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7. os” * ae B eo ‘ , > ‘ : Ua es Wire) 7. ae heap es ‘ es a AL a aon a of ‘lan they had omitted to lock the door. te oy ah ~ paws, and was bebaut to give iain the Hae that Shoe prov dso deadly to the smuggler on the other side of etl she island. Z “Charley,” cried Jim, “lie down, old fellow.” an che bear, still holding Mr. Groby in his paws, eS round, and obeying the motion of Jim’s hand, : i laid him eently down. _ Then the boys went up and looked at him. a Bee There is no blood visible, and he is breathing,” _ said Morse. “He is merely senseless from a blow eat arley cave him.” x Ye a What is to be done with him ” asked Terry. an it was a question that must be quickly answered, Ae ‘or -if the master came round and saw them the moral Bost force of the blow he received would be gone. “ Bi Bis he only knew of the bear being there, the proba- _ bility was that he would not believe the boys were in the castle, and giving it a wide berth in future, would P ieave them in peace. is a Mi “We feu better carry him outside and leave him to ce recover,” suggested Jim. “ Charley can be kept in re \ x ok "there by the bear. \ ‘into position.” Ae They found the master rather heavy, owing to his eine limp, but they got him outside in a minute or , a ig and laid him in the open air. _ Jim then bade his friends retire, while he waited a en. Charley, keeping well out of sight in the gloomy a 4 a chamber, and furthermore hidden by the heavy body ee of the bear. a er Watch: him, lad,” whispered Jim, and Charley, _ with his head on one side, lolled out his tongue know- ingly, as if he perfectly understood. _ The brute kept guard by the gateway under the Bld Be icallis, sitting upon his haunches, a ee - object to an ordinary man. : : = im, crouching aoe behind his oo friend, ne Give a hand BAS let us get him ae i Charley uttered a low growl. . et Steady, boy,” whispered Jim. , aa Mr. Groby staggered away, the image of mortal aay terror. All his nerve was gone, and when Charley ~ ae dropped on all-fours and made a movement forward, ‘ he eee and fled down ene ae at ae Wiss or falling My 4 ‘ 4 y ia PSA a eh ai) Ny fy ; 3 er At ‘ “ a NS ee Ae Vis Si re ‘a “ , eee THE ISLAND : SoH Wa L ee Bascaboa, took place. SaaS | in rie guardian-| But eo Tananee ae sight of him, and he will assume that he was carried beh Aa fh hit ‘im 9 srhile thats was sin g ight Or hearing, and Jim, having, waited for a. time ,and te nothing occurring to give rise to fear of ioe ad turbance, he rejoined hisfriends. = = or it ae “Groby has been well scared,” he said. There i is. oN 4 little danger of his troubling us again fora day or 80,” de : “There is one danger you have overlooked,” said a Morse. “ He may organise a party to come ‘and. kit” Charley. There are Martin and others who would not ve 7 hesitate to join him.” Ree “That has to be thought of,” rejoined in jthought- a fully, “but without Martin none would move. Dao you think we might trust him with the rat of our: ae being here ?” Wires ae 4 “We trust Romeo,” said Felton. 0 ae Ae | “Yes, but Romeo is one of us, and directly he will never blab. I for one believe Martin is a: friend, and ai there is Changeling. I would swear by them.” i ‘Suppose we invited them to join us ?” suggested Ganthony. ; “No,” said Jim. “We do not want a ‘colony here, is, But we will confide in them, so that if a movement i is | made against Charley they will not join it, and that ; will practically upset everything.” ane x As Romeo was expected some time in the morning y ” a communication was prepared to be sent to Martin, ue 4 and by him shown to Changeling. The substance of it was that the boys were in hiding, and the story of _ Mr. Groby’s scare, inte the deductions to be drawn — therefrom. . Mg Breakfast was then got ready, md after it Morse ; i “Ba went up to the battlements and cautiously peste the country round. j He He saw two or three small boats in the distance iad a steamer near the horizon, but nothing to show that any movement was being made towards the castle. Down below everything appeared to LB | still. | Me eae. | Pe about eleven o’clock. He irouene with him two fowiol | recently killed, and confessed to having terminated 4 is : their existence half an hour before, some hard biscuits, — Pa two big loaves of bread, and some tea and sugar. — He was in high glee about something, which appeared presently to be the story Mr. Groby told about the bearon his returnto the school. ~— “ De way he come back,” he said, “ jess as if he been — pounded to death. | ‘All ob you keep way from de pe 1 castle. It am ful/ ob bears, he say. Denhetold’em _ he had been ’tacked and had to run for him life, ae Ki, he gib my sides a splitting as I sit in de candle coups 3 Ge board listenin’ and ee : ‘It BEDE dan ae show me eber come ’cross.” | kal ve | ‘‘T am afraid he alarmed Miss Eveline,” said Morse, Re e “Not a bit, Massa ore) Ki said Romeo, b his : | face shining with beers te ieee, ac €o CDOC 0 — a ‘i A! ao wy es =