The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-04-29
CHATTER VII.

There was a thick fog in London when
Master Malcolm arrived, and it seemed
to him that nothing could be more
dreary. He put up at a little old
fashioned hotel to which he had been d.
rected by a fellow traveller a hotel
smelling strongly Of beer and bad to-
baCCo.
He ate a badly-cooked meal placed on
a small slate table in the common room,
and then asked the careless, whistIing
waiter how far it was to Loan street.
The man declared it to be at least half
an hours drive in cab; and when asked
by Master Malcolm if a cab would be
very expensive, laughed rudely in an
swerinG, and went out to tell his friends
the good joke.
The cab was procured, the Minister
being anxious. ito begin his work at once,
though he was very weary from having
travelled all through the night
The cab ratified on, over the stones,
1t seemed long and weary time before
it stopped and the man opened the door.
Master Malcolm heart beat as he rang
/ the bell. He had to wait some time be-
! fore it was answered by very shabby
4 looking woman, who looked sharply at
him as if to inquire his business.
there for that was the name poor As
sunta had assumed) the landlady in
( formed him that she was gOne-had not,
in fact. stayed there more than fort
night. The woman invited Master Nal
! colin in, and sitting down opposite to
him, said she would answer anything he
chose to ask, for she had taken a fancy
to the poor young lady, and would be
only too glad to hear of her welfare.
She had been very i'll there the landlady
Said-delirious in her mind at first, and
then so weak that she could not set foot
to the ground; and before she was well
enough to do so, she had insisted upon
going, for she had to pay the doctor
bill, and her lodging, and she could no
longer afford such lodgings, (which they
are verv good, though | says it that
. shouldn't" said the woman.
"She kissed me, she did" she con-
tinued, rubbing her eyes with the corner
of her pocket-handkerChie and
thanked me for all the trouble l had
been at with the baby on my hands. She
was dear Young lady"
But can you tell me where she is
gomez" said the poor Minister,
"Yes, ! think / could; but l must
think. 1t was Bill a took her box in a
barrow, and whether 1t was or whether
it was 9, am not sure; but respectable
street it was, and the lodging was kept
by the cousin OF Mrs. Smith (that's our
baker,, and she married into the up
hoIstering line, and took a nice house,
and let's II cheaper than ! can do. being
a widow; and she went there, | am sure,
because l know that Bill took her box
whether it is 5 or | can't say"
ANA the street?"
Deal street; it is a poor neigh Dor
hood, but respectable"
Had she any means OF making hel
own LIVELIHOOD" asked the Minister
anXiousy.
She taught Miss Smith, eastways she
was to have taught her, French anC
Italian, for five shllings a-week; bu
what with her going away, and wha
with her illness, that beginning were no
gone on with, that l know of.
Master Malcolm thanked the woman
for her kindness, and went, out agaiI
into the wet street. for the fog had nov
changed into thick, drilling rain.
TO Deal street" he said: and the cab