The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-10-11

'On, ne Salu, II nave U0eu Sldy lnB
in north london but will leave there
soon, and | have not settled anything
definitely at present Where is the
laundry you spoke of? l will call some
day if / may and learn how you are
getting on"
Il will be so pleased. 1t is a little
place in James street, the only one
there. Ask for Mrs Wrigley."
1T is lucky you understand laundry
work or things might go hard with
you"
She laughed pitifully.
Il don't. They asked me If was A
washer or an ironer / thought wash
ing required least experience. so l said
l was q washer / am quick to learn
and will watch the other women. II
they md me out. may be discharged
! "Oh, cheer upF' he said pleasantly.
II don't suppose you'll find 1t very
hard"
Her voice sank almost to whisper
cit is not the work / dread, but tn
surroundings I was a schOOlteache
before my marriage. Ny husband was
an electrical engineer We put all our
savings into a little business, and then
/ 1.-The end came"
"Not quite the end. / am only boy,
but I've had ups and downs enough T.
know that the beginning Of next week
may be a very different affair to the
/ end OF this. Goodby."
| They were passing the London hos
pital, and he thought 1t prudent to
alight at some distance from Johnson's
News.
''well, God bless ycu. anyhow" she
said earnestly.
"'E's got Is 'ead screwed on tight,
that lad" commented man sitting
nAxt to her.
Better than that he has good
heart" said Mrs. Wrigiey. Most fortu-
nate Mrs. Wrigley-to have encounter
ed Philip in that hour, which she deem
Cd the blackest IN her ME-
/ He FASTENED through the familiar
hustle of the busy thoroughfare with
heightened expectancy, It is true but
devoid of the least fear that his meteor
had been discovered. His mother
would take good care Of II. Why, the
mere chance remark Of the woman he
had befriended showed that her gentle
wirft watched over him wherever he
went. Here was asstranger, a sad toll
or among the millions, who went out of
her way to praise the goodness Of one
she had never seen. He laughed joy
ousIy. Mrs. wrigley should have fur
Their cause to bless has mothers mem
osy.
! He passed o'Brien's shop. he saw
the old man seated behind the counter.
Should he go inf No Better keep
wholly TO himself at present. Yet ne hes
ltated. which was the more tudicious
course, 10 remain hidden, unknown, or
w TO drop quietly into the groove where
b was rscognizedi With rare perspi
uacity for one so young. he reflected
hat only ave days bad elapsed since
be last saw the old pensionsr. The
period buiked largely in Philips life;
h O'Brien's It would be as naught.
Yielding to the second thought, be en-
bsred the shop
''GioSy be to God. Phil. but it's miself
b glad to see yer cried his old friend
sWhere have ye bin to, at all, at all2
Have yen heard what the murtherin'
war ONCE is afther dom to me7
haven't had a sowl to sphake to about
the throuble they've put ON me in me
pwld age"
This was not strictly accurate
OBrien had pestered the whole neigh-
borhood with the story Of his With
pension and the preposterous claim
made on him by some red tape enthu-
siast in Pail Mall. But his plant ef-
eectually stonped all further reference
b Philips disappearance. AS to the
''bit O shtone" that was ''naythur
alum nor lime,' he hadn't a wcrd %
say.
rhilip borrowed a spade. q small