ENCORE HUMPHRIES. 32 1 



" No, sir." 



" How long did you watch them ? " 



''Three days and two nights, sir." 



" Did you leave them at all during that time ? " 



''No, sir." 



" And you never saw anyone in that wood 

 all the time you were there ? How about 

 Watts, didn't he come through, during the 

 three days ? " 



" No, sir." 



"Oh! very good," said Mr. Fowle and, with 

 that, he sent Humphries away, and went to 

 Watts, telling him what Humphries had said. 

 "And you, Watts," he concluded, " have never 

 been through that wood all the time." 



Poor Watts stood aghast. " I, sir," he said. 

 " Why I have been through that spring five or 

 six times during those three days, sometimes 

 twice a day." 



"Well, one of you must be wrong, Watts,, 

 either you or Humphries, and 1 will find out 

 which it is." 



"That can easily be done, sir. You will find 

 that he has never been in that spring, watching, 



