Evening journal., 1922-08-15
ro.tinued from our Lost Is~e)

>, Whatever had happened inside
he once. whoever had killed ROD
~. cavlev knew all about II. and
n.w thai Mark was not inside, and
ad not escaped by the window. bu'
wss necessary TO Csyley's plans
Marks plane n they were acting
concert-that he should be
bouxht so to have escaped. Al
ome time. then, while he was ham
airing fthe key In his pockeD 81
n. locked door. he must suddenly
ave rememoered-with what =
bock,-that a mistake had been
osss. A window had not been lef'
pen,
And then Antony's sudden appear
re- Here uHs complication
nd Antony suggesting that theN
houid try the window why the
r,ndow was just what he wanted 10
void. No wonder he had seemed
azed at nrst.
An and here at last was the eN-
,As nation why they had gone me
onve~t wav round-snd yet run. II
vas cayleys only chance OF setiins
Start on Antony. OF getting 10 the
fndov. hrst, of working them open
onnehow before Antony csught MIN
Even II fhst were impossible
must get there arst, just to make
lure
So he had run. But Antony h"u
.nt up with him. They hsd oroken
The window together. and gone
Ito the once. But Csyiey was not
~. vet There was the dressing
Boom window, But quietly qnietiy'
kntony mustn't hear
And Antony didn't hear. Indeed
he had played up to csyley splendid
MOI only had he called attention
the open window, but he had
Aarsf,,llv explained to Cayley why
k,.rk had chosen this psrtieu ar
lr:ndow in preference TO the once
x,,dow And Csyley had agreed
-, rrohahiv that was the reason.
How he must have chucklsd 10 MN
keif'
Thav were outside on the lawn
k1atn now. Bill and Antony. and BIZ
Hs~ ti<tening openmouthed 10 ms
k~l.rd's theory ot yesterdays nap
b.rinr II only gave them another
|nvttery TO solve.
-,vhst', thst." ssid Antony
NARY where's Mark II ne
L,sysr went into the once Al AL
hen wn.re 8. he now
IT don't saw that he never went
40 tho once. In fact, he must
h.r. zone Elsie hesrd him. H'
.tonnsa and repeated slowly. sne
4, ard him-st least she SAYS sne ala
|e,t u hs was there. he came on'
J. rain hy the door"
well. but where does tnet ieao
kou p
kage." ~
''Do you mean that hes been ma
ing ther. All the time
ANTONY was silent until BIZ had
,.nested his question. and then WIN
N effort he came out OF his thoughts
nd Answered him.
,Wefd better MAKE certain. toulo
.ou ne a sleuth hound. Bill-one ot
hos. thai travel on their stomscns
-erv noi.elessly7 I mean. could you
,et near enough 20 the pond 10 make
.u~s that Csyley is still there. with
out letting him see you?'
'Rsthsr!" He got up eagerly
YOU wait"
Antonys head shot up suddenly.
tfWhv. that was what Mark said,
he cried.
Mark"
yes. what El.i. heard him
say"
"oh. that"
~Yes suppose she couldn't
have rnsd- mistake, 7ill7 She did
hear him p
"sh. couldn't have mistaken his
voice. II that's what you mean
"oh p
Mark had an extraordinary char
lct-risfic voice.
"ohi''
eRsfher hish-pitched. YOU know.
.nd--weu. one can't explain. but
Yes
We'll rather like this. YOU know,
r even more So II anything. He
sttied these words of In Marks
ather monotonous. hiEhpitched
dice. snd then lsushed and added
, his natural voice. II say. that
-ss really rather good"
Antony nodded quickly. That
rss Ike it?~ he said
Exactly"
YES He got M and squeezed
'iirs arm. wall JUST go and see
ooui Csyley and then we'll get
moving. ! shall he in the library -
Right
BIZ nodded and walked on in the
direction Of the pond. This was
glorious fun; this was life The i'm
mediate program could hardly be
befiered.
10 Antony, who was older and
who realized into what deem va
tsrs they we're getting. II did nor
seem fun. But n was Amazingly
Interesting. Il was like looking at
an opal. and discovering with everv
movement OF It some new color
some new CLEAN of light reflected
and yet never resllv seeing the onal
as whole. His brain could not go,
ho'd OF a.
Bu' there were moments when n.
almost had n and thar
turned away from 81. He had sec,
more OF life than Bill. hut he had
never seen murder before and this
Which was n oir mind now. and 10
which he Was afraid 10 listen. was
rpt e1ust the hot- hiooded killing
@hfch anv man may come 10 II m
lose control. II was something much
more. horrible Too horrible 10 b..
rus Then let him look sgs.n foi
n< truth. He looked sgsin-but 4
ras al OUT % focus.
CHAPTER XIV