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"Oh, come! Be a man!"

"No, sir, I fear not There's a difference between handing in your resignation--I was co to a feords I had with the guv'nor, though subsequently prevailed upon to withdraw it--I say there's a difference between handing in your resignation and being given the sack, and that's ould happen--without a character, what's more, and lucky if it didn't mean a prison cell No, sir; I could not conte"

"Then I don't see that there's anything to be done," said Sam morosely

"Oh, I shouldn't say that, sir," said Webster, encouragingly "It's si us--you, I should say"

"Us," said Sam "Most decidedly us"

"Thank you very much, sir I would not have presu us, as I envisage it, resolves itself into this You have offended our Miss B and she has expressed a disinclination ever to see you again How, then, is it possible, in spite of her attitude, to recapture her esteem?"

"Exactly," said Sam

"There are several methods which occur to one"

"They don't occur tobuilding as in 'True As Steel'"

"Set fire to the house, eh?" said Sa in that"

"I would hardly advise such a thing," said Webster, a little hastily--flattered at the readiness hich his disciple was taking his advice, yet acutely alive to the fact that he slept at the top of the house hiht be better to save her fro, as in 'The Earl's Secret'"

"Ah, but where could she drown?"

"Well, there is a lake in the grounds"

"Excellent!" said Sam "Terrific! I knew I could rely on you Say noon the lake, and upset the boat I plunge inI suppose you can swie so, I shouldn't wonder There's always a way Yes, that's the plan When is the earliest you could arrange this?"

"I fear such a course must be considered out of the question, sir It really wouldn't do"