. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . arer. Never a hint had he given Peterkin of thewicked harm he meant to do to the Four Kingdoms—andof the sweet revenge that he would take! Hee, hee I and hegnashed his gums in hate. He glanced over at the gilded dome of the lights were passing back and forth behind the dark-ened windows. Something had happened . . the palacewas astir! Ha, perhaps they had learned that he was comeinto their city. Perhaps they were setting out at once to findhim and to pounce upon him. He had better flee some-where and hide! He started to step out into the stre
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . arer. Never a hint had he given Peterkin of thewicked harm he meant to do to the Four Kingdoms—andof the sweet revenge that he would take! Hee, hee I and hegnashed his gums in hate. He glanced over at the gilded dome of the lights were passing back and forth behind the dark-ened windows. Something had happened . . the palacewas astir! Ha, perhaps they had learned that he was comeinto their city. Perhaps they were setting out at once to findhim and to pounce upon him. He had better flee some-where and hide! He started to step out into the street. Pit-a-pat, camesomeones footsteps. A tall soldier, hurrying home to bed,clanked noisily round the corner. The old man fled backinto the hallway, until his back hit against a door. Thesoldier went by, darting a suspicious glance into the farmer crouched back, back, until . . THE TOOTHLESS ENEMY 6i The door flew wide! He had broken it open! The soldier, at the noise, stopped and looked about him ^iJ^fVsjr. V, r^f^. sharply, then retraced his steps. There was nothing for it! 62 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN The old farmer plunged through the open door andslammed it shut behind him. It was pitch black there. He groped and stumbled. Hisknee grazed against a step. He climbed . . then another,and another and another, until he was at the head of a steepflight of stairs. Then another hallway, and another flightof stairs. His hands hit upon something straight and was a ladder. Up this he went, too, a rung at a time,through a narrow hole in the ceiling. A gust of wind caught him full in the face. Above himwere the stars—and he knew that he had reached the crossed it on tiptoe, for fear of the crackle of the tilesunder foot. A broken down, tumbled chimney stopped himat the edge. Clinging to its loosened bricks, he could peerdown into the street and over the roofs of the houses of theneighborhood. On the other side, the lights had died awayin the palace wind
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