The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-15

My mother was indeed dear TO me-
he replied sadly. again driven out OF
himself by the mournful recollections
thus suddenly induced but she IS
dead, lost TO NE forever"
Some people in the bus ceased talk
ing. They were attracted by the
strong. clear voice of this unkempt
boy. whose diction and choice of words
were SO outrageouSly opposed TO his
garments. Luckily the silence warned
him or his new friends sympathy
might have brought about an embar-
RAISING position.
Poor thing. And is your father
dead too?'
Yes. He died long ago"
"Where do you live now?'
oh" he said, Il have been staying
in north London, but viii leave there
soon, and l have not settled anything
definitely at present Where is the
laundry you spoke Of? I will call some
day if l may and learn how You are
getting on"
Il will be so pleased. 1t is a little
place in James street. the only one /
there. Ask for Mrs. Wrigley."
1T is lucky you understand laundry I
work or things might so hard with
YOU
She laughed pitifully.
Il don't They asked me if was a
washer or an ironer 1 thought wash
| ing required least experience. so l said
| I was washer. I am quick TO learn
and will watch the other women. II
they find me out, may be discharged"
"Oh. cheer up!' he said pleasantly.
81 don't suppose you'll find it very
hard"
Her voice sank almost TO n whisper
ut is not the work l dread. but the
| surroundings l was a schOolteacher
before my marriage My husband was
an electrical engineer. We put all our
savings into a little business. and then
the end came"
Not quite the end. I am only boy,
but I've had ups and downs enough to
know that the beginning of next week
may be a very different affair to the
end of this. Goodby.'
They were passing the London hos
pital, and he thought it prudent to
aIight at some distance from Johnson's
News
"Wer, God bless you, anyhow" she
said earnestly.
les got is cad screwed on tight,
that lad" commented a man sitting
, next to her
Better than that, he has a good
: heart" said Mrs. Wrigley. Most fortu-
nate Mrs. Wrigley-to have encounter
ed Philip In that hour, which she deem
). ed the blacklist in her life.
!. He hastened through the familiar
= hustle of the busy thoroughfare with
p heightened expectancy, it is true, but
e devoid of the least fear that his meteor
had been discovered. His mother
q would take good care Of It. Why, the
mere chance remark of the woman III
I had befriended showed that her gentl
spirit watched over him wherever b.
q went. Here was a stranger, n sad toll
err among the millions. who went out
>, her way to praise the goodness of on
- she had never seen. He laughed JOY
= ously. Mrs. Wrigley should have fun
49, Their cause to bless his mothers mem
+ DRY.
-, He passed O'Brien's shop. He say
the old man seated behind the counter
- Should he go in? No. Better kee
wholly to himself at present Yet he hes
- itated. Which was the more judiciou
:, course. to remain hidden, unknown,
. or to drop quietly into the groove wher
he was recognized? With rare persp
cacity for one so young, he rehecte
-, that only five days had elapsed sine
he last saw the old pensioner. tt
period bulked largely in Philips lif
81 in O'Brien's it would be as naught.
Yielding to the second thought, he e
tered the shop.
GLORY be to God, Phil, but it's mise
-. is glad to see ye!' cried his old frien
- Where have ye bin to, at all, at al
,1 Have yez heard what the murtheri
Ia war office is afther dom to me?
-lO haven't had a sowl to sphake to abo
~ the throuble they've put on me in L
-, ovid age"
This was not strictly accura
>, O'Brien had pestered the whole neig
~ borhood with the story of his withhe
a. pension and the preposterous ella
Aeh made on him by some red tape emil
siast in Pail Mall. But his plant
a. fectually stopped all further referer
nu- to Philips disappearance. As to
"bit o. shtone" that was 'nayth
ely alum nor lime" he hadn't a word
80 say.
te; Philip borrowed a spade, a SIN
teo sweeping brush and a strong sack wi
acn out evoking the slightest comm'
10 from the pensioner, who discoursed
me cessantly on the iniquity Of the g
MS ermint' and whose farewell rems
up dealt with the attempt to rob him Of
hundred gowlden sov'rins.'
itea Decidedly the boy was in luck's W
He had secured some necessary iml
con- ments without attracting any att
BE- ton. Watching a favorable opportl