The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-11
THE WRONG HOUSE
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/. i FIR both were shut, and we got
(. I'm .tnd swung it home behind Us
I'm nick of time. Even | could
"A lnfore they could reopen the
which Rallies held against them
baIf m instant with unnecessary
1btrv But he would see me in
4 of him. and so it fell TO me to lead
way
M I have said that it was very
i uirbt (hence the whole thing,
H., that these houses We're on
hut they were not nearly on the
n the hill. ana / did what | firmly
H. that almost everybody would
adouc in my place. Rallies, indeed,
he would have done it himself, but
'ras his generosity, and he was the
mn who would not. What l did
III turn in the opposite direction to
bthpr gate. where we might so cas-
sayr been cut off. and to pedal for
hfc-uphill,
N Cod" | shouted when | found it
H. Won turn in your own length ?"
ii Rallies, following loyalty.
b crrtsin."
No. stick to it. You couldn't help
BIZ it's the devil Of a hillw
H. here they come"
HI EN-, said R9ffles ana BRAN
III MS electric torch, our only light
BIZ seems endless in the dark, for
cannot see the end, and with the
II of bare feet gaining on US
b. This one could have no end ut
Be- course the boys could charge
quicker than we could pedal. but
b. beard the voice of their stout
tnctor growing louder through the
b. TO think I've let you in for
4 | groaned, my head over the
D. bars. every ounce of my weight
|ou one foot and then on the other.
lncod at Raflles. and in the white
Of his torch he was doing it all
his ankles, exactly Us though he
been riding in gymkhana.
Is the most sporting chase l was
|iu," said he.
] my fault~
h dear Bunny, l wouldn't have
ed it for the worldr'
! would he forge ahead of me,
b he could have done so in a mo.
he who from his boyhood had
everything of the kind so much
b than anybody else. No, he must
% wheels length behind me, and
we could not only hear the boys
ins but breathing also. And then
sudden | saw Raffies on my right
ing with his torch. A face flew out
k darkness to meet the thick glass
with the glowing wire inclosed;
aS the face of the boy Olphert,
.his enviable mustache, but it van
with the crash of glass, and the
I Wire thlckened to the eye like
hing fork struck red hot.
aW no more of that. One of them
Gcpt up on my side also. AS l
n, hearing him pant, he was grab
lat my left handle, and l nearly
Rallies into the hedge by the sharp
| took to the right. His wheels
y saved him, but my boy could
WAS overhauling me again, seemed
iu Of me this time, when all at
tile bicycle ran easily; every
Of my weight with either foot
more, and | was over the crest Of
Iill the gray road reeling out from
, me- as | felt for my brake.
n back ut RaffleS. He had put I'D
f., ! screwed my head round still
Pr ana there were the boys in
.paiamas. their hands upon their
| ike so many wicket keepers,
big man shaking his fist. There
+ lamp post on the hilltop, and
vaS the last | saw.
sailed down to the river, then on
Is Thames Ditt0n as far as Esher
p when we turned sharp to the
"ld from the dark stretch by
4 court came to light in Molesey,
we soon pedaling like gentlemen
lsore through Bushley park, our
turned up, the broken torch put
pr away. The big gates had long
smut but you can maneuver a BIZ
though the others. We had no
PF adventures on the way home.
'lr coffee was still warm upon the
P ! think it's an occasion for Sui
;. said Railles, who now kept
lo' such. by all my gods, Bun
been the most sporting night
yer had in our lives! And do you
which was the most sporting
Iof it,"
pat uphill ride?"
wasn't thinking of it,"
pfuhS your torch into trunch.
n dear Bunny, a gallant lad! l
hitting him"
EhoW,' | said. THE way you got
OF the house"
= sunny said Rallies, blowing
1t came before that, you sin
alu You know it,"
T. uoht mean anything l did,"
ser consciously, for l began to
put TINS was what he did mean.
LOW at latest it will also be seen
''llS story has been told with I'm
uu lneXcusable gusto. There is
oller like it for me to tell. 1t
one eve lamb in all those an