My Start at Riches

Today I did a very clever thing. I was tired of working for that Sowerberry couple, they were always asking me to do stuff and they never had enough bread to eat. And so, I came up with the most ingenious plan to run away from that dump and make a living in London! Of course before leaving I relieved the Sowerberry’s of all their money. Ha! Ha! Ha! The journey to London was quite an easy one, well easy for me anyway. That Charlotte was complaining the whole way! Always resting and complaining about her "heavier" load. Well of course she had the heavier load, wouldn't want me to strain my back now would yer! Oh yeah, I brought Charlotte along too, someone to help carry the luggage and hold on to the money. Hehe, she thinks I gave her the money because I trusted her, but it was so that if we were caught, she'd get all the blame! Oh Lor! my cunning is always surprising me! I arrived in London with great joy was opportunity was knocking at every door. I just had to find the door that was right for me. That door just so happened to be the door to the "Three Cripples", or at least that’s what Charlotte says the sign reads. It looked like a respectable public-house, and at the counter was a young Jew, quite an ugly Jew if yer ask me. I asked us for some meat and beer and he told us we could lodge ourselves in the house. A bit later a sneaky old Jew came into the room, and it turns out he was eavesdropping on us. He heard all about our escape from the Sowerberry’s and about Charlotte stealing their money! I tried to help out Charlotte, but I couldn't help it that she stole money and wasn't clever enough to get away with it. "Yer've got it now, Charlotte, yer know yer have." I says. Lucky for her the Jew was one of us, if yer know what I mean, a crook he was. He told me he'd love too have someone like me in his businesses. "Live like a gentleman," he says, "board and lodgings pipes and spirits free." That's a done deal for me. Ha! Ha! I ingeniously tells him my name is Morris Bolter, and he never suspects the lie. Can't be too careful with these types of people yer know. Ha, coming to London might have been the most cleverest thing I've ever done!