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"I thought you'd guess," said the other with a laugh. "How could I?" "Why don't you know what place this is?" "No," said Samuel. "What?" And his companion replied, "It's the Lockman place." Samuel caught his breath and clutched at the seat. "The Lockman place!" he panted; and then again, "The Lockman place!"
He stood trembling. There rose a babel of shouts, and then again came the woman's voice "No, no you shan't, I say!" "Sit down, you fool!" Samuel heard Bertie Lockman shout. And then came another woman's voice "Shut up and mind your business!" "I'll tear your eyes out, you devil!" shrilled the first voice, and there followed a string of furious curses.
"I see," said the boy though to tell the truth he did not see at all, not having the least idea what polo was. "If you're interested in horses, I'll have them find you something to do here," Lockman went on. "Oh, thank you," said the boy with a thrill. "That will be fine!" He could have spent all day in gazing at the marvels of this place, but his host was tired now and started back to the house.
Vince, I think we ought to convert Master Albert Lockman!" "Convert him?" echoed the other perplexed. "Yes, sir," said the boy. "He is leading a wild life, and he's in a very bad way." "Yes, Samuel," said the clergyman. "It is terrible, I know " "We must labor with him!" exclaimed Samuel. "He must not be allowed to go on like that!" "Unfortunately," said Dr.
"Didn't he rob everybody he ever came near?" "I didn't know it," replied Samuel. "Guess you never came near him," laughed the man. "Say where do you come from, anyhow? Tell me about yourself." So Samuel began at the beginning and told his story. Pretty soon he came to the episode of "Glass Bottle Securities." "My God!" exclaimed the other. "I thought you said old Lockman had never robbed you!"
"Know that I have my confederate too, else my skill were little worth." "And who may that be, pray you?" "Stephen Smotherwell, if it like your honour, lockman of this Fair City. I marvel your knighthood knows him not."
He might help the poor at last. He and Miss Gladys would devote their lives to this. Perhaps some day he might even own the mill where the children worked, and he would be able to send them all to school! And he would be a member of the Lockman family, in a way he might even have some influence over Master Albert! And Ethel and Dr. Vince how happy they would be when they heard of his good fortune!
"The very thing, professor. Samuel, this is Professor Stewart, of Lockman College." Samuel was very glad to meet the professor. He was a trim little gentleman, with a carefully cut black beard and gold-rimmed eyeglasses. "Here is my card," he said; "and if you'll come to see me to-morrow morning at my house, we'll see what we can do."
There were innumerable rows of stalls, and a running track and endless acres of inclosures. "Why do you have so many horses?" asked Samuel. "Father ran a stock farm," said the other. "I don't have much time to give to it myself." "But who rides the horses?" asked Samuel. "Well, I go in for sport," replied Lockman. "I'm supposed to be quite a dab at polo."
The throng was in a turmoil; and in the midst of it, Lippman, who was the second victim appointed for the sacrifice, sprang upon the stump of an old tree, a little at one side, and shrieked at the top of his lungs: "Henry Hickman paid twenty thousand dollars to Slattery to beat the water bill; and now he and the Lockman estate are making ten thousand dollars a month out of it!
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