The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets
ve been because he was in a strange bed, and in a strange house. At any rate, he woke
" was his fi
, but the thought of the pie forced itself upon his mind, and he felt a longing for the slice that was left over from supper. Quick upon this
" or, more properly, his conscience was not very active. He got out of bed, slipped on his stockings, and crept softly downstairs,
not locked, and Sam opened
, so's to see where t
had not as yet explored. But there are dangers in feeling around in the dark. Our hero managed to dislodge a pile of plates, which fell with a
and his wife were calmly reposing. Mrs. Hopkins
nd, sitting up in bed, shook her
n Hopkins!" s
er?" asked the d
. There's robb
acon was b
ed. "Pooh! Nonsense!
in trying to effect his escape, tumbled o
deacon?" demanded hi
said the deacon, turni
situation. Wh
front the villains!" return
me," said her husb
said to be very d
property?" exclaimed his wife, taunt
id the deacon, accepting t
opkins. "You are willin
shoot a woman,"
fe was not
nct of self-defence, she scratched his leg, which was undefended by the customary clothing, and our hero, w
sped the deacon. "Mart
N
lock it. O Lord, wha
d, though he tried to walk softly, t
s. Hopkins. "Lock the door quick, deaco
han he would have accomplished the same fe
," he said, "but the
through t
the bed," suggeste
d. They'll hear. I
the door listening,
the garret," he announ
want up ther
we've got anything
kins, with a sudden idea, "I
What do y
e it isn'
told me it was," said h
ve it's
t,-S
es
d he want
I'll be bound. Light the lamp
ed the deacon, in alarm. "They mi
id his wife, contemptuously. When she indulged in severe
a clear flyin' in the face of Providence. You'd ought t
that you are frighten
p, and I'll g
tter for you to go. Th
nd. It might have been an unconscious action on the pa
r, and, as the door was unfastened, she entered. Of co
aid Mrs.
a counterf
m-s
ok no
shook him with no gentle hand, so that
d, rubbing his eyes
Hopkins, shortly,
sound asleep when you came in. I don't kno
ng downstairs?" demande
been downstai
ou have. I
ve been som
o down. Neither the deacon
it's t
m's manner, that he was the offender, an
said, "and go
py," obje
an to find out all
ied Mrs. Hopkins downstairs. The latter stopped
asked the deaco
his wife, e
you, because you thought there was dange
ut?" asked her husband
that made al
aid Sam, "when I
own with me to see what
. "Do you wa
ee entered the kitchen, which had been the scene of Sam's noisy exploits. It showed traces of his presence in an ove
Mrs. Hopkins. She ha