Chapter 1 Ben Barclay Meets A Tramp
"Give me a
ride?"
Ben
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attentively at the speaker. He was a stout-built, dark-complexioned man, with a
beard of a week's growth, wearing an old and dirty suit, which would have
reduced any tailor to despair if taken to him for cleaning and repairs. A loose
hat, with a torn crown, surmounted a singularly ill-favored visage.
"A
tramp, and a hard looking
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He hesitated about
answering, being naturally reluctant to have such a traveling companion.
"Well, what do you say?" demanded the tramp rather impatiently. "There's plenty
of room on that seat, and I'm dead tired."
"Where are you going?" asked
Ben.
"Same way you are--to Pentonville."
"You can ride," said
Ben, in a tone by means cordial, and he halted his horse till his unsavory
companion
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canvas climbed into the wagon.
They were two miles from
Pentonville, and Ben had a prospect of a longer ride than he desired under the
circumstances. His companion pulled out a dirty clay pipe from his pocket, and
filled it with tobacco, and then explored another pocket for a match. A muttered
oath showed that he failed to find one.
"Got a match, boy?" he
asked.
"No," answered Ben,
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bags glad to have escaped the offensive fumes of the pipe.
"Just my luck!" growled the tramp, putting back the pipe with a look of
disappointment. "If you had a match now, I wouldn't mind letting you have a
whiff or two.
"I don't smoke," answered Ben, hardly able to repress a
look of disgust.
"So you're a good boy, eh? One of the Sunday school
kids that want
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handbags to be an angel, hey? Pah!" and the tramp exhibited the
disgust which the idea gave him.
"Yes, I go to Sunday school," said Ben
coldly, feeling more and more repelled by his companion.
"I never went
to Sunday school," said his companion. "And I wouldn't. It's only good for
milksops and hypocrites."