"
"I don't know as it needs any explaining," retorted Rand. "They
got in a trough of the waves, and--"
"Trough of the waves!" cried Jack.
"What are you talking about?"
"Why, about the Whildens, of course. What are you talking about?"
"Oh, pshaw! I was talking about the burglars."
"Oh, I see," said Rand. "How did they get in?"
"That is what we would all like to know," replied Jack. "There isn't
anything to show how they got in or how they went out, unless they
went out through the door and locked it after them."
"That is possible, isn't it?" asked Rand.
"I suppose it is possible," admitted Jack, "but I don't see how
they managed it."
"Not if they had a key?"
"It must have been that way," agreed Jack, "but where did they get
this key? That don't lessen the puzzle. It was a Yale lock, and
keys to them are not to be had easily, and they must have had one
for the front door, too."
"Well, if they could get the one they could get the other," said
Rand.
"I suppose so," agreed Jack. "It probably wouldn't be much harder
to get two than one.
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