looked at Ginger, and they walked + by grinding their teeth. They stuck to Isaac all day, trying to get + their money out of 'im, and the names they called 'im was a surprise even + to themselves. And at night they turned the room topsy-turvy agin + looking for their money and 'ad more unpleasantness when they wanted + Isaac to get up and let 'em search the bed. +</p> +<p> + They 'ad breakfast together agin next morning and Ginger tried another + tack. He spoke quite nice to Isaac, and 'ad three large cups o' tea to + show 'im 'ow 'e was beginning to like it, and when the old man gave 'em + their eighteen-pences 'e smiled and said 'e'd like a few shillings extra + that day. +</p> +<p> + "It'll be all right, Isaac," he ses. "I wouldn't 'ave a drink if you + asked me to. Don't seem to care for it now. I was saying so to you on'y + last night, wasn't I, Peter?" +</p> +<p> + "You was," ses Peter; "so was I." +</p> +<p> + "Then I've done you good, Ginger," ses Isaac, clapping 'im on the back. +</p> +<p> + "You 'ave," ses Ginger, speaking between his teeth, "and I thank you for + it. I don't want drink; but I thought o' going to a music-'all this + evening." +</p> +<p> + "Going to wot?" ses old Isaac, drawing 'imself up and looking very + shocked. +</p> +<p> + "A music-'all," ses Ginger, trying to keep 'is temper. +</p> +<p> + "A music-'all," ses Isaac; "why, it's worse than a pub, Ginger. I should + be a very poor friend o' yours if I let you go there—I couldn't think of + it." +</p> +<p> + "Wot's it got to do with you, you gray-whiskered serpent?" screams + Ginger, arf mad with rage. "Why don't you leave us alone? Why don't you + mind your own business? It's our money." +</p> +<p> + Isaac tried to talk to 'im, but 'e wouldn't listen, and he made such a + fuss that at last the coffee-shop keeper told 'im to go outside. Peter + follered 'im out, and being very upset they went and spent their day's + allowance in the first hour, and then they walked about the streets + quarrelling as to the death they'd like old Isaac to 'ave when 'is time + came. +</p> +<p> + They went back to their lodgings at dinner-time; but there was no sign of + the old man, and, being 'ungry and thirsty, they took all their spare + clothes to a pawnbroker and got enough money to go on with. Just to show + their independence they went to two music-'ails, and with a sort of idea + that they was doing Isaac a bad turn they spent every farthing afore they + got 'ome, and sat up in bed telling 'im about the spree they'd 'ad. +</p> +<p> + At five o'clock in the morning Peter woke up and saw, to 'is surprise, + that Ginger Dick was dressed and carefully folding up old Isaac's + clothes. At first 'e thought that Ginger 'ad gone mad, taking care of + the old man's things like that, but afore 'e could speak Ginger noticed + that 'e was awake, and stepped over to 'im and whispered to 'im to dress + without making a noise. Peter did as 'e was told, and, more puzzled than + ever, saw Ginger make up all the old man's clothes in a bundle and creep + out of the room on tiptoe. +</p> +<p> + "Going to 'ide 'is clothes?" 'e ses. +</p> +<p> + "Yes," ses Ginger, leading the way downstairs; "in a pawnshop. We'll + make the old man pay for to-day's amusements." +</p> +<p> + Then Peter see the joke and 'e begun to laugh so 'ard that Ginger 'ad to + threaten to knock 'is head off to quiet 'im. Ginger laughed 'imself when + they got outside, and at last, arter walking about till the shops opened, + they got into a pawnbroker's and put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen + shillings. +</p> +<a name="image-4"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="004.jpg" height="654" width="495" +alt="'they Put Old Isaac's Clothes up for Fifteen Shillings.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> +<p> + First thing they did was to 'ave a good breakfast, and after that they + came out smiling all over and began to spend a 'appy day. Ginger was in + tip-top spirits and so was Peter, and the idea that old Isaac was in bed + while they was drinking 'is clothes pleased them more than anything. + Twice that evening policemen spoke to Ginger for dancing on the pavement, + and by the time the money was spent it took Peter all 'is time to get 'im + 'ome. +</p> +<p> + Old Isaac was in bed when they got there, and the temper 'e was in was + shocking; but Ginger sat on 'is bed and smiled at 'im as if 'e was saying + compliments to 'im. +</p> +<p> + "Where's my clothes?" ses the old man, shaking 'is fist at the two of + 'em. +</p> +<p> + Ginger smiled at 'im; then 'e shut 'is eyes and dropped off to sleep. +</p> +<p> + "Where's my clothes?" ses Isaac, turning to Peter. "Closhe?" ses Peter, + staring at 'im. +</p> +<p> + "Where are they?" ses Isaac. +</p> +<p> + It was a long time afore Peter could understand wot 'e meant, but as soon + as 'e did 'e started to look for 'em. Drink takes people in different + ways, and the way it always took Peter was to make 'im one o' the most + obliging men that ever lived. He spent arf the night crawling about on + all fours looking for the clothes, and four or five times old Isaac woke + up from dreams of earthquakes to find Peter 'ad got jammed under 'is bed, + and was wondering what 'ad 'appened to 'im. +</p> +<p> + None of 'em was in the best o' tempers when they woke up next morning, + and Ginger 'ad 'ardly got 'is eyes open before Isaac was asking 'im about + 'is clothes agin. +</p> +<p> + "Don't bother me about your clothes," ses Ginger; "talk about something + else for a change." +</p> +<p> + "Where are they?" ses Isaac, sitting on the edge of 'is bed. +</p> +<p> + Ginger yawned and felt in 'is waistcoat pocket—for neither of 'em 'ad + undressed—and then 'e took the pawn-ticket out and threw it on the + floor. Isaac picked it up, and then 'e began to dance about the room as + if 'e'd gone mad. +</p> +<p> + "Do you mean to tell me you've pawned my clothes?" he shouts. +</p> +<p> + "Me and Peter did," ses Ginger, sitting up in bed and getting ready for a + row. +</p> +<p> + Isaac dropped on the bed agin all of a 'cap. "And wot am I to do?" he + ses. +</p> +<p> + "If you be'ave yourself," ses Ginger, "and give us our money, me and + Peter'll go and get 'em out agin. When we've 'ad breakfast, that is. + There's no hurry." +</p> +<p> + "But I 'aven't got the money," ses Isaac; "it was all sewn up in the + lining of the coat. I've on'y got about five shillings. You've made a + nice mess of it, Ginger, you 'ave." +</p> +<p> + "You're a silly fool, Ginger, that's wot you are," ses Peter. +</p> +<p> + "Sewn up in the lining of the coat?" ses Ginger, staring. +</p> +<p> + "The bank-notes was," ses Isaac, "and three pounds in gold 'idden in the + cap. Did you pawn that too?" +</p> +<p> + Ginger got up in 'is excitement and walked up and down the room. "We + must go and get 'em out at once," he ses. +</p> +<p> + "And where's the money to do it with?" ses Peter. +</p> +<p> + Ginger 'adn't thought of that, and it struck 'im all of a heap. None of + 'em seemed to be able to think of a way of getting the other ten + shillings wot was wanted, and Ginger was so upset that 'e took no notice + of the things Peter kept saying to 'im. +</p> +<p> + "Let's go and ask to see 'em, and say we left a railway-ticket in the + pocket," ses Peter. +</p> +<p> + Isaac shook 'is 'ead. "There's on'y one way to do it," he ses. "We + shall 'ave to pawn your clothes, Ginger, to get mine out with." +</p> +<p> + "That's the on'y way, Ginger," ses Peter, brightening up. "Now, wot's + the good o' carrying on like that? It's no worse for you to be without + your clothes for a little while than it was for pore old Isaac." +</p> +<p> + It took 'em quite arf an hour afore they could get Ginger to see it. + First of all 'e wanted Peter's clothes to be took instead of 'is, and + when Peter pointed out that they was too shabby to fetch ten shillings + 'e 'ad a lot o' nasty things to say about wearing such old rags, and at + last, in a terrible temper, 'e took 'is clothes off and pitched 'em in a + 'eap on the floor. +</p> +<p> + "If you ain't back in arf an hour, Peter," 'e ses, scowling at 'im, + "you'll 'ear from me, I can tell you." +</p> +<p> + "Don't you worry about that," ses Isaac, with a smile. "I'm going to + take 'em." +</p> +<p> + "You?" ses Ginger; "but you can't. You ain't got no clothes." +</p> +<p> + "I'm going to wear Peter's," ses Isaac, with a smile. +</p> +<p> + Peter asked 'im to listen to reason, but it was all no good. He'd got + the pawn-ticket, and at last Peter, forgetting all he'd said to Ginger + Dick about using bad langwidge, took 'is clothes off, one by one, and + dashed 'em on the floor, and told Isaac some of the things 'e thought of + 'im. +</p> +<p> + The old man didn't take any notice of 'im. He dressed 'imself up very + slow and careful in Peter's clothes, and then 'e drove 'em nearly crazy + by wasting time making 'is bed. +</p> +<p> + "Be as quick as you can, Isaac," ses Ginger, at last; "think of us two + a-sitting 'ere waiting for you." +</p> +<p> + "I sha'n't forget it," ses Isaac, and 'e came back to the door after 'e'd + gone arf-way down the stairs to ask 'em not to go out on the drink while + 'e was away. +</p> +<p> + It was nine o'clock when he went, and at ha'-past nine Ginger began to + get impatient and wondered wot 'ad 'appened to 'im, and when ten o'clock + came and no Isaac they was both leaning out of the winder with blankets + over their shoulders looking up the road. By eleven o'clock Peter was in + very low spirits and Ginger was so mad 'e was afraid to speak to 'im. +</p> +<p> + They spent the rest o' that day 'anging out of the winder, but it was not + till ha'-past four in the after-noon that Isaac, still wearing Peter's + clothes and carrying a couple of large green plants under 'is arm, turned + into the road, and from the way 'e was smiling they thought it must be + all right. +</p> +<p> + "Wot 'ave you been such a long time for?" ses Ginger, in a low, fierce + voice, as Isaac stopped underneath the winder and nodded up to 'em. +</p> +<p> + "I met a old friend," ses Isaac. +</p> +<p> + "Met a old friend?" ses Ginger, in a passion. "Wot d'ye mean, wasting + time like that while we was sitting up 'ere waiting and starving?" +</p> +<p> + "I 'adn't seen 'im for years," ses Isaac, "and time slipped away afore I + noticed it." +</p> +<p> + "I dessay," ses Ginger, in a bitter voice. "Well, is the money all + right?" +</p> +<p> + "I don't know," ses Isaac; "I ain't got the clothes." +</p> +<p> + "Wot?" ses Ginger, nearly falling out of the winder. "Well, wot 'ave + you done with mine, then? Where are they? Come upstairs." +</p> +<p> + "I won't come upstairs, Ginger," ses Isaac, "because I'm not quite sure + whether I've done right. But I'm not used to going into pawnshops, and I + walked about trying to make up my mind to go in and couldn't." +</p> +<p> + "Well, wot did you do then?" ses Ginger, 'ardly able to contain hisself. +</p> +<p> + "While I was trying to make up my mind," ses old Isaac, "I see a man with + a barrer of lovely plants. 'E wasn't asking money for 'em, only old + clothes." +</p> +<p> + "Old clothes?" ses Ginger, in a voice as if 'e was being suffocated. +</p> +<p> + "I thought they'd be a bit o' green for you to look at," ses the old man, + 'olding the plants up; "there's no knowing 'ow long you'll be up there. + The big one is yours, Ginger, and the other is for Peter." +</p> +<p> + "'Ave you gone mad, Isaac?" ses Peter, in a trembling voice, arter + Ginger 'ad tried to speak and couldn't. +</p> +<p> + Isaac shook 'is 'ead and smiled up at 'em, and then, arter telling Peter + to put Ginger's blanket a little more round 'is shoulders, for fear 'e + should catch cold, 'e said 'e'd ask the landlady to send 'em up some + bread and butter and a cup o' tea. +</p> +<p> + They 'eard 'im talking to the landlady at the door, and then 'e went off + in a hurry without looking behind 'im, and the landlady walked up and + down on the other side of the road with 'er apron stuffed in 'er mouth, + pretending to be looking at 'er chimney-pots. +</p> +<p> + Isaac didn't turn up at all that night, and by next morning those two + unfortunate men see 'ow they'd been done. It was quite plain to them + that Isaac 'ad been deceiving them, and Peter was pretty certain that 'e + took the money out of the bed while 'e was fussing about making it. Old + Isaac kept 'em there for three days, sending 'em in their clothes bit by + bit and two shillings a day to live on; but they didn't set eyes on 'im + agin until they all signed on aboard the Planet, and they didn't set eyes + on their money until they was two miles below Gravesend. +</p> +<a name="image-5"><!--IMG--></a> +<center> +<img src="005.jpg" height="652" width="530" +alt="'old Isaac Kept 'em There for Three Days.' +"> +</center> +<!--IMAGE END--> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Money Box, by W.W. 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Jacobs + +Release Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12201] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MONEY BOX *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + +ODD CRAFT + +BY + +W. W. JACOBS + +1909 + + + + +THE MONEY-BOX + +Sailormen 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 they're at sea +and there isn't a pub within a thousand miles of 'em, you might think +different. + +[Illustration: "Sailormen are not good 'ands at saving money as a rule."] + +It ain't for the want of trying either with some of 'em, and I've 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 couldn't get at it easy, but it was all +no good. He was always running short in the most inconvenient places. +I've 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 I've spoke of to you afore--tried +to save their money once. They'd got so sick and tired of spending it +all in p'r'aps a week or ten days arter coming ashore, and 'aving to go +to sea agin sooner than they 'ad 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 to +rejoin 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 'em 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 drinking 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, and arter they'd 'ad a few drinks they +humoured 'im by 'aving a nice 'ot cup o' tea, and then goin' off with 'im +to see a magic-lantern performance. + +It was called "The Drunkard's Downfall," and it begun with a young man +going into a nice-looking pub and being served by a nice-looking barmaid +with a glass of ale. Then it got on to 'arf pints and pints in the next +picture, and arter Ginger 'ad seen the lost young man put away six pints +in about 'arf a minute, 'e got such a raging thirst on 'im that 'e +couldn't sit still, and 'e whispered to Peter Russet to go out with 'im. + +"You'll lose the best of it if you go now," ses old Isaac, in a whisper; +"in the next picture there's little frogs and devils sitting on the edge +of the pot as 'e goes to drink." + +"Ginger Dick got up and nodded to Peter." + +"Arter that 'e kills 'is mother with a razor," ses old Isaac, pleading +with 'im and 'olding on to 'is coat. + +Ginger Dick sat down agin, and when the murder was over 'e said it made +'im feel faint, and 'im and Peter Russet went out for a breath of fresh +air. They 'ad three at the first place, and then they moved on to +another and forgot all about Isaac and the dissolving views until ten +o'clock, when Ginger, who 'ad been very liberal to some friends 'e'd made +in a pub, found 'e'd spent 'is last penny. + +"This comes o' listening to a parcel o' teetotalers," 'e ses, very cross, +when 'e found that Peter 'ad spent all 'is money too. "Here we are just +beginning the evening and not a farthing in our pockets." + +They went off 'ome in a very bad temper. Old Isaac was asleep in 'is +bed, and when they woke 'im up and said that they was going to take +charge of their money themselves 'e kept dropping off to sleep agin and +snoring that 'ard they could scarcely hear themselves speak. Then Peter +tipped Ginger a wink and pointed to Isaac's trousers, which were 'anging +over the foot of the bed. + +Ginger Dick smiled and took 'em up softly, and Peter Russet smiled too; +but 'e wasn't best pleased to see old Isaac a-smiling in 'is sleep, as +though 'e was 'aving amusing dreams. All Ginger found was a ha'-penny, a +bunch o' keys, and a cough lozenge. In the coat and waistcoat 'e found a +few tracks folded up, a broken pen-knife, a ball of string, and some +other rubbish. Then 'e set down on the foot o' their bed and made eyes +over at Peter. + +"Wake 'im up agin," ses Peter, in a temper. + +Ginger Dick got up and, leaning over the bed, took old Isaac by the +shoulders and shook 'im as if 'e'd been a bottle o' medicine. + +"Time to get up, lads?" ses old Isaac, putting one leg out o' bed. + +"No, it ain't," ses Ginger, very rough; "we ain't been to bed yet. We +want our money back." + +Isaac drew 'is leg back into bed agin. "Goo' night," he ses, and fell +fast asleep. + +"He's shamming, that's wot 'e is," ses Peter Russet. "Let's look for it. +It must be in the room somewhere." + +They turned the room upside down pretty near, and then Ginger Dick struck +a match and looked up the chimney, but all 'e found was that it 'adn't +been swept for about twenty years, and wot with temper and soot 'e looked +so frightful that Peter was arf afraid of 'im. + +"I've 'ad enough of this," ses Ginger, running up to the bed and 'olding +his sooty fist under old Isaac's nose. "Now, then, where's that money? +If you don't give us our money, our 'ard-earned money, inside o' two +minutes, I'll break every bone in your body." + +"This is wot comes o' trying to do you a favour, Ginger," ses the old +man, reproachfully. + +"Don't talk to me," ses Ginger, "cos I won't have it. Come on; where is +it?" + +Old Isaac looked at 'im, and then he gave a sigh and got up and put on +'is boots and 'is trousers. + +"I thought I should 'ave a little trouble with you," he ses, slowly, "but +I was prepared for that." + +"You'll 'ave more if you don't hurry up," ses Ginger, glaring at 'im. + +"We don't want to 'urt you, Isaac," ses Peter Russet, "we on'y want our +money." + +"I know that," ses Isaac; "you keep still, Peter, and see fair-play, and +I'll knock you silly arterwards." + +He pushed some o' the things into a corner and then 'e spat on 'is 'ands, +and began to prance up and down, and duck 'is 'ead about and hit the air +in a way that surprised 'em. + +"I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing up and down-- +"fighting's sinful except in a good cause--but afore I got a new 'art, +Ginger, I'd lick three men like you afore breakfast, just to git up a +appetite." + +[Illustration: "I ain't hit a man for five years," 'e ses, still dancing +up and down."] + +"Look, 'ere," ses Ginger; "you're an old man and I don't want to 'urt +you; tell us where our money is, our 'ard-earned money, and I won't lay a +finger on you." + +"I'm taking care of it for you," ses the old man. + +Ginger Dick gave a howl and rushed at him, and the next moment Isaac's +fist shot out and give 'im a drive that sent 'im spinning across the room +until 'e fell in a heap in the fireplace. It was like a kick from a +'orse, and Peter looked very serious as 'e picked 'im up and dusted 'im +down. + +"You should keep your eye on 'is fist," he ses, sharply. + +It was a silly thing to say, seeing that that was just wot 'ad 'appened, +and Ginger told 'im wot 'e'd do for 'im when 'e'd finished with Isaac. +He went at the old man agin, but 'e never 'ad a chance, and in about +three minutes 'e was very glad to let Peter 'elp 'im into bed. + +"It's your turn to fight him now, Peter," he ses. "Just move this piller +so as I can see." + +"Come on, lad," ses the old man. + +Peter shook 'is 'ead. "I have no wish to 'urt you, Isaac," he ses, +kindly; "excitement like fighting is dangerous for an old man. Give us +our money and we'll say no more about it." + +"No, my lads," ses Isaac. "I've undertook to take charge o' this money +and I'm going to do it; and I 'ope that when we all sign on aboard the +Planet there'll be a matter o' twelve pounds each left. Now, I don't +want to be 'arsh with you, but I'm going back to bed, and if I 'ave to +get up and dress agin you'll wish yourselves dead." + +He went back to bed agin, and Peter, taking no notice of Ginger Dick, who +kept calling 'im a coward, got into bed alongside of Ginger and fell fast +asleep. + +They all 'ad breakfast in a coffee-shop next morning, and arter it was +over Ginger, who 'adn't spoke a word till then, said that 'e and Peter +Russet wanted a little money to go on with. He said they preferred to +get their meals alone, as Isaac's face took their appetite away. + +"Very good," ses the old man. "I don't want to force my company on +nobody," and after thinking 'ard for a minute or two he put 'is 'and in +'is trouser-pocket and gave them eighteen-pence each. + +[Illustration: "'Wot's this for?' ses Ginger."] + +"Wot's this for?" ses Ginger, staring at the money. "Matches?" + +"That's your day's allowance," ses Isaac, "and it's plenty. There's +ninepence for your dinner, fourpence for your tea, and twopence for a +crust o' bread and cheese for supper. And if you must go and drown +yourselves in beer, that leaves threepence each to go and do it with." + +Ginger tried to speak to 'im, but 'is feelings was too much for 'im, and +'e couldn't. Then Peter Russet swallered something 'e was going to say +and asked old Isaac very perlite to make it a quid for 'im because he was +going down to Colchester to see 'is mother, and 'e didn't want to go +empty-'anded. + +"You're a good son, Peter," ses old Isaac, "and I wish there was more +like you. I'll come down with you, if you like; I've got nothing to do." + +Peter said it was very kind of 'im, but 'e'd sooner go alone, owing to +his mother being very shy afore strangers. + +"Well, I'll come down to the station and take a ticket for you," ses +Isaac. + +Then Peter lost 'is temper altogether, and banged 'is fist on the table +and smashed 'arf the crockery. He asked Isaac whether 'e thought 'im and +Ginger Dick was a couple o' children, and 'e said if 'e didn't give 'em +all their money right away 'e'd give 'im in charge to the first policeman +they met. + +"I'm afraid you didn't intend for to go and see your mother, Peter," ses +the old man. + +"Look 'ere," ses Peter, "are you going to give us that money?" + +"Not if you went down on your bended knees," ses the old man. + +"Very good," says Peter, getting up and walking outside; "then come along +o' me to find a police-man." + +"I'm agreeable," ses Isaac, "but I've got the paper you signed." + +Peter said 'e didn't care twopence if 'e'd got fifty papers, and they +walked along looking for a police-man, which was a very unusual thing for +them to do. + +"I 'ope for your sakes it won't be the same police-man that you and +Ginger Dick set on in Gun Alley the night afore you shipped on the +Planet," ses Isaac, pursing up 'is lips. + +"'Tain't likely to be," ses Peter, beginning to wish 'e 'adn't been so +free with 'is tongue. + +"Still, if I tell 'im, I dessay he'll soon find 'im," ses Isaac; "there's +one coming along now, Peter; shall I stop 'im?" + +Peter Russet looked at 'im and then he looked at Ginger, and they walked +by grinding their teeth. They stuck to Isaac all day, trying to get +their money out of 'im, and the names they called 'im was a surprise even +to themselves. And at night they turned the room topsy-turvy agin +looking for their money and 'ad more unpleasantness when they wanted +Isaac to get up and let 'em search the bed. + +They 'ad breakfast together agin next morning and Ginger tried another +tack. He spoke quite nice to Isaac, and 'ad three large cups o' tea to +show 'im 'ow 'e was beginning to like it, and when the old man gave 'em +their eighteen-pences 'e smiled and said 'e'd like a few shillings extra +that day. + +"It'll be all right, Isaac," he ses. "I wouldn't 'ave a drink if you +asked me to. Don't seem to care for it now. I was saying so to you on'y +last night, wasn't I, Peter?" + +"You was," ses Peter; "so was I." + +"Then I've done you good, Ginger," ses Isaac, clapping 'im on the back. + +"You 'ave," ses Ginger, speaking between his teeth, "and I thank you for +it. I don't want drink; but I thought o' going to a music-'all this +evening." + +"Going to wot?" ses old Isaac, drawing 'imself up and looking very +shocked. + +"A music-'all," ses Ginger, trying to keep 'is temper. + +"A music-'all," ses Isaac; "why, it's worse than a pub, Ginger. I should +be a very poor friend o' yours if I let you go there--I couldn't think of +it." + +"Wot's it got to do with you, you gray-whiskered serpent?" screams +Ginger, arf mad with rage. "Why don't you leave us alone? Why don't you +mind your own business? It's our money." + +Isaac tried to talk to 'im, but 'e wouldn't listen, and he made such a +fuss that at last the coffee-shop keeper told 'im to go outside. Peter +follered 'im out, and being very upset they went and spent their day's +allowance in the first hour, and then they walked about the streets +quarrelling as to the death they'd like old Isaac to 'ave when 'is time +came. + +They went back to their lodgings at dinner-time; but there was no sign of +the old man, and, being 'ungry and thirsty, they took all their spare +clothes to a pawnbroker and got enough money to go on with. Just to show +their independence they went to two music-'ails, and with a sort of idea +that they was doing Isaac a bad turn they spent every farthing afore they +got 'ome, and sat up in bed telling 'im about the spree they'd 'ad. + +At five o'clock in the morning Peter woke up and saw, to 'is surprise, +that Ginger Dick was dressed and carefully folding up old Isaac's +clothes. At first 'e thought that Ginger 'ad gone mad, taking care of +the old man's things like that, but afore 'e could speak Ginger noticed +that 'e was awake, and stepped over to 'im and whispered to 'im to dress +without making a noise. Peter did as 'e was told, and, more puzzled than +ever, saw Ginger make up all the old man's clothes in a bundle and creep +out of the room on tiptoe. + +"Going to 'ide 'is clothes?" 'e ses. + +"Yes," ses Ginger, leading the way downstairs; "in a pawnshop. We'll +make the old man pay for to-day's amusements." + +Then Peter see the joke and 'e begun to laugh so 'ard that Ginger 'ad to +threaten to knock 'is head off to quiet 'im. Ginger laughed 'imself when +they got outside, and at last, arter walking about till the shops opened, +they got into a pawnbroker's and put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen +shillings. + +[Illustration: "They put old Isaac's clothes up for fifteen shillings."] + +First thing they did was to 'ave a good breakfast, and after that they +came out smiling all over and began to spend a 'appy day. Ginger was in +tip-top spirits and so was Peter, and the idea that old Isaac was in bed +while they was drinking 'is clothes pleased them more than anything. +Twice that evening policemen spoke to Ginger for dancing on the pavement, +and by the time the money was spent it took Peter all 'is time to get 'im +'ome. + +Old Isaac was in bed when they got there, and the temper 'e was in was +shocking; but Ginger sat on 'is bed and smiled at 'im as if 'e was saying +compliments to 'im. + +"Where's my clothes?" ses the old man, shaking 'is fist at the two of +'em. + +Ginger smiled at 'im; then 'e shut 'is eyes and dropped off to sleep. + +"Where's my clothes?" ses Isaac, turning to Peter. "Closhe?" ses Peter, +staring at 'im. + +"Where are they?" ses Isaac. + +It was a long time afore Peter could understand wot 'e meant, but as soon +as 'e did 'e started to look for 'em. Drink takes people in different +ways, and the way it always took Peter was to make 'im one o' the most +obliging men that ever lived. He spent arf the night crawling about on +all fours looking for the clothes, and four or five times old Isaac woke +up from dreams of earthquakes to find Peter 'ad got jammed under 'is bed, +and was wondering what 'ad 'appened to 'im. + +None of 'em was in the best o' tempers when they woke up next morning, +and Ginger 'ad 'ardly got 'is eyes open before Isaac was asking 'im about +'is clothes agin. + +"Don't bother me about your clothes," ses Ginger; "talk about something +else for a change." + +"Where are they?" ses Isaac, sitting on the edge of 'is bed. + +Ginger yawned and felt in 'is waistcoat pocket--for neither of 'em 'ad +undressed--and then 'e took the pawn-ticket out and threw it on the +floor. Isaac picked it up, and then 'e began to dance about the room as +if 'e'd gone mad. + +"Do you mean to tell me you've pawned my clothes?" he shouts. + +"Me and Peter did," ses Ginger, sitting up in bed and getting ready for a +row. + +Isaac dropped on the bed agin all of a 'cap. "And wot am I to do?" he +ses. + +"If you be'ave yourself," ses Ginger, "and give us our money, me and +Peter'll go and get 'em out agin. When we've 'ad breakfast, that is. +There's no hurry." + +"But I 'aven't got the money," ses Isaac; "it was all sewn up in the +lining of the coat. I've on'y got about five shillings. You've made a +nice mess of it, Ginger, you 'ave." + +"You're a silly fool, Ginger, that's wot you are," ses Peter. + +"Sewn up in the lining of the coat?" ses Ginger, staring. + +"The bank-notes was," ses Isaac, "and three pounds in gold 'idden in the +cap. Did you pawn that too?" + +Ginger got up in 'is excitement and walked up and down the room. "We +must go and get 'em out at once," he ses. + +"And where's the money to do it with?" ses Peter. + +Ginger 'adn't thought of that, and it struck 'im all of a heap. None of +'em seemed to be able to think of a way of getting the other ten +shillings wot was wanted, and Ginger was so upset that 'e took no notice +of the things Peter kept saying to 'im. + +"Let's go and ask to see 'em, and say we left a railway-ticket in the +pocket," ses Peter. + +Isaac shook 'is 'ead. "There's on'y one way to do it," he ses. "We +shall 'ave to pawn your clothes, Ginger, to get mine out with." + +"That's the on'y way, Ginger," ses Peter, brightening up. "Now, wot's +the good o' carrying on like that? It's no worse for you to be without +your clothes for a little while than it was for pore old Isaac." + +It took 'em quite arf an hour afore they could get Ginger to see it. +First of all 'e wanted Peter's clothes to be took instead of 'is, and +when Peter pointed out that they was too shabby to fetch ten shillings +'e 'ad a lot o' nasty things to say about wearing such old rags, and at +last, in a terrible temper, 'e took 'is clothes off and pitched 'em in a +'eap on the floor. + +"If you ain't back in arf an hour, Peter," 'e ses, scowling at 'im, +"you'll 'ear from me, I can tell you." + +"Don't you worry about that," ses Isaac, with a smile. "I'm going to +take 'em." + +"You?" ses Ginger; "but you can't. You ain't got no clothes." + +"I'm going to wear Peter's," ses Isaac, with a smile. + +Peter asked 'im to listen to reason, but it was all no good. He'd got +the pawn-ticket, and at last Peter, forgetting all he'd said to Ginger +Dick about using bad langwidge, took 'is clothes off, one by one, and +dashed 'em on the floor, and told Isaac some of the things 'e thought of +'im. + +The old man didn't take any notice of 'im. He dressed 'imself up very +slow and careful in Peter's clothes, and then 'e drove 'em nearly crazy +by wasting time making 'is bed. + +"Be as quick as you can, Isaac," ses Ginger, at last; "think of us two +a-sitting 'ere waiting for you." + +"I sha'n't forget it," ses Isaac, and 'e came back to the door after 'e'd +gone arf-way down the stairs to ask 'em not to go out on the drink while +'e was away. + +It was nine o'clock when he went, and at ha'-past nine Ginger began to +get impatient and wondered wot 'ad 'appened to 'im, and when ten o'clock +came and no Isaac they was both leaning out of the winder with blankets +over their shoulders looking up the road. By eleven o'clock Peter was in +very low spirits and Ginger was so mad 'e was afraid to speak to 'im. + +They spent the rest o' that day 'anging out of the winder, but it was not +till ha'-past four in the after-noon that Isaac, still wearing Peter's +clothes and carrying a couple of large green plants under 'is arm, turned +into the road, and from the way 'e was smiling they thought it must be +all right. + +"Wot 'ave you been such a long time for?" ses Ginger, in a low, fierce +voice, as Isaac stopped underneath the winder and nodded up to 'em. + +"I met a old friend," ses Isaac. + +"Met a old friend?" ses Ginger, in a passion. "Wot d'ye mean, wasting +time like that while we was sitting up 'ere waiting and starving?" + +"I 'adn't seen 'im for years," ses Isaac, "and time slipped away afore I +noticed it." + +"I dessay," ses Ginger, in a bitter voice. "Well, is the money all +right?" + +"I don't know," ses Isaac; "I ain't got the clothes." + +"Wot?" ses Ginger, nearly falling out of the winder. "Well, wot 'ave +you done with mine, then? Where are they? Come upstairs." + +"I won't come upstairs, Ginger," ses Isaac, "because I'm not quite sure +whether I've done right. But I'm not used to going into pawnshops, and I +walked about trying to make up my mind to go in and couldn't." + +"Well, wot did you do then?" ses Ginger, 'ardly able to contain hisself. + +"While I was trying to make up my mind," ses old Isaac, "I see a man with +a barrer of lovely plants. 'E wasn't asking money for 'em, only old +clothes." + +"Old clothes?" ses Ginger, in a voice as if 'e was being suffocated. + +"I thought they'd be a bit o' green for you to look at," ses the old man, +'olding the plants up; "there's no knowing 'ow long you'll be up there. +The big one is yours, Ginger, and the other is for Peter." + +"'Ave you gone mad, Isaac?" ses Peter, in a trembling voice, arter +Ginger 'ad tried to speak and couldn't. + +Isaac shook 'is 'ead and smiled up at 'em, and then, arter telling Peter +to put Ginger's blanket a little more round 'is shoulders, for fear 'e +should catch cold, 'e said 'e'd ask the landlady to send 'em up some +bread and butter and a cup o' tea. + +They 'eard 'im talking to the landlady at the door, and then 'e went off +in a hurry without looking behind 'im, and the landlady walked up and +down on the other side of the road with 'er apron stuffed in 'er mouth, +pretending to be looking at 'er chimney-pots. + +Isaac didn't turn up at all that night, and by next morning those two +unfortunate men see 'ow they'd been done. It was quite plain to them +that Isaac 'ad been deceiving them, and Peter was pretty certain that 'e +took the money out of the bed while 'e was fussing about making it. Old +Isaac kept 'em there for three days, sending 'em in their clothes bit by +bit and two shillings a day to live on; but they didn't set eyes on 'im +agin until they all signed on aboard the Planet, and they didn't set eyes +on their money until they was two miles below Gravesend. + +[Illustration: "Old Isaac kept 'em there for three days."] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Money Box, by W.W. 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