The Princess and Joe Potter

JOE FINDING THE PRINCESS. ( See page 22. )
BOSTON ESTES AND LAURIAT PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1898 By Estes and Lauriat Colonial Press: Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A.

Hello, Joe Potter! What you doin' up in this part of the town?
The boy thus addressed halted suddenly, looked around with what was very like an expression of fear on his face, and then, recognising the speaker, replied, in a tone of relief:
Oh, it's you, is it, Plums?
Of course it's me. Who else did you think it was? Say, what you doin' 'round here? Who's tendin' for you now?
Nobody.
It don't seem as though this was the time of day when you could afford to shut up shop.
But that's what I have done.
Got some 'portant business up here at the de pot, eh?