The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-03

8I[D O. HIS 7rlals, Tribuiations
IO(/I1AJ and TYiun7phs.
By REGINALD Ia LANG Copyright " Philip Little.
I Copyright BY Philip Little,

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least Of 15ngli1h parents. what d. yo,,
know Of thein7 Where wero YOU born.
anyway II 5
You can search mo-" said the boy.
.drowsly, what are YOU pumping mo for.
anyway redde's my father
.. nonsense, YOU can't fool mo-, 5sl
We'll, I don't know any other, that's
ALL" II 8# % n a 1 sS
Say, Bobs, what was In That book
you were looking a t the other day when
1teddio grabbed it out OF your hands ~ 13
don had Given the lad had confused his
thoughts, so he took no notice iof the
quest Ion. and London decided that It was
best to postpone his inquiries till d mora
suitable time. THEN tho door opened
and the others entered tho room.
Halo, London, how dld you got out r.
Through tho door" "a "a a. n
What Bobs hurt Who did II r. asked
2eddle, coming around to tho sldc Of the
bed. 81
Hushi 1le is going to sleep. Some ono
on tho stairs fired a pistol and the ball
struck him IN the arm just at the Shouts
der The bullet want clean through and
hit no bone, SO It will heal all right &.
wen, OF all tho spoiled kettle Of fish,
that beats the outfit. Just as wo had
Everything Ibid out. too. Did YOU get
anything, London7' s ~
= made q grab at the sapphires ana
rubies and that Is wha II got"
lie pulled out a couple Of handfuls Of
! the stones, which he had carefully ex-
tracted from the channels skin bag, but
he did not think 1t necessary to tell them
that the others were VI . place Of oAeo.
keeping. Il M $s5 % 5iB5 } S 5s u
How much are they WORTH
en- u ov,s' xno.an <<H,,On
thousand or therohbouts.' q
I8,s" Good. @ Say. that's not SO bad. is 1T
! l thought we were knocked out without
dollar to the good. Shorty pulled some
silver. but It's no good. as It's all old
stuff Il ss,
I12l"No good! Let me SEQ It. That Is
better than any new stun thu you could
got hold OF. my friend. That Is old Dutch
! and can be taken out to II olland and
aold eor good money. sgs
us that 80? Then we amt done so
bad, have VIC IS III
you, much worse. and II we had lost
Bobs we would have lost q valuable mem
Der OF the gang b Y {9
Eyes. that's So" chorused the rest.
Now let us divide the stun and get Il
out OF the way as soon as We can. Tho
gems Will bring good prices. anyway
They arc the best OF heir kind.
They proceeded to portion off the spoils,
not forgetting to give Bobs his share.
and, OF course London. with some $40, 900
worth at least OF stones put away, did
not grlimble at tho division. f3&
CHAPTER TX. & n,
Six weeks had passed since the robbery
in the Van Nostrand house. and Bobs'
wounds had healed In fine shape. q,
5''Wherc are you going, Kid 2" sked
Shorty, MS one fine afternoon Bobs rose,
and putting on his coat. made for the
door. - 4 III 7, ri 35.s {.
There's nothing doing. I'm of for 2
walk I've been shut up SO long that
I'm feeling stale"
["All right. young one. Ny engage
pents will keep me in TIL dusk and
Shorty winked cxpressiycly. He &; wa
clothed in fine raimcnt and did not care
ia take any chances OF being seen by tho 4
anninions OF the law, to whom he was no
stranger. In such suspiciously prosperous
circumstances As n. s Is Isl ll5$8
Bobs Wai;Sst:: !: Of. :. and up the broad thor
oughfare, and had not travelled more than
a mile OF pavement, when he heard be-
hind him shout, and Locking around saw
dogcart, with a girl holding the reins.
| her hat OF and her hair streaming, the
horse on the run, coming up the street
SBobs was a swift runner and a rapid
thinker, He made no attempt 70 race
the horse, but ran out parallel g ne
l. @s~~@S~N
| closed In on the wheel and then 70 inc
rear Of the dog cart.
Nlrnble as a. cat from his training, he
caught the back footboard. climbed quick-A
| .ly to the side of the girl. and taking tnS
relns from her hands made them Eass
to the dashboard. Then seiHlng net s, a.
| she was now fainting, he climbed phcK
| with her. and as a good opportunity Of
| fered he dropped her from the cart. hold
! Ing on with one hand and leaning down
close to the pavement.
| Seeing that she rolled clear. he climbed
back to the seat, and taklns the i'.a y
| attern pied to guide the frightened nalmal.
| This was weIl-n!gh impossible. and ne
| found that he did not have the strength
! in tho wounded shoulder that he expected.
| The horse was running at full speed, ana
| carts and carriages were spreading 70
right and left. u.,,,,a. I,
$'.Whoa you beast IS he shouted. hoa.
! but II was to no avail, and the care sWayeAa veg
from side to side. getting nearer ana
nearer to the right side or the stree,.s
/, Finally Bobs let 30 OF one rein ana pun,
ed with both hands on the other, i anu
down went tho horse. me car I,a ssluoA ~; :
| telegraph pole and away went bops >, I, ~.
"PIck him up carefully. men. Gent!y,
| pantly-,there YOU are; now drive las
and away went the ambulance, ~, ~ y. ~. ~,
| Young surgeon at Bobs size. ~ ~ c'o = =.
stood and looked after IT b8s 49,
"a plucky chap sala one % t'e p'e'NS ~
BOT ana cool hand, ,n = t0o', he9sis
,vnu should have seen him climb UP the
/ ia ck Of that cart, drop the girl out over
the rear safely and then so back into tho
4 seat" ~
"yVas the girl hurt"
"No, she tainted Just as he got to her,
but came to al right, She hired CAB 7,
1 and chased him, there she Is now, Iie
rode up to the hanson rs It stopped
3nExcuse me. miss, but the young man
1 has been taken to the hospital.
"oh, thank YOU" answered the girl.
THANK you SO much. Was he badly
/ hurt?" as 81 sz.,
~ dent know miss. They say no
threw the horse and the cart struck Q
| telegraph pole and he was shot out, the
cart Is pretty we'll broken up" ,355
ron, never mind the cart. Where -
the hospltal?' /.
"Just two streets up and to the right
"Take me there at once
The cab soon pulled up at the hosplta.!
I cato and Anita Van Nostrand-for "