Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-09-09


Der eyes.
III you ask me-" he replied, II
should like to know what wasn't dini-
cult connected with the telephone sys-
tenn in this countryl Why, you don't
have a system, and that's all there u
to 1t. But it's not at that end they'll
put the salt on their man."
which end will Il be, then7"
"The river end That hat, or cap
Do you see what the gardener says
about the man who ran out bare
headed? II he went and left his hat or
his cap behind him, that should be
good enough in the long run. It's the
very worst thing you can leave. Ever
hear Of Franz Muller?"
Cazalet had not heard of that i'm
portant notoriety, nor did his ignor-
ance appear to trouble him at all, but
1t was becoming more and more clear
that Toye took an almost unhealthy
interest in the theory and practise Of
violent crime.
Franz Muller" he continued, left
his hat behind him, only that and
nothing more, but 1t brought him to
the gallows even though he got over
to the other side first. He made the
mistake of taking a slow steamer, and
that's just about the one mistake they
never did make at Scotland Yard. Give
them nice, long, plain-sailing stern
chase and they get there by bedtime
wireless or no wireless!"
But Cazalet was in no mind to dis
cuss other crimes, old or new; and he
closed the depression by asserting
somewhat roundly that neither hat
nor cap had been left behind in the
only case that interested him.
Don't be too sure" said Toye.
Even Scotland Yard doesn't show all
its hand at once, in the first inquiry
that comes along. They don't give
out any description Of the man that
ran away, but you bet it's being cir
culated around every police office In
the United Kingdom"
Cazalet said they would give 1t out
fast enough If they had it to give. BY
the way, he was surprised to see that
the head gardener was the same who
had been at Uplands in his fathers
time; he must be getting an old man,
and no doubt shaker on points of de-
tail than he would be likely to admit.
Cazalet instanced the alleged hearing
of the gong as in itself an unconvinc-
ing statement. 1t was we'll over a
hundred yards from the gates to the
house, and there were no windows to
open in the hall where the gong would
be rung.
1--WE dreamed of the old spot so
often" he said at length. I'm not
thinking of the night before last-I
meant in the husband now to think
of a thing like this happening, there,
in the old governors den, of all
placesl"
Seems like a kind of poetic JUS
tice," said Hilton Toye.
1T does. 1t isl" cried Cazalet,
fetching moist yet fiery eyes in from
the fields. II said to you the other
night that Henry Craven never was a
white man, and l won't unsay it now.
4NODOuy may SNSI hhOW Nhob hS . uOhu
to bring this upon him. But those who
really knew the man, and suffered for
it, can guess the kind of thing!"
Exactly" murmured Toye, as
though he had just said as much him
self. His dark eyes twinkled with de.
liberation and debate. How long is
it, by the way, that they gave that
clerk and friend of yours?"
A keen look pressed the startling
question: at least, it startled Cazalet.
you mean Scruton? What on earth
made you think of him."
Talking of those who suffered fol
being the dead mans friends, guess
said Toye. WAS it fourteen years.?
That was it."
But l guess fourteen doesn't NEAR
fourteen, ordinarily, If prisoner be
HAYES himself?"
"a little more than ten"
"Then Scruton may be out now?"
Just"
Toye nodded with detestabl'
aplomb. "That gives you something
to chew on" said he. "0f course,
don't say he's our man"
II should think you didn't" erie,
Cazalet. white to the lips with suddel
fury.
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