The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-26

MIS-. 1duAaA ~dasOus Ii FREDERICK
street"
The youth skillfully tilted back his
stool until he reached a ledger from a
shelf behind him. He ran his eve
down an index, found a number and
pulled out another book.
I'VE buried her on the 10th Of No
vember, nine years since" he said cool
ly. rafting both tones back into their
places.
You did, Ell? Is there anybody here
who remembers herr
Something in the husky voice Of this
stark, i'll favored man caused the boy
to become less pert.
Fathers H." he said "Tn ring for
him"
Father came. He had q vague mem
ory of the woman, q widow with two
children-boys. he thought. Somebody
helped her in her last days and paid
for the funeral-paid cash. according
to the ledger. He did not know who
the friend was nor had he any knowl-
edge of the children's fate. Work
house, most probably. What work
house? Parish Of Southwark. Easy to
find. Just turn so-and-so, and so-and-
so.
With a grunt of acknowledgment the
inquirer passed into the street. He
gave an eye to the public house. but
resoIutely quickened his pace. At the
workhouse he succeeded. with some
difficulty. in interviewing the master.
If was after office hours, but as he had
journeyed a long way an exception
would be made In his ease.
Books were consulted to ascertain the
fate of two boys, John and William
Mason, who would now be aged TWEEN
ty and eighteen respectively. Youthful
Masons had certainly been in the
schools-one 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 Sc
clusion of the street. He wandered
slowly toward a main thoroughfare
and entered the first public house he
encountered. He ordered 6 penny
worth of brandy and drank it at a
gulp. Then he lit a pipe and went
forth again.
THAT was an ugly lookin' customer"
said an habitue to the barman.
e 'ad a fee like q fifth act at the
Surrey" agreed the other.
If they knew the toast that Jocky
MnSnn xNIaIrrAd hor
would have better grasped the truth Of
this unfavorable diagnosis of his char
acter.
Ten years penal servitude. four
years police supervision. my wife dead
and my children lost, all through a
smack on the head given me by Philip
Anson,". he communed. Here's to
getting even with him!'
1t was 4 strange outcome Of his long
Imprisonment that the man should
have acquired a fair degree of culture.
He was compelled to learn in Jail to Il
certain extent, and reading soon be-
came pleasure to him. Moreover, he
picked up an acquaintance with a
smooth spoken mate of the swell mobs-
man anu IOl1Ss LII lii vi 0o1bNAe WIZ
strove to be elegant even in convict
garb. Mason's great strength and in
domitable courage appealed to the
more artistic if more effeminate rogue.
Once the big man saved his comFade's
life when they were at work in the
quarries.
The influence was mutual. They
vowed lasting friendship. Victor Gre
nier 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 professed 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.
Philips driver, being of the peculiar
/ type of Londoner which seems 10 be
created to 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
! it in preference to u route with all
the directness of a 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
vies street
Both horses pulled up with a jerk
there was a sharp fusillade of what
cabmen call ''langwidge," and the 9th
er hanson drove on, having the best Of
the strategical position by stoler
yard.
Philip lifted the trapdoor.
HAS he a fare, Wale?"
"'YeS. sir. lydy."
"Oh. leave him alone then! Other
wise / would have liked to see yot
ride him off at the corner Of BrutoI
street.
Vale, who was choleric. replied witt
such force that Philip tried to SAL