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

pers on to the counter. lie counted out
10 shillings sixpence.
"Not much left, is there?'' he said.
"Well. look ere" said the man.
Gimme fifteen bob You're Il sharp |
lad. You'll myke yer wy all right.
Mex time you want some buds come TO
me an I'll treat you fair"
Thank you very much said Philip,
considerably surprised by this generous
act. u certainly will not forget you"
''You can change in my little back
room if you like. That lot you've got
on amt worth tykin' 'ome"
Il am obliged for your kindness. but |
I must be off now. 1t is late, aud
have long way to go"
"Where to? Holloway"
'No: cityward."
The clothes and boots were made up
in a parcel by this time. Philip hur-
ried away, glad to escape further ques
tioning.
Philip sprang into bus for the Bank.
At the Royal Exchange he would catch
q green bus for the Mile End road.
It was almost dark when he reached
the Bank Thus far the omnibuses GO
ing east were not crowded. Now the
situation had changed.
The human eddy in that throbbing
center of life was sending off its swirls
to ali points OF the compass, and the
| eastbound vehicles were boarded by
! an eager crowd almost before the pas
! sengers arriving at the terminus could
descend.
A poor woman greatly hampered by
a baby was str eggling with others to
obtain a seat in the Mile End road bus.
Philip, coming late on the scene, saw
her swept ruthlessIy aside by n num-
Der of men and boys. The conductor
jerked the bellrope several times.
There was no more room.
The woman. white faced and disap-
pointed, looked around with Toebe-
gone expression. Philip, who would
have gladly paid for a cab to take her
to her destination, dared no nothing of
the sort But he said:
keep close to me. | will get you a
seat in the next bus"
ooh, l wish you would she said
with a wan smile, Il am SO tired.
have walked here from Shepherds
Bush"
,, That's long way TO carry baby
what could l do? People won
take care of children without payment
l heard / could get work in laundr!
there, so 1 went to look after it
There's nothing to be had down on
way. is there?"
Things turn up suddenly" sal
Philip.
:. :, Not for the poor, my lad. I fea
= you know that without my telling yor
,, ). But you are young and will soon be
man."
= Her wistful tone went to his heart.
Didn't you succeed at the laundry
a he inquired.
- Yes; 1 ought to be thankful. 1 CO
II earn shillings q week there 1 stal
on Monday"
7 Isn't your husband at workT'
"FIe is dead. Poor fellow, he caugl
: cold last Christmas and was buried
- January God only knows how hay
- lived since If it wasn't for the kline
- ness of neighbors, baby and l woul
"a have starved. I can i'll afford this tn
~ pence, but can't walk any further"
), well, look out now" he said cheer
- ". Here's our bus"
AS the vehicle drew up he caught Il
~ brass rail with his left hand and war
ed off assailants with the bundle und
:, his right arm.
az Quick" he said to the woman
co0v he vocnIa inside had dpSpa1
q ed. Jump in
She essayed to do so, but was rude
~ thrust aside by young man who h
paused on the roof to light q cigaret
-. Philip sprang onto the step and butt
- the young gentleman in the stoma
- with his parcel, causing the other
-. sit down heavily on the stairs. T
49, boy caught the woman's arm with
- disengaged hand aud pulled her l
49, He dived in after her.
- "You young roared the discount
80 smoker.
I'D ERE! Come OFF of it" said the c.
,ca drctor. 'Why didn't We git dahn
ba fore? Dye want lift?"
- Others hustled the protesting {
out OF the way.
NV "Confound the East End, I say"
al growled as he crossed TO the Mans
"a House. What the deuce Lady Lou
sa+ Morland wants to keep on sending
~, TO that wretched news for CO
imagine. Anyway l can tell her
r,s time that the place is empty and '
- be pulled down next week"
/, And thus it was that Philip COLI
ear with Nessrs. Sharpe & Smiths cl,
e. detailed by the anxious Lady Morl
- to discover his whereabouts. 7
~ met and bumped into each other In
whirlpool Of London just as two 81
49, might crash together by night in T
- Atlantic and draw apart with rut
feelings. or scraped paint. which IS
same thing without the Sigh
s@'u knowledge of each others identity
-nss Within the omnibus the woman