He had not proceeded a hundred yards before his plan was very materially changed. He heard a cry, turned quickly, and saw a messenger boy sprawling in the street. The boy, in darting across, had tripped over a rope attached to an automobile having a second large machine in tow. The latter, the driver unable to turn because of vehicles which had crowded in on both sides of it, was bearing down upon the boy, who was either stunned or too frightened to move. This Donaldson took in at a glance as he dived under the belly of a horse, seized the boy and, having time for nothing else, held him above his head, dropping him upon the radiator of the approaching machine as it bore him to the ground. The chauffeur had shoved on his brakes, but they were weak. The momentum threw Donaldson hard enough to stun him for a moment and was undoubtedly sufficient to have killed the boy. When Donaldson rose to his feet he found himself uninjured but something of a hero. Several newspaper photographers who happened to be passing (as newspaper photographers have a way of doing) snapped him. A reporter friend of Saul's recognized him and asked for a statement. "A statement be hanged," snorted Donaldson. "Where's the kid?" "Well," returned the newspaper man, "I 'm darned if I don't make a statement to you then; that was the quickest and nerviest stunt I 've ever seen pulled off in New York city." "Thanks. Where 's the kid?" The kid, with a grin from ear to ear, had kindly assumed a pose upon the radiator of the machine which had so nearly killed him for the benefit of the insatiate photographers. It was 3457. "You!" exclaimed Donaldson, as he found himself looking into the familiar face. He lifted the boy to the ground. "Let's get out of the crowd, kid," he whispered. "I want to see you." He pushed his way through to the sidewalk, followed by the admiring throng, and hurried along to the nearest cab. He shoved the boy quickly into this and followed after as the photographers gave one last despairing snap. "Drive anywhere," he ordered the driver. "Only get out of this." He turned to the boy. "Are you hurt?" "No. Are youse?" "Not a mite. Where were you bound?" "Home." "Where is that?" The boy gave an address and Donaldson repeated it to the driver. "I 'll go along with you and see that you don't block any more traffic." "Gee. I never saw the rope." "That's because you were in a hurry. It does n't pay to hurry life at all. Not a second." "But the comp'ny can fire yer in a hurry if you don't hurry." "A company can hurry because it hasn't a soul. You have. Keep it." Donaldson felt as though he had found an old friend. It seemed now a month ago since he had wandered through the stores with this boy. The latter recalled again something of the spirit of those hours. "Say," asked Bobby, "h'ain't yuh spent all yer coin yet?"