LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "Here's my father, or the police!" . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ He surveyed himself with an excited curiosity. ]

[ "I can't hold him!" ]

[ He poured comforting assurances of safety into her ears. ]

[ "She was quite out of control for a good five minutes." ]

[ "To-night reflect on your misdeeds. To-morrow
we will treat of your ransom." ]

[ The pursuit was lively, but short. ]

[ It was his first essay as coiffeur. ]

[ As a battering-ram against the first and second buttons
of his waistcoat. ]

[ "Hold it back!" screamed Tinker. ]

[ Over these agreeable occupations they talked. ]

[ And she paused to let the splendour of the gift sink in. ]

[ It's time these lubbers walked the plank. ]