But there was not a soul in sight; and he was puzzled to know what to do. He moved back across the lawn and, hidden in the shadows, looked up at the great house silhouetted in sharp outline against the sky. The lights blazed from many windows on the ground floor, but all the upper windows were in darkness.
Then suddenly he heard a slight sound in the direction of some sheds and a moment later saw a figure come staggering along carrying a tall ladder.
"Pellew!" he gasped, "and he's going to get into one of the bedrooms! Most likely he's after that Mrs. Templer's pearl necklace! What a nerve he's got!"
Pellew passed within a few feet of him, puffing and grunting under his heavy burden. He reached the side of the house and started with much struggling to place the ladder in position. But t
