. The winds of Deal : a school story . s lights, raised his window, andslipped out upon the fire-escape. It was a moonlight night, but this side of Stander-land was in shadow. Macgregor paused a momentto put on his shoes, then slid down the fire-escapeand dropped softly to the ground eight feet ran along the wall of the cloister which con-nected the two houses, keeping well within theshadows, till he came to a similar fire-escape on thenorth side of Montrose. Arrived there, he gave alow peculiar whistle. Almost instantly a windowwas raised in the second story and the end of a stoutrop
. The winds of Deal : a school story . s lights, raised his window, andslipped out upon the fire-escape. It was a moonlight night, but this side of Stander-land was in shadow. Macgregor paused a momentto put on his shoes, then slid down the fire-escapeand dropped softly to the ground eight feet ran along the wall of the cloister which con-nected the two houses, keeping well within theshadows, till he came to a similar fire-escape on thenorth side of Montrose. Arrived there, he gave alow peculiar whistle. Almost instantly a windowwas raised in the second story and the end of a stoutrope came dangling down. Macgregor grabbed it,and in an instant or so had shinned up till his littleleft arm could grasp the lower rung of the effort or so more and he was up. In anothersecond he was in Watsons bedroom. All serene, he whispered, vaulting over thewindow-sill, as he took from his pocket a smallelectric light and flashed it into the faces of the boys THE NEW YORKPUBUf LIBRARY A8TUR. LENOX ANDTILIJSN FOUNDATIONS* L. s-O 0) > ^3c/i
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