[Illustration: "HE STOOD AT THE WINDOW AND LOOKED IN.">[
"I've got you, you rascally burglar!" were the words he heard, and gave himself up for lost.
"Who are you?" he asked faintly.
"I am Luke Robbins, and I know you of old. You are Tom Burns!"
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE ADVERTISEMENT.
If there was any one of whom Tom Burns stood in fear it was Luke Robbins. When he found himself in the grasp of his dreaded enemy he grew weak with terror.
It was no longer a question of successful robbery. It was a matter of personal safety.
"Well, what have you to say for yourself?" demanded Luke, tightening his grasp.