CHAPTER IXA THIEF ROBS A THIEF
The result of the investigation of Chick within the barroom, and of Nick without the house, was to show that there were two entrances to the upper story.
One was by the outside staircase at the rear, which had evidently been used by the four, and the other by a hallway, the door of which was on the avenue.
Nick had tried and found that the door at the front of the house was locked and bolted on the other side.
Chick had found that there was a door at the rear of the barroom which opened into this hall from which a flight of stairs ran up to the second floor.
Chick joined Nick in the cross street near the rear door that led from the street into the barroom. They exchanged their information, and Nick said:
“We will go into the barroom, Chick, and while th
