This young copper found me asleep in a doorway and my pockets didn’t jingle when he shook me, so he took me along. In the charge room they gave me a feel all over but found no folding money. Why should I own up? At least there was a roof on the place. Old-time coppers would have given you a reef ...
‘It shouldn’t be too difficult to get their guts,’ remarked the Python. ‘Dismissals, overtime, manning scale, the new wage agreement, there’s plenty to beat ’em over the head with now. They’ll probably help us by thinking up a few ridiculous grievances we can use against them, too. It’s like a ga...
He’d have to stay away some days in order to practise new sports. He was eager for promotion where he worked and since there was a rapid turnover of bosses he was forced to learn a new sport with every boss. I say forced, but he forced himself. Life was no good if you couldn’t talk his favourite ...