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squeeze, but at last he got out, and stood on his feet in the entry. "Now, follow me," said Nancy, in a whisper. He climbed a narrow, steep staircase, and then a ladder, and unfastening the scuttle, he laid it back. The moon shone softly down, bathing the city in its beautiful light. He got out lightly on the roof. "Good-bye!" he said, "and thank you, Nancy." "Good luck!" said Nancy. He lowered the scuttle, and sat astride the roof, considering what to do next. CHAPTER XXIX. JASPER IN A NEW CHARACTER. It was a relief to be out of his prison, but it must be admitted that Jasper's situation was not particularly desirable or agreeable. It was midnight, and he was seated astride the roof of the house which had served as his prison. There seemed to be no chance to reach the street, except to slide down the roof, and that would be certain death. Jasper looked about him in great perplexity. As his deliverer had told him, the next house was a story higher than the one on whose roof he was seated, and, still more important, there was a side-window looking out in that direction. When Jasper saw this, hope sprang up in his heart. "If that window is not fastened I can get in," he thought. He edged his way along to the window, and found that to reach it he would have to slide down a little way and catch hold of the blind to prevent sliding too far. "There's some risk about it," thought Jasper. "Shall I try it?" I don't know whether Jasper was justified in taking the risk he did, for there was great danger of sliding over into the street. I don't think I should have ventured to do it; but our hero was fearless and courageous, and he resolved that, as this was the only method of escape, he would avail himself of it. As a precaution against slipping, however, he took off his shoes, and catching the strings in his teeth commenced the perilous descent. He succeeded in grasping the blind and staying his progress. "Now, if the window should be fastened, what should I do?" he thought. But it was not. He succeeded in raising it, and with a feeling of intense relief made his way into the chamber. Then for the first time there flashed upon him the thought that he had placed himself in a very suspicious predicament. He had entered a house at midnight through the window. Why might he not be taken for a burglar? This was the way a burglar was likely to enter, and if he should be caught here his expla
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