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out into the back of the premises, he cleared a wall, 

 and broke away across the fields. I saw him, but 

 had no means of pursuit with the man then on my 

 hands. We passed through the village, and between 

 Carleton and the bridge to Harrold there are two or 

 three little fields. In the midst of them we met 

 three men, evidently associates of the prisoner, for I 

 observed how quickly he saw them, and the effect it 

 had on him long before they met us. He paused 

 and complained that the cord hurt his arms, and said 

 " he supposed I did not wish to put him to unneces- 

 sary pain." I was perfectly awake to his momentary 

 idea of escape ; but, on looking to his arms, I was 

 still more alive to the thoughts he entertained, by 

 discovering that the cord had been loosened by him, 

 so that, though it still hampered, it did not entirely 

 impede, the use of his arms. On seeing this I drew 

 from my pocket a lance-wood truncheon, such as the 

 London police use, held him still tighter by the 

 collar, and told him that the cord did not hurt him, 

 that I would kill him if he offered to escape, and that 

 I would trouble him to stop while I re-bound his 

 elbows. I put my knee to his back and drew in his 

 elbows, while he seemed to hesitate what course he 

 should pursue. He was bound safely by the time 

 his friends came up, and, though he nodded to them, 

 they did not seem inclined to show me they knew 

 anything about him. I took him safely to Harrold 

 Hall, and left him in the servants' apartment, under 

 the custody of my gamekeeper, while I repaired in the 

 direction of the barn whither Mr. Magenis had pro 

 ceeded ; but word reached me that the bird then had 

 flown. While my keeper and the prisoner sat by the 

 fire tlie keeper suddenly seized the leg of the murderer, 

 and looking at his shoe exclaimed, " Ha ! why these 



