"Just see what a rush we had to save the stores from your cache the night Father had his accident." "But we did save them," replied Katherine with a ripple of laughter.

"And incidentally we also saved the lives of a noble pair of men." Miles gave a grunt of disgust.

"A regular pity they didn't get killed, I think; and I shouldn't wonder if they are at the bottom of this piece of thieving also." Katherine shook her head.

"Oily Dave may be, for pilfering seems to be second nature with him.

But Stee Jenkin is made of better stuff, and I believe he is really grateful because we saved him that night.