"See Miss Royanna!" the man shouted in surprise. "If that isn't the
limit! Well, she can't be seen, that's all there is about it."
"But we have come all the way to see her," Rod insisted.
"All the way from where?"
"From Hillcrest."
"Ho, ho! that's a good one. D'ye think she'd gee such bushies as you?
Get out of this, or I'll chuck you."
"But we must see her," and Rod stepped boldly forward. "It's very
important."
"Get out of this, I say," and the man caught him roughly by the
shoulders, wheeled him around, and was about to send him headlong out
upon the stage, when a stern voice arrested him.
"What's all this about, Ben?"
"I'm kicking these two bushies out, sir, for their impudence in coming
here," the little man replied, letting go of his grip upon the boy.
As Rod turned, his heart gave a great leap, for there before him stood
the very man with "the splendid eyes and grey hair," who had so won
Miss Arabella's heart.
For a few seconds John Markham eyed the two boys. Rod's face looked
familiar, but he could not recall where he had seen it before. He was
always meeting so many people that it was hard for him to remember them
all. Perhaps this was one of the newsboys, and that was the reason why
he recognised his face.
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