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Larry paused to light a fresh cigarette

"You always did have a way of arriving opportunely

Go on!"

"It pleased my fancy to follow his here a trifle, things began

to happen below It sounded like a St Patrick's

Day celebration in an Irish village, and I went down at

a gallop to see if there was any chance of breaking in

Have you seen the rooh to test it,-"we all

had a jolly tiot in somewhere, so there were two of the hi of brass that looked like

the pipes of a grand organ-and I sailed in with a chair

My presence seeht I was you,-flattering, I must

say, to me!"

"You undoubtedly saved Bates' life and prevented the

rifling of the house And after you had poured water

on Bates,-he's the servant,-you came up here-"

"That's the way of it"

"You're a brick, Larry Donovan There's only one of

you; and now-"

"And now, John Glenaret down to