They had enough dynamite with them to blow the house up." She crossed to her uncle's desk and looked downward.

The carpet had apparently not been disturbed.

There were no signs that it had been touched at all.
"Are these men ordinary burglars ?" she asked Leverson.
He hesitated.
"Why, I imagine so," he answered.

"Their tools are as smart a lot as ever I saw in my life.

They had spies all round the house to help them escape, and this one would have got away too, if I hadn't tripped him up." "Curse you!" the bound man muttered.
Virginia looked at him and shivered.
"Well, I am glad you caught one of them," she said.