That meant nothing fearful or horrifying to Dick.
Rubber soles and a dark suit covered the logical explanation.
“Still, I should have seen his face—maybe a mask, though——”
At any rate, he knew that he was not alone inside the edifice, and if Dick’s common sense was too great to let him think of uncanny spirits, the sense of danger supplied chills and thrills a-plenty.
A faint, glowing, bluish light broke out.
It threw no beam, only a sort of dull phosphorescence; but Dick’s quick eyes ran instantly to its source—some small flashlamp covered with colored cloth, a handkerchief, perhaps.
Behind that silhouette, because the light was aimed in the direction away from Dick, he saw what caused him to emit a revealing gasp.
The figure silhouette between him and the glow wore a dress!
“A woman!” gasped Dick, and at the same instant the figure whirled, Dick leaped up, the light went out and Dick rushed blindly forward.
A hand fumbled with the catch: that located her.