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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 aft