"The ladder is moving!"
It was being shifted a few inches, apparently to a better foothold. Lionel seized the jug and made ready for action.
"Cigar or cocoa-nut, lidy?" he whispered joyously as he threw up the sash.
CHAPTER XXI
THE THORNY PATH
"Dinner as usual, sir?" said the landlord of The Happy Heart, looking into the parlor where Tony and Robert were playing piquet.
"Please, Mr. Glew," said Tony. "Seven o'clock as usual. Oh, by the way, have you got such a thing as a lantern?"
"A lantern!" interjected Robert in surprise. "Why, what——" He was checked by a kick under the table.
"I dare say I can find you one, sir," said the landlord. "We don't need 'em these summer nights, but I'll be bound there's one knocking about somewhere."