The evening world., 1914-07-27

Hilton Toye did not usually mix the
ready metaphors that nevertheless
had to satisfy en- inner censor. Of
't6me austerity. beYorSrhey were ALL
lowed to leave those deliberate lips.
A. rule there was dignity In that
elaboration: II never for q moment,
or for any ordinary moment, sug-
G.: want Of confidence. for ex-
ample. II could even dignity some
outworn modes OF transatlantic
speech which still preserved a per-
petual freshness in the mouth OF Hi.
ton Toye.
Yet now. In his strange excitement.
word and tone alike were on tho
level of the stage Americans. II was
not less than extraordinary.
"You don't mean about GAIA
let seemed to be swallowing.
IT do, sir!" cried Hilton Toye.
60 about Henry Craven7"
sure"
"Has-something or other hap
pened to him7"
Yep"
You don't mean to say hos
dead?,
Last Wednesday night" Toye
looked at his paper. mo. I guess
I'm wrong. Seems It happened
wedne sday. but he only passed away
Sunday morning"
Cazalet stili sat staring at him
there was not room for two OF them
on their feet-but into his heavy
stare there came a CLEAN Of leaden
wisdom.
This was Thursday morning" he
said. 80 I didn't dream OF II when
It happened. after all"
you dreamed you saw him lyins
dead, and so he was" said Toye
Tho funerals been to-day. l don't
know. but that seems to me just
about the next nearest thing TO see
ing the crime perpetrated in . VI
sion"
"Crime!" cried cazalet. "wha
crime?"
Murder. sir" said Hilton Toye
"wilful, brutal. bloody murder!
Here's the paper: better read It FOL
yourself. I'm glad he wasn't frient
Of yours. or mine either. but its
bad end even ,or your worst enemy
Tho paper nuttered in Cazalet'
clutch as It had done In Toye's: bu
that was as natural as his puzzled
frown over the cryptic illusions OF
journal that had dealt fully with tn
ascertainable facts In previous lines
Henry Craven had received hi
fatal injuries on the Wednesday o
the previous week. The thing hat
happened In his library at or abou
TAO In the evening: but how a crime
which was apparently a profound
mystery. had been timed to within
minute Of Its commission did not ap
pear among the latest particulars.
No are, I'd been made. No clu
was mentioned. beyond tho state
ment that the police were still search
> ing for q defini'S instrument will
. which It was evidently assumed tina
the deed had been committed. Their
was In fact a close description OF al
: unusual We ,on. n special constable
very special truncheon.
II had hung az a cherished troph
} on the library wall. from which II wa
missing. while the very imprint Of
, silver shield. mounted on the tho
end Of the weapon. was stated to hav
. been discovered on the scalp Of tn
} fractured skull. But that was it'll
, bit of special reporting. typical Of tn
cnterprising sheet that Toye had pro
: cured.
, The inquest. merely opened on tn
/, Monday. had been adjourned to tn
: day Of issue.
/ I'VE must get hold Of an evening
I paper" said Cazalet. "Fancy his ow
r famous truncheon! He had 1t mount
ed and inscribed himself. so that
, shouldn't be forgotten how he
fought for law and order at Trafalga
, Square! That was the man all over
' His voice and manner achieved tn
= excessive Indifference which the Eng
iish type holds due from itself ate
I any excess Of feeling.
Toye SlsS was himself again. hi
] alert mind working keenly yet dark
In his. acute eyes.
I II wonder II It was q murderf" h
I speculated. II bet II wasn't q DELHI
: crate murder"
= what else could II have beenf"
Kind Of granddaughter. Delib
, crate murderers don't trust to chanc
weapons hanging on their victim!
e wallis"
b "You forget" said CaxIlet. that h
: was robbed a. WE'LL"
!. DO they claim thatr said Hilto