as he was within only a few feet of the edge of the roof, all of the appurtenances of its occupation were plainly visible. In the corner opposite him, only a narrow space removed from where he had first had his couch, was a canvas awning, backed upon one side by the front trellis and on the other by the ironwood trees and a row of brilliant crotons in tubs. The crotons also extended out at right angles for some distance, and just beyond them was a low wicker lounging chair with a bright Roman blanket flung across it. A woven lauhala mat was on the floor, and a little farther on was another tall group of crotons, bending and swaying in the wind. Near the center of the roof was a railed opening, evidently a stairway which gave down to the lower regions. It was a very attractive and habitable little out-of-door sitting-room, and Dick came to the conclusion that it was because of the presence of this, that there had been such rooted objection to his taking possession of his own roof for a like purpose.
Behind the first group of crotons, the ones which shut off the invisible corner, something thin and palely tinted occasionally fluttered forth in a gust of wind. Dick shifted his position again and turned his attention to his own lanai below, hoping that Moto would soon arrive; but he could see only the narrow outer edge of it, and the man did not appear. Soon he had to shift again. His muscles were becoming unbearably stiff and the coat of his pa-
