'Parson, 'ee says is it wisky or no wisky in this 'ere club? If ye
hask me, wich (which) ye don't, then no wisky, says oi; and if ye hask
why?--look at me! Once oi could mine more coal than hany man in the
camp; now oi hain't fit to be a sorter. Once oi 'ad some pride and
hambition; now oi 'angs round awaitin' for some one to saigh, "Ere,
Billy, 'ave summat." Once oi made good paigh (pay), and sent it 'ome
regular to my poor old mother (she's in the wukus now, she is); oi
hain't sent 'er hany for a year and a 'alf. Once Billy was a good fellow
and 'ad plenty o' friends; now Slavin 'isself kicks un hout, 'ee does.
Why? why?' His voice rose to a shriek. 'Because when Billy 'ad money
in 'is pocket, hevery man in this bloomin' camp as meets un at hevery
corner says, "'Ello, Billy, wat'll ye 'ave?" And there's wisky at
Slavin's, and there's wisky in the shacks, and hevery 'oliday and hevery
Sunday there's wisky, and w'en ye feel bad it's wisky, and w'en ye feel
good it's wisky, and heverywhere and halways it's wisky, wisky, wisky!
And now ye're goin' to stop it, and 'ow? T' manager, 'ee says picters
and magazines.
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