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11                    at least £150. which he let fall into a                    blanket held by his comrades at the bot- tom of the window to receive the plun- der. He had but two comrades, they being brothers, seeing so valuable a prize in small bulk, concluded to keep it to                    themselves, and leave Dick to take care of himself, and accorgingly, taking away the rope ladder, they made off with the prey, and left Balſ to come down as he                    could. Balf then seeing himself outwit- ted, could not tell what to do, till obsery- ing there was a bedstead in the room but newly corded, he cut the cord with as                    little noise as possible, and fastening one end of it in the room, he let himself down into the street. He was no sooner on                    his feet but he began to meditate revenge, and immediately posted away to their place of rendezvous, telling his comrades they were all discovered, and the people whom they had robbed were in pursuit of them, just at his heels. Before the word's were well out of his mouth, they they ran away helter-skelter, and left all the booty, both money and plate, behind them; but Dick had the wit to stay and secure it tor his own use, and would never