St Nicholas [serial] . on of blended humor and deter-mination on his face. Yes, little man, out in thestable with the horses and donkeys and cows andpigs. Then he laughed; he laughed in a waywhich made the dull clerk uneasy. Tell the proprietor, Ted Leslie said, nowspeaking sharply, and wheeling about as if on apivot,- to have my bill ready in half an hour. Iam leaving; yes, you understand; my little friend,here, and I are both leaving; we go to anotherhotel; the Fonda Espanola will take us in, I amsure; and my other friend who just went out—hewill go with us. Then Ted turned impulsivelytoward


St Nicholas [serial] . on of blended humor and deter-mination on his face. Yes, little man, out in thestable with the horses and donkeys and cows andpigs. Then he laughed; he laughed in a waywhich made the dull clerk uneasy. Tell the proprietor, Ted Leslie said, nowspeaking sharply, and wheeling about as if on apivot,- to have my bill ready in half an hour. Iam leaving; yes, you understand; my little friend,here, and I are both leaving; we go to anotherhotel; the Fonda Espanola will take us in, I amsure; and my other friend who just went out—hewill go with us. Then Ted turned impulsivelytoward the little chap on the chandelier, and ex-claimed, with a warmth of affection which musthave puzzled the dull clerk: No, little man, youdont go into a stable; not unless I go with , we stick together, at least for the he beckoned with one finger, as he spoke, andMr. Malloly executed a masterly leap to his shoul-der, and sat there, making faces at the confusedclerk in the doorway. (To be continued.).


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