"It must be so—interesting!" exclaimed Elaine enthusiastically. "Think of all the bad men you must have caught!"
"I have quite a collection of stuff here at our rooms," remarked Craig, "almost a museum. Still," he ventured, "I can't promise that the place is in order," he laughed.
Elaine hesitated. "Would you like to see it?" she wheedled of Aunt
Josephine.
Aunt Josephine nodded acquiescence, and a moment later we all entered the building.
"You—you are very careful since that last warning?" asked Elaine as we approached our door.
"More than ever—now," replied Craig. "I have made up my mind to win."
She seemed to catch at the words as though they had a hidden meaning, looking first at him and then away, not displeased.
Kennedy had started to unlock the door, when he stopped short.
"See," he said, "this is a precaution I have just installed. I almost forgot in the excitement."
He pressed a panel and disclosed the box-like apparatus.