Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-14
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Antony looked at his watch and

Antony looked at ms watch and
stood up.
'sCome along" he said. Its time
for that pob spoke about"
THE passage?" said Bill eagerly.
mo; the thing which | said that |
had to do this afternoon.
Without saying anything, Antony
led the way indoors to the office.
1t was three o'clock, and at three
had found the bodS, Ateefew min
o'clock yesterday Antony and Cayley
had found the body. At few min
ates after three, he had been looking
out of the window of the adjoining
room, and had been surprised sud-
denly to find the door open and Cay
ley behind him. He had vaguely
wondered at the time why he had
expected the door to be shut, but he
had no time then to worry the thing
out, and he had promised himself
to look into it at his leisure after
ward. He had decided that three
o'clock that afternoon should find
him once more in his office.
AS he went into the room, follow
ed by Bill, he felt it almost as a
shock that there was now no body
of Robert lying there betweea the
two doors. But there was a dark
stain which showed where the dead
mans head had been, and Antony
knelt down over it, as she had knelt
twenty-four hours before.
81 want to go through it again, -
he said. ''You must be Cayley. Cay
ley said he would get some water.
Now then, Bill, Just pretend you're
Cayley You've just said something
about water, and you get up"
Feeling that it was all little I'M
canny, Bill, who had been kncalmg
beside his friend, got up and walked
out. Antony, as he had done on the
previous day, looked up after him
as he went. Bill turned into the
room on the right, and came back.
"Well?" he said wonderingly.
Antony shook his head.
cts all different" he said. For
one thing, you made a devil of a
noise in there and Cayley didn't"
Perhaps you weren't listening
when Cayley went in?"
81 wasn't. But I should have
heard him if could have heard him.
and | should have remembered aft
erwards. "as.
Perhaps Cayley Shut the door
after him"
Waltz s& sE.s
Ke pressed his hand over his ewes
and thought. II wasn't anything
which he had heard He tried des-
perately hard to see it again
He saw Cavley getting Up, opening
the door from tar Gffice, leaving it
open and walking into the passage,
turning 70 tn dQar on the right,
opening it, going in, and then -
| What did his eyes see after that? If
they would only tell him again!
Suddenly he jumped up, his face
alight. "Bill, I've got itp' he cried.
"What?"
"The shadow on The wall! I was
looking at the shadow on the wall.
Oh, ass, and ten times ASST
Bill looked uncomprehendingly at
him. Antony took his arm and
pointed to the wall of the passage.
Look at the sunlight on it," he
said. That's because you've left
the door of that room open. The
sun comes straight in through the
windows. Now, I'm going to shut
the door. Look! D'you see how the
shadow moves across? That's what
saw the shadow moving across as
the door shut behind him. Bill %
in and shut the door behind you
quite naturally Quickw
Bill went out and Antony knelt,
watching eagerly.
81 thought SOL" he cried. 81 knew
it couldn't have been that"