Search was immediately instituted, and he was discovered in the closet at the foot of the stairs.

He was dragged forth, shaken, pummelled, and sent to bed, with the assurance that his mother should be sent for in the morning, to take him home, and keep him there.

This being exactly the point to which he was desirous of bringing matters, he went to bed, and passed a most agreeable night.
Aunt Rachel, being one of those sleepers that nothing short of an earthquake can rouse until their customary time for awaking, had slept soundly through the stirring events of the past night.

She came down in the morning in quite a placid state of mind, expecting to enjoy a day of rest, as she had the night before sat up much beyond her usual time, to set matters to rights after the confusion consequent on the dinner party.

What was her astonishment, therefore, on finding the kitchen she had left in a state of perfect order and cleanliness, in a condition that resembled the preparation for an annual house-cleaning.
"Lord, bless us!" she exclaimed, looking round; "What on yarth has happened?
I raly b'lieve dere's bin a fire in dis 'ere house, and I never knowed a word of it.