"I have read that book," said he.
"Here's a newspaper," said she.
As she held the paper in front of him she pointed to an article, evidently intending that he should read it.
The girl was a mystery to Matt. From her manner there was no doubt about her being anxious to do whatever she could to shield him.
Leaving the paper in his hands, she walked over to the table, opened the book and deftly extracted the fly leaf. Then she vanished from the room once more.
Matt drew his chair closer to the table so that he could get the full benefit of the dim light.
The first thing he noticed was that the paper was a week old. It was a Chicago daily. The column to which the girl had called his attention was headed, "Burglaries Continue! Astonishing Series of Robberies in South Chicago are Still Kept Up! Thieves Make Off With Loot and Leave Not a Clue Behind! Police Authorities Baffled! Latest Victims Hartz & Greer, Jewelers!"
Here followed an account dealing with a number of mysterious burglaries, but Matt, because of the danger in which he found himself, did not give the article the attention he would otherwise have done.
He did wonder, however, why it was that the girl had pointed out the article to him. While he was wondering, a step sounded in the hall and a form showed itself in the hall door.
The man was Brady!