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The streets of our cities, once reasonably secure from crimes of violence, have now become the field of operations for the foot-pad and highwayman. The days of Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard have returned, with this serious difference that the Turpins and Sheppards of our day are not dependent upon the horse, but have the powerful automobile to facilitate their crimes and make sure their escape.
To be secured to herself. Otherwise they will fall into the clutches of that foot-pad, d'Avila. "Three times as much to Henrica. Her father will pay her the money from the sum he owes me. Where he gets it is his affair. Thus the account with him would be settled. "Belotti has behaved badly. He shall be passed over. "Denise may keep what was given her."
"There's a man standing in the dark here under this hedge, Ike," I whispered. "Is is he likely to be a foot-pad?" "Either a footpad or a policeman. Which does he look like?" said Ike. "Policeman," I whispered. "I think I saw the top of his hat shine." "Right, lad. You needn't be scared about them sort o' gentlemen now.
Until this oddly menacing telephone message, he could have explained the attack on the Bridge as merely a haphazard foot-pad enterprise; but now he was forced to conclude that it was in some way connected with his visits to the bookshop. He felt, too, that in some unknown way Weintraub's drug store had something to do with it.
If he said of another man, "says he," why could he not remark of himself, "I says he?" He considered it not only correct, but ornamental. "The man says, says he, 'We don't keep foot-pads. And I s'ze for I was mad 'I ain't no more a foot-pad than you are, I s'ze.
And here I encountered a veritable foot-pad, with a club in his hand and a bundle on his shoulder, coming down the dusty road, with the wild-eyed aspect of one who travels into a far country in search of adventure. He seemed to be of a cheerful and sociable turn, and desired that I should linger and converse with him.
Trescorre, heaven save the mark! represents the liberal party; but his liberalism is like the generosity of the unarmed traveller who throws his purse to a foot-pad; and Father Ignazio is at hand to see that the people are not bettered at the expense of the Church.
In truth, the sleek beast, with its feet planted in fearsome rocks and tides, and its ravening head set to defy the onslaught of the main, might, but for its ensnaring beauty, seem some monstrous foot-pad of the deep. To this day the tiger's head is the lonely part of Jersey; a hundred years ago it was as distant from the Vier Marchi as is Penzance from Covent Garden.
In this disorder of my senses, I formed the horrible plan of turning foot-pad; for which purpose I returned to my lodging, and collected whatever of my apparel I could part with; which I immediately sold, and with the produce purchased a brace of pistols, powder and shot.
And here I encountered a veritable foot-pad, with a club in his hand and a bundle on his shoulder, coming down the dusty road, with the wild-eyed aspect of one who travels into a far country in search of adventure. He seemed to be of a cheerful and sociable turn, and desired that I should linger and converse with him.
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