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He screamed away at the top of ` is voice for ten minutes , and then ' e pulled the winder to with a bang and went back to bed . Joe Barlcomb was very tired , but he walked on to Jasper Potts 's ` ouse , trying ` ard as he walked to decide which o ' the fust two ` ad made the most fuss . Arter he ` ad left Jasper Potts ' e got more puzzled than ever , Jasper being just as bad as the other two , and Joe leaving ` im at last in the middle of loading ` is gun . By the time he 'd made ` is last call -- at Sam Martin 's -- it was past three o'clock , and he could no more tell Mrs. Prince which ` ad made the most fuss than ' e could fly . There did n't seem to be a pin to choose between 'em , and , ` arf worried out of ` is life , he went straight on to Mrs. Prince and knocked ` er up to tell ` er . She thought the ` ouse was afire at fust , and came screaming out o ' the front door in ` er bedgown , and when she found out who it was she was worse to deal with than the men ` ad been . She ` ad quieted down by the time Joe went round to see ` er the next evening , and asked ` im to describe exactly wot the six men ` ad done and said .