And day after day, one turn of the roulette wheel took and gave more money than all her years of frugal trade might amass! Taking one of the vestas, he struck a light, and holding it above his head, carefully examined the room, from side to side.

Then he tiptoed to a door, which stood ajar.

This, he saw by a second match, was a sleeping-room; and the two rooms, obviously, made up the suite.

A door, securely locked, opened from the sleeping-room into the outer hallway.

The door which opened from the larger room was likewise locked, but to make assurance doubly sure Durkin slid a second inside bolt, for already his quick eye had caught the gleam of its polished brass, just below the door-knob of the ordinary mortised lock.