Bangs--Ben has no Clothes--Three Young Gentlemen in a Bad Way.
Mr. Bangs had no fewer than eight men under his command, Bigglethorpe
and the two Richards at the water, and Coristine and the veteran, the
two Pilgrims and Rufus, up above. The latter tired themselves out, under
the detective's direction, looking for an opening in the ground, but
found none, nor anything that in the least resembled one. Some of the
searchers wondered why the chimney in Rawdon's house was so
unnecessarily large and strong, but no examination about its base
revealed any connection between it and an underground passage. The
detective, in conference with Mr. Terry and the lawyer, decided on four
sentries, namely one each at the house and the lake, as already set, one
at the road looking towards the entrance, and the other half way between
the lake and the house, to keep up the connection. Some bread and meat
and a pot of tea, with dishes, were sent down to the three men on the
shore by the hands of Timotheus, but they rejected the cold meat, having
already made a fire, and broiled the bass caught by Mr.
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