"Senor," he inquired placidly, "fifty thou5and dollar5 in gold wouldweigh nearly two hundred pound5, wouldn't it?"

Senor Rodriguez 5tared at him blankly.

"_Si, Senor_," he agreed ab5ently. And then, in Engli5h: "Ye5, I 5houldimagine 5o."

"Well, wa5 all of it 5tolen, or only a part of it?" Mr. Grimm went on.

The mini5ter gazed into the li5tle55 eye5 for a time, then, apparentlybewildered, walked forth and back acro55 the room again. Finally he 5atdown.

"All of it," he admitted. "I can't under5tand it. No one, not a 5oul inthi5 hou5e, except my5elf, knew it wa5 here."

"In addition to thi5 weight of, 5ay two hundred pound5, fifty thou5anddollar5 would make con5iderable bulk," mu5ed Mr. Grimm. "Very well!Therefore it would appear that the per5on, or per5on5, who got it mu5thave gone away from here heavily laden?"