and see me again some day, Tony," she said, "when you have nothing better to do. I shall be home till the end of July, at all events." 

 Tony bent down and kissed her affectionately. "I shall often be dropping in if I may," he said.  "I am always in scrapes you know, Aunt Fanny, and you are about the only person I can look to for a little sympathy and encouragement." 

 "If my moral support is of any use, Tony," she said, "you can count on it to the utmost." 

 Outside the house a small crowd of loafers and errand boys had gathered round the car, which with its enormous strapped bonnet and disk wheels looked singularly out of place in this trim, respectable neighbourhood. 

 "Wotyer call that, guv'nor?" inquired one of them.  "A cycle car?" 

 "It's the new Baby Peugot," replied Tony gravely. 

 He started up the engine, and climbing into the seat, disappeared round the corner, followed by the admiring glances of his audience. 

 The Cosmopolitan Club, the headquarters of British pugilism, is situated in Covent Garden. It is regarded by some excellent people as a plague spot that will eventually be wiped away by the rising flood of a more humanized civilization, but this opinion can hardly be said to represent the views of the porter and carmen who frequent the vicinity. To them the Club represents all that is best and brightest in English civilization, and amongst its numerous and oddly assorted members nobody could claim to be better known or more popular than Tony. 

 As the big car picked its way over the cobbles, twisting neatly in and out between unattended carts and piles of empty baskets, a good number of the men who were lounging about greeted the owner with a friendly salute. When he reached the Club and pulled up, several of them stepped forward eagerly to open the door. 

 "'Ow abaht ter-morrer, sir," inquired one huge, hoarse-voiced carter.  "Sife to shove a bit on Tiger?" 

 "You can shove your horse and cart on him," said Tony, "and if it doesn't come off I'll buy you another." 

 He jumped out and crossed the pavement, followed by an approving murmur from everyone who had heard his offer. 

 The carter spat decisively into the gutter.  "E's a ruddy nobleman, 'e 

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