... . BY GRANT ALLEN. AH, he was a mean-spirited beggar, that fellow Sibthorpe! As mean-spirited a beggar as ever I come across. Yes, that 's who I mean; that 's him; the fellow as was murdered. I s'pose you 'd call it murdered, now I come to think of it. But, Lord, he was such a mean spirited chap, he wouldn't be enough to 'ang a dog for! Charitable, eh A distinguished philanthropist Well, I ...