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Rh the bed and studied what must have been the original position of the chairs and various articles of furniture. He sounded the wall and floor, and mounting upon a chair, the ceiling. Having satisfied himself of the impossibility of exit except through the single door, he turned back to Baraka.

"Now tell me what you think happened here," he directed. "How do you suppose the fellow ever got in?"

"How did he get in?" the Javanese rejoined. "I do not know—he knows!" He again accused the imperturbable Hereford. "All doors are locked, also bolted within. The light is out. I am asleep. A sound awakes me—the tearing of paper—that about the box! Ah! He is so bold! I think there must be more than one. If I alarm them they will take away the box. Two can