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him. He passed a group of street urchins, who evidently began at once
to plot mischief. Soon a boy ran up to him, and giving his tunic or
blouse an energetic pull, rushed to the other side of the street. When the
young man turned to face his aggressor, a second boy from an opposite
quarter rushed up unnoticed and gave a second fierce pull. Like a vane

shifting about on a very squally day, and

   
 
  

obeying the new current that impels it, the

Chinaman turned ‘to notice this new invasion.
But then a third

side of the first

assailant came up on the
attack, pulling and jostling
—a fourth arrived and a
fifth even —the young
man struggling in their
midst like a hen with a

 

parcel of hawks. He did
not dare put down his
basket even for a moment,
aware that the harpies
would have immediately
clutched it, and his reten-
tion of his property made.
resistance all the more diffi-

THE GOOD WOMAN,

cult. Ralph and Rick were

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boys living in a town that had a statue of the “ Minute man” of revolution-

ary daysready at a moment’s notice to fly to arms and resist Britain’s
overshadowing power, and they were not going to see the weaker side

in a fight—be it Chinaman or freedman— crowded under foot.
“Come on, Rick!” shouted Ralph.

Rick generally went off at a bound any way, but if he saw Ralph
ahead, he would spring all the quicker. And away he went after