t a little soup and dry bread--the
remaining part of the time, nothing but dry bread. And during the last
two days, I knew that there was something in that bread which sent me
off into long, continued periods of absolute unconsciousness. And--I was
glad!

"That's all. You know the rest--better than I do. I don't know yet how
that explosion came about. He had been in to me only a few minutes
before it happened, badgering me again to sign that authority. And--I
felt myself weakening. Flesh and blood were alike at their end of
endurance. Then--it came! And as I say, that's all!--but there's one
thing I wanted to ask you. Have those jewels been found?"

"Yes!" replied Neale. "They were found--all safe--in a suit-case in
Joseph's house, along with a lot of other valuables--money, securities,
and so on. He was evidently about to be off; in fact, the luggage was
all ready, and so was a cab which he'd ordered, and in which he was
presumably going to Ellersdeane."

"And another thing," said Horbury, turning from one to the other, "I
heard this morning that you'd left the Bank, Neale. What are you going
to do? What has happened?"

Betty looked at Neale warningly, stooped over the invalid, kissed him,
rose and took Neale's unwounded arm.

"No more talk today, Uncle John!" she commanded. "Wait until tomorrow.
Then--if you're very good--we shall perhaps tell you what is going to
happen to--both of us!"

THE END

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