Chapter 13 THE SMUGGLERS' CAVE

'Dark and dank, where the toad doth creep,

And the dusk-loving bat haunts the shadows deep.'

Great was the excitement in the family at the news of Aunt Helen's engagement, and equal were the lamentations when it became known that, instead of settling down near them as a pleasant and desirable uncle, Mr. Neville intended to carry his bride bac