. St. Nicholas [serial] . nd violent kick, in the hope of its doing someexecution. Kirks boots were stout, and himself horri-fied and indignant; his heel caught the stran-ger with full force in the temple, and he, too,was added to the prostrate figures in the dark-ening field. Two of them did not long remainprostrate. Ken lurched, bewildered, to hisfeet, and, seeing his foe stretched by somemiracle upon the ground, he bundled Kirkover the wall and followed giddily. Stumblingdown the shadowy road, with Kirks hand inhis, he said: That was good luck. I must have giventhe gentleman a crack as he g
. St. Nicholas [serial] . nd violent kick, in the hope of its doing someexecution. Kirks boots were stout, and himself horri-fied and indignant; his heel caught the stran-ger with full force in the temple, and he, too,was added to the prostrate figures in the dark-ening field. Two of them did not long remainprostrate. Ken lurched, bewildered, to hisfeet, and, seeing his foe stretched by somemiracle upon the ground, he bundled Kirkover the wall and followed giddily. Stumblingdown the shadowy road, with Kirks hand inhis, he said: That was good luck. I must have giventhe gentleman a crack as he got me. 19-20.] THE HAPPY VENTURE 829 He was trying to steal your money, Ithink, Kirk said. I was lying on top ofyou, so I kicked him, hard. Oh, that was it, was it? Ken , very neat work, even if not the way, excuse me for speaking to youthe way I did, but it was nt any time to havea talk. You precious, trusting little idiot,dont you know better than to go off with thefirst person who comes along?. •HE WAS NOT QUITE SO T.\LL AS KEN. WHO SEIZED Hlil BY THE ARM. He said he d take me home, Kirk saidplaintively. I told him where it was. You ve got to learn, said his brother,stalking grimly on in the dusk, that every-body in the world is nt so kind and honest asthe people youve met so far. That individualwas going to take you goodness knows where,and not let us have you back till we d paidhim all the money we have in the world. IfI had nt come along just at that particularmoment, thats what would have happened. Kirk sniffed, but Ken went on relentlessly: What were you doing outside the gate. anyway? You re not allowed there. I dontlike your going to the maestros, even, but atleast it s a safe path. There are automobileson Winterbottom Road, and they suppose thatyou can see em and get out of their m afraid we 11 have to say that you cantleave the house without Phil or me. Ken was over-wrought, and forgot that hisbrother probably was, also. Kirk wept p
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