Then Joe smiled, and stepped forward. And there was something in the smile that reassured Helen.
"Has he guessed it?" she asked in a low voice, as Joe passed her.
"No. But it was a narrow escape," was the answer.
CHAPTER XIX
JUGGLING WITH FIRE
Smilingly the man who had made claim to the ten thousand dollars waited for Joe Strong. The fellow seemed already to have the money in his grasp.
"You say there is a sliding panel in that corner?" asked Joe.
"Positive."
"And that I get out that way?"