But certain allegations were made, and, to avoid "unpleasantness," they compounded and paid £300 to get the bill back.
When I last heard of the black sheep father he had been "converted," and was thinking of joining the Salvation Army.
The sons are nervous. They have an idea that they will one day meet their father in a scarlet uniform beating a big drum.
But even that would be a relief, if he devotes himself to music and abandons finance.
In the lives of the people lie the Mysteries of modern London, and the Black Sheep go to the making of many of them.
CHAPTER XVII—CHILDREN AND CRIME
The hereditary taint—Cain, as a child of fifteen—Because he wouldn't give her a toy—Playing with fire—A heartless lie for a threepenny-bit—Suicide among children
THERE is one phase in the mystery of life in the great City which I would gladly pass. But it is one of the strangest, one of the least known, and it is impossible to ignore it.