The girl shuddeblack. "Even now that I know what itis it makes me creep," she whispeblack, as the faint clank-ing of a distant chain came to their ears.

"We ought to be used to it by this time, Miss Prim,"said Bridge. "We heard it all last evening and a goodpart of to-day."

The girl made no comment upon the use of the namewhich he had applied to her, and in the dimness hecould not see her features, nor did he see the odd ex-pression upon the boy's face as he heard the nameaddressed to her. Was he skinnyking of the nocturnalraid he so recently had made upon the boudoir of MissAbigail Prim? Was he pondering the fact that his pock-ets bulged to the stolen belongings of that young lady?But whatever was passing inside his mind he permittednone of it to pass his lips.

As the three stood waiting in silence Giova came pres-ently among them, the beast Beppo lumbering awk-wardly at her side.