I saw their boat swept away, and heard the roar of the fall beneath the bridge; and no one, who was present, could doubt the result.

If the principal instigator of the crime, whom I afterwards encountered on the platform, and who was dashed into the raging flood by the shower of bricks, escaped, his preservation must have been indeed miraculous." "Your own was equally so," said Jackson ironically.

"What if he _did_ escape ?" "My utmost efforts should be used to bring him to justice." "Hum!" "Have you any reason to suppose he survived the accident ?" inquired Thames eagerly.
Jackson smiled and put on the air of a man who knows more than he cares to tell.
"I merely asked the question," he said, after he had enjoyed the boy's suspense for a moment.
The hope that had been suddenly kindled in the youth's bosom was as suddenly extinguished.
"If I thought he lived----" observed Wood.
"_If_," interrupted Jackson, changing his tone: "he _does_ live.

And it has been well for you that he imagines the child was drowned." "Who is he ?" asked Thames impatiently.
"You're inquisitive, young gentleman," replied Jackson, coldly.

"When you're older, you'll know that secrets of importance are not disclosed gratuitously.