Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

| would have met their eyes. As 1t was
they only saw a small room of utmost
Indebtedness, with mattress lying on
the floor in front of the fireplace. An
empty tin and q bundle of old letters
rested on a rickety chair, and a piece
of sacking was thrust through two
broken panes in the small window OPP
posite.
mot much there, eh?'' laughed the
policeman.
"Not much, indeed. The floor Is all
covered with dirt, and If it were not
for the bed one would imagine that
the house was entirely deserted. Are
you sure Mrs. Arson is dead?"
"Oh. quite sure. Hers was rather Il
hard case. some one told me. l remem-
Der now 1t was the undertaken. He
! lives near here
And the boy. Has he gone away?"
Il don't know. l haven't seen him
lately"
Each of these men had read all the
r ports concerning Philip and his dia-
monds. Large numbers of tiny, white
pebbles were lying on the floor beneath
their eyes, but the window was not
clean, and the light was far from good,
as the sky was clouded. Yet they were
visible enough. The clerk noticed them
at once, but neither he nor the police
man paid more heed to the treasures
almost at their feet than was given by
| generations of men to the outcrop of
the main reef at johannesburg. At last
they turned away. The clerk gave the
| policeman cigar with the remark:
81 will just ask the undertaken to
| give me letter, stating the facts about
Mrs. Anson's death. suppose, the boy
Is in the workhouse?',
Nv no knows 1t often beats me to
tell what becomes of the kids who are
left alone in London. Poor little uev-
lis, they mostly go to the bad. There
should be some means of looking after
them, think"
Thus did Philip, brayely sustaining
his heart in the solitude of Il prison
escape the greatest danger that thr eat.
ened the preservation of his secret, anu
ali because a scheming woman was too
clever to tell her solicitors the exact
reason for her anxiety concerning the
whereabouts of Mrs. Arson and her
son. .
The boy passed dolorous Saturday
night and Sunday. Nevertheless the
order, the cleanliness, the comparative
comfort of a prison were not wholly
ungrateful to him. His meals, though
crude, were wholesome, luxurious
even, compared with the privations he
had endured during the previous fort
night. The enforced rest, too, did him
good, and, being under remand, he
had nothing to do but eat, take exer-
else, read a few books provided for
him and sleep.
With Monday came a remarkable
change in his fare. A pint of first rate
cocoa and some excellent bread and
butter for breakfast evoked no COM
ment on his part but dinner of roast
beef, potatoes cabbage and rice pud-
ding was so extremely unlike prison
diet that he questioned the turnkey.
It's all right, kid" came the brief
answer. Its paid for. Eat while
you can and ask no questions"
cBut'--
The door slammed and at the next
meal Philip received in silence cup
of tea and a nice tea cake. This went
on during three days. The good food
and rest had already worked a mar
velous change in his appearance. He
entered the prison looking like a starv-
ed dog. When he rose on the Thurs
day morning and washed himself, no
one would have recognized him as the
same boy were it not for his clothes.
After dinner he was tidying his cell
and replacing the plates and the rest
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denly flung open, and a warder cried:
"Come along, Morland. You're want
ed at the court"
"At the courtr' he could not help
saying. This is only Thursday"
what a boy you are for arguing!
Pick up your hat and come. Your car
rage waits, my lord. l hope you will
like your quarters as well when you
come back. A pretty stir you have
made in the papers the last five days"
Philip glanced at the man, who SEEM
ed to be in a good humor.
81 will not come back" he said quiet
~, "but / wish you would tell me who
supplied me with food while / have
been here"
They were passing along a lofty cor
ridor, and there was no superior officer
in sight. The warder laughed.
"I don't know, my lord" he said,
"but the menoo came from the Royal
Star hotel, opposite
Philip obtained no further news. He
passed through an Office, a voucher
was signed for him, and he emerged
into the prison yard, where the huge
prison van awaited him. He was the
only occupant, just as on the first
memorable ride in that conveyance.
When he came to the prison from the
police court he had several companions
In misery, but they were stretched"
His case was the only remand"
During the lnnn driun Philin nndonu-