Distie

"No, I want to see Distie -- which way did he go?"

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

"Old Distie would never forgive us if we came home with you now."

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

"But he had nothing to do with it, Distie," said Macey; "all my own; and if you wish for satisfaction -- swords or pistols at six sharp, with coffee, I'm your man."

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

"Oh, I say, Distie, don't take that queer tone to a fellow," cried Vane, who could not help feeling nettled.

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

"It isn't likely, and you shouldn't have turned against poor old Distie as you did."

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

Distie; at least you would be if your tongue wasn't quite so sharp.

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

"Oh, that's nothing," cried Macey; "I kicked old Distie twice as hard by mistake, and he's wild with Gilmore because he thinks it's he."

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

Distie comes in, sits down, yawns; then the book yawns, I yawn, Gilmore yawns.

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

Come, Distie, what is the good of kicking up such a row about nothing.

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

"Why, I fancied it was Distie," said Vane to himself with a feeling of relief that he would have found it hard to explain, for it was one of the gipsy lads approaching him in a slow, furtive way.

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870