, 1874-03-15

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night Il By auv possibility there wis Ikeli-
nooa OF my house being entered Ut once, l was
70 know 1t bY dinner-time, that Z might be- pre-
pared Tor the burglars I was meantime to 90
manner, 80 as to excite no comment among the
servants, aud receiving no word from Bolts
WAS 70 rest satisfied. and consider my house safe
toT another twenty-tour hours.
1 went home according to directions, and set
about spending my day in my usual way, but tho
house was so still, and seemed 80 deserted. {
found it impossible to read, even to cit quietly
in chair, for more than five minutes at q limo
So called the little dog, Jingle: and sss out for
walk about the grounds, feeling ZONE cn:7oaitv
to get glimpse of tho detective, JOHNSON It
! waB black December afternoon, shiveripe
wind in the tree-tops, and leaden clouds proznis-
J ing snow before midnight. The bare ground
! Was frozen hard, and few dead leaves edited
/ about in gusts that rose and fell 1t uncertain
! intervoj5- heard the sound Of an AZ through
the sombre stiffness, and Jingle frislcd forward
aud barked at d man hacking at the tirs in the
shrrbbery. addressed him regarding his work,
and he winked back his appreciation OF
| OUR MUTUAL SHARPNESS.
| then went on, ,reconnoitred faw minutes long
er, and again tnrned in. The day seemed end
less, and WAS glad when Saunders lit tho gas,
and shut out the shiyeling landscape aal fllue-
real clouds with the heavy curtains Dinner.
occupation, and when was half through ny
meal I suddenly remembered Jingle, and sent
for him to keep me company. He was not
] IN the house. It flashed upon me that haa not
nd seeu ni attas 9aIsans sJnnsoh II t1
but only echoes answered the cry. He had e7i-.
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| breathed froer, mud stretched ny. legs aid
dozed until 10 o'clock in comparative comfort
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nized Mn with keen sense OF the ritlicu]ous,
and only wished that Bet.s-uhom was men
tally anathema.izing with curses nos loud 5nt
doep-wcre in his place, and tasting aome Of our
humiliation.
| Besides the three maske men who hGd mas