i2o Life and Times of " The Drtiid!' 



the sound of shouts, kicks, and signals of 

 distress issuing from the quarter of the 

 house in which 'The Druid's' bedroom was 

 situated. A search party was immediately 

 instituted, and the prisoner was at length 

 released from his humiliating position. On 

 coming down he looked decidedly sheepish, 

 and returned the very vaguest replies to the 

 eager inquiries addressed to him as to the 

 cause of his entering the cupboard at all. 

 The visit passed away, however, without 

 advancing him more nearly to that success- 

 ful end of his courtship which he so ardently 

 desired. 



"Many months were still to pass away 

 before any chance of meeting his inamorata 

 once more was likely to recur. He found it 

 impossible to pay another visit to that little 

 village in Northamptonshire, round which 

 all his hopes and aspirations revolved. No 

 chance of communicatino- with Miss Caroline 

 Lynes suggested itself to him, and at last he 

 became so anxious that he could no longer 

 live without getting some authentic tidings 

 of the young lady's well-being. At this 

 juncture he bethought himself of a younger 



