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"Ha!" laughed Ike as soon as ere alone "You're a pair

o' nice uns--you are! But you're ketched this time," he added

"How dare you speak to us, sir!" cried Courtenay indignantly "Hold

your tongue, sir!"

"No use to hold it now," said Ike laughing "I say, don't you feel

warm?"

"Don't take any notice of the fellow, Court," cried Phil; "and as for

pauper--"

"You leave him to me," said Courtenay with a vindictive look "I'll

his lies ofas he lives, unless he asks our pardon, as

soon as Sir Francis co

the pears"

I turned away fro ," I said--"only a few scratches and bruises I

don't ether, and I heard Philip say: "Well, ask hi for oing to offer to bribe us; but just then there was the

sound of voices in the garden and Sir Francis appeared directly after,

candle in hand, closely followed by Mr Soloh sohtest

effect onthe faces of Courtenay and Philip

"Shut that , Brownsmith," said Sir Francis, as he set down his

candle and went back to his chair behind the table

Mr Solomon shut the , and then came forward and set down his