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" 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 I will find out 

 which it is." 



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

 that he has never been in that spring, watching,. 



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