suffered escaped sir charles he said to her at last my own this unhappy boy is killing you dear as he is to me you are dearer i must send him away again he saved our darling said she faintly but she could say no more he had exhausted excuse sir charles made inquiries everywhere and at last his attention was drawn to the following advertisement in the times � u backward or other boys carefully trained and m by a married comforts moderate terms address dr he wrote to this gentleman and the correspondence was g these said the artist in are like trees abominable till you them and then they bear the best the letters were passing came a climax reckless could keep no his inward definition of a boundary was a thing you should go a good way out of your way rather than not accordingly he was often on farm at night and even in garden the boundary wall tempted him so one light but windy night when everybody that could put his head under cover and keep it there did reckless was out enjoying the fresh breezes he mounted the boundary wall of like a cat to see what amusement might offer thus perched he speedily discovered a bright light in dining room he dropped from the wall directly and softly over the grass and peered in at the window he saw a table with a lamp on it on that table and gleaming in that light were several silver vessels of rare size and and mr with his coat off and a green apron on was cleaning one of these with brush and leather he had already cleaned the others for they glittered s black eye and glittered at this unexpected display of in so dazzling a form but this was nothing to the revelation in store when mr had done with that piece of plate he went to the wall and opened a door so nicely adapted o the that a stranger would hardly have discovered it yet it was an door and being opened revealed a still larger closet lined with green velvet and fitted with shelves from fi x r to ceiling here shone in all their the old of two good families t� at is to say the old plate of the and all the old plate of the from whom came to richard through his mother so named after her grandmother so named after her aunt so named after her so named after her father prince lier glass the wall seemed with and for many of the chased plates and dishes were silver gilt none of your plate but gold laid on thick by e old process in days when they that wrought in precious were honest � for want of knowing how to cheat to the pane on this of gold and silver and trembling with excitement reckless heard not a stealthy step upon the grass behind him i had trusted to a fact in forgetting the doctrine of shadows the servant saw from a the shadow of a cap projected on the grass with a face and part of a body she stepped out and got upon the grass finding it was only a boy she was brave as well as cunning and owing to the wind and his stole on him unheard and pinned him with her strong hands by both his shoulders young hopeful uttered a of dismay and administered a back kick that made limp for two days and scream very for the present mr at this dialogue of yell dropped a coffee pot with a crash and a and ran out directly and secured young who thereupon began to and i was only taking a look said he � where s the harm of that you were sir said richard � what is the harm of that governor you can come all over our place for what i care thank you i prefer to keep to my own place well i don t i say old chap don t bit me t was i put em all on the scent of your kid you know so i have heard well then this makes us � l on t it you ain t such a bad sort after all only mind mr if i you here again that will be a fresh and i open it with a a terrible temptation he then gave liim a little and the boy fled like the wind when he was gone became rather uneasy he had hitherto concealed even from his own family the great wealth his humble home contained his secret was now public repaid had no end of low companions if got scent of this it might be very awkward at last he hit upon a defence he got one of those hooks ending in a screw which are used for pictures ana it into the inside of the cupboard door near the top to this he fastened a long piece of and carried it through the floor his bed was just above the cupboard door and he attached the to a bell by his bedside by this means nobody could open that without ringing in his ears told tom tom told maria and and maria told everybody somebody told sir charles he was deeply you young idiot said he would nothing less this serve your turn must you go and lower me and yourself by giving just offence to my one enemy � the man i hate and despise and who is always on the watch to injure or me on who would be a rather there pack up your things you will go to school next morning at t o clock mr d packed accordingly but that did not occupy so he forth and taking for granted that it was richard who had been so mean as to tell he purchased some paint 