The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07


 90 far. far sway from here"
 The child had no thought of hunger or cold or thirst or suffering. She saw in this flight an escape from the heart less people and the fatal temutAtions that had surrounded her grandfathsr. ana she went about the simple work of preparing for 1t with tranquil and brave heart.
 She wspt only once, and that was when she thought that she could not say good by to dear old Kit It wal stiil night when she had made every thing ready and they stole forth Into the streets. Forth from London, while t yet slupbered. two poor wanderers whither. ss i
 She had . iittis money. but 1t vas very little. Her grandfather was so entirely helpless. and depended on her with such chiidish trust, that she knew she would have to provide for them. Quite simply and braveiy she made up her mind that when their money was gone sne would have to beg.
 They walked without resting tiii they were in green fields. There they ate their small meal and then pressed on hurried by the old mans tor. TOT of pursuit. They slept that night at 6 small cottage where beds were let to poor travellers. Next morning they were afoot again. and, though sd z; d before or q. long and proceeded .brisk-
 Now and then the child looked wist- fully at cottages by the road wish ing that she might rest there for a while; but shs was tifnfd and dared not ask. At last some cottagers who saw them passing by and noticed that they looked fotsore and weary. called them In and gave them milk. gait that one of her little feet was blistersd. would not let her go on again till she had bathed the place and applied c remedy. and when they Departed the whole family stood at the door and waved to them as they went
 Now and then they got . lift in cart. At last they fell in with two men most eddy assorted one being short and merry while the other was long and gloomy. The short man introduced himself and friend as the firm of Short G Codlin, Punch and Judy propfietors, and explained that he himseif was short though Trotters by birth.
 MT Trotters alias Short msrrily in- vited the two travellers to walk with
 
 learned that they were bound for raee-town; for she reflected that che might beg or otherwise earn some money where crowds were assembled.
 Mfr. Codlin was not so negotiable as his friend and partner. Mir. COdiin's strong point was . lownees of spirit and misanthropy which led him to critieise everything that his partner did The general gloom and Inelan- ehoiy never left him even at meals: but fortunately 1t did not reach 80 fa- tai degree as to diminish his appetite or his thirst.
 You're too free. Short. you're too ffeer growled, he.
 Thereafter he paid little attention to his companions save to gfunnbie at them when anxthing from weather to the road went wrong. which fs an un- falling mark of q philosopher and . misanthrope, whoaiways knows that somebody is to blame for everything
 But the night after the old man and the child had gone to bed in the tav. ern, where they stopped in company with trained dogs and juggIers, who were also bound to the fair Short said to Codlln:
 Don't tell me that that handsome and delicate young creature is used to prowlin about like this. Have you seen how anxious the old man is to get further and further away all the time? Mind what T say. He's given hts friends the slip and perswaded that pretty thing to so along with him all through her fondness. Now I'm not a-goin to see this poor young child fail into bad hands; and shall try to keep lem with us till we can .litar ffom their friends. who dare say. are loolsEng everywh ere for seiaa."
 s'Short," said Codiin. '1t's possible that there may be some sense in what you say. If there is. and there should be a reward remember we're part ners in every thing"
 The next morning, Codlin beckoned Nell aside mysteriously. "0od bless you,s said he. "Always stick to me and remember that I'm your friend. Recoiiect the friend. Codlin's the friend, not short, Shorts very well as far as he goes but the real friend in Codlin--not Short"
 Perpiexed and a little alarmed. Nell became watohful. Soon she noticed that Mir. Cod1in never went through a performance without having the old man close by his side, and holding him whenever possible. By the time they reached the race town she was SO sure that their friends were on their guard against letting them es- cape that she determined to flee at the first chance.
 A mere hint of danger was enough to make her gran9father wildly eager to get away. They waited for a fav- orable moment. when Mir Codlln was busy collecting. while MT. Short was occupied with Mir. Punch. Then they hurried straight through the crowd. When they reached the rope the bell was ringing and the course was clear. ed; but they dashed across it. insensi- ble to the shouts that assalled them. and burryirg away under the brow of a hill made for the open fields.
 Her grandfather feared enemies in every ditch, beneath every bush. and his dlsordered imagination presented to him e view of a cell where he would be chained and sSourged and where, worse than all. Nell could never see him. Ills terror affected the child. Separation from her grand father fas the greatest evil she could dread. So she helped him to hurry
 After some days of flight Neli's mo. ney had all vanished. Tired. hungry and bewildered they were trudging along the high road when they came upon smart little house on wheels, with white dimity curtains ct the windows and green window shutters Tn the open door at the end sat a stout lady, most comfortable to look at, She called to the two travellers and invited them to share her tea an invitation which they accepted hum grily.
 During the Fepast she entrusted them with the fact that she was Mrs. JaIxley's Waxworkers the Delight of the Nobility and Gentry, patroniz- ed by Royalty. One Hundred Figgers the Full Size of Life. These one hum dred stupendous figures she explain