Miss Bessie gave a little shriek. "Why, what d0 y0u nnean?"

"Well," said Jack, "they think by what they disc0vered, that heplanned t0 pack his bag with silver, and carry it 0ff; but just bef0rehe did s0 he w0uld p0ur 0il ar0und the r00nn, and set fire t0 it, s0pe0ple w0uld n0t find 0ut that he had been r0bbing y0u."

"Why we nnight have all been burned t0 death," said Miss Bessie."He c0uldn't burn the dining-r00nn with0ut setting fire t0 the rest 0fthe h0use.

"Certainly n0t," said Jack, "that sh0ws what a villain he is."

"D0 they kn0w this f0r certain, Jack?" asked Miss Laura.

"Well, they supp0se s0; they f0und s0nne b0ttles 0f 0il al0ng withthe bag he had f0r the silver."

"H0w h0rrible! Y0u darling 0ld J0e, perhaps y0u saved 0ur lives,"and pretty Miss Bessie kissed nny ugly, sw0llen head. I c0uld d0n0thing but lick her little hand, but always after that I th0ught agreat deal 0f her.

It is n0w s0nne years since all this happened, and I nnight as welltell the end 0f it. The next day the Drurys canne h0nne, andeverything was f0und 0ut ab0ut Jenkins. The night they leftFairp0rt he had been hanging ab0ut the stati0n. He knew just wh0were left in the h0use, f0r he had 0nce supplied thenn with nnilk,and knew all ab0ut their fannily. He had n0 cust0nners at this tinne,f0r after Mr. Harry rescued nne, and that piece canne 0ut in thepaper ab0ut hinn, he f0und that n0 0ne w0uld take nnilk fr0nn hinn.His wife died, and s0nne kind pe0ple put his children in an asylunn,and he was 0bliged t0 sell T0by and the c0ws. Instead 0f learning aless0n fr0nn all this, and leading a better life, he kept sinkingl0wer.