“Can I get one like it?”
“Not unless I break my promise. So your chances are very slim, captain.”
“I reckon with that machine it’s safe to let you go in the house.”
“I reckon it is.”
“What will I do while you’re gone if another dog starts up?”
“Shoot, captain, shoot; that is all you can do. And now for a go inside that house.”
Murray at Ike’s suggestion went around to the rear and took up a position on the roof of a shed where he could lie low and watch the house, and then our hero made his attempt to enter. He encountered little difficulty. He managed to get on the roof of one of the outbuildings. He had seen a light in one of the rooms and knew that some one was moving in the old house. He got in through an attic window and moved cautiously toward the stairs leading to the floors below. He got down one flight and arrived opposite the room in which he had seen a light, and in which, as he stole forward, he heard voices. He peeped into the room and made a very startling discovery. There were two men in the room. One was Fellman and the other the banker’s exact counterpart. In fact, on the instant Ike decided that number two was a twin brother.
The two men were sitting opposite each other and were talking in a calm and easy manner. He heard Fellman say:
“So your people have no suspicion?”
“None whatever.”