Passes reins to right hand, and with left feels for a
half eagle, which he throws, with grateful words, to Mr.
Starr. Mr. Starr leaves the plunging horses, and
they rush toward Prescott Street. (EXEUNT JOHN
CRADOCK, HORSES AND CHILDREN.)
Half amused, half ashamed, Mr. Starr picks up the
coin, which he also supposes to be half an eagle.
It proves to be a bright penny, just from the mint.
Mr. Starr lays it with delight upon the five-cent
nickel.
(ENTER A STREET CAR, L. H. L. E. Mr. STARR WAVES
HIS HAND WITH DIGNITY, AND ENTERS CAR. PAYS HIS FARE,
SIX CENTS, AS HE PASSES CONDUCTOR.)
In fifteen minutes they are at Maverick Square. Mr.
Starr stops the car at the office of Siemens & Bessemer,
and enters. Meets his friend Fothergill.
FOTHERGILL. Bless me, Starr, you are covered
with mud! Pottery, eh? Runaway horse, eh? No matter;
we are just in time to see Wendell off. William, take
Mr. Starr's hat to be pressed. Put on this light
overcoat, Starr. Here is my tweed cap. Now, jump in,
and we will go to the "Samaria" to bid Wendell good-by.
And indeed they both found Wendell. Mr. Starr bade
him good-by, and advised him a little about the man be
was to see in Dresden. He met Herr Birnebaum, and talked
with him a little about the chemistry of enamels. Oddly
enough, Fonseca was there, the attache, the same whom
Clara had taken to drive at Bethlehem.
Pages:
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311