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Our hero let himself in with his latch key, and after washing the colour off his face, and attending to other business matters, he turned in for the night, and slept soundly till the morning.
CHAPTER XLV.
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A VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE—THE UNEXPECTED MEETING.
As may be imagined, there was a rare hue and cry, both at Highgate and the adjacent neighbourhood, for some days after the burglary at Miss Chickleberry’s establishment for young ladies, and as a natural consequence the facts of the case lost nothing in the hands of the gossips who recounted the terrible outrage.
The schoolmistress herself was said to be at death’s door, in consequence of the brutal treatment she had received at the hands of the ruffian who had so mercilessly attacked her.
The valiant policeman was also seriously injured, and the amount of property stolen was of course enormous.
Notices were sent to the several metropolitan police stations, and all that could possibly be done to trace the robber was at once set on foot.