Evening journal., 1922-08-18

out. To see whether it's worth tell
ing the police about"
Yves" said Bill. wrinkiing his
forehead. "Of course, the trouble
with water is that one bit of II looks
pretty much like the next bit. don't
know II that had occurred to you"
1T had" smiled Antony. Let's
come and have a look at IT,"
They walked TO the edge Of the
copse. and lay down there In silence,
looking at the pond beneath them.
See anything?" said Antony at
last.
"what?"
The fence on the other side"
What about it7"
We'll, it's rather useful. that's
said Sherlock Holmes enigmati-
cally" added Bill. "A moment later.
his friend Wilson had hurled him
into the pond"
Antony laughed.
Il love being sherlocky," he said.
IT'S very unfair OF you not to play
up to me-"
why is that fence useful, my
dear Holmes?" said Bill obedlently.
Because you can take bearing
on It. You see
Yes, you needn't stop TO explain
TO me what a bearing is."
Il wasn't going to. But you're
lying here"-he looked up-"under-
meath this pine-tree. Cayley comes
out in the old boat and drops his
parcel in. You take a line from here
on TO the boat. and mark II of on
the fence there. Say IT'S the nth
post from the end. Well. then I
take a line from my tree-we'n find
one for me directly-and II comes
on TO the twentieth post, say. And
where the two lines meet, there shall
the eagles be gathered together.
q. p. d. And there I almost forgot
to remark. will the taller eagle.
Beverley by name. do his famous
diving act. As performed nightly at
the Hippodrome."
Bill looked at him uneasily.
L say. really? It's beastly dirty
water, YOU know"
Tn afraid so. Bill. SO II Is writ
ten In the book of Jasher."
"Of course I knew that one OF rs
would have to. but hoped-oh, we'll.
IT'S a warm night"
Just the night for a bathe "
agreed Antony. getting up. "well
now let's have a look for nv tree -
They walked down TO the margin
OF the pond and then looked back.
Bilrs tree stood up and looked the
evening, tall and unmistakablv afty
ieet nearer to heaven than its
neighbors. But It had it's fellow a,
the other end OF ne copse, not ouite
so tail perhaps, but equally CON
spicuous
That's where shall be" said
antony, pointing to II. Now for
the Lords sake, count your posts ac-
curately." 0''' e'
Thanks very much, but I shall do
II for my. own sake. said Rul vitb
feeling. II don't want to spend the
whole night diving
Fix on the post in a straight l,na
with you and the splash. ana then
count backward to the beginning OF
the fence" -
Right, old boy. Leave It to me. I
can do this on my head"
Well. that's how you will have N
DO the last part OF IT," said Antony
with a smile.
He looked at his watch. II was
nearly time TO change for dinner.
They started to walk back to the
iouse together.
At midnight the pond was waiting
or them. more solemn in the moon
light. The trees which crowned the
looping bank on the far side OF Il
we're mysteriously silent. It seemed
hat they had the world very much
o themselves.
Almost unconsciously Antony spoke
n whisper.
There's your tree. there's mine.
rs long as you don't move, there's
10 chance of his seeing you. After
le gone, don't come out till I do.
ne won't be here for a quarter OF
Al nour or so, so don't be impatient"
Mehto'" whispered Bill.
antony gave him a nod and
posts. OH 10 their
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