The times., 1901-03-31

duty.
Then he had seen n Road Car horse
| come to grief as she tried to get a footing
ia Fleet Street, and though fun of sym
pathy for her distress, yet since she be-
/ lonsed to the opposition line he had
/ didactically pronounced her an old
{ crock, in Vhich he was, of course. quite
( wrong. But 10 Charlie there We're never
more than two decent horses on the
( street, and those We're the two his father
J happened to be driving at the time.
Then their own attempt at resumption
( of progress under Ludgate Hill BridS-
/ was attended with such scFabb.inS and
snortinS that the whole place echoed
I again. And Charles anguished eyes
/ were glued So tightly to the bObbiDg
( heads and plunging shoulders ana strain
! ing Hanks in front OF him that he Gid
{ not see a little man who had Crept up
/ the stairs and slid into the seat beside
I him. The little mans face was shining
in way that shamed the sun, and he
! wriSSied 50 on the seat that Charlie
| compressed himself into half his usual
{ space in order To give him more room
I Bat even that had 10 effect on the lit
tie man. who Wrigsled e0RyulsiFoiy till
/ il was just When they were passing the big
! butter shop that he laid hard little
/ brown hand on Charles CleserCst's ShOui-
/ der and said. with q choke:
/ Master Chares-Sir Charles, I mean
yOu are wanted at home"
[ ''Hailoa. BobaiOngi Is that yOu? said
! been ADDRESSING his own conductor But
/ ii is more than possible that the sudden
] use of the ttle-Which told all Bpbd-
/ long S stOTy-cauSed a momentary aber-
/ ration, and SO paved the way for the ac-
: cideut. For just then that extremely
Z stupid van issued from Old Bailey and
/ made an exhibition of itself by Shetdiu <
/ its mind wheel ia the very middle OF I.Ud-
gate Hill. thereby blocking the traffic for
/ Il full half-boGr, and exciting profanity
/ enough to have thawcd the roadways
/ within the three mile radius and To have
/ brought out blush on the dome of st
/ Paul S.
Cieserest saw the crowd and the po-
licemen As in a mist. and gave his mum
Der one in a dream. and 1t was not till
they were safely "A the swim again under
Ice Of the big church that he woke up
and said to old Bob:
rs that 50, Bob? I'm sorry to hear it
Where's GeOh?'
BROKE his neck out hunting, five
months ago, Master --, L mean. Sir
Charles
Poor old chap! I'm sorry"
'Iou'n come back with me at once
Sir Charies?' ask d Bob. anxiousjy.
Miss Mary she's piniug badly for you.
Poor little girl! This is nay boy Bob
along. said Charles. as they came 10 a
I momeEtaTy stand in the backWater by
the Bank. And BobalOng, who somehow
had not thought of that possibility, meta
PhOrically speaking, went down on his
knees To Charlie and was very near to
falling on his neck and kissing him,
whereby ne would have lost favor in that
young mau's eyes.
This is q very dear old friend o. mine,
Charlie said his father
And Charlie stretched out his hand in
its little black w0olien glove and said.
How do. sir2' and old Bobalong was put
TO il to keep from making a ridiculous
exhibition Of himself.
Yes. I'll come when I've finished the
days work, said Charles. Wy here shall
1 meet you. BOb?"
Il amt a-going to let YOU out O my
sight again. Sir Charles. until / see YOU
a-driving through the gates at CleSer-st.
said the little man, laughing delightedly.
over four months I've been looking for
You, and findings IS keopiHgs, Sir
Charles
shall BE glad 10 see the old place again
If I'm wanted there and then ne was
silent and his face was very grave, and
he narrowly escaped another collision as
the thought Of the dear one who had
borne the yoke with him ard who ought
10 have shared this enlargement came
upon him in a surge OF sorrow
At Liverpool Street Bob Long slipped
OFF FOR five minutes and ran as fast as his
legs could carry him to the telegraph Of
flee. and hurried hack bg4mlES. but luu
Of anxiety lest the bus should have &C.
parted without him. But the bus was
there all right. It's driver was in so
brown a study that the conductor had
already ruHg the bell three times 70 iHti-
mate that he was ready II the gent iemAu
with the ribbons was, and be was now
coming up on deck To see what was the
matter. aud a bury policeman WaS shout
ing at him To know if he was going 10
stop there all day. and Charlie was be-
ginning 10 tug at his arm. But Charles
Clfserest's thoughts were floating be-
tween the great hOuSe I'm BiankShiTe and
the quiet. green mound IN ChristChuCh-
yard. and all that this news meant 20 him
and all that il might have meant. And
the sad thoughts oVerbore the glad
thoughts. and ne would have given ii al
for the clasp OF Margaret SaanoKs hand
and the deep. deep ioek OF her loving
brown eyes.