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"I do think much of it, Frank; it has been sent to you by the Lord, and therefore is to be received with thanksgiving. But sudden good fortune of this kind is very dangerous. It makes me anxious as well as glad." At that moment there came a loud knocking at the door, which startled Mrs Willders, and caused Willie to leap up and rush to open it.
"Humph! p'raps not," said Willie; "but the burnin' of his little girl might have " "You said that no lives were lost," cried Mrs Willders, turning pale.
Next moment the door burst open and Willie, performing much the same ceremony that Frank had done, and in a wonderfully similar way, said he had come home with something strange to tell, though not altogether strange either, as his mother, he said, knew something about it already. Mrs Willders smiled and glanced at Frank. "Which is to begin first?" she asked.
"I'm glad you like him, Willie," said Mrs Willders, who was busy patching the knees of a pair of small unmentionables; "but I wish, dear, that you would not use slang in your speech, and remember that fellow is not spelt with an e-r at the end of it." "Come now, mother, don't you go an' get sarcastic.
"Who told you about her, Loo?" "Willie Willders," she replied, "he has been to see her and her father the clown a good many times." Mr Auberly, frowned, for the name of Willie Willders did not sound pleasantly in his ears. "Do go to see her, pray, dear papa," pleaded Loo with much earnestness, "and give her some money.
Just as she was about to pass, she raised her eyes, started, blushed, and exclaimed: "Mr Willders!" "Good morning, Miss Ward!" said the youth, advancing with a smile, and holding out his hand; "this is indeed an unexpected pleasure; I did not know that you were addicted to early walking."
Whatever he said, the result was an expression of benignity and condescension on the clown's face as far as paint would allow of such expression. "Glad to meet you, Master Willders," he said. "Proud to know anyone connected with T. Tippet, Esquire, who's a trump. Give us your flipper.
All I've got to say is, that you'd better be wise and take my advice, and think better of it." So saying, Gorman went out, and slammed the door after him. Meanwhile, Miss Matty Merryon, having purchased a small phial of turpentine, returned to Number 6, and ushered Willie Willders into the presence of her mistress.
In one of the former Willie recognised the strong man who had collared him on a well-remembered occasion. "Please, sir," said Willie, going up to him, "is Frank Willders inside?" "Why, youngster," said Dale, laying his hand on Willie's head, "ain't you the boy that pulled our bell for a lark the other night?"
"I'm very glad you came, Mr Willders," said Miss Tippet, "for I assure you we all regard you as the preserver of our dear Miss Auberly's life when you went up the the thing. Here she is. You must shake that's it so nice!" The last part of Miss Tippet's remark referred to Loo stretching out her hand to Frank, who advanced promptly and shook it with great tenderness.
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