Voices in the Night; A Chromatic Fantasia (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...But with the thought came also the memory of what he had said about Jerry and the carrying on of British rule; and with that came the memory of what the Thakoor had said about the boy. Dear little chap A great tenderness swept through him for the child. And for the child's mother, the woman who had refused--? The.question was not answered. He started up--incredulous--then set off running, calling as he ran, "Jerry Jerry What on earth are you up to? Jerry Jerry " For in the dimness that was not quite darkness, he had seen a little figure running like a hare between the bushes, a little figure in an Eton suit with a gleam of white collar. "Jerry Jerry you little fool pull up, will you " There was no answer, and he had lost sight of the boy; but, as he ran on, the sound of other footsteps behind him made him look round and pause. For it was my Lady Greensleeves running too. He could see the " crimson stockings all o' silk, and pumps white as is the milk," as they sped over the grass. "Jerry " she gasped. "Where is he? What is it?" "On ahead somewhere God knows I told you we were all mad," he answered as he ran on. The flowering bushes, growing thick upon the lawns near the cemetery, hid his quarry; but suddenly, on the double back towards the Residency, the child's figure showed, still running like a hare. In the light of a Chinese lantern that flared up as candle met paper, his face looked dogged. "Whoo hoop gone away Stick to 'im, sir stick to 'im--"For we'll all go a-'unting to-day we'll all go a-'unting to-day " trolled a new voice, and two more pairs of running feet joined the chase as Jan-Ali-shan and Budlu appeared from the cemetery. "What, in...