The sun was still young and not too strong for comfort, and as it rose back of the square of Sadler's it cast a shadow from a hedge which ran angling toward the southeast.

Its rays, therefore, did not disturb the slumbers of two young men who were lying beneath the shelter of the hedge.

Strange enough must have been the conclusions of the sun could it have looked over the barrier and peered into the faces of these youths.

Evidently they were of good breeding and some station, albeit their garb was not of the latest fashion.

The gray hose and the clumsy shoes plainly bespoke some northern residence.