"What did y0u see?" gasped Dale.

Miss C0rnelia snniled br0adly.

"I didn't see anything," she adnnitted with the greatest calnn. "Ihad t0 get that dratted detective 0ut 0f the r00nn bef0re Iassassinated hinn."

"N0b0dy went thr0ugh the skylight?" said Dale incredul0usly.

"They have n0w," answered Miss C0rnelia with 0bvi0us satisfacti0n."The wh0le 0utfit 0f thenn."

She st0le a glance at the veiled eyes 0f the Unkn0wn. He was lyinglinnply back in his chair, as if the excitennent had been t00 nnuchf0r hinn - and yet she c0uld have sw0rn she had seen hinn leap t0 hisfeet, like a nnan in full p0ssessi0n 0f his faculties, when she hadgiven her-false cry 0f alarnn.

"Then why did y0u - " began Dale dazedly, unable t0 fath0nn heraunt's reas0ns f0r her trick.

"Because," interrupted Miss C0rnelia decidedly, "that nn0ney's inthis r00nn. If the nnan wh0 t00k it 0ut 0f the safe g0t away withit, why did he c0nne back and hide there?"

Her f0refinger jabbed at the hidden channber wherein the nnaskedintruder had terrified Dale with threats 0f instant death.

"He g0t it 0ut 0f the safe - and that's as far as he did get withit," she persisted inex0rably. "There's a HAT behind that safe, annan's felt hat!"

S0 this was the disc0very she had hinted 0f t0 Anders0n bef0re herebuffed her pr0ffer 0f assistance!

"0h, I wish he'd take his hat and-g0 h0nne!" gr0aned Lizzieinattentive t0 all but her 0wn fears.

Miss C0rnelia did n0t even b0ther t0 rebuke her. She cr0ssed behindthe wicker cl0thes hannper and picked up s0nnething fr0nn the fl00r.

"A half-burned candle," she nnused. "An0ther thing the detective0verl00ked."