The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-19

self. AS soon as the latter was
ready. he took his arm and led him
into the copse.
They sat down and taking the
bag between his knees, Antony
pressed the catch and opened it.
Clothes! '' said Bill
Antony pulled out the top gar
ment and shook it out. It was a
wet brown flannel coat
DO YOU recognize tt?' he ask
Marks brown flannel suit"
.'The one he Is advertised as
having run away dn?'' -.
Antony put his hand. in the
breast pocket and took out some
letters. He considered them
dou btfully for moment.
81 suppose I'd better read them,
he said. Il mean, just to see" He
looked inquiringly at Bill. who nod
ded. Antony tourned on his torch
and glanced at them. Bill waited
anxiously.
Eyes. Mark -. Hallo!"
What is it?''
THE letter that Cayley was tell.
ing the Inspector about From
Robert. Mark your loving brother
is coming to see you Yes, sup
pose had better keep this. Well
that's his coat. Let's have out the
rest of it." He took the remain.
ing clothes from the bag and
spreak them out
They're al here" said Bill.
tShfrt. tie, socks. underclothes,
shoes-yes. all of them
'All that he was wearing yester
day."
What do you make of it?"
Bill shook his head, and asked
another question.
'"Is it what you expected 2" =
Antony laughed suddenly.
TIA too absurd" he said 81 ex-
pected-well, you know what 1 ex-
pected. A body. A body in suit
Of clothes. Well, perhaps it woulo
be safer to hide them separately
The body here, and the clothes in
the passage, where they would
never betray thems elves 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 bit lost for
the moment, Bill, and that's the
fact
Anything else there?'
Antony felt in the bag.
Stones and-yes, there's some
thing else" He took it out and
held it up. There we are, Bill
It was the office key.
''By Jove, you were right"
Antony turned the bag gently
upside down on the grass. A doz
Low nek4 f4II
thing else. He flashed down his
torch.
"Another key he said
He put the two keys in his peck
ct, and sat there for long time
in silence, thinking. Bill was sill
emit too, not liking to interrupt his
thoughts but at last he said:
Shall put these things back?"
Antony looked up with a start.
What? Oh, yes. No. I'll put
them back You give me a light
will you?"
Very slowly and carefully he put
the clothes back in the bag, paus
ing as he took up each garm ent
in the certainty as it seemed to Bill
that it had something to tell him
il only he could read 1T. When
the last of them was inside, he
still waited there on his knees.
thinking. 5S=
That's the lot" said Bill.
Eyes. that's the 1ot"7 he said;
"and that's the funny thing about
it. You're sure it is the lot?"
What do you mean?"
Give me the torch a moment.
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
Communicative. He took the two
keys out Of his pocket
zone OF them is the office key,
I suppose, and the other is the key
of the passage cupboard. So 7
thought that perhaps we might
have a look at the cupboard"
81 say, do you really think it
"we1. 1,don't see what else it
can be-"
.'But why should he want to
throw it away
because it has now done its
work. whatever it was, and he
wants to wash his hands of the
passage. He'd throw the passage
away if he could. I don't think
1t matters much one way or anoth-
er, and I don't suppose there's any
thing to find In the cupboard. but
feel that we must look
"Do YOU still think Marks body
might be there ~
mo. And yet where else can it
me? Unless I'm hope1essIy wrong.
and Cayley never killed him at all. "
But the cupboard had not much
to tell them that night. It was
empty save for a 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 for 2"