The Old Mans Bag

The Old Man's Bag, by T. W. H. Crosland

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Title: The Old Man's Bag
Author: T. W. H. Crosland
Illustrator: J. R. Monsell
Release Date: November 15, 2007 [EBook #23485]
Language: English
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THE OLD MAN'S BAG
T. W. H. CROSLAND AND J. R. MONSELL
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NO. 22. THE OLD MAN'S BAG.
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[Illustration: The old man went for a walk and took the bag with him.]

THE OLD MAN'S BAG

By
T. W. H. CROSLAND

PICTURES BY
J. R. MONSELL

LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1903

ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE OLD MAN WENT FOR A WALK Frontispiece
PAGE
THE OLD MAN SAID "CHUCK, CHUCK!" 2
THE RED POLICEMAN RAN AFTER HIM 7
"WHATEVER ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?" 10
SHE TOOK THE BAG DOWN 15
"BUTTER IS CHEAP TO-DAY" 18
"YOU ARE A VERY FOOLISH OLD WOMAN" 23
WHO SHOULD STEP IN BUT THE RED POLICEMAN 26
"PLEASE MEASURE ME FOR A SOLDIER'S SUIT" 31
HE BEGAN TO STRUT ABOUT 42
THE OLD WOMAN WAS KNOCKING APPLES OFF A TREE 47
BURNT THE PIECES ON THE FIRE 58

THE OLD MAN'S BAG.
CHAPTER I.
The old man lived in a wood. He had a wife and a bag. The bag was quite a large bag. One day the old man went out for a walk. He took the bag with him. By and by he saw a hen in a field. Now when you see a hen in a field you say "Chuck, chuck!" The old man said "Chuck, chuck!" And the hen came to him. So that he caught her by the neck and put her in his bag. She made a great to-do, but he put her in.
[Illustration: The old man said "Chuck, chuck!" and the hen came to him.]
On his way home, just as he turned a corner, the old man saw a policeman. The policeman had a red suit. He was one of those policemen who wear red suits because they are tired of wearing blue. The red policeman looked very hard at the old man and very hard at his bag. In fact he looked so very very hard that the old man got frightened and turned round and ran away.
Of course the red policeman ran after him. When they had run about five miles the old man dropped his bag in order that he might run quicker. The red policeman had made up his mind to catch him; so that he did not stop to pick up the bag but kept on running after the old man. At length when they had run about ten miles he caught him.
[Illustration: The red policeman ran after him.]
"Now, sir,"