Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. [Illustration: "YOU MUST DROP INTO MY ARMS. SEE?"] ANTHONY CRAGG'S TENANT BY AGNES GIBERNE AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC. WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY LANCELOT SPEED LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 BOUVERIE STREET, and 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD CONTENTS CHAPTER I. First Appearance of Mr. Dale II. An Unlooked-For Collapse III. Mrs. Anthony Cragg IV. A Rescue V. Alone in the Wide World VI. The Next Step VII. Into a New Home VIII. A Search Unauthorised IX. What Mr. Peterson Had Said X. Dot's Opinion XI. In the Very Act XII. Those Three Letters XIII. What Had Gone Wrong XIV. Little Dot—A Catastrophe XV. A Heavy Fall XVI. The Course of Events XVII. A Secret Made Known XVIII. A Dire Mistake XIX. A Very Narrow Escape XX. Made Clear ANTHONY CRAGG'S TENANT CHAPTER I First Appearance of Mr. Dale "ANTHONY! I say, Anthony! you're wanted. Make haste, will you? Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs. What are you doing? Do you mean to come, or not?" "All right, my dear," a man's voice said in the distance, not exerting itself. Mrs. Cragg tapped her smart parasol on the dusty floor. Although her words held a commanding sound, she was addressing her husband, and not a shop-boy. Mr. Cragg's better half had a reputation for smartness of tongue. Generally she liked to make her exit at the private door, from which business was excluded; but for once she had gone round by the warehouse, and had travelled down by the uncarpeted wooden staircase at the back of the shop, to a door which led into a side street. At this door she had stumbled on two people, waiting patiently for attention—a tall man, wearing a shabby coat, and a girl. Shabby people were objectionable in Mrs. Cragg's eyes. She counted herself a fine lady, and loved gay clothes, which she looked upon as a mark of gentility. Mrs. Cragg was not the first person in the world to fall into that mistake. At this moment she wore a gown of bright blue, while a large scarlet wing stood forth aggressively in her green straw hat. She had a high colour, beady black eyes, a profuse fringe of yellowish hair, and marked features. Not everybody would admire this combination, but Mrs. Cragg was wont to feel satisfied on looking into her mirror.