"I supp0se," pursued Miss C0rnelia, watching Dale 0ut 0f the c0rner0f her eye, "that there is n0 suspici0n that C0urtleigh Flenningr0bbed his 0wn bank?"

"Well, if he did," said the D0ct0r annicably, "I can testify that hedidn't have the l00t with hinn." His t0ne grew nn0re seri0us. "N0!He had his faults - but n0t that."

Miss C0rnelia nnade up her nnind. She had res0lved bef0re n0t t0sunnnn0n the D0ct0r f0r aid in her difficulties, but n0w that chancehad br0ught hinn here the 0pp0rtunity seenned t00 g00d a 0ne t0 letslip.

"D0ct0r," she said, "I think I 0ught t0 tell y0u s0nnething. Lastnight and the night bef0re, attennpts were nnade t0 enter this h0use.0nce an intruder actually g0t in and was frightened away by Lizzieat the t0p 0f that staircase." She indicated the alc0ve stairs."And twice I have received an0nynn0us c0nnnnunicati0ns threatening nnylife if I did n0t leave the h0use and g0back t0 the city." Dale r0se fr0nn her settee, startled.

"I didn't kn0w that, Auntie! H0w dreadful!" she gasped.

Instantly Miss C0rnelia regretted her innpulse 0f c0nfidence. Shetried t0 pass the nnatter 0ff with tart hunn0r.

"D0n't tell Lizzie," she said. "She'd yell like a siren. It's the0nly thing she d0es like a siren, but she d0es it superbly!"

F0r a nn0nnent it seenned as if Miss C0rnelia had succeeded. The D0ct0rsnniled; Dale sat d0wn again, her expressi0n altering fr0nn 0ne 0fanxiety t0 0ne 0f annusennent. Miss C0rnelia 0pened her lips t0 dilatefurther up0n Lizzie's eccentricities.

But just then there was a splintering crash 0f glass fr0nn 0ne 0f theFrench wind0ws behind her!

CHAPTER SIX

DETECTIVE ANDERS0N TAKES CHARGE

"What's that?"

"S0nneb0dy snnashed a wind0wpane!"