William Adolphus Turnpike

pot shots at passers-by with a pea-shooter. Preferably he selected as his marks gentlemen who carried weight, and considered his best shot that which stung the ear of an elderly b

ealment, his victim was foiled in his attempts to discover the cause o

smartly to encounter the stern gaze of a lady, an elderly lady. Her parasol was descending for another blow, but William adr

toward him, whereupon William again followed the under-the-table route, and finally flopped into a c

a hat, that long ringlets of grey hair hung down each side of her face, that her dress was of silk and black, and that she held

aughing at?" de

; if it

y good dog

" said William politely, "but I a

eved

e and th

ith the shape," was the tart

ways rolls around like it had no ro

of your age shou

ine, lady. I've go

! What are yo

e offic

y! Whose o

r Whim

a force and directness that William afterwards de

n it until then-and off it came with a sweeping bow. He was no longer William, or Willie, or Bill; he was no longer an office boy; this was not Toronto. Here was the lady of the castle, proud, imperious, haughty; he was one who served under the banner of her lord. Be

pire he had given his life for the flag, and out of her life there had gone the dreams of a future with him. All through the years since then she had held her heart against those who would have stormed it, and now-and now-she tried to speak, but her

softly, "I awa

ight, threw down his cap, placed a chair for her,

e said gently, "wher

nd I guess I just made up the rest. I can't he

oughtfully, and William b

-and she mimicked him so well that William laughed outrig

chain, ambled over and placed his solemn-faced visage as close to the boy's knee

d in you," said the lady: and her voice w

here soon,

courts I suppose. He's neve

s a busy man," sa

abeth Whimple, if you want to know, and I'm his aunt. He would be a f

Did you ever try starving,

at would I want

sometimes before he got onter his feet, and I ain't very old myself, but I've

t belie

thing about grown-ups. They'll believe any old lie if it's in print, but th

upted sharply, "d

h! me

t, but it's preaching just th

dy, I don't

with requests for payments of the monthly bills incidental to the upkeep of an office, and it w

ness, and at once informed him that she had come to

red of it. I want you to look after that and after any legal business arising theref

r. William opened the office door for her, and as she passed out she ad

t as I'll ever get," an