The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-09-13

O'Brien's shop acds scarcely open before
Philip aDds there.
the needs of musicians, whereby
thoughts can be expressed da capo,
like musical phrase, without risk Of
wearying the reader, 1t must be under
stood that Philip had returned from
PARKWAY Fenchurch street station with
a four wheeler before O'Brien exhaust
ed the first TRADE of the day against
the war office.
With a cunning that amounted to
genius, the boy placed the large, light
portmanteau and the two small, heavy
ones on the roof of the vehicle, where
the driver did not notice the least pc
culiarity in their weight.
The two large, heavy bags he man.
aged to lift into the interior, one of
them needing all his resources to carry
it from the shop door to the cab. Were
he not fresh and untired he could not
have done it. AS 1t was, the effort was
splendid success.
The cabman knew little and O'Byien
! less of the tremendous avoirdupois of
this innocent looking baggage. A long
suffering horse may have had his pri-
vate views, but he did not express
| them.
Saying goodby to the pensioner In
the shop, Philip took good care that
none overheard his direction to the
| driver. In about three-Quarters Of an
| hour he numbered into Charing Cross
station WITHOUT a soul In the East End
being aware of his destination.
| "Where to, sirY asked porter who
| opened the door for him.
II only want these bags to be taken
to the luggage room," said Philip.
"You had better get some one to help
| you with these two. They are very
heavy. They contain specimens Of iron
ore"
The man took pull at the solid one.
"By gum" he grinned, you're right!
That would surprise anybody who
tried TO pick 1t up and run away with
| It."
Rather" agreed Philip. 81 am glad
to say it is not going very far, only to
a laboratory for analysis"
| He saw his belongings wheeled away
on barrow before he paid the cabmar
literally. He only gave the porter six
pence. The man believed that Philip
He was grateful for even so small a
sum.
On leaving the station, with the re-
ceipt for his luggage in his pocket
Philip saw the four wheeler turning
into the Strand on its way back to
| Fenchurch street. He smiled. The tie
between east and west was severed
No matter what else might happen to
II, his meteor had left Johnsons News
| forever.
1t vas now few minutes past o, but
he still had q good deal to do before
he presented himself at Isaacstein's al
IL.
It was necessary to change his skin
once more before the metamorphosis
ne contemplated was complete. Hr
was acquainted with large outfittine
emporium in Ludgate Hill which ex
,ctly suited his requirements, so he
>ode thither on q bus.
Passing Somerset House, he recalled
Tsaacsteln's remark about getting hi
letter stamped" He did not know
what stamping meant in legal sense
but he guessed that 1t implied the af
fixing of seal of some sort There
was no need to hurry over 1t, III
thought.
At IL o'clock Isaacstein would eithe
keep his word about the 5000 or en-
deavor to wriggle out Of the compact
In either event Philip had already de
termined to consult Mr.. Abingdon.
He had now In his pocket about f3s
Half an hour later he was wearing |
new tweed suit. new lat and new