[{"node":{"title":"Hanna233","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna233","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"City, Kipper","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna233","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Hanna233_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff226\n\nBy vigorous use of their shoulders the Ogles gained\na foothold on the platform. Behind them came the dogs\nand Petie, buffeted and tossed by the men pressing\nbehind him. Just as he got his foot on the step, a\nyouth came clattering down the stairs and leapt from\nthe tram, knocking him staggering back onto the street.\n\nThe conductor, open-mouthed, craned his neck over a mass\nof oil-stained caps to see if everyone was safely on.\n\n\u2019\u2019All aboard!\" someone sang out. The bell pinged and\nthe tram, gathering speed, snored into the brown city\nmurk. Just before it disappeared, Petie saw a sudden\nupheaval among the men crushed on the platform. A lithe\ngolden shape wriggled out from the moving tram, slithered\nalong the road for a few feet and then turned and came\nbounding joyfully back to Petie. It was Kipper.\n\nFurther up the road a mill suddenly released\nhundreds upon hundreds of men and women. They came\nsurging down the pavement, sweeping all before them, so\nthat pedestrians moving in the opposite direction had\nto hug the wall or step off onto the street. In a\nfumbling darting run Petie and Kipper crossed the street\nto the quieter side. What little sense of direction the\nold man once had was now lost. Hunger, weariness, and\ntoo much drink had left him in a befuddled condition\nready to be swept along by any force outside himself.\n\nHe had crossed at the opposite tram-stop, and now,\nwhen a tram drew up before him, he moved forward\nautomatically with the other waiting people, clinging\ndesparately to Kipper\u2019s scruff. \"Upstairs with that dog,\"\nordered the conductor and Petie stumbled upstairs. He\nheld out two pennies when the conductor came along. \"One\nfor me and one for the dog,\" he said. The people who\noverheard him, laughed, but the conductor snatched a penny\na penny from his hand and thrust a ticket into the crook\nof his thumb. A kindly woman leant over to Petie. \"They\n","Type":"Text"}}]