The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-04
Continued from our last issue)

oh! Oh, I sayr' Bill was rather
excited again. You mean that he's
hidden something there? Some false
clue which he wants the police to
find?''
Il hope CO., said Antony earnestly,
but I'm afraid" He stopped short.
"Well?"
What's the safest place in which
to hide anything very important?"
Somewhere where nobody will look
There's better place than that"
"What?"
Somewhere where everybody has
already looked"
BY jove! You mean that as soon
as the pond has been dragged, Capley
Will hide something there?"
Yes, I'm afraid So"
But why afraid?"
=, Because think that It must be
2 eornething very important, something
which couldn't easily be hidden any.
where else"
Wharf" asked Bill eagerly.
Antony shook his head.
NO., I'm not going to talk about it
yet We can wait and see what the
inspector finds. He may find some.
thing that Cayley has put there for
him to find. But If he doesn't then
1t will be because Cayley is going to
hide something there tonight"
"What?" asked Bill again.
You will see what, Bill" said An
tony; because We shall be there"
Are you going to watch him?'
Yes, If tie inspector finds north.
ing"
That's good" said Bill.
II it were question Of Cayley or
the law, he was quite decided as TO
which side ne was taking. Previous to
the tragedy of yesterday he had got on
well enough with both Of the cousins,
without being in the least intimate with
either.
Yet, though he had hesitated to de.
fine his position that morning in re-
gard to Mark, ne did not hesitate to
place himself on the side of the law
against Cayley. Mark after ali, had
done him no harm, but Cayley had com.
mitted an unforgivable offence. Cayley
had listened secretly to private con.
versation between himself and Tony
Let Cayley hang, II the law demanded
It.
Antony looked at his watch and stood
Up.
Come along" he said. 'It's time
| for that sob spoke about"
= The passage?" said Bill eagerly.
mo; the thing which I said that
had to do this afternoon"
without saying anything. Antony
led the way indoors to the office.
1t was three o'clock, and at three
o'clock yesterday Antony and Caylcy
had found the body. At a few min.
utes after three, he had been looking
out Of the window Of the adjoining
room, and had been surprised suddenly
10 find the door open and Cayley be-
hind him. He had vaguely wondered al
the time why ne had expected the door
to be shut, but ne had no time then
10 worry the thing out, ne had promis-
ed himself to ieok into 1t at his leisure
afterward. he had decided that three
o'clock that afternoon should find him
once moro in the office.
AS ne went into the room, followed
by Bill. ne felt II almost as q shock
that there was now no body Of Robert
lying there between the two doors
But there was a dark stain which
showed where the dead mans head had
been, and Antony knelt down over Il,
~ ne had i;neit twenty.four hours be-
fore.
IL want TO go through It again"
he said. You must be Cayley. Cay.
lsy said he would get some water
Now then, Bill, Just pretend you're
cayiey. You've Just said something
about water. and you get up"
Feeling that it was ali a little un.
canny, Bill, who had been kneeiing
1 beside his friend, got up and walked
\ Aout. Antony. as he had done on the
previous day, looked up after him a.
he went. Bill returned into the room
On the right. and came back
''well7" he said wonderingly.
Antony shook his head.
ITS ail different" he said. For
in there and cayley didn't"
"Peshaps you weren't listening when
Cayley went in7"
II wasn't. But should have heard
him Il could have heard him. and
should have remembered afterward."
Perhaps. cayley shut the door az.
ter him.
walt
He pressed his hand over his eyes
and thought. Il wasn't anything
when no had heard, but something
which he had seen. He tried desper.
atciy hard TO see IL again d. He saw
caylcy getting up, opening the door
from the office. leaving Il open and
walking into the passage. turning 10
the door on the right, opening It. 50.
Ing in. and thsn--what did his eyes
see after that7 II they would only tell
him aeainl
Suddenly he jumped up. his face
angh,. Bill. I've SO; itr' he cried
WHAT"
The shadow ON the WALT was
looking a, the shadow on the wall
Oh. ass, and ten times ASST
Bill looked uneomprohend,nsly at
him. Antony took his arm and point.
I'd to the vail Of the passage.
look at the sunlight ON IT," he said
-Tha,s because you've left the door
Of that room open. The sun comes
Is,rairht in through the windows. Now.
vrm soins to shat the door. Lookl
>Dyou see how the shadow moves
,cross7 That's what saw-,he shad.
CIV moving across as the door shu,
behind him. Fill. 90 IN and shut the