The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-01
HIS NAME WAS "BOBS. ,
TrcubleS. Trial Tribulationr. Love and Triumph of
 Extraordinary Young Man.
BY REGINALD LANG.
CHAPTER VIII.
Copyright, 1908, by the Author.).

I CHAPTER WILL. How do you feel now. Bobs: better olt | chap?" London leaned over the boy wht | lay on a cot in the inner room whicl has been spoken of. M
 ''Yes, better now. but how the old thing stings. Say. can't you gat doctor? Ht might do something.
 "Yes. Bobs, and when tomorrow's pa pers tell of the great robbery at Mir. Var Nostrands. and speak of the shooting o one of the robbers. perhaps the doctol might put two and two together and yo, would go to. the jug That's so, London. You are smart If you are English" Come on. Bobs. you aRe English your. self. No boy ever had your eyes and hair that wasn't English born, or at least way?"
 You can search me-" said the boy drowsily; what are you pumping me for. anyway? Reddie's my father.
 ''Oh. nonsense, you can't fool me-"
 Well, l don't know any other, that's
 say. Bobs, what was in that book you were looking at the other day when Red die grabbed 1t out of your hands?"
 The pain and the morphine which Lon- don had given the lad had confused his thoughts, so he took no notice of the question, and London decide that 1t was best to postpone his inquiries rill & more suitable time. Then the door opened and the others entered the room
 Hallo, London. how did you get out?'
 Through the door"
 What, Bobs hurt? Who did it?' asked Reddie, coming around to the side of the bed.
 Hush, he is going to sleep. Some one on the stairs fired pistol and the bail struck him in the arm just at the shoul- hit no bone, so it will heal all right" !"
 Well. of all the spoiled kettle of fish that beats the outfit. Just as We had ey- erything laid out, too. Did you get any thing, LondonY'
 ''I made a grab at the sapphircs and rubfes, and that is what l got" lie pulled out a couple of handfufs of the stones, which he had carefully ex- tracted from the chamois skin bag, but he did not think it necessary to tell them that the others were in a place of safe keeping.
 How much are they worth?"
 I should say perhaps three or four thousand or thereabouts." Good. Say, that's not so bad, is if thought we were knocked out without dollar to the good. Shorty pulled some silver. but its no good, as it's all old stuff"
 No. good! Let me see 1t. That is bet ter than any new stun that you could get hold of, my friend. That is old Dutch and can De taken to Holland and sold for good money" IS that so! lnen We ain done so bad, have weT'
 We might have done worse, I can tell you. much worse, and if we had lost Bobs we would have lost a valuable mem Der of tine gang" 1es, that's so.' chorused the rest.
 NOW, let us divide the stun and get it cut of the way as soon as we can. The gems will bring good prices. anyway. They are the best of their kind" They proceeded to portion off the spoil not forgetting to give Bobs his share. and. or course, London, with some 1000 worth at least of stones put away, did not grumbe at the division
 SIX weeks had passed since the robbery in the Van Nostrand house. and Bobs' wounds had healed in fine shape.
 Where are you going, kid?" asked Shorty, as one fine afternoon Bobs rose and. putting on his coat made for the door.
 There's nothing doing. I'm off for a walk. I've been shut up so long that I'm feeling stale."
 All right, young one. My engagements will keep me in till duski" and Shorty winked expressively. He was clothed in f1ne raiment and did not care to take the chances of being seen by the minions of the law, to whom he Was no stranger, in such suspiciously prosperous circum- stances.
 Bobs walked out and up the broad thor oughfare. and had not travelled more than a mile of pavement when he heard behind him a shout. and looking around saw a dogcart, with girl holding the reins her hat off and her hair streaming the horse on the run, coming up the street.