"They wanted to inspect the attic, did they?" murmured Ralph thoughtfully.
"Yes. Then they said they would have to look over the chimneys and roof, to be sure everything was all right."
"Did they do so?"
"I told them where the ladder was. Of course, confined helpless to my invalid chair, I couldn't go out with them. They came back inside in about ten minutes, and said they had found everything in shipshape order."
"Those are the persons who robbed the trunk," declared Ralph in a tone of conviction.
"Do you think so?" cried the old woman. "Do you know them?"
"I don't know--yet. Do you remember how they were dressed?"
"They were well-dressed, I remember that."
"Young men, I believe you said?"
"Yes, boys, almost--a little older than you. One wore a pearl-gray derby hat. The other wore a kind of automobile cap."