Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-22

mason. who would now be aged TWEEN
ty and eighteen respectively. Youthful
Mnsons had certainly been In the
schools-onc was there at the moment,
in fact-but none of them answered TO
the description supplied. The work
house master was sorry. The records
gave no clew.
Again the man sought the dark So
cluslon of the street. He wandered
slowly toward main thoroughfare
and entered the first public house he
encountered. lie ordered penny
worth of brandy and drank it at n
gulp. Then he 1T a pipe and went
forth again.
"That was an ugly lookin' customer"
said m habitue 10 the barman.
"'E 'ad Il fee like firth act at the
Surrey" agreed the other.
If they knew the torst that Jocliy
Mason had pledged SO readily, they
would have better CRASHED the truth Of
this unfavorable diagnosis of his char
acter.
"Tcn years penal scrvitude. four
years police supervision, my wife dead
and my children lo>i, all through a
smack on the head g Gu me by Philip
Anson," he commuued. Here's to
getting even with him.
1t was a strange outcome Of his long
Imprisonment that the man should
have acquired far degree OF culture.
He was compelled to learn In Jail to
certain extent. and reading soon be-
came pleasure t. him. Moreover, he
picked NJ an acquaintance with q
smooth spoken mate Of the swell mobs-
man and long firm order-a dandy who
stroye TO be elegant even In convict
garb. Masons great strength and in
domitabe courage appealed to the
more artistic If more effemipate rogue.
life when they were at work in the
quarries.
The influence was mutual. They
vowed lastinz friendship. Victor Gre
nicr was released six months before
Mason. and the latter now crossed the
river again TO go to an address where
he would probably receive some news
of his protested ally's whereabouts.
Grenier's name was impaired under
inviolable confidence as that which he
would ADOPT after his release. His real
name, by which he was convicted, was
something far less aristocratic.
Philip driver, being of the peculiar
type Of Iondoncr which seems to be
created 10 occupy the dicky Of ham
som, did not take his master down
Park lane, along Piccadilly, and so to
Pail Mall. He loved corners. Give
him the remotest chance of following
Il zigl1g course and he would follow
it in preference to Il route with all
the direc,ness OF n Roman road.
Thus it happened as he spun round
Carlos place into Berkeley square he
nearly collided with another vehicle
which dashed into the square from Da-
vie street.
Both horses pulled up with jerk,
there was sharp fuSillade of what
cahmcn call "langwidge,' and the 9th
er bansom drove on, having the best of
the strategical position by stolen
Yard.
Philip lifted the trapdoor.
Has he a fare, Vale"
"Yes, sir. lydy."
ooh. leave him alone then! Other
wise ] would have liked to see you
ride him off at the corner OF Bruton
street"
Vale. who was chOleric, replied with
such force that Philip tried to say
sternly:
"Stop that swearing, Vale"
PEG pardon, sir, Pm sure. but l
wouldn't ha' minded if It wasn't my
own old keb. Didn't you spot IT."
"You don't tell me SO. How oddI'
ANA to think Of Il brewers dray-
man like that gettin' old of II. Well''-
Vale put the lid on in case his EN-.
ployer might hear any more Of his sen
timents.
Philip, leaning back to laugh, for
Wales vocabulary was amusing If not
fit for publication. suddenly realized
the queer trick that even the events
in the life of an individual have of re
peatlng themselves,
In one day, after an interval of many
years, he had been suddenly confront
ed by personages connected with the
period of his sufferings. with the very
garments he wore al that time, with
the cab in which he drove from Clerk
enwell to Hatton Garden. Abingdon
had dined with him; Isaacstein had
sent him Il message; his driver even
was the cabman who made him O
present of shillings, a most fortunate
transaction for Vale, as 1t led to his
selection to look after Philips London
stable.
All who had befriended the forlorr
boy In those early days had benefited
TO an extraordinary degree. The cot
fee stall keeper who gave him coffee
grounds and crusts, the old clothes
man who cut down the price of hi:
first outfit, Mrs. Wrigley, going hope
lessly 10 her toll in a Shepherds Busl
laundry: Mr. Wilson Of Grant & Sons
the kindly ieweler Of Ludgate Hill
were each sought out and either placed
in good business or bounteously re
warded for the services they had rem
dered. O'Brien. Of course, was fount
sinecure office at the Mary Ansol
home.
As for the doctor. he owed his Har
| ley street practice to the millionaire
help and patronage.
1t is worthy OF note that Philip neve
wore watch other than that present
cd to him by the police Of the White
chapel division.
II 1vac an ordinary English silvp