"No, not schust yet, anyvay. Come," and they hurried round to the back door.
This time they did not wait to ring or knock, but using his nippers, Barney speedily opened the way for them to enter the house, and they entered accordingly, closing and locking the door after them.
Jake, as one familiar with the premises, led the way to the second story; and entering a sitting-room, lighted the gas, and then approaching a bedroom door, knocked.
After the knocking was repeated, a little more impatiently, a voice demanded in no very pleasant tone:
"Who's there, and what do you want?"
"It vos me, my tear," answered Jake; "und I vont your own sweet self, und dot tamned quick, too."
"What! is it you, Jake? How did you get in?"
"Yes, it vos me, I told you, und I valked in."
"I'll be out in a minute," and sure enough in less than a minute a very pretty girl, not more than nineteen years of age, clothed in a dressing-gown and slippers, made her appearance.
"Ah! you are not alone!" she exclaimed, starting back at sight of Barney.