Meanwhile Hector, after looking about him, turned, and, getting into
a Broadway stage, rode uptown as far as Twenty-third Street, where
the stage turned down toward Sixth Avenue. He concluded to walk the
remainder of the way.
As he was walking up Madison Avenue, his attention was drawn to a
little girl in charge of a nursemaid. The latter met an acquaintance
and forgot her charge. The little girl, left to herself, attempted
to cross the street just as a private carriage was driven rapidly up
the avenue. The driver was looking away, and it seemed as if,
through the double neglect of the driver and the nurse, the poor
child would be crushed beneath the hoofs of the horses and the
wheels of the carriage.
CHAPTER XXX.
A BRAVE DEED.
Hector's heart stood still as he realized the peril of the child. He
dashed forward on the impulse of the moment, and barely succeeded in
catching up the little girl and drawing her back out of harm's way.
The driver, who had done his best to rein up his horses, but without
success, ejaculated with fervent gratitude, for he, too, had a child
of his own about the age of the little girl, "God bless you, boy.
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