CHAPTER XXIII.
"Mr.Killigrew," whispered Haggerty, "will you get Miss Kitty an' Thomas int' th' study-end o' th' library ?" "Found anything ?" "Th' sapphires were in his trunk, all right.

Tucked away in th' toes of a pair o' shoes.

Webb is in th' library now.

Jus' get Miss Kitty." "Very well," replied Killigrew, leaden-hearted.
Thomas had been busy all day.

He was growing very tired, and often now the point of his pen sputtered.