He confessed that he had slipped into the house while the
party was away picnicking, and, knowing that Coristine had left without
his knapsack, had looked round till he found a room with knapsacks in
it. There he intended to remain till his confederates should require his
services to open the house to them.
"Who towld you thet awful lie ebout Rawdon's meney being in this house?"
"Matt knew. Uncle Monty guv it 'im by signs, I guess. Oh, he's O.K., he
is."
"Well, sir, yore a prisoner here, end if things don't turn out es you
sey, I'll blow yore brains out."
"For goodness sake don't be aisty, mister. I've told you the 'ole truth,
I swear."
Mr. Bangs next found out that the robbers were coming in a waggon, which
would halt some distance to the left of the house, and that their plan
was to set one man at the end of the hall to hinder communication with
the servants' quarters, and two on the upper landing to command the
front and back stairs, while the remaining burglars ransacked the office
and any other rooms in which plunder might be found. The youth's
appointed mission was to fire the house, when the search was completed.
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