Entering the drive Larose saw a motor bicycle upon its stand, just near the front door, and approaching close he noticed a large coil of copper wire tied upon the pillion seat of the machine. Then he saw that the hall door was ajar.
He pumped upon the electric bell, and although he distinctly heard it ring in a far part of the house, after a full two minutes no one had appeared in answer to his call. He tried it again, but with the same result. Then he gently pushed the door wider open and looking inside, saw the hall was untenanted. A large pair of steps, however, stood just beneath a central electric light, and at the foot of the steps was a gaping bag of workman's tools.
“Ah! that's it!” he exclaimed. “The electrician's here and probably doing a line with the maids in the back-kitchen
