Transcribed from the 1909 Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
FRIARSWOOD
POST-OFFICE
by
C. M. YONGE,
author of “the heir of redclyffe”
with coloured illustrations
by
a. g. walker
sculptor
london:
WELLS GARDNER, DARTON, & CO., LTD.
3 & 4 Paternoster Buildings, E.C.
and 44 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.
CHAPTER I—THE STRANGE LAD
‘Goodness! If ever I did see such a pig!’ said Ellen King, as she mounted the stairs. ‘I wouldn’t touch him with a pair of tongs!’
‘Who?’ said a voice from the bedroom.
‘Why, that tramper who has just been in to buy a loaf! He is a perfect pig, I declare! I only wonder you did not find of him up here! The police ought to hinder such folk from coming into decent people’s shops! There, you may see him now!’