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THE TERRIBLE TWINS

"Oh? Then it was one of you who called 'Cave!' from the wood?" said Sir James.

"Yes; we didn't want old Glazebrook to catch you," said the Terror.

"Oh—er—thanks," said Sir James in a tone of discomfort.

"That wouldn't have been any use to us," said the Terror.

"Of use to you?" said Sir James.

"Yes; if he'd caught you, there wouldn't be any reason why we should fish your water," said the Terror.

Sir James looked puzzled:

"But is there any reason now?" he said.

"Yes. You see, you were poaching," said the Terror in a very gentle explanatory voice.

"And you caught three fish," said Erebus in something of the manner of a chorus in an Athe-
nian tragedy.

Sir James sat bolt upright with a sudden air of astonished enlightenment:

"Well, I'm—hanged if it isn't blackmail!" he cried.

"Blackmail?" said the Terror in a tone of

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