. Jerry's family : a story of a street waif of New York . n cried, in mingled astonish-ment and terror. What is the matter ? What hashappened ? REPRISALS. 49 I look pretty bad, dont I ? You are terribly bruised ! Yes, thats the way I feel. What has been done to you, Jerry ? Seem s though you might know that without , your husbands names Dick,aint it ? Yes ; why do you ask ? Well, while you was tellin me^bout him I felt like I wasbound to be even for the wayhe treated you, an there s afeller down there whats gotthe same name, so I lowed tothump the life outer him; but thething did nt t
. Jerry's family : a story of a street waif of New York . n cried, in mingled astonish-ment and terror. What is the matter ? What hashappened ? REPRISALS. 49 I look pretty bad, dont I ? You are terribly bruised ! Yes, thats the way I feel. What has been done to you, Jerry ? Seem s though you might know that without , your husbands names Dick,aint it ? Yes ; why do you ask ? Well, while you was tellin me^bout him I felt like I wasbound to be even for the wayhe treated you, an there s afeller down there whats gotthe same name, so I lowed tothump the life outer him; but thething did nt turn out jest as Icounted on. u What had he done that youshould want to whip him ? His name was Dick, an thatsenough, aint it ? Master O Bascomb replied, curtly. Ithought as you would ntcare if I came up here ankinder fixed myself, causeit would nt look jest rightto go down town to-morrer in sich shape. Before Jerry ceased speaking, Helen had filled abasin with warm water, and, despite that young gentle-mans most earnest protestations that he could do it. • HE PRESENTED A SHOCKINGLYDISREPUTABLE APPEARANCE. 50 JEWRYS FAMILY. hisself bettern she could, gently bathed his disfiguredface. I hope you will never do such a thing again, Jerry. Sich as what ? That you will never fight. A feller d have a mighty rough show in this town ifhe did nt strike out once in a while when he getsjumped on. I reckon there Ve been lots of times whenI d starved if I had nt knowed enough to put up myhands. But it is nt gentlemanly, Jerry. Well, we fellers down this end of the city dont havemuch time to think bout whats gentlemanly. Its acase of hard knocks, an if you cant give more n you regettin, you stand a pretty poor show. But in this instance, Jerry, it was not only ungentle-manly, but absolutely uncalled for. Why should youattempt to whip a boy simply because his name wasDick ? After I heard bout that Dick of yourn, it was likeas if I d got to do somethin, an if I d had hold of himthen, it seems
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