When he had done this he got out by the window again, and ran off." "Didn't this strike you as extraordinary ?" "No; I thought nothing more about it, till some one told me in the sick-room about this row.

I then mentioned privately what I had seen, and it wasn't till I saw Duncan, half an hour ago, that I thought it worth while to make it generally known." Duncan turned an enquiring eye to Barker (who sat black and silent), and then pulled some bits of torn paper from his pocket, put them together, and called Owen to stand up.

Showing him the fragments of paper, he asked, "Have you ever seen these before ?" "Yes.

On Saturday, when the boys left the schoolroom, I stayed behind to think a little over what had occurred, feeling convinced that Williams was _not_ guilty, spite of appearances.

I was standing by the empty fire-place, when these bits of paper caught my eye.