The bird, as Pat said, belonged to Mr. Slocum, who lived about two miles away. He had received him as a very fine specimen of a screech owl, from a sea captain, who had brought him from abroad, and had got tired of him. Mr. Slocum happened to be in Halifax at the time, and brought the bird home in triumph a few weeks before. During the previous week he had escaped, and had found his way through an open window of the cupola into the garret. Pat had discovered him first, and as his terrific hoot sounded out, frightening the boys, he took advantage of the circumstance to perform a few additional tricks of his own, with the consequences that have been narrated. It was only on the previous day that Pat had found out who was the owner of the wandering bird. He happened to hear people speaking of it in the village store as he was making some purchases. So, now that the whole affair had come to an end, he thought he might as well restore the lively bird to its rightful owner. Meanwhile the donkey had been taken to his pasture, and the boys returned, and school began, and the business of the day soon engrossed their whole attention. After school Pat and the boys of the “B. O. W. C.” received a message from Mr. Long, requesting them to come to his study. For the affair had spread, and the teachers had learned all about it. Of course it was a thing that could not be passed over. After some discussion, however, it was considered that it was not of sufficient importance to be brought before Dr. Porter; and so Mr. Long was requested to see all the boys concerned in the affair, and afterwards report. Mr. Long’s study was a room situated immediately under Bart’s. He generally left at nine in the evening, and slept elsewhere. Consequently he had not been in the way of hearing those “voices of the night.” It was to this room, then, that the “B. O. W. C.,” together with Pat, bent their steps, trying to conjecture what Mr. Long proposed to do about it. XXI. _Called to Account.--Mr. Long and the B. O. W. C.--They get a tremendous “Wigging.”--Pat to the Rescue.--Mr. Long relaxes.--The unhidden Guest.--Captain Corhet and the irrepressible Bobby.--Coming in Joy to depart in Tears.--The Relics again.--A Solemn Ceremony.--A Speech, a Poem, a Procession, all ending in a Consignment of the exhumed Treasure to its Resting-place._ AS they entered the study they found Mr. Long seated in an arm-chair by his study table. He looked at them with a grave and severe countenance, and motioned them to seats. They sat down.