New Britain herald., 1922-08-19
(continued From Our Last Issue )

Antony. lying hidden In the under growth at the foot of his tree, a new problem was presenting itself. Sup pose Cayley had to make more thar one journey that night. He mieh, come back to find them in the boat one Of them, indeed. In the water.
 His eyes were fixed on the boat a. ne considered these things and sud denly, as If materialized from no. where, Cayley was standing by the boat In his hand was a small brown bag.
 Cayley put his bag in the bottom Of the boat, stepped in, and using an oar as a punt-pole, pushed slowly of Then. very silently. he rowed toward the middle of the pond. He had stopped. The oars rested from between his feet, leaned over the nose of the boat, and rested 1t lightly on the water for a moment. Then he let go. It sank slowly. He waited there, watching; afraid, per- haps, that it might rise again.
 Antony began to count ..
 And now Cayley was back at his starting-p place. He tied up the boat, looked carefully round to see that he had left no traces behind him, and then turned to the water again For a loAg time, as it seemed to the watchers, he stood there, very big, very silent in the moonlight. At last he seemed satisfied. Whatever his secret was, he had hidden it; and so with a gentle sigh, as unmistakable to Antony as if he had heard it, Cay- ley turned away and vanished again as quietly as he had come.
 Antony gave him three minutes, and stepped out from the trees. He waited there for Bill to join him.
 "eix," whispered Bill.
 Antony nodded.
 Good" smiled Antony. Mine was the eighteenth-a little way ast it. Better hand your coat over the sixth post, and then we shall see it more easily I'll put mine on the eigh- teenth. Are you going to undress here or In the boat?"
 Some here, and some in the boat. You're quite sure that you wouldn't like to do the diving yourself?" Quite, thanks
 They had walked round to the other side of the pond. Coming to the sixth post of the fence, Bill took off his coat and put it in position, and then finished his undressing, while Antony went off to mark the eigh- teenth post When they were ready, they got into the boat, Antony taking the oars.
 Now, Bill, tell me as soon as I'm in a line with your two marks
 He rowed slowly toward the middle of the pond.
 You're about there now" said Bill at last
 Antony stopped rowing and looked about him.
 "Yes, that's pretty well right" He turned the boats nose round until it was pointing to the pinetree under which Bill had lain. You see my tree and the other coat?"
 "Yes," said Bill. Right. Now then, I'm going to row gently along this line until we're dead in. between the two. Get it as exact as you can-for your own sake"
 Steady" said Bill warningly. i, Back little little more :. little more forward again ..'. Right
 Antony left the oars on the water and looked round AS far as he could | tell, they were in an exact line with each pair of landmarks.
 Now then, Bill, In you go."
 Bill pulled off his shirt and trous- CTS, and stood up.
 You mustn't dive from the boat, old boy," said Antony hastily. You'll ] ;, oenf1v ' Bill slid in from the stern and swan slowly round to Antony.
 Whats it like?" said Antony.
 Cold. Well, here's luck to it.
 He gave a sudden kick, flashed for A moment in the water and was gone Antony steadied the boat, and took another look at his landmarks
 Bill came up behind him with loud explosion Its pretty muddy" he protested. "Weeds?"
 "No, thank the Lord.'
 Well try again"
 Ru' gave another kick and dis appeared. Again Antony coaxed the boat back into position, and again Bill popped up, this time in front or him.
 "I feel that if threw you sar- dine" said Antony, with a smile you'd catch it in your mouth quite prettly.'
 Its awfully easy to be funny from where you are. How much longer have got to go on doing this
 Antony looked at his watch
 "About three hours. We must get hack before daylight. But be quicker If YOU can, because it's rather cola for me sitting here
 Bill licked a handful Of water at him and disappeared again. lie was nnder for almost a minute this hnle' and there was grin on HIS ioee when it was visible again. i've got it, but it's devilish nara +o get up. I'm not sure that It isn't too heavy for me" uoi "That's all right" said Antony lie .roneht out a ball of thick string from his pocket. Get this through the handle if you can, and then we can both pull"
 Good man." He padded to the aide took one end Of the string ana naddled back again. NOW then. Two minutes later the bag was safe ,v in the boat. Bill clambered In after it, and Antony rowed back "Well done, Watson" he said quietly, as they landed.
 He fetched their two coats, and then waited, the bag in his hand while Bill dried and dressed himset.