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'It looks so bloomin' easy,' said Liza, brushing up her hair, 'but I can't 'it the blasted thing. You 'ave a shot, Tom.' He and Harry were equally unskilful, but Jim got three coconuts running, and the proprietors of the show began to look on him with some concern. 'You are a dab at it,' said Liza, in admiration. IT LOOKS SO BLOOMIN EASY SAID LIZA BRUSHING UP HER HAIR BUT I CAN'T HIT THE BLASTED THING YOU EVER SHOT TOM HE AND HARRY WERE EQUALLY UNSKILFUL BUT JIM GOT THREE COCOANUTS RUNNING AND THE PROPRIETORS OF THE SHOW BEGAN TO LOOK ON HIM WITH SOME CONCERN YOU ARE A DARE BATT SAID LIZA IN ADMIRATION
 saddle, and putting her foot in the stirrup, she cocked her leg over and took her seat triumphantly. Neither modesty nor bashfulness was to be reckoned among Liza's faults, and in this position she felt quite at ease. 'I'll git along arright now, Tom,' she said; 'you garn and git yerself a moke, and come an' jine in.' The next race was perfectly uproarious. Liza kicked and beat her donkey with all her might, shrieking and laughing the white, and finally came in winner by a length. After that they felt rather warm and dry, and repaired to the public-house to restore themselves and talk over the excitements of the racecourse. When they had drunk several pints of beer Liza and Sally, with their respective adorers and the Blakestons, walked round to find other means of amusing themselves; they were arrested by a coconut-shy. 'Oh, let's 'ave a shy!' said Liza, excitedly, at which the unlucky men had to pull out their coppers, while Sally and Liza made ludicrously bad shots at the coconuts.  PROCURED THIS TIME WITH A MAN'S SADDLE BUT PUTTING HER FOOT IN THE STIRRUP SHE COCKED HER LEG OVER AND TOOK HER SEAT TRIUMPHANTLY NEITHER MODESTY NOR BASHFULNESS WAS TO BE RECKONED AMONG ELIZA'S FAULTS AND IN HIS POSITION SHE FELT QUITE AT EASE I'LL GET ALONG OR ROT NOW TOM SHE SAID YOU GO AND GET YOURSELF OF MOPE AND COME AND JOIN IN THE NEXT RACE WAS PERFECTLY UPROARIOUS LIZA KICKED AND BEAT HER DONKEY WITH ALL HER MIGHT SHRIEKING AND LAUGHING THE WHITE AND FINALLY CAME IN WINNER BY A LENGTH AFTER THAT THEY FELT RATHER WARM AND DRY AND REPAIRED TO THE PUBLIC HOUSE TO RESTORE THEMSELVES AND TALK OVER THE EXCITEMENTS OF THE RACECOURSE WHEN THEY HAD DRUNK SEVERAL PINTS OF BEER LIZA AND SALLIE THEIR RESPECTIVE ADORERS AND THE BLAKESTONS WALKED ROUND TO FIND ANOTHER MEANS OF AMUSING THEMSELVES THEY WERE ARRESTED BY A COCOANUT SHY OH LET'S HAVE A SHY SAID LIZA EXCITEDLY AT WHICH THE UNLUCKY MEN HAD TO PULL OUT THEIR COPPERS WHILE SALLIE AND LIZA MADE LUDICROUSLY BAD SHOTS AT THE COCOANUTS
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