und, one shilling
and six-pence. His mother had grown very anxious and was almost afraid
to look when she heard his cab coming at last. But there was the old
horse, and there was the cab, all right! And there was Diamond on the
box his face as triumphant as a full moon! One of the men took the horse
to put him up and Diamond ran into the house and into the arms of his
mother!

"See! See!" he cried. "Here is the worm I caught!" He poured out the
six-pences and shillings into her lap. His mother burst out crying
again, but with joy this time and ran to show his father. Then how
pleased _he_ was! And Diamond snatched up the baby and began to sing and
dance, he was so happy!

The next morning, Diamond was up almost as early as before. But the men
would not let him do the harnessing any more. They got the cab all ready
for him and sent him in to eat all the breakfast he could and get well
bundled up. His first passenger was a young woman to be taken to the
docks. When he started back some roughs came along and tried to steal
his fare. But a pale-faced man came up and beat them off with his stick,
and told Diamond to drive away. Diamond begged him to get into the cab
and ride. The man said he could not spare the money to ride--he was too
poor.

"Oh, do come!" said Diamond. "I don't want the money. You helped me. Let
me help you."

"Well," said the man, "if you will take me to Chiswick, I can pay for
that. Drive to the Wilderness--Mr. Coleman's place. I'll show you when
we get there."

Now Diamond had been thinking he had seen the gentleman before and when
he said this, it flashed upon him that it was Mr. Evans who had been
going to marry Miss Coleman. North Wind had sunk his and Mr. Coleman's
ship because their business was not honest and was making bad men of
them. She had carried Mr. Evans away to a desert island. He had just
got back again and was poor now and humble and willing to begin to work
again in an honest way.

It was plain he did not know that Mr. Coleman had been ruined too and
had been forced to sell the Wilderness and move into a poor house in the
city. But Diamond knew, and as he drove along he was thinking what he
ought to do. The gentleman would not find Miss Coleman at the
Wilderness. And if he told him where she lived now, perhaps he would not
go to see her because he would be so ashamed of having brought all this
trouble on her by trying so hard to be rich.

Still he must want to see her very m