"After you placed the bonds in it no outsider heard of their being there?"
"Not unless the others told them."
"Which they would not likely do. Now, tell me, was anything else taken?"
"Not a thing."
"Not even placed out of position?"
"As far as I could see, no."
"Was there any trace of the tin box having been opened?"
Mr. Sumner shook his head.
"Doesn't it seem probable that if the thieves had not been certain of what was in the box they would have opened it, and if they were ordinary fellows that they would have taken something else of value?"
"Hal, you ought to be a detective!" cried the broker, in admiration of the body's logical reasoning.