The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-19

The letter that Cayley was telling
the Inspector about From Robert
Mark. your loving brother Is COM
ing to see you Yes. suppose I
had better keep this. Wen. that's
his coat. Let's have out the rest Of
it" He took the remaining clothes
from the bag and spread them out
They're all here" said Bill
"Shirt. tie. socks. underclothes.
shoes-yes, all of them"
day7"
Eyes"
What do you make Of tit"
Bill shook his head. and asked an
other question.
us 1t what you expected7s'
Antony laughed suddenly.
IT'S too absurd he said. Fl ex-
pected-well, you know what I ex-
pected. A body. A body in a suit
of clothes. Well, perhaps 1t would
be safer to hide them separately.
The body here, and the clothes in
the passage, where they would
never betray themselves. And now
he takes a great deal of trouble to
| hide the clothes here. and doesn't
bother about the body at all" He
shook his head. I'm a bit lost for
the moment. Bill. and that's the
fact"
Anything else there7' - a
Antony felt in the bag.
Stones and-yes, there's some
thing else" He took it out and held
1t up. There we are, Bill"
| 1t was the Office key. i lStlS
by Jove, you were right"
| Antony turned the bag gently up
side down on the grass. A dozen
large stones fell out-.and something
else. He flashed down his torch.
Another key" he said.
He put the two keys in his pocket.
and sat there for a ling time in
silence. thinking. Bill was silent,
too, not liking to interrupt his
thoughts. but at last he said:
| ''Shail put these things back7s
Antony looked up with start
| what? Oh, yes. No, I'll put
them back. You give me light, viii
your
| Very slowly and carefully he put
the clothes back in the bag. pausing
as he took up each garment, In thu
| certainty. as it seemed to Bill, that
it had something to tell him II only
he could read it. When the last of
them was inside, he still waited
there on his knees. thinking.
That's the lot" said Bill.
Antony nodded at him.
Yes, that's the lot," he said: '.and
that's the funny thing about il
You're sure it Is the LOTT"
what do you mean?'
Give me the torch a moment
He took II and flashed it over the
ground between them Yes, that's
the LOT It's funny" He stood up.
the bag in his hands. Now let's
find hiding place for these. and
then" He said no more, but
stepped off through the trees. Bill
following him meekly.
AS soon as they had got the bag
off their hands and were clear of the
copse. Antony became more commu-
NEGATIVE. He took the two keys out
Of his pocket
i zone OF them Is the office key. I
suppose. and the other Is the key of
the passage cupboard. So / thought
that perhaps we might have look
at the cupboard"
| Il say. DO you really think IL isTt
well, don't see what else IT can
Ibe.~
but why should he want to throw
1t away?"
Because it has now done its work,
whatever 1t was. and he wants to
wash his hands of the passage. He'd
throw the passage away IL he could
I don't think it matters much one
way or another, and l don't suppose
there's anything to find in the cup
board. but feel that we must look"
do you still think Marks body
might be there?"
mo. And yet where else can It
be? Unless I'm hopelessly wrong.
and Cayley never killed him at all"
But the cupboard had not much to
tell them that night. 1t was empty
save for few old bottles.
well. that's that" said Bill.
But Antony, on his knees with the
torch in his hand. continued to
search for something.
/ What are you looking for3s
asked Bill at last.
Something that isn't there" said
Antony. getting up and busting his
trousers. And he locked the door
again.
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