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lodge gates, and, turning to the right, walked quickly, but not

hurriedly, beside the high park fencing, and presently ca the road

The cart was a very shabby one, but the horse was a very good one, and

looked as if it could stretch itself if it were required to do so In

the cart was a young man in clerical attire He looked like a curate,

and his voice had the regulation drawl as he leaned down and asked: "Well, Ted?"

The ht," he said, with an air of disappoint it to-night," said the curate "Perhaps a

little later? It ain

"No use! Too risky It will be hours before they all go to bed and the

house is quiet; the servants always keep it up after a big affair like

this; soo to bed at all, perhaps Besides, I was

spotted just now"

The Parson, as he was called by the burgling fraternity, of which he and

Ted were distinguished members, swore under his breath