He had ordered him to take two sacks into Calne; but when he reached home he found the sacks untouched, lying where he had placed them outside.

Mr.
Ripper had no doubt been playing truant on his own account.
"Where did you pass Tuesday afternoon during your master's absence ?" sternly demanded the coroner.

"Take your hands from your face and answer me, boy." David Ripper obeyed in the best manner he was capable of, considering his agitation.

"I dun know now where I was," he said.

"I was about." "About where ?" Mr.Ripper apparently could not say where.