The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
Continued from yesterday.)

Il will not go away and let you say
things which are not true. Listen to
me, Mr. Policeman. Lord Vanstone
did close the door because he thought
the carriage would turn over on top of
him. For some reason the accident
did not happen Immediately, and the
boy ran round to the other side and
helped me out just in time"
"Confound the bratl l think he was
| the real cause of the whole affair.
! Why was he hiding in my doorway?
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. I only took shell
| ter from the storm. I tried to help you
because the footman was struggling
with the horses. l do not claim any
credit for simply opening a door and
helping the young lady to alight. but
l lost both my dinner and my papers
in doing So"
Every one experienced shock of
surprise at hearing the boys elegant
diction. The policeman was puzzled.
uuQeTSIOOQ JQS 1dCtSy DuL
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
a 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 q 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. l
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 q
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 slash
from a whip, accompanied by a loud
oath from an angry cabman. He shiv-
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 a
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 graze1
his heel as he sped behind the statue
of Charles 1.
At last he reached the comparative
seclusiOn of the Embankment and
stood for a moment to gaze fixedly
at the swirling, glinting river.
Not here" he muttered aloud 81
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. Pausine
at a marine store dealers shop kept
by an army pensioner, an Irishman
with whom he had a slight acQuaint
ance. he entered. An elderly man was
laboriously reading a paper of the pre-
; ceding days date.
Good evening. Mr.. O'Brien," be
said Can you oblige me with {
piece Of rope? 1 want a strong piece
about three or four yards in length
can only spare three halfpence."
FAX, I dunno. They use nails or
the crates mostly nowadays. If have
a bit it's at yer sarvice. 1 wouldn't bt
afther chargin' the likes O. YOU
: Philips story was known in tina
humble locality, and the old soldier
sympathized with the boy. He ha:
rale spunk an no mistake" was hi:
verdict when others said Philip wa:
proud and overbearing. O'Brien NOV
ed automatically about the squalit
shop At last he found some portion
of q clothesline.
'eWin that do?' he inquired.
Philip tested it with vigorous pull
ing against his knee.
''Excellently." he said Let me pa.
7 you for it"
'.Arrah, go away wild We. And. b.
the powers. isn't the poor lad cowlt
an furnished? Luke here. now. II
five minutes I'm goin' to have GU
O. tay."