ows but discovered none.  We happened to glance up on the roof and found a weakness there: the boards toward the peak,(which in this case happened to be at the side) were loose.
     “Maybe I can crawl in the roof” Bill remarked.  It looked dubious to me but I assented.  We placed a ladder at the place and Bill crawled up.  I heard boards banging around and then some scrambling.
     “Can you get in” I shouted up.
     “I guess so” came to me in muffled tones.  A moment later I heard him drop to the floor.  And then another moment he was up again with the digger, which he dropped to me and clambered down and together we hurried back to the scene of our