"Ah! you know who committed the first of the crimes," cried Jen, seizing the young girl's arm. "Confess. It was Dr. Etwald who stole the wand of sleep."
"No! no! It was--it was--"
"Dido?"
"Not Dido. Oh!" cried Isabella, in a tone of anguish, "it was my mother."
[CHAPTER XIX.]
FURTHER EVIDENCE.
Major Jen recoiled from the young girl in amazement.
"Your mother," he muttered, hardly believing the evidence of his own senses. "Your mother stole the devil-stick?"
"Yes; but she did not know what she was doing!"
Jen frowned.