When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer,
driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows
from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some
deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope
of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to
horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when
I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this
drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt. Perhaps
the old fool was not as fanciful as they had thought. Earles was absolutely indifferent. His arm
fell to his side. "You are cousin to the housebreaker,
Jack Sheppard. You may fall into the hands of
your enemy. "
"All right, Mr. “That young
man was giving a luncheon party to a dozen friends at the Café de Paris to-day. The walls of the room were lined with shelves,
on which were glass jars, retorts, countless bottles and many appliances of
surgical science. "So, you young fool, I have found you!" she said, harshly. ”
“You are sure that he asked for me—not for Annabel?”
“Certain,” Courtlaw answered. ‘Go on up to the boy, my dear. As he was conveyed thither, an
incident occurred that produced a considerable impression on the feelings of the
youthful offender. “And think of the ordinary wives and mothers, with their anxiety, their
limitations, their swarms of children!”
Mr.
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