"Jump up here, now," said dawes, flinging a couple of rugs on top of the load of goods.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
A clever driver could put his voerslag as deftly and surely as a trout-fisher could his fly-at least, as to the latter, so he had heard, added dawes; for he had never been in England himself-and, of course, had never seen trout fishing.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
Now and again they would pass other waggons on the road, either in motion or outspanned, or would pass through a small township, where John dawes would drop behind for half an hour for a glass of grog with a few of his fellow-craftsmen and a chat at the hotel bar.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
