Show i II Forbidden I BE BERTHA CLAY BY M. M J r it But the tho Utter l rily realised that would bo tie J UK Ug bad If It not worM woree for tor Mrs Irs Buster to see sec him and und pulling wora up f the collar clar or of hIs Iia duster so lO as aa partially to conceal concel his face fac he ho started after Buster Duster aCer But the sergeant In his lii sergent Ill ex exCitement ex- ex r. r had harl pulled to the door lOOr 1001 which fastened r with Ith a a spring tprIng lock There Thero W wa was no escape for Dove In that t e DO Ont direction Where could he go Ah h through the tue ladle ladie room rom and he be darted awn away in that direction t l But Dut scarcely had he reached the door whop when ho he behold a sight that almost froze tho the blood in hi his veins Ills His Ils wife was ws there thore WJ Wild with wIt alarm alarm he almo almost t hurled himself backward narrowly escaping violent contact with wih Captain Derringer r who ho ha had Just entered th the tho room ln ha having at lastS last laRt succeeded succeeded- In finding a 8 cab cb r With t an n incoherent word ord of ot apology Iu u a i UI up to the tee door that led Into tho to street Yes tho there thoe e waa wae Mrs Mm le r Buster bearing down on him and only a 3 few fw yard a away way He was hemmed In iii on all an sides side At t that moment he be caught sight of ot Derringers Derringer's cab cab cab-a caba a wheeler tour which was waft standing In front of or the te door It was a 0 caso of an any port In a a. storm and I without an Instants Instant's hesitation Cato jumped in In closing the tho door toor ball behind Ind him and pulling down the blind I Ho He had bad scarcely done so when bon Jo- Jo emerged from the ladles ladies lacos' lacos room to moet meet h her r brother whom she had bad perceived perceive through the open door What hat a 0 time you OU have o toor been ben she I cried crIe Have 0 you found a cab cb Yes Yes Come on replied Derringer leading the tho wa way to the street street As they twy emerged emerge up upon p the sidewalk Mrs Buster Duster came to rs up them Arabella exclaimed Josephine pausing In surprise as its she recognized lien her Why Wheres Where's the te sergeant Tho rho monster exclaimed Mrs Buston Bus Dus ton ier angrily He lie loft left lee me Ine In the horse show sIow an nn h hour ur ago Its It's Is all 01 over and anti him Iley me out out Im I'm Im looking for And Anu n the tho a way in which she announced the tho fact tact augured a very wretched augre Q vey time for tor Buster Duster if Jt his explanation of his ab nb- nb- nb sence did not happen to meet with credence wih Meanwhile Derringer was wa trying to ting open tho the door of or the cab cb which stuck fast fast tast- a by bJ no means extraordinary fact tact when hen It I Is considered ered that Dove Dovo was holding hOlinG it on the te Inside Inside I But nut Derringer bracing himself gave O b I it a n pull puB which partially opened it I re roeln ro- ro eln the within the tho 10 ca cal cab I I Hello What's hats this eX exclaimed Derringer 1 In amazement I t Th Ti rc res re's KOmo ROmo one inside J Since h he had started from Ch Charm Cross Crags station It had hal begun to lo rain an anc now the cout were mere discharging tel contents content in torrents Tit This of ot cor course e. e dbl not l add d to Cato comfort Oh what a u time he was a hahl hay ha hl Ing But in an entirely different sense sens 0 from what whal he had ha expected He lie jumped In again Into the cab cb Where shall I take you sir naked asked I the cabman To re o Chi answered Dove e Do half hal r at 1 random tom Through the pouring rain they pro pro- ceede and then the tho cabman running up announced announce We v ve are ae at Chiswick lck sir Jr What ad dress sir Then Ten Cato pulling himself together S reI that ho had forgotten fUrl SS S the address adru of ot Buster friend nd tho the cheerful What w was wai wh h he to do I He n. pulled out his watch atch It I was only half peat pt seven en Well 01 at all an events th the cb cab b was a refuge from the wet ho he Drive commanded round roun till tl I tell teU you YO t to x stop But at set lt this the Ule cabman demurred HI iii really realy cant can't do co that that sir 11 he de tie- dared My once orse is f. done up sir she and anti mal III Ill II must go ome omne to change cange m my hani bani- Pleasant this this ver very But then money mone I I could do everything o especially with wih a London cabby So Cat pulled Cato out hl his purse pure to try the tho power of or gold gOI But nut to his Ills despair and horror he found that ho had given un all his mone money his last five pounds to Buster to purchase purchase pur pur- eh chase e his railway ticket and that miserable mis mis- erable erale forgetful Duster Buster had hac neglected to return him the change There Hero nolo was a nice situation truly Cant you OU drive mo me 00 to he ho asked the time coachman thin thinking that there ho bo could coull have what ho lie owed for tor cab cb tore tare paid and charged up to his account But Dut the Ule cabby's answer was like the tho k knoll n of ot doom sir sh Tho orso orse wouldn't never ne reach there HI must mils t go o back to the stable stable Then go back a k f to Lb tho the stable an and bo ho i hanged hango to you YOUR exclaimed Cato flinging fling fling- ing himself bG dejectedly Into t 9 corner of ot the le cab cb And back to this the stable they wont wont- It W was S n not t I a question queston Into which an any dt discussion could enter Considering his financial condition Cato had to stick to that cab The ho coachman drove home to n ro e home actable yard in the t Kentish roa road Hi Ill Munt It be a minute sir sh ho bo doured do- do lured dared II dismounting from rom his box bos O ant an and 0 one alternative and Cato took It It He i-fe dragged dagg the nn ant ari drunken cabb cabby from lila his bo box box said and vW win much effort divested ted him of his life cr greatcoat great great- at coat Arraying ln h himself Imel in t this Is covering eO against t th the e rain rin Cato hoisted the flu drunken cochman coachman Into the tho cab cb and ane mounting the box drove himself t tc it g 11 How lie ever got Rot there he Ito neve ne i r knew but b by hook bU or b by crook he lit finally managed to re reach cl the entrance i S 5 of or the restaurant Stumbling own from his lofty porch perch he ho staggered more dead leati dee than alive nl e Into the time entrance hall hI and int sank down don upon one ono of ot the benches Instantly a a. waiter waler came to toward ard him and from trOI his attire mistaking him himor for Cor or what he looked hooked like la mistakinG demanded brusquely j 1 What aro iro you doing hero Get out at once opec Cato rose 1010 wearily to his feet tet a and di divested dl- dl l- l vested himself of ot the cabman coat and anti then lien of ot tho lie duster he ho wore swore ore un under tinder orn or- or n neath tb J In I his fashionably cut suit But of Qt light gra gray cloth he ho looked his own charac charac- ter a ten a gentleman gentleman amid and the waiter walter and surprised sur sur- prized though thought he ho le was at once changed his Ids tone tone Oh I beg bes pardon parton sir sin What hat can I Io do o for tor you ou sir Take Talo that coat back to tho the coach coach- man lies IIo's drunk Insl inside e the cab cob And let lot me rest here for tor a n mInute minute The Tho waiter walter took up the coat and nd de- de de tie- parted honed Cato Cab to san sn sank I. I back upon the bench glad lator la for or a 0 moments moment's respite in tho the warmth and amid J light lightWell ht Well this Is what Buster Duster calls caBs mak lug ing a night of ot It he thought wearily to lo himself Duster Buster drew rew out the pro pro- gram grain Buster Busier composed the entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- ment and ant I consented to pla play a part in time the piece e. e But If the Incidents in iii score tor lor tue tlC next nouns hours ble blo what I have gone gont through already I shall shah not live hive Jve to see The me morning moring Beg sir said the tho man liU voice rousing Cato most unpleasantly but tho the cabby sa says s 's its it's is i's two sovereigns sir you OU promised to give him film One Oner exclaimed Cato In Indignantly The Tho rogue S sr sons es double Well sir replied the tho waiter walter el repressing repressing re re- re- re pressing a laugh he lie says if It you ou wont won't pay It I he lie wants your number His number Tho tipsy fellow v was as I evidently possessed of oC n. n sense of oC hu humor hu- hu mor His Ills number Well el yes es he lie probably probably abl ably had been fulfilling the duties dutes of or a o cabman and without l a license too I You hind had ha better beter take tale his 61 sir elf sug aug sug- sug le tet the waiter who was e evidently li Jp full fuU possession of time the jol joke jolce e. e and en en- en card It to boot and ant give him him your him No 0 Indeed i that would woul never do o. o Complications might arise from such a a proceeding that would be anything but but but agreeable Pu Pay tho lie fellow what ho bo asks re replied replied re- re plied pled Cato desperately and ancl put it I Inthe in inthe Inthe the bi bill Tho The waiter waler hesitated He lie le did not know IclOn this gentleman genteman It I might be all iU t and then lien ag again ln it I might t be bo nIl all wrong and anc If Jt tho the latter were the case he lie the waiter would ul undoubtedly be called caled to account for Cor his mistake What name sir fe he asked Whom hom shall tim we te charge It to lo This was a poser Cato knew ho lie had no xo monc money and knew also that thero there vas va probably no flO one ne there at ho rho could couI vouch for his Iden Identity tty Hescar He Ho scarcely scar eh know knew what to answer lu ut l t tm suddenly m cuy a n happy thought came to him My ly narno namo Oh Oh no matter about IQ answered d lightly as If I. I 1 it itron vcr ron orid t rl j I. I to s p heY S S rg n t- t Bi ers cr's rs r's party parly Now It It chanced chance most fortunately that his is particular waller valten WRY vas the tho one who whip tad ad Iod sewed served Buster Busler on several occasions hen the tho sergeant had been able to slip sUp slipway way iway for a u supper at Cro- Cro lomb and anc had hall moreover been the rc- rc of ot most generous tips So the Jr iK Uon of or this namo 1310 acted as a a tails bUs nan man ra The waiters waiter's manner at once changed o 0 the greatest obsequiousness Yes Indeed sir cr Very well sir he lie replied most deferentially Tho Time sergeant sergeant ser ser- ser ser- geant geant is well wel known to us here herc Quite wen well known sir And he Lie hurried a away way on his errand Cato remained where here he woe was until his tits messenger returned Well Wel did id you f it all al right t r he a asked when after a not vcr very long Jong deIny delay doa de do- lay Iny fly the reappeared Oh yes sir No trou trouble at nfl all al sir Jr But lut with wih n a suppressed smile I hope the lie cabby will H gel get all al right May Iy ho no break his neck and be hanged to him muttered Cato with wib under the time n circumstances Ca cs pardonable vi The waiter waier said nothing perhaps ho did lid not hear henl the tIme remark but coming coining forward with the ubiquitous brush of his craft craf that brush which is always expected to catch a 0 small smal coin said with his most engaging smile Shall I brush you off ot sir sl Oh yes es brush me off replied Cute Cato rising and wishing to himself that the tho dust dUlt which obstructed his brain could bo bu brushed brushed away as easily as that upon his hs clothes I Continued Burning I I This Uli ThAs cu K t i aJ J t. t tiled ut Dove still cil clinging to Iho thu door cool retorted tho the captain I becoming Indignant Of ot course coure It In is InI I engaged It sir This cab Is Ie mino Drive on coachman yelled Do Dove Dox- paying no attention to the others other's otherl words WO I Stop cried Derringer hot hotly Not until 1 3 have havo your our namo Cato 1 scarcely knowing what he W wa was I doln doing and ana bent on only upon getting from the pocket of ot his out awn away pulled te duster u tOl the card which Duster Buster ho had given I n I him and nd thrust It out under the curtain of oC the tho window j I IThen Then Thou to without an an Instants Instant's dela delay he hc flung up the forward window a of tho the cab cb and pushing MB his hi head hed out cried i I Cabby P Pi Common A soverign soverIgn sovereign Ign eign if IC you OU gallop galop all al tho the thoa a way Tho Jehu was mortal and sovereigns were vero not to bo met with wih oval every day Whatever cr his bs private opinion might have hn been as to the tho justice of ot tho the case tho the bribe was too lOD much for him and ana he heat heat heat at whipped up his The cab cb started away so 80 suddenly that Derringer ba had Just time to jump back In order to avoid avol being struck by bythe the Uio wheel AB As It i was wa ho was bespattered with mud He le sprang back uttering an on tion ton which was scarcely polite poUle considering consid consid- ering tho the presence of ot the te two ladles ladles answerable whoever I I will wU hold holl you you ou are arc he screamed shaking his lIst fist utter sifter uter tho retreating cab cb Then ho looked at the card which ho lie held hold In his hand han and an anred read red aloud Mr Sergeant Buster Pump Court Mrs trl Duster Bueter who wa WU was standing close cose by him and heard the words gave cave one I shriek of or mingled amazement amazement and anger anger an- an an- an ger Sly My Iy husband husban j S ITI 1 X NI I. I Jh Ite 1 he Ul of ot the lie hh Oft Off The Tho cab started off ott at a b break break re-D re el pace and Cato threw throw himself himl back inthe Inthe in inthe the corner ant not caring very much whether there was as an nn accident or not What hat difference would It I make maleo What difference did anything make now Ho ITo had made mao a hair breadth hair escape 08 es cape from rom detection by his rc and ant nothing olse else mattered The To cab proceeded at a 0 most Illegal speed until they reached roche Knights Knights- I bridge Then Cato Cato who had bad partially l COVered COV- COV ered himself ordered the cabman to pull U UP It bad bod occurred to him hm that tat considering tho unforeseen and absolutely absolutely unpredictable encounters to to which ho had been subjected It I would he be Ih well wen to have a 0 better disguise than that afforded d d by his tile duster and slouch hat hat go So he ho stopped at a S shop devoted articles and tp of or a a variety of ot Purchased an enormous anti and ac roost moat ugly Idso nose Should the 00 occasion doIt do duo uland It I ht be ti could clap that upon hit hite hi fice detection ce e and un be pr pretty ty certain of ot avoiding unhitching his hie horse I Cato believed him and remained Inthe in inthe inthe the cab cb But the minutes stretched on and d on If I he le c had hd only had hod hA money it would woul have been all 01 right but ho bo did dla not riot have havo a penny penn Confound that Buster Buster Bus Bus- ter who b had bd d forgotten to give him his 1 change I and fuming he be remained Inthe in inthe I the time cb cab his lila only refuge Finally FInaly after fully two hours hours' hour absence ab ab- ab- ab sence sence the cabman returned but returned re ro- ro I turned turned turned-oh turned turned-h. oh horror of horrors as as Cato Cat saw aw at the te first glance glance drunk drunk I It I was as horrible but but under the circumstances cir ctr- there was wal nothing noting to be done one Tho The fresh tres horse wa waa finally put into the traces but tho co coachman was so Intoxicated in intoxicated In- In that even the animal seemed l to look took askance at him doubting evidently evi dently the ce propriety of ot |