Shank found himself in the street with feelings of surprise strong upon him.
“Pray for me!” he muttered, as he walked slowly along. “It never occurred to me before that he prayed at all! The old humbug has more need to pray for himself!”
Chapter Nine.
Shank Reveals Something More of his Character.
Taking his way to the railway station Shank Leather found himself ere long at his mother’s door.
He entered without knocking.
“Shank!” exclaimed Mrs Leather and May in the same breath.
“Ay, mother, it’s me. A bad shilling, they say, always turns up. I always turn up, therefore I am a bad shilling! Sound logic that, eh, May?”