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On the night in question, Terrence wore a tall, peaked brown hat, with
black band. He also wore white trousers and a gray coat. The three set
off in a cart which Terrence hired to bring back the treasure. It was
dark before they commenced their journey, for the officers did not want
the men to know of the affair.
They reached the farm house of Mr. Condit and prepared to enter it and
begin operations. The cart and mule were left under some trees. It was
now ten o'clock, and the house was quite dark. Slowly they crept up to
it, Terrence asking himself if the farmer had heeded his warning. Like
many farm-house cellars, there was a trap door opening on the outside.
To this cellar door they made their way. Terrence, who was accustomed to
such affairs, had provided himself with a lantern, which he was to light
when they entered the cellar.
They descended the steps and had scarcely reached the floor, when
footsteps were heard descending a flight of steps from the inside of
the house.
"Hide behind the barrels and boxes, ivery mother's son of ye!" whispered
the Irishman. The officers were concealing themselves, when suddenly the
door opened and a portly elderly gentleman in his shirt sleeves, knee
breeches and slippers, carrying a lighted candle in one hand and a
pistol in the other descended. He saw Captain Bones and his lieutenant
trying to hide behind a barrel.
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