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Larry realized with a pang that he was neglecting Jeff¡¯s plan. ¡°Well,¡± he reflected, ¡°its something, now, anyway. We can look for a Frenchman¡ªand learn if there¡¯s one named Gaston.¡± ¡°There¡¯s no life preserver in the boat either¡ªso that¡¯s what the mystery man used to swim away with¡ªMr. Everdail¡¯s jewels!¡± he added. After a time, when a soldier bent over him and held a flask to his teeth, he drank, and then he pointed feebly, and his lips framed the question he could not seem to speak. As has been before remarked, when Deacon Klegg made up his mind something had to happen. It was now quite dark. He took one of the $5 bills out of his breast pocket and put it in a pocket where it would be handy. He looked over at the house, and saw the old man and woman sitting by the fire smoking. He picked up the hickory withe to keep off the dogs, and made a circuit to reach the chicken-coop from the rear of the house. The dogs were quarreling and snarling over their supper, and paid no attention to him, until he had reached the coop, when they came at him full tilt. "Well, that buckboard's done for. I can't take it back. It's only good for kindlin' wood now. But I may ketch the hoss and take him back." "Training is to do what a master says. Training¡ª" "Mary Byles, how did this happen?" asked Calverley, eagerly. "Tear down the cottage!" cried he, his voice choked with passion, "and take this foul sorceress dead or alive!" The command was about to be fulfilled when the door was unbarred and opened by Holgrave. HoMEº«¹úÉÙ¸¾15p ENTER NUMBET 0017