` You ca n't imagine what a funny feeling hanging gives you , ' murmured the Shifty Lad , who looked rather purple in the face and spoke in an odd voice . ' I do n't think you have every tried it , or you would n't have let me go up first . Why , it is the pleasantest thing I have ever done . I was shaking my legs from sheer delight , and if you had been there you would have shaken your legs too . ' ` Well , let me try , if it is so nice , ' answered the Black Rogue . ` But be sure you tie the knot securely , for I do n't want to fall down and break my neck . ' ` Oh , I will see to that ! ' replied the Shifty Lad . ` When you are tired , just whistle , and I 'll let you down . ' So the Black Rogue was drawn up , and as soon as he was as high as the rope would allow him to go the Shifty Lad called to him : ` Do n't forest to whistle when you want to come down ; but if you are enjoying yourself as I did , shake your legs . ' And in a moment the Black Rogue 's legs began to shake and to kick , and the Shifty Lad stood below , watching him and laughing heartily . ` Oh , how funny you are ! If you could only see yourself ! Oh , you ARE funny ! But when you have had enough , whistle and you shall be let down ' ; and he rocked again with laughter . But no whistle came , and soon the legs ceased to shake and to kick , for the Black Gallows Bird was dead , as the Shifty Lad intended he should be . Then he went home to the Black Rogue 's wife , and told her that her husband was dead , and that he was ready to marry her if she liked . But the woman had been fond of the Black Rogue , thief though he was , and she shrank from the Shifty Lad in horror , and set the people after him , and he had to fly to another part of the country where none knew of his doings . Perhaps if the Shifty Lad 's mother knew anything of this , she may have thought that by this time her son might be tired of stealing , and ready to try some honest trade . But in reality he loved the tricks and danger , and life would have seemed very dull without them .
XXXXX he went on just as before , and made friends whom he taught to be as wicked as himself , till they took to robbing the king 's storehouses , and by the advice of the Wise Man the king sent out soldiers to catch the band of thieves .
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