Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . ARRIVAL OF THE NIGHT MAIL (PADDINGTONj. 3S8 L1\L\G THh , A .\ Kill I bi^liM., being taken on for a job when the big gatesopen and the work of the day begins. Just as the late west is thinking of bed,the early east is up and afoot. In Lime-house and Poplar there are streets whichare as busy in the dead of night as someWest-End thoroughfares are at eight inthe morning. From the back of the Surre_\ Theatre toWaterloo Bridge is a broad thoroughfarewhich is intersected by
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . ARRIVAL OF THE NIGHT MAIL (PADDINGTONj. 3S8 L1\L\G THh , A .\ Kill I bi^liM., being taken on for a job when the big gatesopen and the work of the day begins. Just as the late west is thinking of bed,the early east is up and afoot. In Lime-house and Poplar there are streets whichare as busy in the dead of night as someWest-End thoroughfares are at eight inthe morning. From the back of the Surre_\ Theatre toWaterloo Bridge is a broad thoroughfarewhich is intersected by a number of some of these emerge from time to timeyoung fellows who are first cousins to theLambeth Hooligan. The thoroughfare itselfis quiet after 2 , but as \-ou walk along,keeping a wary eye on the side streets andthe corners, in the shadow you hear a wildscream of Murder ! ring out, followed by cries of Police! Police! Down one ofthese streets a man or a woman is perhapsbeing done to death. Vou glance up thelong road towards the welcome lights ofWaterloo, but }-ou see no sign of anyonewhom you would care to ask to go downthat stre
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