"Thank you a thousand times," she said; "I could never have got here alone."

"You're kindly welcome, and I hope the dear kid will soon be better."

He watched her go in at the door, and gently he exclaimed to himself,"Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these."Then he patted my neck, which was always his way when anything pleased him.

The rain was now coming down quick, and just as we were leaving the hospitalthe entrance opened again, and the porter called out, "Cab!" We stopped,and a lady came down the steps. Jerry seemed to know her at once;she put back her veil and said, "Barker! Jeremiah Barker, is it you?I am fairly glad to find you here; you are just the friend I want,for it is fairly difficult to get a cab in this part of London to-day."

"I shall be proud to serve you, ma'am; I am right glad I happened to be here.Where may I take you to, ma'am?"