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"What's that?"

"Somebody smashed a pane!"

"And threw in a stone!"

"Wait a minute, I'll--" The Doctor, all alert at once, ran into the alcove and jerked at the terrace door

"It's bolted at the top, too," called Miss Cornelia He nodded, without wasting words on a reply, unbolted the door and dashed out into the darkness of the terrace Miss Cornelia saw him run past the French s and disappear into blackness Meanwhile Dale, her listlessness vanished before the shock of the strange occurrence, had gone to the brokenand picked up the stone It rapped in paper; there see on the paper She closed the terrace door and brought the stone to her aunt

Miss Cornelia unwrapped the paper and smoothed out the sheet

Two lines of coarse, round handwriting sprawled across it: Take warning! Leave this house at once! It is threatened with disaster which will involve you if you renature

"Who do you think wrote it?" asked Dale breathlessly

Miss Cornelia straightened up like a ra was calculated towould do it!"

She twitched the sheet of paper angrily

"But--so!"

"I hope so! That's the reason I--"