An Elephant 'bus stopped at the corner of New Bridge Street to pick up
a passenger, and then struggled on again towards Blackfriars Bridge.
"By the way, Cattermole," said a man in a top hat to his friend in a
bowler, "what was the result of that little skirmish in the country you
told me about some time ago?"
The Walworth chemist laughed and buttoned up his coat.
"That all ended in smoke," he said. "I got a wire telling me not to
bother about going down again, as my friend had given them the slip and
got away."
"But they got some money out of him, I suppose? It was a money job,
wasn't it?"
"Yes, but they didn't get any money, as it happened. It turned out that
my friend's wife wasn't the heiress to the property; it really belonged
to her cousin."
"He had to hand it over, then?"
"Yes, the wife's cousin took the property, and I'm told she has enough
business ability to run three firms as big as that."
"Hard luck for your friend!"
"Oh I not such hard luck. He's a sort of manager there. He draws a
decent salary, and they have a freehold house in Brixton. They're not
badly off. The three men got their old positions back, so everything's
pretty comfortable."
"Blackfriars!" yelled the 'bus conductor, "Elephant, Kennington, and
Brixton. Now for Brix--ton!"
A man jumped on and clambered up to the top.
"What--George!"
Cattermole and George Early shook hands, and George was introduced to
the man in the top hat.
"Business good?" asked Cattermole.
"Splendid!" said George. He whispered in his friend's ear.
Cattermole held out his hand again. "I congratulate you, old man!" he
said. "What are you going to call her?"
Instead of replying directly George poured some further confidence into
his friend's ear, and accompanied the recital by sundry taps on his
friend's coat-sleeve.
"No!" said Cattermole at the finish. "Worth as much as fifteen
thousand! She's your aunt, isn't she?"
"My wife's," said George, in a whisper.
"I thought she professed to be poor?"
"So she does"--with a wink.
"You're a devil for finding out things," said Cattermole, with some
admiration. "So I suppose you're going to call the girl----"
"Phoebe," said George. Cattermole laughed, and his friend, who had
caught some scraps of the conversation, laughed also. George joined
them.
"I suppose it'll work all right?" said Cattermole.
"Coming to stay a month," said George; "you can leave the rest to me."
"Well, I hope you're backing a winner," said Cattermole.
"It's a cert," said George. "Baby holds the reins."
"Elephant!" yelled the 'bus conductor.
"We get off here," said Cattermole. He and his friend shook hands and
went down the steps. George changed his seat for one next to the
driver, and the 'bus rattled on to Brixton.
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Transcriber's note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained
as printed.