Excerpt from The Honourable Mr. Tawnish Chapter I. Introducing Mr Tawnish, and what befell at The Chequers II. Of the further astonishing con duct of the said Mr Tawnish III. Of a flight of steps, a stirrup, and a stone IV. Of how he fell in with a High wayman at the cross roads V. Concerning the true identity of our Highwayman VI. Of the dawning of Christmas Day VII. Which deals, among other matters, with the ring of steel VIII. Wherein the truth of the old adage is made manifest - to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.