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272 BLACK SHEEP." Ido. It was my son's."A few minutes of close and anxious consultationbetween the gentlemen followed, and thenMr. Lowther, telling Jim that he must remainwith Mr. Felton until his return, went out,andwas driven away in Mrs. Stanhope's carriage.Mr. Felton and the tyvo womentreated the boywith kind consideration.In the frightful positionin which they were all placed, there wasnow a prospect of relief, not, indeed, from thetremendous calamity, but from the dreadful danger,ancl Jim, as the medium through whichthe hope shone, yvas very valuable to them.Food was given him, of a quality rare to thestreet-boy, and he ate it with sufficient appetite.Thus the time passed, until Mr. Lowther returned,accompanied by a small smart man ina gray suit, yvho was no other than Mr. Tatlow,and whose first words toMr. Felton were:" It's all right, sir. We've got the otherwarrant."Then Mr. Felton sent Clare and her cousinaway, and Jim, having been cheered and con-