_The Strange Bargain_ Ronicky drew his gun and waited.

"Good," said the man of the sneer.
"Go ahead." "It was down in the cellar that we found the first tracks.

He came in through the side window and closed it after him." "That dropped him into the coal bin.

Did he get coal dust on his shoes ?" "Right; and he didn't have sense enough to wipe it off." "An amateur--a rank amateur! I told you!" said the man of the sneer, with satisfaction.

"You followed his trail ?" "Up the stairs to the kitchen and down the hall and up to Harry's room." "We already knew he'd gone there." "But he left that room again and came down the hall." "Yes.