“Oh yes,” said Miss Klegg; “I thought every one knew. Their conversation hung. You must
think of this evening, John, sometimes—as a sort of atonement. I didn’t go out of my way or anything. "Because they're in the next room, and the door's shut; that's vy, my jack-adandy!" replied Abraham, unsuspiciously. ’
‘I don’t know,’ confessed Gerald. Affixed to the
wall, in a conspicuous situation, was a large placard, which, after minutely
describing Sheppard's appearance and attire, concluded thus:—"Whoever will
discover or apprehend the above JOHN SHEPPARD, so that he be brought to
justice, shall receive ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS REWARD, to be paid by MR. I don't know what you have done; I don't
want to know now. Wearied at
length with thinking on the past, and terrified by the prospect of the future, he
threw himself on the straw with which the cage was littered, and endeavoured to
compose himself to slumber. See paragraph 1. The evening breeze came; the bamboo shades on the
veranda clicked and rasped; the loose edges of the manuscript curled. “Don’t we all rather humbug about the coarseness? All we women, I mean,”
said she. ]
THE RAGGED EDGE
BY HAROLD MACGRATH
AUTHOR OF DRUMS OF JEOPARDY, ETC.
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