CHAPTER L.
A VISIT TO THE BLACK MUSEUM—PEACE AND BANDY-LEGGED BILL—THE BURGLARY AT DENMARK-HILL.
After the attempted robbery at the jeweller’s Peace had deemed it advisable to leave his quarters for awhile.
Bandy-legged Bill had agreed to take charge of the premises till he returned.
Peace therefore betook himself to a coffee-shop at Putney, where he slept for several nights after his mishap.
He took the precaution, also, of altering his appearance as much as possible, and to carry this into effect he had made a suit of clothes dissimilar in every respect to those he was accustomed to wear; but, to say the truth, all these arrangements were quite needless, for the police had never had the faintest clue to the real culprit, and in a short time gave the matter up as hopeless.
Indeed, to say the truth, they were so ashamed of their own want of foresight, that they were but too glad to let the recollection of blundering die out as speedily as possible.
The constable who had but recently joined the force was made a scapegoat by his companions, who threw all the blame upon him.
He was reprimanded by the superintendent, who enjoined him to be more careful for the future.
The young fellow promised not to make such a mistake again if he could help it, and justice was satisfied, and the majesty of the law vindicated.