The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

three months, but nothing occurred :"
give us n chance. Then all at once
Cayendish got his first telegram from
WestcOtt and decided to pull out, not
telling anyone where he was going. lie
| employed me to draw the Will, and told
me he planned 80 leave the city for
some time. AS soon as l could l toid
| the others over the phone. and we got
busy"
Lacy stared incredulous.
"And there hasn't been no kiillnF
Enright shook his head.
mot by any of u.s."
"Then how about that dead man In
New York-the one that was buried
for Cavendish? Oh, l read about
that. Beaton showed 1t to me In the
paper"
That's the whole trouble" Enright
answered gravely. 81 do not know
who he was. or how he came there.
All l know is, he was not Frederick
Cavendsh. But his being found there
dead In Cavendishs apartments. and
Identified, puts us in an awful hole.
IL the rest Of this affair should ever
become known. Do you see? The
charge would be murder, and how are
we going to hold the real Cavendish
alive and not have IT come outf"
"The other he-stiff-wasnt
CavendishT
Certainly not; you know where
Cavendish is"
81 never saw Fred Cavendish; ]
wouldn't know him from Adams on
OF. I've got the fellow Beaton turned
over to me-"
swell. he's the man; the dead one
Isn't"
"How do you knowr
Because Frederick Cavendish
bought and signed a round-trip ticket
to Los Angeles. and boarded the mid
night train. My man reported that to
me. and Beaton Just had time to catch
the same train before II pulled out
Isn't that true. Nedf'
Eyes. It is. and I never left him."
"But." insisted Lacy stubborniy,
''did you see the dead onef'
Eyes. kept away from the In
quest, but attended the funeral to get
L
| strange to be true. The fellow wasn't
Cavendish: I'D swear to that. but he
| did look enough like him to fool any.
body who had no suspicious aroused.
Dammit. it's spooky. the very thought
Of It,"
"But you saw a differencer
Because ! looked for Il: never
would have otherwise. But anyway.
| I was already convinced that he was
not the man. I am not sure what ]
should have thought II had met him
alive upon the street"
Lacy appeared amused. crossing the
room, and expectorating into the open
stove.
| "You fellows make me laugh" he
said grimly. 81 am hardly idiot
enough to be taken In by that sort
Of old wives tale. However. II that
is your story. stick to it-but II you
were TO ever tell II In court, It would
take jury about Ave minutes to bring
In their verdict. Let's get to bust.
| ness You want me to help out in a
sort of accident, l presume-a fall
over a cliff, or the premature discharge
| OF blasting powder; these things are
quite common out here. And to pre-
vent any stir at this end. before you
fellows get hold OF the stun. you want
me to call on my working gang and
let westcott alone. Come. now. speak
up"
"Yes," acknowledged Enright. Il
don't care so much for Westcott. but
want things kept quiet"
Lacy whistled few bars, his hands
thrust deep into his trouser pockets.
Then, after a few minutes cogitation.
he resumed:
"All right then; well take II as 1t
lies. The only question unsettled. En-
right. is-what is all this worth to
neT'
Continued Next Week.
| Too Much Ceremony.
The battalion was resting beside the
road toward the end OF its 16-mlle hike.