Chapter 12 IN WHICH AN OVERTURE IS MADE,

AN ANSWER IS POSTPONED

AND A DOOR IS LOCKED

In his bedroom Jim Kendric sat for a long time pondering that night. What had appeared to him the simplest, most straight-away errand in the world had brought him down here, just the time-honored search for treasure. In all particulars the adventure had seemed the usual one, two men undertaking to s