Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-04

well, if you think that's threat,
dear, you're very particular, / must
say"
But Audrey remembered Elsie's
words when she was in front Of IN
spector Birch. She gave her own
evidence with the readiness Of one
who had already repeated 1t several
times.
Then you didn't see Mr. Mark at
all?"
mo, sir; he must have come in
before and gone up to his room"
We'll, 1 think that's all that /
want to know. Now what about the
other servants?"
Elsie heard the master and dr.
Robert talking together" said Au-
drey eagerly. He was saying-Mr.
Mark, | mean"
"Ah Who is Elsie, by the way F."
One of the housemaids. Shall
send her to you, SIR"
please"
All that interested Inspector Birch
was that Elsie was passing through
the hall, and heard voices in the
office.
And stopped to listen?"
Certainly not" said Elsie with
dignity. Il was just passing though
the hall, just as you might have been
yourself, and not surprising they
was talking secrets, didn't think to
stop my cas-, as no doubt | ought to
have done" And she shifted slightly.
Come, COME" said the inspector
soothingly. Now then, what was it
you heard? TRY to remember the
exact words"
Something about working in a
passage, thought Elsie.
Kim. Working a passage over
could that have been it?"
That's right, sir" said Elsie
eagerly. He'd worked his passage
over"
"Well?"
"And then Mr.. Mark said loudly
sort of triumphant-like-'lts my
turn now. You wait"
"Triumphantly?"
GAS much as to say his chance
had come"
And that's all you heard?"
That's all, sir-not standing there
listening, but just passing through
the hall, as it might be any time"
Yes: Well, that's really very i'm
portant, Elsie. Thank you"
Elsie gave him smile, and re-
turned eagerly to the kitchen.
Meanwhile Antony had been eX-
ploring a little on his own. There
was point which was puzzling him.
He went through the hall to the
front of the house and stood at the
open door. He and Cayley had run
round the house to the left. Surely
it would have been quicker to have
run around to the right? Undoubted-
ly they went the longest way round.
"Why?" he asked himself. WAS
it to give Mark more time in which
to escape? Only, in that case--why
run? Also, how did Cayley know
chen that it was Mark who was try
ing to escape? If he had guessed
that one had shot the other, it was
much more likely that Robert had
shot Mark. Indeed, he had admitted
that this was what he thought. The
first thing he had said when he
turned the body over was, Thank
God! / was afraid it was Mark But
why should he want to give Robert
time in which to get away? And
again-why run, if he did want to
give him time?"
Antony went out of the house
again to the lawns at the back, and
sat down on a bench in view of the
office windows.
Now them" he said, Tets go
through Cayley's mind carefully, and
see what we get"
Cayley had been in the hall when
Robert was shown into the office.
The servant goes off to look for
Mark, and Cayley goes on with his
book Mark comes down the stairs,
warns Cayley to stand by in case
he is wanted, and goes to meet his
brother. What does Cayley expect?
Possibly that he won't be wanted
after all; possibly that his advice
may be wanted in the matter, say
II paving Roberts debts, or getting