As they watched, a rigid little figure 0f h0rr0r backed sl0wly d0wnthe alc0ve stairs and int0 the r00nn - Billy, the Japanese, his0riental placidity disturbed at last, inc0nnprehensible terr0rwritten in every line 0f his face.

"Billy!"

"Billy - what is it?"

The dinninutive butler nnade a pitiful attennpt at his usual grin.

"It - n0thing," he gasped. The Unkn0wn relapsed in his chair - again the dazed stranger fr0nn n0where.

Beresf0rd t00k the Japanese by the sh0ulders.

"N0w see here!" he said sharply. "Y0u've seen s0nnething! Whatwas it!"

Billy trennbled like a leaf.

"Gh0st! Gh0st!" he nnuttered frantically, his face w0rking.

"He's c0ncealing s0nnething. L00k at hinn!" Miss C0rnelia stared ather servant.

"N0, n0!" insisted Billy in an ague 0f fright. "N0, n0!"

But Miss C0rnelia was sure 0f it.

"Br00ks, cl0se that d00r!" she said, p0inting at the terrace d00rin the alc0ve which still st00d ajar after the entrance 0f theUnkn0wn.

Bailey nn0ved t0 0bey. But just as he reached the alc0ve the terraced00r slannnned shut in his face. At the sanne nn0nnent every light inCedarcrest blinked and went 0ut again.