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Nor did he return until the last pair of feet had crossed the gangplank. Then in triumph he hurried back to the waiting man in the wheel chair and dropped into his lap a tiny heap of coppers. "Sold out, pardner! Dat's what we be," he crowed delighted. "Sold out!" "But I you " gasped the man. "Aw, furgit it 't wa'n't nuttin'," disdained the boy airily. "Ye see, youse got ter holler."
How the thought thrilled him! On deck, Elmer, before returning to the box of Reginald Maltravers, suddenly and unexpectedly grasped Cleggett by the hand. "Bo," he said, "I'm wit' youse. I'm wit' youse the whole way. Any friend of the little dame is a friend of mine. She's a square little dame. D' youse get me?" "Thank you," said Cleggett, more affected than he would have cared to own.
There was a burst of oaths from Australian Ike. "Gone! Den we're nipped de lot of us!" The Mope's face was like a maniac's as he whirled on Stangeist. "Sure!" he croaked. "But youse gets yers first, youse " With a cry, Stangeist, to elude the blow, ducked blindly backward into the portieres and with a rip and tear the hangings were wrenched apart.
"Aw, g-g-go chase yourself," cried Jim. "You ought to bring youse mamma along to take care of youse. Get up, Bill!" with a flourish of the whip and a jerk on the lines. The horse made a jump, but Pepper held firmly to the bridle and brought it to a stop. "Let go that horse!" shouted Jim. "Hit him with the whip, Jim," urged one of the boys in the wagon.
"Humph, no I'se not gwine ter go near no hainted house, much less stay in one. I'se scairt. "Hee, hee, sho you can find things by spitting in yer han and de way the spit goes if youse will go dar you will be sho to find hit. "Aint got no time for fortune tellers, don believe in dem, day don't do nuthin.
"Well, I guess!" said the boy. "Can he walk?" more gently still. "Yep, o' course I mean when his legs gets stronger he'll walk, won't youse, Hunkie? De doctor-woman says as wot he needs is plenty o' milk. Wid its coat on Hunkie ain't never had none wid its coat on till de doctor-woman come." "Its coat on?" murmured Gloria.
"Say what are youse guys doin', huh?" demanded the waiter pugnaciously. Carton and I had risen and stood between the man and Craig. The sound of voices in high pitch was enough to attract a crowd ever ready to watch a scrap.
"Ah, Spider," said he, "life is rather worth while after all, isn't it? Spider, I like you better and better; come, don't be a surly Spider, shake hands!" "T' hell wid youse!" growled the Spider, covering up again, and, though his face was sulky yet was no trace of contempt there now.
The blood was running down Stangeist's face. He wiped it away from his eyes. "It's not here," he said innocently. "It's in my box in the safety-deposit vaults." "Aw," blurted out Australian Ike, pushing suddenly forward, "youse can't work dat crawl on " "Cut it out, Ike!" snapped Clarie Dane. "I'm runnin' this! So it's in the vaults, eh?" He shoved his face toward Stangeist's.
Say, who do youse t'ink I nearly bumped me coco ag'in out in de corridor? Why, old man McEachern, de cop. Dat's right!" "Yes?" "Sure. Say, what's he doin' on dis beat? Youse c'u'd have knocked me down wit' a bit of poiper when I see him. I pretty near went down and out. Dat's right. Me heart ain't got back home yet." "Did he recognize you?" "Sure!
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