YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



' See this - see this ! ' cried Mrs. Wake- 

 man, who had followed. They've dropped 

 my little silver brooch in their flight, sure as 

 the world. Oh, how thankful I am that 

 clears my poor servants, anyway! Oh, there, 

 just look, Fairy's found my silver hairpin!' 

 as I tossed up a pretty crescent, set with 

 brilliants, from the deeper grass, nearer the 

 grove. 'Just think, those dreadful men 

 dropped these as they ran they may be 

 hiding somewhere now. Oh, Mr. Seeforth, 

 I don't know as I can ever live in sight of 

 this dark grove; I feel as though it may be 

 full of burglars and desperate men. Don't 

 you think you'd better get a big force of 

 police, and search every inch of that 

 woods, this very night ? I can't sleep till 

 you do.' 



But Mr. Seeforth didn't seem much 

 moved by the new phase. He only an- 

 swered : 



'What would the burglars be doing, 

 madam ? They wouldn't stand still for a 

 posse of men to walk over ' em. Were 

 these things in the jewel-bag, madam?' he 

 continued. 



'No, sir; come to think of it, they just lay 



