At length Mr Richardson said:-- "Where's the Bradshaw, Jane ?" "Oh, the train goes in half an hour.

You have just time to catch it.
Do go quickly.

My poor, poor boy!" The father groaned; and in another five minutes he was on his way to the station.
That morning, while school was in full swing, the porter entered the third class room with a telegram in his hand, which he took straight to the master.
"Richardson," said the master, "this is for you." Dick, who was at the moment engaged in drawing a circle on his Euclid cover with a pencil and a piece of string, much to the admiration of his neighbours, jumped up as if he had been shot, and with perturbed face went up to receive the missive.
He tore it open, and, as he glanced at its contents, his anxious face relaxed into a complacent grin.
"From G.

Richardson, London.

I shall reach Templeton at 3:5 this afternoon.