Arizona republican., 1911-05-27
.POLLYOOLY AND THE LUMP
Copyright, 1909. by tne Pearson Pub
 fishing Company.
By Edgar Jepson.

AShC Ndlhcu QulChly, anu d hundred yards further on (well out of sigh
 of fhe sour-faced one) the gentleman
 caught them up.
 By love, the way you worked il
 was a marvel," he cried. "I tell VOL
 what: where do you live? You might | do it again for me. I want it done badly"
 I'm Mir. Ruffin's housekeeper; and
 I live with him at 75 The Kings
 Bench Walk in the Temple" said
 Pollyooly proudly.
 He pulled out his betting-book and
 wrote down the address. "I wonder ! if your Mr Rufin is the Honorable [ John" he said. He does live in the Temple"
 AM his tradesmen call him the 1 Honorable John Ruffin till they lose
 their tempers; and there's only a cat ! between him and a peerage-he says
 there is" said Pollyooly.
 "A cat?" said the gentleman mystifed. Because a cat has nine lives-he
 says it has, said Pollyooly That's the Honorable John all
 right" said the gentleman. Tell him I'm going to borrow you. I'm Cap tain CrOome-Basil Croome; and my
 present address is KnightsbriGge Bar racks"
 He pulled a handful of money out of his pocket, gave her halfa-crown, thanked her warmly for the service she had rendeDed him, shook hands
 with her. and turned back 10 feast his eyes once more on his lady-lOve.
 Pollyooly continued her hOmeward course in very cOntented frame of mind. The three and siXpenCe was in- deed a windfall. She felt that it jus tified her in spending twOpence on bus which took them all the way to the Temple. instead of carrying the Lump 10 Piccadilly Circus, and taking one there for a penny. Also she spent threeDence on cakes for their birth day tea.
 The. rext morning. when the Honor able John Runn was eating the bacon she had SO carefully and skilfully grilled for him. and she was collect ing the garments with which, as al ways. he had bestrewn his sitting room in the course of selecting his morning toilet. she said:
 Please. sir, I met a gentleman who knows you in the Park yesterday; and he told me to tell you he was going 10 borrow me. He gave me a whole half-crown for giving 2 lady a letter in a bunch of violets-at least the Lump did. And she gave him Q shill- ing His name is CaDtain Croome. and he lives in KnightsbridGe Barracks"
 The Honorable John Rufin gasped and set down his knife and fork My dear Mrs Bride" be said-he always ~I keeper she must be called Hrs Bride -"I am aware that the art of boiling down romances for popular consump- ton is highly esteemed and lucrative. But I'm not popular. and I do not suf- fer from consumption. Do you think you could narrate this romance in it's unabridged form? Could you tell me all about it?"
 Pollyooly told him the events of the afternoon at full length, dwelling chiefly on the pretty way in which the Lump had handed the violets to the lady
 The Honorable John Rufin listened to her with smiling attention. and at inc end he said. Yet another unsus- pected talent You are full of sur prises. Mrs Bride-full of them. But after all it is only natural that a per son of your genius for griling bacon should have all the accomplishments. You are versatile indeed"
 ''Yes. sir" said PoliyoOly politely. She had as usual but the dimmest of his meaning.
 But if the lady's mother addressed ] her as GriZel. she must be Lady GriZel | Harland, and Croome will borrow you | in vain. The Tullislaiths have more | ambitious views for their daughter; i and Croome's beggarly five thousand | a year will not soften their hearts"
 Yes, sir" said the uncomprehend | ing Pollyooly, politely.
 But if you like to try the smooth | path of hopeless true love, there is | nothing against its So if Captain | Croome calls on you to help him, you | can do it with a clear conscience. | since his lady-love's mamma will see 70 it that nothing whatever comes of it."
 Yes, sir" said PollyOoly with a Deaming smile. She gathered that she lad leave to earn more half-crOwnS | IS the messenger of Love.
 For the next two days she looked | for Captain Croome to come 70 borrow her. But it was not till en o'clock on the morning of the hird day that he appeared.
 Pollyooly, her hope of half-crownS burning brightly, ushered him into the where he found the Hon. ,rable John Rufin in his wig and gown. on the point Of starting for the aw courts; and the sight of that com orting attire assured him that he had .ome to the very man tO advise him.
 How are you, Rufin?" he said "Seein' that little house leeper of yours the other day in the Park put it into my head that you night be able 10 give me tip about difficult job I'm tryin' to pull off"
 Advice is the one thing I have in unlimited quantities, and so I never tint my friends of it." said the Hon. rable John Ruffin. amiably.
 Right" said Captain Croome, hope ully. "It's about lady.
 Stop" said the Honorable John suffin sharply. "In that case the roper course would be to consult me trough a solicitor. But I'd rather ou didn't As much as I can I avoid ivOrce court practice: it's always so ull of our friends. But I will just ay one thing: don't let the affair ome into court at all-not on any ac- ou
 "No, no. You've got it wrong