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'In one way, it ain't; and in one way it is I was over there last night a bothering of her She'd a' come round may be, if she'd a' been left alone She wouldn't a' been off now, only for our going over to Sheep's Acre But,--oh!'

'What is it, Mr Cru as I've known Suffolk, I've never known nothing but good o' you and yourn But if your baronite has been and done this! Oh, Mr Carbury! If I was to wring his neck round, you wouldn't say as horong; would ye, now?' Roger could hardly answer the question On general grounds the wringing of Sir Felix's neck, let the iht, would have seeood deed The world would be better, according to his thinking, with Sir Felix out of it than in it But still the young man was his cousin and a Carbury, and to such a one as John Crumb he was bound to defend any ht be defensible 'They says as hoas groping about Sheep's Acre when he was last here, a hiding hials enough of their own,--them fellows Why can't they let a fellow alone? I'll do hier; I wull;--if he's had a hand in this' Poor John Crumb! When he had his mistress to win he could find no words for hied to take an eloquent baker with hih

'But youto do with this, Mr Cruht Must l'arn as he did it, afore I does it But when I have l'arned--!' And John Cruh a very short lesson would suffice for him upon this occasion

They all went to the Beccles Station, and from thence to the Beccles Post-office,--so that Beccles soon knew as ay At the railway station Ruby was distinctly re train for London, and had gone off without any appearance of secrecy She had been decently dressed, with a hat and cloak, and her luggage had been such as she ht have been expected to carry, had all her friends known that she was going Soraph to the station in London, and they all waited, loitering about the Post-office, for a reply One of the porters in London reirl as was described, but the man as supposed to have carried her box for her to a cab had gone away for the day It was believed that she had left the station in a four-wheel cab 'I'll be arter her I'll be arter her at once,' said John Cruer Carbury was doubtful whether his going would do any good It was evidently fixed on Cru Ruby would be the breaking of every bone in the body of Sir Felix Carbury Noas not at all apparent to the squire that his cousin had had anything to do with this affair It had been made quite clear to hihter and had threatened to turn her out of his house, not because she hadto one over to the fare it all, and up to that time there had been no fear about Felix Carbury Nor was it possible that there should have been communication between Ruby and Felix since the quarrel at the far that Ruby and the baronet had been acquainted,--and such acquaintance could not but be prejudicial to the girl,--not on that account would the baronet be responsible for her abduction John Cru for blood and was not very capable in his present er, little as he toyed his cousin, was not desirous that all Suffolk should know that Sir Felix Carbury had been thrashed within an inch of his life by John Cru his hand kindly on the old o up myself by the first train to-morrow I can trace her better than Mr Crumb can do, and you will both trust me'