"You'll have to get through us to reach them !" he cried. "We --"

But he was interrupted. A whistle sounded. The next moment the
police were there.




CHAPTER III


PICKED FOR SERVICE


The coming of the police cleared the little crowd of would-be
rioters away in no time. There were only three or four of the
Bobbies, but they were plenty. A smiling sergeant came up to
Franklin.

"More of your Boy Scout work, sir?" he said, pleasantly. "I heard
you standing them off! That was very well done. If we can depend
on you to help us all over London, we'll have an easier job than
we looked for."

"We saw a whole lot of those fellows piling up against the shop
here," said Franklin. "So of course we pitched in. We couldn't
let anything like that happen."

"There'll be a lot of it at first, I'm afraid, sir," said the
sergeant. "Still, it won't last. If all we hear is true, they'll