"Ah!" said he, "this is where he threw the hot coals in their faces--he has told me all about it.

And look at this pool of blood on the floor! Here he felled one of them with his shovel.

What is this?
traces of blood leading up to this chest!" He opened the chest, and found plain proofs inside that the wounded man had hid himself in it for some time.

He pointed this out to Raby; and gave it as his opinion that the man's confederates had come back for him, and carried him away.

"These fellows are very true to one another.
I have often admired them for that." Raby examined the blood-stained interior of the chest, and could not help agreeing with the sagacious doctor.
"Yes," said he, sadly; "if we had been sharp, we might have caught the blackguard.