Then he saw it swig frivolously to one side and vanish in the night.
The astonished man had seen more.

Feeble was the flashlight's shrouded ray, too feeble to outline against the night the small dark body behind the shining brown bag.

But that same ray caught and reflected back to the incredulous beholder two splashes of pale fire;--glints from a pair of deep-set collie-eyes.
As the bag disappeared, the eerie fire-points were gone.

The thief all but dropped his flashlight.

He gaped in nervous dread; and sought vainly to account for the witch-work he had witnessed.