News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-12-15

u really was Ioye this time, anC
there was no guesswcrk in his tone
i"nr'V he was speaking by his lit
TIE h@aE, though he had not got it out
az a.
Glow do you know I went to
. Cock's?"
Il know every step you took be.
tween the Kaiser Fritz and Charinq
gross rTdi Oh ling Cross and TIE
/ Tq'7sr Frlt2!"
&.at.n ''.oHcd 20 The toteroaon-
~ h'n
ooh il calmly, but sorutoa'5 Surprise
( was net hidden by 5ardonic grin.
"YoNyo evidently had a stern chase
Hiall Yankee clipperl" said he. III
he's right about the letter, Cazalet I
ac9|6 say SO; presumably it wasn't
'rom Craven HIMSELF"
Mo-"
let III brought you across Europe
to Crlrau's house?"
"}Fa4 TO The back Of his house! I
expected to meet my man on the
river
Was TINT how you missed him more
or lces?"
Il auGpo-e it was"
Scruton ruminated a little, broke
INTO his offensive lau@r and checked
It insa1l~ Of mis- own accord. This
is really interasdas," lie croahed.
You get 10 LoIu24-at what time
was it?"
">omi2aI'y tbree-twenty-fva; but
the train ran thirteen minutes late"
said Hilton Toye.
And you're on the river by what
tir5e?" Scrutbn asked CaEalet
81 walked over Hungerford bridge,
took the first train to Surbiton, got a
boat there, and Just dropped down with
the stream. don't suppose the whole
thing took me very much more than
an hour"
aren't you forgetting something's"
said Toye.
Yes, I was. 1t was 1 who tele-
phoned to the house and found that
Craven was cut motoring; so there
was no hurry
Yet you weren't going to see Henry
Craven?" murmured Toye.
Cazalet did not answer His last
words had come in a characteristic
burst; now he had his mouth shut
tight, and his eyes were fast to Scru-
ton He might have been in the wit
ness-boX already, a doomed wretch
cyniCally supposed to be giving evil
dence en- his own behalf, but actually
only barring bis neck by inches to the
rope under the joint persuasion of
Judge and counsel. But he had one
friend by him still, one who had
edged a little nearer in the pause.
But you did see the man you went
to see?" said Scruton.
Cazalet paused "I don't know
Eventually somebody brushed past me
in the dark. I did think then-but
cant swear to him even now!"
Tell US about it."
do you mean that, Scruton? Do
you insist on bearing all that hap
pened? I'm not asking Toye; he can
do as he likes. But you, Scruton-
you've been through lot, you know
you ought to have stopped in bed-do
you really want this on top of all?"
60 ahead" said Scruton. "I'll have
a drink when you've done somebody
give me a cigarette meanwhile"
Cazalet supplied the cigarette,
struck a match. and held it with I'M
hand. The two mems eyes
met strangely across the fame.
"I'll tell you all exactly what hap |
pened; you can believe me or not as
you like You won't forget that |
knew every inch of the ground-ex- |
cept one altered bit that explained |
Itself" Cazalet turned to Blanche |
with a significant look, but she only |
drew an inch nearer still. We'll, it |
was in the little creek, where the boat
house is, that I waited for my man.
He never came-by the river. heard |
the motor, but it wasn't Henry Ora
ven that wanted to see, but the man
who was coming to see him. Even
tually thought I must have made a
or he might have changed
his mind and come by road. The
had gone; at least l
it was that by the time. 1t
was almost quite dark, and l landed
and went up the path past the back
premises to the front of the house. So
ar hadn't seen a SOUL or been seen
by one, evidently; but the French win
lows were open in what used to be
my fathers library, the room was
Ill lit up, and just as l got there a
nan ran out into the flood of light
md"
(Te be Continued.)