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I'm off to Henham, now, to look after some 

 more stolen property there." 



" Very well," said I, " I'll wait for you to- 

 morrow." Next day he arrived after dinner, 

 and we set off together to have a good look 

 round Humphries' cottage. At the dog's 

 kennel we saw a lamb's lower jaw bone, and 

 the dog lying alongside a pile of mutton or 

 lamb bones, whilst the pig-stye was strewn 

 with small bones, and the trough was full of 

 mutton fat. Scott and I talked the matter 

 over, and he said that there was no chance of 

 identifying the meat after such a long time had 

 elapsed, and, considering that most of it 

 appeared to be in the stomachs of the pigs and 

 dog, I quite agreed with him. He said that 

 Humphries might possibly be convicted by the 

 circumstantial evidence, but it was uncertain, 

 so, although both of us believed Humphries 

 to be guilty, we decided to get rid of him, 

 merely, and not to prosecute. 



A few weeks after this I packed Mr. Hum- 

 phries off to Australia, and very glad I was to 

 get rid of him. Before he went, however, I 



