Chapter 14 NODDY STEALS A MARCH.

Nestor sat up in bed, listening with all his might. But though he could hear a murmur of voices in the next room, and though he was certain Noddy and his companions were plotting against him and his friends, the miner could hear nothing more definite.

"Forewarned is forearmed," he said, softly. "We'll see who'll win out, Pud Stoneham!"

Nestor