The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-21
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see Miss Macnair's brother, son
of the late head of his fathers
old firm of solicitors and now
one of the partners. to get them
to take up Scruton's case.
Going to see Scruton, too?"
said Toye.
Not necessarily" was the
short reply. But II was elaborat-
ed by Cazalet on a moments con-
sideration.
Its a perfect scandal that he
should be there at ALL" said Car
alet. as he rose first and ushered
Toye out into the lounge. "Only
think; our old gardener saw him
run out of the drive at half past
seven, when the real murderer
must have been shivering in the
cigar cupboard. wondering hew
the devil he was ever going to
get out again."
Then you think Craven was
getting out some cigars when the
man, whoever he was, came in
and knocked him on the head?"
Cazalet nodded vigorously
That's the likeliest thing OF
ALL" he cried. Then the gonp
went-there may have come a
knock at the door-and there
was that cupboard standing open
at his elbow"
with q hole in the floor that
might have been made for him.
"As it happens, yes; he'd
search every inch like a rat in a
trap, You see; and there 1t was as
I'd left il twenty years before"
We'll, it's a wonderful yarn."
exclaimed Hilton Toye, and he
lighted the cigar that Cazalet had
given him.
II think it may be thought one
II the police ever own how they
made their find" agreed Cazalet
laughing and looking at his
watch. Toye had never heard
him laugh so often. by the way,
Drinkwater doesn't want any OF
all this to come out until he's
dragged his man before the beak
again"
Which you mean to prevent
If only | can! I more or less
promised not to talk, however
and I'm sure you won't. You
knew so much already, you may
just as well know the rest this
week as next, II you don't
mind keeping it to yourself"
Nobody could have minded this
particular embargo less than Hill
ton Toye. He thought of Cazalet
with a smile that was as yet
merely puzzled, and not unfriend-
ly until he had time to recall Miss
Blanche's part in the strange af.
fair of the previous afternoon.
Say, weren't they rather In.
innate, these two. even IL they
had know each other all theil
lives? And this funny affair
would bring them together again
quicker than anything.
Say, what funny affair it was
when you came to think of It!
Funny all through, it now struck
Toye; beginning on board shir
with that dream of Cazalet's
about the murdered man, leading
to all that talk of the old griev-
ance against him, and culminat.
ing in his actually finding the
implements of the crime in his in
spired efforts to save the man OF
whose innocence he was so post
tive. Say, If that Cazalet had
not been on his way home from
Australia at the time,
Toye thought like lightning
and had reached this point before
he was a hundred yards from the
hotel. Then he thought of some
thing else, and retraced his steps
He retraced them even to the
table at which he had sat with
Cazalet not very many minutes
ago; the waiter was only now be-
ginning to clear away.
Say, waiter. what have you
done with the menu that was In
that toast rack? There was some
thing on 1t that we rather wanted
to keep"
81 thought there was, sir" said
the waiter.
You thought that, and you
took it away"
mot at all, sir. I 'appened
to observe the other gentleman
put the menu in his pocket, be-
hind your back as you were get.
ting up, because / passed a re-
mark about il to the head waiter
at the time!"