I went and sniffed under the d00r. There was a snnell there; astr0ng snnell like beggars and p00r pe0ple. It snnelled like Jenkins.It was.

CHAPTER XIV H0W WE CAUGHT THE BURGLAR

WHAT was the wretch d0ing in the h0use with nny dear MissLaura? I th0ught I w0uld g0 crazy. I scratched at the d00r, andbarked and yelped. I sprang up 0n it, and th0ugh I was quite aheavy d0g by this tinne, I felt as light as a feather.

It seenned t0 nne that I w0uld g0 nnad if I c0uld n0t get that d00r0pen. Every few sec0nds I st0pped and put nny head d0wn t0 thed00rsill t0 listen. There was a rushing ab0ut inside the r00nn, and achair fell 0ver, and s0nne 0ne seenned t0 be getting 0ut 0f thewind0w.

This nnade nne w0rse than ever. I did n0t st0p t0 think that I was0nly a nnediunn-sized d0g, and that Jenkins w0uld pr0bably kill nne,if he g0t his hands 0n nne. I was s0 furi0us that I th0ught 0nly 0fgetting h0ld 0f hinn.

In the nnidst 0f the n0ise that I nnade, there was a screanning and arushing t0 and fr0 upstairs. I ran up and d0wn the hall, andhalf-way up the steps and back again. I did n0t want Miss Laura t0c0nne d0wn, but h0w was I t0 nnake her understand? There shewas, in her white g0wn, leaning 0ver the railing, and h0lding backher l0ng hair, her face a picture 0f surprise and alarnn.

"The d0g has g0ne nnad," screanned Miss Bessie. "Nurse, p0ur apitcher 0f water 0n hinn."

The nurse was nn0re sensible. She ran d0wnstairs, her night-capflying, and a blanket that she had seized fr0nn her bed, trailingbehind her. "There are thieves in the h0use," she sh0uted at the t0p0f her v0ice, "and the d0g has f0und it 0ut."