I have sent Cockatoo to the Fort to bring him here at once.

If Random is absent, Cockatoo is to leave a note in his room, on the writing-table." "Would it not have been better to have told Cockatoo to give the note to Random's servant ?" "I think not," responded Braddock dryly.

"Random's servant is certainly one of the most stupid men in the entire army.

He would probably forget to give him the note, and as it is important that we should see Random at once, it is better that he should find it placed personally on his writing-table by Cockatoo, upon whom I can depend." Archie abandoned the argument, as it really mattered very little.

He took up another line of conversation.
"I expect if the criminal tries to dispose of the emeralds he will be caught," said he: "such large jewels are too noticeable to escape comment." "Humph! It depends upon the cleverness of the thief," said the Professor, who was more taken up with the mummy than with the conversation, "He might have the jewels cut into smaller stones, or he might go to India and dispose of them to some Rajah, who would certainly say nothing.