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appropriate an armful of hay out of one of the 

 stacks belonging to Mr. England. Humphries 

 caught him in the act, but, as Mr. England 

 did not want to prosecute, the grand jury 

 threw out the bill against him. You can bet 

 your boots however that Jack never forgave 

 Humphries, who had not only behaved feloni- 

 nously himself, but had induced others to do 

 so as well, and then had turned round upon 

 his former accomplice. 



I suppose Humphries was one of those 

 characters who, every now and then, are 

 troubled with a conscience ; and that, when 

 such an untoward event did occur, he made up 

 for any shortcomings on his own part by acting 

 in a doubly moral capacity, for the time being, 

 towards others. He was so sure of his 

 situation, nothing could be done without him ; 

 he was entirely above suspicion, so he thought, 

 but he made a slight mistake when he tried to 

 oust Jack, and so he soon found. 



Jack and the cook were on very friendly 

 terms, whilst she and Humphries were sworn 

 foes, and one morning as the latter came back 



