, 1877-10-19

AZ the same time, and
Well the next minute each of his hands
held two big lemons,
~ well be hung for an old sheep as a
lamb, and he was about IN plunge them
into hls pockets, when---
Catch him! Catch him, the thafe Of
the world r' cried the grocer's wife from
behind the counter, and out flew the gro
Ger and away flew Tom.
The lemons bobbed up and down in
his pockets, and his heart bobbed up and
down in his breast, and he ran very fast,
but after him came those who could run
longer.
The grocer, 1.-THE, long-limbed, active
man-and policeman-two Of them
Very soon all the tag. rag and bob-tail
of the river. side street; and the cry OF
"stop thiefw was taken from the grOcer's
mouth by the crowd, so that soon he had
no need to below it himself, but save his
lungs for running.
Let no man blame the grocer he knew
nothing about the sick child up stairs.
All he saw was well-patched, able
bodied boy making off with so much
profit in the shape of four lemons.
His dealings were with poor people,
and there was nothing in this ritler of
"his basket and his store" to touch his
heart particularly.
If you we're grocer-perhaps you are
you'd know how aggravated he was,
anI what just cause he thought he had
for following the flying figure with pur-
poses of vengeance. And the boy was a
thief.
The chase lasted a little while but it
ended at last.
Tom trpped over curb-stone and
came to the ground.
He was lifted by his collar, and from
his pockets were taken the great yellow
lemons.
"The finest in the lot, the young divilw
cried the grocer.
And now there was nothing to do but
to choke down his sobs as he was led to the
station house. He had no idea of eXcus-
ing himself by mentioning his sick sister.
lie was son of Adam, but he was not
so mean as his forefather.
Had he eaten the apple he never would
have mentioned Eve-never.
Little he knew who brought up the
rear of that procession that had turned
out to see him caught.
Kitty, lying in bed, had heard the noise
of the pursuit, and had risen to her knees
and thrust her head from the narrow
opening of the window just at the mo-
ment when Tom started on his hopeless
race.
She knew in moment what had
happened. She knew that Tom had
stolen some lemons for her.
She remembered seeing them; her
words:
"And such lot of lemons in the shop
down stairs"
Why had she uttered them9
And now what could she do but fol-
low them and tell the truth, and ask them
to punish her, not Tom9
She had not been able to stand on her
little feet for many days, but now the
brief strength of fever was upon her, and
she found herself making her way, bare
footed, and in her little nightgown, down
the stairs and into the street. aa
She did not know the laws of her coun-
try sufficiently to be sure that he was
not.
The station-house- we'll patronized
institution in that Observation-Disclosures
very near.
Into its doors, between its great gas
lamps, marched the officers and their
prisoner, and the grocer, and all the raga-
mullins, who were at once driven back
They crushed and crowded away before
the flourish of clubs, and Kitty was
pressed against the wall.
She was almost too small to be seen,
and six sailors, part of the crew of the
Peter Potter, who had been called upon to
give evidence in the case of comrade
who had been beaten to jelly by
the mate during the voyage, and were
slowly filing out, never noticed her; but
the seventh, tall, robust man of forty,
paused and stopped down and said:
"Well, little lass, what is the matterl"
"Oh, everything said Kitty. "Ob,
please, please don't hurt him; hurt him.
| said there were lots OF lemons in the
anu hC tObh Nitu bttddHo
/ was sick. Please do II TO me whatever
gets done with thieves. Please, he's my
brother"
''Irs the boy who was just taken in
yOnder, You meani' asked the sailor.
"Yes, brother Tom," said Kitty; sand
they won't let me 10, and feel 20 queer.
And the sailor bending over her, lifted
her Ia his arms.
"You are too sick 10 be In the street,
lassie, ~ be said, and strode Into the build
ing again, and there 10 the great nom
before the fatiesi and shitest-heaied old
gentleman che bad ever secn. stood Tom
and the grocer.
''Sure aud yoag honor sees EN-, said
the grocer, holding cat the lemons.
-Four great beauties, and I saw him take
them with my owR too eyes"
kiuys bad wAa swimmiug, and she
was A. cold - she bad hsen aot nou, bot
high and shFiii hsf haby.vuiee arose
"lt Was fuy ne he tnok them I cried
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