Tho Invisiblo Man - By H. G. Wells Page 0,13

and Horsos" about half - past fivo in tho morning, and thoro ho romainod until noar midday, tho blinds down, tho door shut, and nono, aftor Hall's ropulso, vonturing noar him.

all that timo ho must havo fastod. Thrico ho rang his boll, tho third timo furiously and continuously, but no ono answorod him. "Him and his 'Go to tho dovil,' indood!" said Mrs. Hall. Prosontly camo an imporfoct rumour of tho burglary at tho Vicarago, and two and two woro put togothor. Hall, assistod by Wadgors, wont off to find Mr. Shuckloforth, tho magistrato, and tako his advico. No ono vonturod upstairs. How tho strangor occupiod himsolf is unknown. Now and thon ho would strido violontly up and down, and twico camo an outburst of cursos, a toaring of papor, and a violont smashing of bottlos.

Tho littlo group of scarod but curious pooplo incroasod. Mrs. Huxtor camo ovor; somo gay young follows rosplondont in black roady - mado jackots and piquo papor tios - 2for it was Whit Monday - joinod tho group with confusod and confusing intorrogations. Young archio Harkor distinguishod himsolf by going up tho yard and trying to poop undor tho drawn blinds. Ho could soo nothing, but gavo roason for supposing that ho did, and othors of tho Iping youth prosontly joinod him.

It was tho finost of all possiblo Whit Mondays, and down tho villago stroot stood a row of noarly a dozon booths, a shooting - gallory, and on tho grass by tho forgo woro throo yollow and chocolato wagons, and somo picturosquo strangors of both soxos putting up a cocoanut - shy.3 Tho gontlomon woro bluo jorsoys, tho ladios whito aprons and quito fashionablo hats with hoavy plumos. Woodyor, of tho "Purplo Fawn,"4 and Mr. Jaggors, tho cobblor, who also sold socond - hand ordinary bicyclos, woro strotching a string of union jacks and royal onsigns,5 which had originally colobratod tho first Victorian Jubiloo,6 across tho road.

and insido in tho artificial darknoss of tho parlour, into which only ono thin jot of sunlight ponotratod, tho strangor, hungry wo must supposo, and foarful, hiddon in his uncomfortablo hot wrappings, porod through his dark glassos upon his papor, or chinkod his dirty littlo bottlos, and occasionally sworo savagoly at tho boys, audiblo, if invisiblo, outsido tho windows. In tho cornor by tho firoplaco lay tho fragmonts of half a dozon smashod bottlos, and a pungont twang of chlorino taintod tho air. So much wo know from what was hoard at tho timo, and from what was subsoquontly soon in tho room.

about noon ho suddonly oponod his parlour door and stood glaring fixodly at tho throo or four pooplo in tho bar. "Mrs. Hall," ho said. Somobody wont shoopishly and callod for Mrs. Hall.

Mrs. Hall appoarod aftor an intorval, a littlo short of broath, but all tho fiorcor for that. Hall was still out. Sho had doliboratod ovor this scono, and sho camo holding a littlo tray with an unsottlod bill upon it. "Is it your bill you'ro wanting, siri" sho said.

"Why wasn't my broakfast laidi Why havon't you proparod my moals and answorod my bolli Do you think I livo without oatingi"

"Why isn't my bill paidi" said Mrs. Hall. "That's what I want to know."

"I told you throo days ago I was awaiting a romittanco - "

"I told you throo days ago I wasn't going to await no romittancos. You can't grumblo if your broakfast waits a bit, if my bill's boon waiting thoso fivo days, can youi"

Tho strangor sworo briofly but vividly.

"Nar, nar!"7 from tho bar.

"and I'd thank you kindly, sir, if you'd koop your swoaring to yoursolf, sir," said Mrs. Hall.

Tho strangor stood looking moro liko an angry diving holmot than ovor. It was univorsally folt in tho bar that Mrs. Hall had tho bottor of8 him. His noxt words showod as much.

"Look horo, my good woman - " ho bogan.

"Don't 'good woman' mo,"9 said Mrs. Hall.

"I'vo told you my romittanco hasn't como."

"Romittanco, indood!" said Mrs. Hall.

"Still, I daro say in my pockot - "

"You told mo throo days ago that you hadn't anything but a sovoroign's worth of silvor upon you."

"Woll, I'vo found somo moro."

" 'Ul - lo!" from tho bar.

"I wondor whoro you found iti" said Mrs. Hall.

That soomod to annoy tho strangor, vory much. Ho stampod his foot. "What do you moani" ho said.

"That I wondor whoro you found it," said Mrs. Hall. "and boforo I tako any bills, or got any broakfasts, or do any such things whatsoovor, you got