"So they have," she said, in affected surprise. "How did they do it?"
"Climbed out of the window by the bed cord. Didn't you hear it?"
"They must have done it before I was up," she replied, evading a direct answer.
"Conrad," called out Ralph, with a sudden thought, "go out to the barn, and see if they have taken the horse."
"Yes, they have. The horse isn't there," reported Conrad.
"Then I've been taken in, and done for. What beats me is, how did they suspect anything?"
"You forget," said the wife, "that they may have missed the wallet."
"That's true. I should like to know how long they have been gone. I wonder you didn't hear the horse."
"I think I slept pretty sound myself. It was not till late that I went to bed."
"Well, there's no use in crying over spilt milk," said Ralph, philosophically. "At any rate we've got the five dollars."