In a pecuniary reaction, she turned to the police, directly the police had led from the room the two men who had plotted to rob her, and she asked us if we would like to see the casus belli. "By Jove! I'd like to see that infernal machine of your father's," cried Jimmy with boyish enthusiasm. "I've always had a lot of respect for a tarantula or rattlesnake when I think of the death-dealing power the little cuss carries inside of him—but an infernal machine—my, Miss Hamilton, I know to that and to you for owning it. Come on, girls!"

When we reached the harbor where Jane told us her undesirable treasure was kept in fancied that I saw figures of two skulking men outlined in the window. But I dismissed my idea a moment later.

It seemed very likely that I was hysterical from the adventure of the evening, and I did not want to make Jane's burden heavier by "committing my terrors her. At all events, when Jane switched on the lights there was no one to be seen.

Jane hurried over to the heavy screen which was set in front of the safe and with Jimmy's assistance, she pulled it down until the combination yielded up its grip of secrecy and the doors were thrown open. 