Henry had now to choose between his mother's advice, and Miss Carden's commands; and this made him rather sullen and irritable.

He was glad to get out of his mother's house, and went direct to the works.

Bayne welcomed him warmly, and, after some friendly congratulations and inquiries, pulled out two files of journals, and told him he had promised to introduce him to the editor of the Liberal.

He then begged Henry to wait in the office, and read the files--he would not be gone many minutes.
The Constitutional gave a dry narrative of the outrage, and mourned the frequency of such incidents.
The Liberal gave a dramatic narrative, and said the miscreant must have lowered himself by a rope from the parapet, and passed the powder inside without entering.

"He periled his life to perpetrate this crime; and he also risked penal servitude for ten years.