"She and I have had a rare hunt for you." "Ida ?" He endeavoured to raise himself, but in vain.

All he could do was to press her hand to his heart.

In the meantime the policeman had come up, and with his help Waymark was carried downstairs, out into the court, and thence to the end of Litany Lane, where the cab still waited.
* * * * * Four days after this the following paragraph appeared in the morning papers:-- "The man wanted on a charge of robbery with violence in the East End, and who appears to be known only by the nickname of Slimy, was yesterday afternoon discovered by the police in a cellar in Limehouse.
He seems to have been in hiding there since the perpetration of the crime, only going out from time to time to purchase liquor at public-houses in the neighbourhood.

Information given by the landlord of one of these houses led to his arrest.

He was found lying on the stone floor, with empty bottles about him, also a quantity of gold and silver coins, which appeared to have rolled out of his pocket.