Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-15

boy ran round to the other side and
helped me out just in time"
"Confound the brat! l think he was
the real cause of the whole affair
Why was he hiding in my doorwayT'
Lord Vanstone was more enraged
than ever by the girls obstinate de-
Tense of her rescuer and her insistence
on his own seeming cowardice.
II was not hiding. only took shell
ter from the storm. tried to help you
because the footman was struggling
with the horses. do not claim any
credit for simply opening a door and
helping the young lady to alight, but
1 lost both my dinner and my papers
in doing So"
Every one experienced d shock Of
surprise at hearing the boys elegant
diction. The policeman was puzzled
He instantly understood the facts, but
dared not browbeat an earl.
"You do not bring any charge against
him, my lord ?" he said.
But his lordship deigned no reply.
He told the coachman to arrange for
the removal of the carriage, grasped
his niece by the arm and led her, still
protesting, into the house.
The policeman saw the bundle Of
papers scattered over the roadway and
near them the partly eaten bun. After
a wrench at his garments he produced
penny.
Here he said to the boy. BUY
another bun and be off. It's a good
Job for you the young lady spoke up
the way she did"
"She merely told the truth. That
man was liar"
Refusing the proffered penny. the
boy turned on his heel. The policeman
looked after him.
That's a queer KID" he thought.
Talked like a regular young gent.
wonder why he is selling papers. Poor
lad! He lost a bob's worth at least,
and small thanks he got for it,
Passing out of the square by the
first eastward street, Philip Arson,
with his head erect and hands clinched
in his pockets, strobe onward at a
rapid pace. The lightning was less
frequent now, and the thunder was
dying away in sullen rumblings. He
was wet and hungry, yet, although he
had three halfpence, the remaining
balance of the only sales effected that
evening, he passed many shops where
he could have bought food
In Piccadilly, where the cessation of
the storm created a rush of traffic, he
was nearly run over by reason of his
own carelessness and received a slash
from a whip, accompanied by loud
oath from an angry cabmaa. He sh1v-
cred, but never even looked around.
Crossing Trafalgar square, he plunged
through the vortex of vehicles without
troubling to avoid them in the slight
est degree. Once the hot breath of q
pair Of van horses touched his cheek
while a speechless driver pulled them
back onto their launches. Again, the
off wheel of an omnibus actually grazed
his heel as he sped behind the statue
of Charles /.
At last he reached the comparative
seclusion of the Embankment and
stood for a moment to gaze fixedly
at the swirling, glinting river.
mot here" he muttered aloud. Il
must be nearer to mother-dear old
mother She is there waiting for me. "
He trudged steadily away through
Queen Victoria street Cornhill, Lead
entail street, and so on to Johnson's
News, in the Mile End road. Pausing
at marine store dealers shop kept
I by an army pensioner, an Irishman
with whom he had slight acquaint
ance, he entered. An elderly man was
laboriously reading paper of the pre-
ceding days date.
/ "Good evening, Mr.. O'Brien," ht
said Can you oblige me with {
piece of rope? | want a strong piece
about three or four yards in length
can only spare three halfpence."
"Faix, l dunno. They use nails OF
the crates mostly nowadays. If have
bit it's at yer sarvice l wouldn't b.
afther chargin' the likes o YOU"
Philips story was known in tina
humble locality, and the old soldie
sympathized with the boy He ha
rale spunk an no mistake" was hi
verdict when others said Philip wa
proud and oyerbearing. OBTien NOV
ed automatically about the squali,
shop. At last he found some portion
of clothesline.
"Will that do?" he inquired.
Philip tested it with vigorous pull
ing against his knee.
"Excellently." he said. Let me pa.
you for it,"
"Arrah. go away wild ye! And, b
the powers, isn't the poor lad cOwl
an famished? Luke here, now. L
five minutes I'm goln' to have a Gu
o. tay."
II am awfully obliged to you, but
could not touch a morsel. l am In
hurry"
Are We goin' a journey? Have y
got job?"
~ think So 1t looks like a permt