“Is it to measure the dents made by the burglars in the window sill there, and compare them with these?”
“Exactly; and if we find they correspond, as I think we shall, we will know that the same man committed both crimes.”
“And that man was the mysterious stranger who was talking to me.”
“Yes. Or at least one of the gang.”
“I wonder if we shall ever catch him?”
“It is hard to say, but it is a good deal easier to catch some particular person, than one of whom you know nothing.”
“Yes, that is so. Oh, I do hope we can catch him, and that will prove that I am innocent!”
“We’ll do our best, Dan.”
It did not take them long to get to Dr. Maxwell’s house. The physician was not at home, but from his wife they readily obtained permission to measure the indentations left in the window sill by the burglars’ jimmy.
“Do you think you are on the track of the robbers?” asked Mrs. Maxwell.