the guv'ner's got a head for business, you bet! 'All right,
guv'ner,' I told him, 'you run the show, and I'll take the
tickets!' An' so he set Aunt Polly to watch me -- hic --
an' now Polly's off in the hospital havin' twins, an' me out
raisin' Cain! Hello, there! Hey! Call him!"

A cab was driving by; and Jurgis sprang and called,
and it swung round to the curb. Master Freddie
clambered in with some difficulty, and Jurgis had started
to follow, when the driver shouted: "Hi, there! Get
out -- you!"

Jurgis hesitated, and was half obeying; but his com~
panion broke out: "Whuzzat? Whuzzamatter wiz you,
hey?"

And the cabbie subsided, and Jurgis climbed in. Then
Freddie gave a number on the Lake Shore Drive, and the
carriage started away. The youngster leaned back and
snuggled up to Jurgis, murmuring contentedly; in half
a minute he was sound asleep, Jurgis sat shivering, specu~
lating as to whether he might not still be able to get hold
of the roll of bills. He was afraid to try to go through
his companion's pockets, however; and besides, the cabbie
might be on the watch. He had the hundred safe, and he
would have to be content with that.

At the end of half an hour or so the cab stopped. They
were out on the water-front, and from the east a freezing
gale was blowing off the ice-bound lake. "Here we are,"
called the cabbie, and Jurgis awakened his companion.

Master Freddie sat up with a start.

"Hello!" he said. "Where are we? Whuzzis? Who
are you, hey? Oh, yes, sure nuff! Mos' forgot you --
hic -- ole chappie! Home, are we? Lessee! Br-r-r
-- it's cold! Yes -- come 'long -- we're home -- be it
ever so -- hic -- humble!"

Before them there loomed an enormous granite pile, set
far back from the street, and occupying a whole block.
By the light of the driveway lamps Jurgis could see that
it had towers and huge gables, like a medieval castle. He
thought that the young fellow must have made a mistake

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