Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-29


to let her know was there.
"What 3 time you have been, Mr..
Pledge" fusa,esss .a7s-N
"Haven't you been to sleep?''
"No." ..
''Try and have nap while / make
for the high road. Perhaps if l get
there and shout, somebody will hear
me-" ..te s.l ...... ..-
And off Invent again, but / might as
we'll have tried to find the north pole as
the high road, or any road, but these
new buildings. was clean lost. [ tried
shout or two, but it was no use, and
l came back to Mary Daykin, with no
good news to cheer her up.
And away / went for the third time;
and, by lingo it aoas a spin! lost my
self instead of her this time-lost my
way clean, and could not find her for
hOurs-gOodness knows how many-Or
where I walked, and how l went round
and round this beastly neighborhood of
bricks and mortar, under-done back
streets, and sloshy-felds and roads,
with the snow going on all the time,
and no human being about that dirty
night. I began to think it must be a
dream, when / turned into the right
street at last, and saw the fragments of
my cab all of a heap in the road, just as
[ had left them, tonlY the snow was
thicker on the roof, ando there was a
policeman a real live perlceman-at
the cab door, TALKING to Mary Daykip.
AS / came up, I heard the perlice-
man say-he was a young, red-faced,
but not bad-looking Peeler- ......
eyes, that's the man / thought-Oh!
| you come back at last, have you" he
said, addressing me. t......,..~
odd you think l was going to run
away?" | asked. '.2 go
81 didn't,1 said Mary Daykin, II
knew could trust you, Mr.. Pledge"
"Ah! Pledge is the NAME" said the
perliceman; you were at Remington
Lane police court three weeks ago. -
"How do you know" " -.'st .'''..
81 heard the case. I've heard dozen
cases with you in 'em."
"You're lucky" .4...t ID ID
All my bad temper came back at tn e
sight Of that man, or at hearing him let
out my faults to Mary Daykin. She
was nothing to me but a fare, after all
never likely to be, but somehow didn't
want her to know that I'd been a bad
'un all my life almost. And / didn't
want her to turn agin me-even for a
quarter of an hour, which l had calky-
lated might be the end Of our acquain-
lance. a'" r
'The sooner you're rid of this fellow,
the better" he went on. 'He might
have robbed and murdered you in the
street, and nobody the wiser-only I
come down it once an hour
"Wot liarw l exclaimed; and then
I seized my advantage here. "He can
tell good one, he can" l added; "why,
we've been here since one O'Clock.
Who's going to believe what you say"
"Well, 1 say this-that you come
down the wrong turning purposely.
There's no good saying you don't know
your way about these parts, because
you do-and I shall book the case and
take your number. It's bad case, and
you'll be summoned in the morning."
said the Bobby. a....rs
Summon and be-"
Don't answer him!-oh! don't look
so wicked as that" cried Mary, "you
haven't done any harm-you've been
all that's kind and thoughtful, and you
couldn't help the accident. And be
shan't say a word against you, Mr..
Pledge, while can be your witness"
cord bless you, young woman" L
burst forth. l couldn't help it, but the
tears came up into my eyes, for the
first time in all my cabman's life.
ooh. If you haven't anything to say
I;,x, x,o,,,ro CotiSf oS-thaf'c
different thipg-but he is bad 'un,
and its lucky I've come round to help
you" ..l ,..
"He's not bad one!" cried Mary,
with her pretty face all aglow in my
defence.
Think of that now-in MY defence!
"And what are you squatting in that
cab for?" said the perliceman, turning
upon her suddenly, like the wiper that
he was. ''If you've been setting there
since twelve you ought to be ashamed
of yourself, with Circumambient Ter
race the first turning the right. 80
"What" cried Mary.
"Wotw cried I.
"The first turning to the right-just
round the corner-Oh! you know well
enough, Sdlu t1lO pCA1lCOAAt1I1 w Liz.
Here come inland help me to carry
the box-if you're man and brother
and let us have the young woman out
of this mess"
"I'll keep an eye on the box, till you
send somebody round to fetch it," said
the perliceman.
3No-I won't leave it with you," said
Mary, very firmly, 81 can't trust you.
That's my box, and l won't lose sight OF
it," +'a"
"I'm sure he WON'T run away with it,
I said.
This was ironical-for two ofus could
have hardly managed that-but the
man frightened up as at a compii-
ment. 7ad ii, ,,.... .,,... .r ,,s-
sI'll help YOU" he said, ard he did
when Mary had got out OF the cab.
And rare tough job it was. hauling
down that frozen box-we both got hot
and red and very much strained over
it, and it came away all Of a run down
hill at last, and drove one of its iron
l.