"Gone!"
"Gone where?"
"Don't know! Disappeared!"
"How could they?"
"Somebody must have reached in and taken them while we were looking for the cat and dog. I've been robbed!"
"Nobody reached in," declared Burnham, at once. "No person has been near the window, Jones."
"But the money was there a few moments ago—I saw it just before the dog barked."
"Then it must be right here now. Perhaps you brushed the bills off onto the floor."
"Couldn't brush them out of the tray."
They looked on the floor, but the pile of bills was not found there.