Chapter 14 HOW I BROKE OUT THE BED ENSIGN.

We were seated in council in the little parlour of Minden Cottage- Miss Belcher, Miss Plinlimmon, Mr. Jack Rogers, Mr. Goodfellow, and I. Mr. Goodfellow had been included at Miss Belcher's particular request. Constable Hosken had been despatched to search the plantation thoroughly and to report. Two other constables had arrived, and were coping, in