The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-06

teeth are chattering. Why, your shoulders
are wet"
Never mind, you're all right. There
amt no danger now. I've done for 'em."
Done for them," he replied in low tone
of perplexity. "Whoms'
"Why, the foreigner and Putty. I've
done for 'em both" said /, expecting him
to share my feeling Of exultation.
"What do you meani" he asked in a tone
of sharp severity.
He had never before spoken to me like
that. His harshness frightened me and
changed my feeling of triumph to one Of
modification. II had done wrong. it was
for his sake, not my own. Ihung my head
and made no reply.
"What do you meant" he repeated, with
increased sternness, turning me almost
roughly by the shoulder that the light
might fall on my face. "Speakp'
"What do yon think mean!" asked
morosely. We've bested 'em, amt wes
I've got you right away from 'em, amt II
Isn't it me what's done 'em for your"
/, He drew a deep breath of relief, and then
in q tone of wonderful tenderness said:
Forgive me, little friend. Thought you
meant something very different from that.
do not understand English well. But how
did you get so wet"
II couldn't drop out of the hole into the
water down there without gettin wet.
could II" said i, still with an air of resent
ment, though had forgiven him in my
heart the moment he spoke again with
kindness.
"Come, you need dry clothes-rest. Twill
take you to your friends"
II amt got no friends. You leave me
here. I'm all right. Go quick past the
house."
mot without you. If you have no friends,
will take you to mine"
stopped-he had drawn me onward as
he spoke-and shook my head. The rank
smell of burning seemed TO fill the air. He
might see the flames bursting up in the bar
of the Joy and learn what / had done. /
would rather separate now than risk meet
ing his angry reproach.
Don't be afraid, !" said he, mistaking the
cause of my reluctance to pass the JOY.
'No one shall hurt you nor me either now
my hands are free. Come"
His strong hand was on my arm. / could
not resist his command. But as il were
in terror of Putty ran that we might pass
the Joy quickly. giving him no time to
find out that had set the place on fire over
the heads Of his enemies.
Stay" said he. checking me when we
were some distance down Sweet Apple lane,
you have run far enough. There is no
danger now, and we have still good way
TO walk. There are no cabs in this part of
London"
We walked on toward the Minores. The
streets were quite empty. We passed but
one policeman, and he said nothing, seeing
Taras with me. He eyed us curiously
though, thinking perhaps that Taras had
saved me from drowning, his clothes also
being wet and caked with black mud We
walked in silence for some time, but Taras
spoke at length I'm low, soft voice:
II owe my life to you, little friend; more
than my life" he added, 'my liberty"
"How did you let 'em come over youP /
asked.
II was deceived. / thought the dark
man was friend. He was an enemy--an
agent of police"
"And the three others-was they slops
tooi"
''Slops-what Is that?'
"Policemans."
"Yes, they were police"
"Was they goin to kill your"
mo, worse than that. They were going
to take me back to my country"
"You Amt done anything wrong, are
your"
mot wrong as we understand the word
you and l."
II thought IL was only parties like me as
was hunted about for being s'picious car
ricters."
"No class is free from suspicion in my
country IL is not like yours"
1T must be pretty bad il it's wus."
ut is pretty bad
what are you goin TO do with the dark
man with the round shouldersp
Keep him at arms length"
''But s'posin." / persisted tentatively,
"s'posin you'd got him in corner or in n
'ole, wouldn't You drop something on him
and smash him"
THAT would be murder"
"Garn aw'yl It amt murder; it's Jus
tice. You only does for him what he'd dc
for you IL he got a chance"
That's the law. OF brutes, not Of men.
II would be murder. and we should pray
for strength TO resist the lust OF vengeance
that leads to IL. For think, little friend, Of
the misery that follows, the degradation