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I could only see the withered old hand held tremblingly out for the smoking cup of tea, which the boy handed to her with a benignant smile, and I could hear the soft voice say "Thank you, Robin dear boy so like!" "I tell you what it is, granny," returned Slidder, with a frown, "I'll give you up an' 'and you over to the p'leece if you go on comparin' me to other people in that way.
"And well it may, sir. I only 'ope it won't get you into trouble, for if the p'leece go lookin' for a burglar, or murderer, or desprit ruffian, where you 'appen to be, they're sure to run you in. The only think I would point out, sir, if I may be so free, is that your 'ands an' face is too clean."
As for the children, I'm afraid the event has roused all that is wild and savage in their natures! They were kicking up a horrible shindy when I passed the dining-room the hospital, as Dobson calls it so I opened the door and peeped in. There they were, all standing up on their beds, shouting `Fire! fire! p'leece! p'leece! engines! escapes! Come qui-i-i-ck! "`Silence! I shouted.
"`Master, I says, `I thank 'ee, and if I ever get a bit o' money I'll pay thee back what I can; and there's my sacred word I'll never touch the drink again. "I held him out my hand, and he took it, for all 'twas so dirty. "`That's right, lad; and to-morrow we'll put the p'leece on to trace them fellows down. "I kep' my promise, Mr Mr Mr " "Westray," the architect suggested.
"I didn't know your name, you see, because Rector never introduced me yesterday. I kep' my promise, Mr Westray, and bin teetotal ever since; but he never put the p'leece on the track, for he was took with a stroke next morning early, and died a fortnight later.
You takes after the old governor; he always paid well if you told him the truth. I remember him giving me a hidin' when I was a kiddy for saying something I wasn't sure of. My word! I was that sore for a week after I couldn't button my shirt. But ain't it a pity about Jim? 'Oh, that's it. What about Jim? 'Why, the p'leece grabbed him, of course.
"The p'leece," he said, "was useless for real work; they was on'y fit to badger boys an' old women." "But what can we do?" demanded Bob anxiously, for he felt that time was precious. "You an' I ain't fit to bu'st in the door; an' if we was, Dick would be ready for us. If we're to floor him he must be took by surprise." "Let's go an' peep," suggested the smaller warrior.
We're goin' to have an extra ration of soap this mornin', and you fellows want to stir around lively and fix yerselves as if it was Sunday and ye was goin' to meetin'. The fust thing after breakfast all hands 'll turn out and p'leece ther camp." "What in the world does he mean by p'leecin' the camp?"
"`Oh, papa! they screamed, in delight, `what do you think we've had for supper? "`Well, what? "`Pudding and jam-pudding and jam nearly all jam! "Then they burst again into a chorus of yells for engines and fire-escapes, while little Dolly's voice rang high above the rest `Pudding and dam! all dam! p'leece! p'leece! fire and feeves! as I shut the door.
They didn't say they was the p'leece; that was about four o'clock, and getting dark. 'How did you get the horse? says Jim. 'He's not one of yours, is he? 'Not he, says the boy; 'I wish I had him or the likes of him. He belongs to old Driver. I was just workin' it how I'd get out and catch our old moke without these chaps being fly as I was going to talligrarph, when mother says to me
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