Part 13 (1/2)
”What do youhie, looking it over ”There seee of dirt on it, that is all”
”Nor I,” chi there”
”Looks to er marks,” said Rand
”That's it, exactly!” cried Jack excitedly ”Look at it this way!”
”I see,” said the judge, ”some one has left the impression of a dusty hand”
”It was a ser than e, ”but what do you make of it?”
”It was a boy or a sical,” agreed the judge, ”but--”
”That may be,” criticized the officer, ”but I don't see that it leads anywhere”
”One minute,” returned Jack, ”his hand was dusty because he cah a dusty way”
”Plato, thou reasoneth well,” laughed the judge, ”but we are still up against the original puzzle What was that way?”
”How long since these s have been opened?” asked Jack, going to one of the s that looked on the wall of the next building
”Not in years, I think,” answered the judge ”Why?”
Without replying Jack opened one of the s and looked out; then going to a second he did the same
”You don't think that they came in that way, do you?” questioned the officer
”What do you expect to find, Jack?” asked Rand
”There you are!” he cried triumphantly, when he caot in!”
”How do you e
”See there!” replied Jack, ”thissill is almost free of dust, while the others have half an inch or so on theh; see, there is the print of a hand---”
”By the shade of coke, I think you are right!” exclaiet up to this ?”
”A boy ht work his way up between the walls,” answered Jack
”Lots of boys could do it”
”I guess you have hit it,” assented the officer ”Then the boy opened the doors and the others walked in as easily as if they owned the place A man with one eye could see it now”
”And went out the sae ”But why did they need toto think about, I guess,” hazarded the officer ”Perhaps they wanted to make it look like an inside job