ISBN: 9781155048581

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...do n''t want them to spoil sport. Then when we have got the rogues safe, they may as well take them to the lock-up house out of our way. They went to the Captain and told him how they had managed matters, and he seemed perfectly satisfied that the open tank was a sufficient protection to the pantry window, only suggesting that in case the thieves should change their minds, it would be as well to have Floss, Miss Layton''s lap-dog, fastened to the foot of the principal staircase, where he could hear any noise, and warn them, by his barking, of the intruders. Then the Captain turned round and seemed to compose himself to sleep, just saying, I would n''t drown the rascals, boys, if I could help it; and when they had fastened Floss as he directed, they sat down by the fire to await their visitors. Mr. Griggs And Mr. Drake Have A Cool Reception At St. Catherine''s House--The Two Doctors Fall Foul Of One Another. R. GRIGGS and Mr. Drake sat by the alehouse fire sipping their ale and smoking their pipes for some time, till the landlady, who did not quite approve of her customers, told them it was time to go, as she wanted to shut up for the night. They might not have cared very much for this if she would only have supplied them with more ale, but as she positively refused to do so, they got up and went their way. It was a chilly night and the rain had begun to fall. Every one in the town seemed asleep, to judge by the absence of lights from the windows, and therefore there seemed no reason why, as Mr. Drake put it, the job should not be done at once. Mr. Griggs was quite ready to fall into his friend''s views, and so it happened that it was at least half an hour sooner than the time they had fixed, when the worthy couple started off... Elizabeth Eiloart, Books, History, Cris Fairlie's Boyhood Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781155048581

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...do n''t want them to spoil sport. Then when we have got the rogues safe, they may as well take them to the lock-up house out of our way. They went to the Captain and told him how they had managed matters, and he seemed perfectly satisfied that the open tank was a sufficient protection to the pantry window, only suggesting that in case the thieves should change their minds, it would be as well to have Floss, Miss Layton''s lap-dog, fastened to the foot of the principal staircase, where he could hear any noise, and warn them, by his barking, of the intruders. Then the Captain turned round and seemed to compose himself to sleep, just saying, I would n''t drown the rascals, boys, if I could help it; and when they had fastened Floss as he directed, they sat down by the fire to await their visitors. Mr. Griggs And Mr. Drake Have A Cool Reception At St. Catherine''s House--The Two Doctors Fall Foul Of One Another. R. GRIGGS and Mr. Drake sat by the alehouse fire sipping their ale and smoking their pipes for some time, till the landlady, who did not quite approve of her customers, told them it was time to go, as she wanted to shut up for the night. They might not have cared very much for this if she would only have supplied them with more ale, but as she positively refused to do so, they got up and went their way. It was a chilly night and the rain had begun to fall. Every one in the town seemed asleep, to judge by the absence of lights from the windows, and therefore there seemed no reason why, as Mr. Drake put it, the job should not be done at once. Mr. Griggs was quite ready to fall into his friend''s views, and so it happened that it was at least half an hour sooner than the time they had fixed, when the worthy couple started off... Elizabeth Eiloart, Books, History, Cris Fairlie's Boyhood Books>History <