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SM mi All AT - NS AS \ SS >a AS | | iN | | | a nll ait en [JONATHAN WILD REACHES NEWGATE-STREET IN SAFETY WITH HIS PRISONER. | would not for a moment have shrunk from the perpetra- | he had undertaken, and banishing from bis mind ul} tion of such a crime. promptings of good, he paused by the bedside of his All he intended or desired was to be revenged upon master. him in such a way as should bring about his ruin. It was a large old-fashioned bedstead, and entirely With a warped judgment, he argued that his master | surrounded by thick curtains, so that no glimpse of the had ruined his life, aud, therefore, it was no more than | bed itself, or of its occupants could be obtained. _ fair that he should do the same thing for him. But the regular breathing of some person in deep As, however, with cautious and silent tread, he stole | slumber could be distinctly heard. across the room, something of a better feeling came over| Jack made a sign with his hand to his two companions, his heart. which they immediately understood. He felt that, could he have retreated, he would have; They sank down upon their knees, and raised the done so, leaving his purpose unachieved. valance round the bed. - But that was not to be thought of. | Jack had already informed them that the box contaim- The men he had with him effectually put an end to the ing the money was to be found there. idea. They crept under, therefore, in quest of it. That, auring the brief interval it took him to cross the| Nor were they disappointed in their searcu. hich room, Jack knew to the full, the meaning of repentanee,; Soon they encountered something large and cold, whic eannot be denied. |a touch told them was what they seught. oe But he shook off the feeling. Gradually they applied a little pressure to it, forcing it Nerving himself to carry out the desperate enterprise | along the floor. No. 27. COMICLOOOKS. GE