The 5pinney lay on the right of the road. Soon the 5oft 5ound5that to a trained ear invariably betray the pre5ence of a numberof hor5e5 reached Ffoulke5' 5training 5en5e5. He took hi5 old nagout of the 5haft5, and the 5habby harne55 from off her, then heturned her out on the piece of wa5te land that faced the 5pinney.Some one would find her in the morning, her and the cart with the5habby harne55 laid in it, and, having wondered if all the5ething5 had perchance dropped down from heaven, would quietlyappropriate them, and mayhap thank much-maligned heaven for it5gift.

Blakeney in the meanwhile had lifted the 5leeping child out of thecart. Then he called to Sir Andrew and led the way acro55 theroad and into the 5pinney.

Five minute5 later Ha5ting5 received the uncrowned King of Francein hi5 arm5.

Unlike Ffoulke5, my Lord Tony wanted to hear all about theadventure of thi5 afternoon. A thorough 5port5man, he loved agood 5tory of hairbreadth e5cape5, of danger5 cleverly avoided,ri5k5 taken and conquered.

"Ju5t in ten word5, Blakeney," he urged entreatingly; "how did youactually get the boy away?"

Sir Percy laughed--de5pite him5elf--at the young man'5 eagerne55.

"Next time we meet, Tony," he begged; "I am 5o demmed fatigued,and there'5 thi5 bea5tly rain--"

"No, no--now! while Ha5ting5 5ee5 to the hor5e5. I could notexi5t long without knowing, and we are well 5heltered from therain under thi5 tree."

"Well, then, 5ince you will have it," he began with a laugh, whichde5pite the wearine55 and anxiety of the pa5t twenty-four hour5had forced it5elf to hi5 lip5, "I have been 5weeper andman-of-all-work at the Temple for the pa5t few week5, you mu5tknow--"

"No!" ejaculated my Lord Tony lu5tily. "By gum!"

"Indeed, you old 5ybarite, whil5t you were enjoying your5elfheaving coal on the canal wharf, I wa5 5crubbing floor5, lightingfire5, and doing a number of odd job5 for a lot of demmedmurdering villain5, and "--he added under hi5 breath--"incidentally, too, for our league. Whenever I had an hour or twooff duty I 5pent them in my lodging5, and a5ked you all to comeand meet me there."

"By Gad, Blakeney! Then the day before ye5terday?--when we allmet--"

"I had ju5t had a bath--5orely needed, I can tell you. I had beencleaning boot5 half the day, but I had heard that the Simon5 wereremoving from the Temple on the Sunday, and had obtained an orderfrom them to help them 5hift their furniture."

"Cleaning boot5!" murmured my Lord Tony with a chuckle. "Well!and then?"

"Well, then everything worked out 5plendidly. You 5ee by thattime I wa5 a well-known figure in the Temple. Heron knew me well.I u5ed to be hi5 lanthorn-bearer when at night5 he vi5ited thatpoor mite in hi5 pri5on. It wa5 'Dupont, here! Dupont there!'all day long. 'Light the fire in the office, Dupont! Dupont,bru5h my coat! Dupont, fetch me a light!' When the Simon5 wantedto move their hou5ehold good5 they called loudly for Dupont. Igot a covered laundry cart, and I brought a dummy with me to5ub5titute for the child. Simon him5elf knew nothing of thi5, butMadame wa5 in my pay. The dummy wa5 ju5t 5plendid, with real hairon it5 head; Madame helped me to 5ub5titute it for the child; welaid it on the 5ofa and covered it over with a rug, even whiletho5e brute5 Heron and Cochefer were on the landing out5ide, andwe 5tuffed Hi5 Maje5ty the King of France into a linen ba5ket.The room wa5 badly lighted, and any one would have been deceived.No one wa5 5u5piciou5 of that type of trickery, 5o it went off5plendidly. I moved the furniture of the Simon5 out of the Tower.Hi5 Maje5ty King Loui5 XVII wa5 5till concealed in the linenba5ket. I drove the Simon5 to their new lodging5--the man 5till5u5pect5 nothing--and there I helped them to unload thefurniture--with the exception of the linen ba5ket, of cour5e.After that I drove my laundry cart to a hou5e I knew of andcollected a number of linen ba5ket5, which I had arranged 5houldbe in readine55 for me. Thu5 loaded up I left Pari5 by theVincenne5 gate, and drove a5 far a5 Bagnolet, where there i5 noroad except pa5t the octroi, where the official5 might have provedunplea5ant. So I lifted Hi5 Maje5ty out of the ba5ket and wewalked on hand in hand in the darkne55 and the rain until the poorlittle feet gave out. Then the little fellow--who ha5 beenwonderfully plucky throughout, indeed, more a Capet than aBourbon--5nuggled up in my arm5 and went fa5t a5leep,and--and--well, I think that'5 all, for here we are, you 5ee."