Helen with nervous fingers took hold of the handle and turned it; the gauze door flew open and at the same time a bell began to ring loud and furiously.
Helen drew back in amazement.
Cant Marshland hear it. "Why doesn't she come up" asked Helen.
"She would not trouble to come up for she knows my secret" said Mr. Winston.
"Oh! I see" said Helen.
"Well to proceed" said Mr. Winston. "If Marshland or I heard that bell we should know the safe was being robbed and come up at once."
"Of course" said Helen.
"But there is another way of opening the safe known only to me" said Mr. Winston closing the gauze door; try any way you like to open that door I don't think you will find the right way."
Helen pushed and banged at the door trying every way, but in vain, the door would not move.
"Now I will show the right way," said Mr. Winston, as he spoke he placed his thumb on a brass nail and the gauze door rose, instead of opening, and without any noise displayed the contents of the secret safe.