Despite the utmost importunity, old Sir Andrew was inexorable, and smiled at the disappointment, rage, and revenge, which evidently flashed from the young man’s eyes; for, although he begged for favours which were not granted, and loathed the very person from whom he had expected to receive them, yet he dared not give vent to his almost suffocating fury, for old Sir Andrew, mild-spoken, and perfectly at ease, held forged papers in his possession, which hung over Phillip’s head as the sword of Damocles. “I wish I could poison the old miser,” muttered the youth, walking back towards his apartments in high dudgeon. “I’ll make a ‘smash’ _somewhere_ before the week is out, if I _swing_ for it.” He _must_ have cash from somewhere, he thought, so determined to do that which many “very smart” men had the reputation for having done during life—namely, to get money by any adroit means that should escape detection and proof, or, at most, only injure his “name”—for your greatest rogues, after all, he thought, are usually the greatest “sticklers” for so-called “honour” and “reputation.” “What’s the difference _if you are not found out_?” he muttered. “Who can point out to _one_ honest man? The true secret of success is to get all you can, and keep all you get. How many can say the foundation of their prosperity was laid in undisputed honesty? “How would the best of us fare if justice was fairly meted out to all? “‘_Go as close to the gaol as you please; but don’t go in!_’ is the maxim in our times. Rich men’s knavery consigns them to the ease and luxuriance of a palace. Poor men, for the same, may rot in dungeons. ‘Do whatever you please, but don’t get found out,’ is the practical philosophy of the day. Those who succeed, retire upon large fortunes, and are austere bigots and pillars of hypocrisy; those who fail, are cuffed and kicked, and never stop rolling until they roll into the grave.” Thus mused Mr. Phillip Redgill, bent on fresh crime. GRAND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES!! [Illustration: Decoration] 1,400 VALUABLE PRESENTS =GIVEN AWAY= WITH THE =BOYS OF ENGLAND=, Consisting of Ponies, Pet Dogs, Pigeons, Ducks, Fowls, Rabbits, Concertinas, Watches, Cricket Bats, Balls and Stumps, Bows and Arrows, Fishing Rods, Quoits, Boxes of Colours, Sets of Characters, Scenes, Stage Front, etc., etc. ORDER NO. 1 OF THE =BOYS OF ENGLAND=. ONE PENNY WEEKLY. With No. 1 is PRESENTED A LARGE AND MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING OF THE BATTLE OF CHEVY CHASE, AND A SET OF CHARACTERS FOR A NEW PLAY. FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF ANY OTHER BOYS’ JOURNAL. LOOK OUT FOR THE BOY SAILOR; OR, LIFE ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR. A most interesting and powerfully-written Tale, to be completed in about 30 Numbers. _No. 2 with No. 1, and a LARGE ENGRAVING, GRATIS._ [Illustration: THE INTERVIEW.—_See_ No. 10.] CHAPTER XXV.