The first Step towards the Ladder VII. I hope to see the day, when not Southwark alone, but London itself shall become one Mint,—when all men shall be debtors, and none creditors,— when imprisonment for debt shall be utterly abolished,—- when highwayrobbery shall be accounted a pleasant pastime, and forgery an accomplishment, —when Tyburn and its gibbets shall be overthrown,—capital punishments discontinued,—Newgate, Ludgate, the Gatehouse, and the Compters razed to the ground,—Bridewell and Clerkenwell destroyed,—the Fleet, the King's Bench, and the Marshalsea remembered only by name! But, in the mean time, as that day may possibly be farther off than I anticipate, we are bound to make the most of the present. To buy the freedom of a poor little Chinese slave-girl! For what was the sing-song girl but a slave, the double slave of custom and of men? Ruth wanted to know keenly what had impelled the idea. This was just what he needed. ’ ‘Only in hot blood, eh?’ grinned Gerald. "Trenchard," he muttered; "Aliva Trenchard—they were right, then, as to the name. This morning I met him at the dock, and he wouldn't take the other fifty. “How did you hear that?” Lucy’s brows knitted. “I will put the question,” Drummond said gravely. With the aid of a penknife he ripped the shoulder seams and drew out the ten one-thousand dollar bills. Austin could scarcely credit his senses when he beheld him. " "You are the kindest man I have ever known," said Ruth, unashamed of her tears. Sheppard trembled violently; and though she understood his meaning too well, she answered,—"I can't guess.
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