the extreme. The Norwegian carried a tin can containing some sort of liquid which he was ordered to pour about the floor i

t a grin. But his lips were pale, and his forced jollity was a dismal

d alive," he faltered;

as this with it," was the

an

t, dad. They'l

if

have to take t

Cassell handed his son some matches. The latter took one, be

he was holding it to the pile of litter which had been

e of odds and ends saturated to double inflammability by the keros

at the door and a

oy, let

assell under his breath.

k!" exclaimed his father, tre

tch to this," exclaime

h to the pile and t

he three fire-bugs ran for the window

y awoke just as the last of the three midnight intruders vanished through the window. Hi

voice that had alarmed t

sy! Are y

gy!" gasp

nt, and simultaneously there came t

cer of the law.

le of litter. Now he did so with a quick cry of horror. The stuff w

is on fire!

rotten fastenings as a man attired in a police officer's uniform burst into the place. Beh

enough!" cried t

t, what's

own from the loft where he had been sleeping. The upr

y, readily understanding, secured the flame-killing

e them, though if it had not been for the as yet unexplained arrival of Peggy and Jess it is dou

er," she exclaimed, "and I woke up Jess an

gazing at the smoking, blackened pile that had thr

manly intuition,

ysterical sob and threw her

," he said, gently disengaging himsel

e sentence. There wa

bin a pile of cinders in an hou

n to give an hyst

rned t

ing with kerosene. It was a plot to dest

-I

his throat. How was he to confess that he had fai

el

. It was not like Jimsy to he

came out

forgive me, any of

p! Oh,

roach in Jess's voice. B

Jimsy?" she

give you my wor

held a world o

ession over with, "that book of Grotz's on monoplane navigation. I felt sleepy and

"shure I was after laughing at them at first, but then, begorr

ot a word of reproach for his chum, although J

burned you alive!" cried

Roy; "it was a diabolical plot. Who

down here," said Officer McCarthy. "I'm afte

e group but the policeman had hi