"The ashes are still
warm." And he tested them with his hand. "They wanted to
destroy something, and when they found we were here they
clapped the blazing stuff into the safe, thinking it would
burn there.
"But the closing of the doors cut off the supply of air
and the fire smouldered and went out. It burned enough so
that it didn't leave us very much in the way of evidence,
though," went on Tom ruefully, as he poked among the charred
scraps.
"Maybe you can read some of 'em," suggested Ned.
"Part of the writing is in German," Tom said, as he looked
over the mass. "I don't believe it would be worth while to
try it. Still, I can save it. Here, I'll sweep the stuff
into a box, and if we get a chance we can try to patch it
together," and finding a broken box in what had been the
factory office the young inventor managed to get into it the
charred remains of the papers.
A further search failed to reveal anything that would be
useful in the way of evidence to determine what object the
three men could have had in hiding in the ruins, and Tom and
Ned returned to the tank.
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