Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
CHAPTER vI.-(Continued.)

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h'lee w Philip and his diamonds.
..m, numbers of tiny, white pebbles
De wing on the floor beneath their
Ne4 hit the window was not clean, and
eyrrSt was far from good, as the sky
'F elouded. Yet they were visible
wa ob The clerk noticed them at once,
enoUs se;+ber he nor the policeman paid
OUT bood to the treasures almost at
M feet than was given by generations
lI'I' a, n the outcrop of the main reef
o. ' Ilobonnesburg. At last they turned
a. The clerk gave the policeman
go with the remark;
"s 81 viii inst ask the undertaken TO give
letter, stating the facts about Mrs.
i ,nson's death. l suppose the boy is IN
The workhouse! IL,
IN n.Lat becomes of the kids who are
LIT alone in London. Poor, little devils,
.bor mostly go to the bad. There should
~ W some means of looking after them, l
think"
,oaT+ in the solitude of prison, escape
+be greatest danger that threatened the
s ~ of his secret, and all be-
iiarse scheming woman was too clever
- toTl her solicitors the exact reason for
her anxiety concerning the whereabouts
of Mrs. Arson and her son.
The boy passed a dolorous Saturday
NIGHT and Sunday. Nevertheless, the
or5er the cleanliness. the comparative
comfort of a prison, were not wholly UNI
orgteful 10 him. His meals, though
sSrnde. were wholesome, luxurious, even,
comnared with the priyations he had en-
dured during the previous fortnight. The
enforced rest, too, did him good, and.
being under remand, he had nothing to
do but eat, take exercise, read a few
hooks provided for him, and sleep.
With Monday came a remarkable
chance in his fare. A pint of firstrate
cocoa and some excellent bread and but
Ter for p....K asst evoked no comment on
his mart, bu l dinner of roast beef, po-
tatoes, cabb e and rice pudding was so
extremely like prison diet that he
questioned t. turnkey.
ITS all right, kid" came the brief an
swe. "It's paid for. Eat while you
can, and ask no questions"
But"
The door slammed, and at the next
meal Philip received in silence a cup of
tea and nice tea cake. This went on
during three days. The good food and
rest had already worked a marvellous
change in his appearance. He entered
81 the prison looking like starved dog.
81 When he rose on the Thursday morning
and washed himself, no one would have
& recognized him as the same boy were it
not for his clothes.
II After dinner, he was tidying his cell
and replacing the plates and the rest on
s tin tray, when the door was suddenly
flung open and warder cried:
"GSme along, Morland. You're wanted
at the court"
al the COURT" he could not help say
Ing This is only Thursday"
What boy you are for arguing. Pick
up your hat and come. Your carriage
waits my lord. hope you will like your
& quarters as web when you come back
Nj pretty stir you have made in the pa
pers the last five days"
Philip glanced at the man, who seemed
n To be in good humor.
BIZ q win not come back" he said, qdiet-
y, "but I wish you would tell me who
supplied me with food while have been
here"
"a They were passing along a lofty cor
rdor, and there was no superior officer in
SIGHT. The wafder laughed.
Bill i don't know, my lord" he said, ''but
the menoo came from the Royal Star
hotel, opposite"
III Philip obtained no further news. He
signed for him, and he emerged into the
81 prison yard, where the huge prison van
awaited him. He was the only oecu
pant, Just as on the first memorable ride
IN that conveyance When he came to
Tue prison from the police court he had
several companions in misery But they
81 were stretched" His case was the only
III remand"
Ri During the long drive Philip endeav
Eli "ed TO guess the cause of this uneX
{Feted demand for his presence. Natural
III " ne assumed that Johnson's News no
"hger held safe the secret of his meteor
'uch lew sensational romances as he had
isad credited detectives with superhuman
sdgacty. In his mind, Johnson's News
SSs the center of the world. 1t enshrined
INV NOukQ IL NIit
thousands of prying eyes that passed
.al'I through the great thoroughfare of
,.lr East End, but few yards away
Sulglng from the remark dropped by the
H@der, all London was talking about
ln, A pnzzling feature was the album
AM supply of coed food sent to him in
~ Prison Who was his unknown
.,'f,Id-and what explanation was at
q s, n to the incident?
4 Phllp's emotions were no more eapa-
Fl y. analysis than a display of rockets
injured In this cage, rafting over the
&-,eHgAtS' he seemed to be advancing
o'gA a tunnel into an unknown world.
a . Iast the van stopped, and he was
H.. 'of'n INTO the yard of the police
tie followed the same route as
..a ,ls Previous Saturday, but when he
~ S5a4r', into the court itself he diseov-
"a. change. The magistrate. a couple
49, - a.. and some policemen alone were
ss.r .,. he general public and the rep
hi ~ '' JII Of the press were not visible.
f 4y naa scarcely faced the bench when
~, ma Istrate said:
are ~et at liberty. The police