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iti ae ne 4 ee a0 “te Ne _ Chorker, olaring about, looked around for a spot oan where he could sit down and obtain the peace he was ete orely j in need of. But almost every foot of the space pot a front of the castle was occupied, and there was no Hea f on which he could Ore rest his weary ber _ bones. ee ‘Sit down here, Mr. Chorker,” sang out Terry, epsctine to a place where there was a stone with a er ry acute pyramid-like top to rest upon; “I amsure Pula scar’, oe aa ¢ oe must Be tired. # i He dropped down he he was, Seaeinin easy hail of Te the schoolmaster, and Jim came and took a seat near Rt where's s Morse,” asked Terry, looking round, “your inseparable pal, Jim ?” aa ie He will be here directly,” answered Jim. _ There was much noise and rollicking laughter, and dim, as 8 he ate his tea, HeRSeTe et on the os a case of a ficht, andl wines fate would be especially % hard if the enemy prevailed. cs “ What a thing it will be!” he thought. “Nap will ’ _ have to answer for his blundering ere long, I reckon.” _ It was about ten minutes later Sine Moree was “seen working his way through the group of boys, _ warding off a variety of questions with smiles and jests. 5 Be came over and sat down by the side of Jim. e eS Still there,” he said, in an undertone, “ squatting pe 1D their hiding crib among the ferns, amusing them- selves with reading our letters intended for home. I ie ~ counted seven of Snete all at work opening them. | " But only two appeared to be able to read. They were an - doing so aloud, translating as they went along.” a : _ “How did you manage to get near them ?” asked “no ae Ee 5 “TJ climbed up the face of the cliff and worked my Ake way along the top of the chine, so that I got right a above them. I have found a place that answers my ee oper’. To-night they will get the jumps. I shall want an assistant, and if you will come, I shall be Bead i _ What time 2” hee _ After the others_are in bed. We sue make a oa job of it.” i as the BEOups (Were beeing up, and the awl é A" ow FM c a Pia, ", Rea - Ry & J ¥ ~ 4 \ Atte ne ss La CR APR: TEs ‘wea 5 pravnys te ee ate ds i) ny é Aa ee, rh Am ; YY | Some went up a shut off from them by a door being neko a Mai fiber, wy the stle, by the ¢ and winding | ways. But there v was bes of the a ist , that in which the chamber of council | was. ‘tee re the key, a fact he kept to himself. The reason’ for this step, recently taken, will soon be apparent, Ria ee fe Kveline, endowed with tlie curiosity that was sia to Mrs. Bluebeard the first and up to the sixth, wanted very much to get a peep at what lay a that door, But Jim resisteda strong temptation a oblige her, and walked away without responding, 1Stespani for him, she did not know he was the custo- | A dian of the key. — se iy on Ee Finally, as evening drew on, the whole party re- BY iis turned home, the majority satisfied with having spent — on a happy day. . ach: f BS | A) CHAPTER XIX. gaan AM IDNIGHT EX PEDITION, 71M and Morse eee in she: os 4 same room with a number oft others, and. the hour for Te {ou tiring was half-past ie | Most of the youngsters, tired os with their day’s work, were Ek Bs glad to get to bed, and were ee a soon asleep. Jim, by using a ha : extraordinary control over — BS himself, snantben to keep awake. | re ‘ ay ieee Morse, with his active mind, had no difienlen what- . ‘ ever avout warding off sleep. Too often he had lain awake at night, working out some caeniclae : problem in his mind. He was a born thinker, one — iS who was bound, under ordinary circumstances, a come to the front by-and-by. It was about a quarter to twelye when he slipped out of bed and obtained a light, not with an ordinary — match, but by rubbing a piece of apparently nia paper on the floor. It was anew means of ignition, i of his own invention. | . 4 He had provided himself with a candle, and le its ee .@ which had been left below, to hie cleaned in ce morn-— ) ie oe ing. They had slippers in the room, of course, but, pe nt as they would be useless to them abroad, they left ne La them behind. ee Pi oe Now, it so happened that night that Romeo was in aM a wakeful mood. Asarule, he and his progenitors — ‘sh were ready and sound. sleepers, -but on this night oe Romeo, for the life of him, could not-get to sleep. Bare The reason for it was that Chorker had confided ats to him, and to him alone, the extraordinary aay ture he had in the region of the scullery, — . 2 jae ha ee as this TES the pe Pe: peed by 2 Rom meo fo