Evening journal., 1922-08-10
SYNOPSIS.

Mark was not 20 be found and, IN IN
opinion OF Police Inspector Bircn,
was clear that Mark, who had look
ed with annoyance TO ROBERTS re-
XIrn from a 15-year stay in Aus
'trana. had shot him and then ais
appeared.
But there were mysterious clrennl'
sr1nces The shot was fred Few mo-
ASTONY GILIANGdIANI. gentleman
.sdventurer and friend OF
BILL BEVERLEY, one or MARX
quests. had entered the han where nc
N41sT cAYLEY. Marks constant com,
1anion pounding on the door and
5emandsng admittsnce. The two men
enter the room through winoo"
nv sslvs,ersous eric SO circumstances puzzle An
+a5v re and Bill investigate ana AZ Al
teny discovers that secret p,.s,it55 :
leads from the house 70 ~ ,,sin az, ? ?
green. Antony discovers Sssi5i3 ti5n he
fhfs to overhear cohNele@'i'"
tween him and Bill
sAntonv wanted TO shout his ap-
nlause. II was neat. devilish neat
E,o,. moment he gazed, fascinated
atsthat wonderful new KIND OF GRO
ot,st-ball which had appeared 80
dramatically out of the box, ana
then reluctantly wrigled nimsen
hark There was nothing TO be gain
"a hv staying there, and good deal
,a,he lost. for Bill showed signs OF
rnnning down. AS quickly as ne
cn,,id Antony hurried round the
dgtch and took up his place at the
bacl, of the seat. Then he stood up
with a vawn. stretched himself ana
sa5d carelessly, well. don't worry
vbnrself about II, Bill, old man, 1
daresay you're right. You know
mark and I don't; and that's the
difference. Shall we have a game
orahall we go 10 bed?"
uBul looked at him for inspira-
tsnn and receiving it, said. oh, just
LAPS have one game, shall we?"
,rRieht YOU are" said Antony.
sfut Bill was much too excited to
ta,e the game which followed very
ssriously. Antony, on the other
hand. seemed 10 be thinking OF notn-
ing but bowls. He played with
great deliberation for ten minutes
ma then announced he was going
to'bed. Bill looked at him anxious
WITS all right" laughed Antony.
you can talk IL you want to. Just
iets put 'em away first, though
They made their way to the shed.
ana while BIZ was putting the bowls
away. Antony tried the lid of the
closed croquet-box. AS he expected,
It was locked.
lii'Now then" said Bill, as they
ware walking back to the house
again. I'm simply bursting to
kaow. who was it?"
g'Cayley."
nfGood Lordi Where?"
l,'Inside one Of the eroquet-
boxes"
hsDon't be an ass"
silIt's quite true, Bill" He told the
other what he had seen.
.f'But aren't we going TO have a
lcbk at it?" asked Bill in great dis
appointment. I'm longing to ex-
pf4re. Aren't you?"
fsTomorrow and tomorrow and to-
morrow. We shall see Cayley COM
ing along this way directly. Besides. |
want to get in from the other end. !
il III can. I doubt very much II we
can do It at this end without giving
ourselves away Look, there's
Cayley."
They could see him coming along |
the drive toward them. When they |
were a little closer, they waved TO
him and he waved back.
'' wondered where you were" he |
said. as he got up 10 them, i rather |
thought you might be along this way |
What about bed?"
ns'Bed It is" said Antony.
iBiu left the rest OF the converse
tion, as they wandered back TO the
house, to Antony. He wanted 10
thank. There seemed to be no doubt
now that Cayley was a villain. Bill
had never been familiar with a viii
lain before. It didn't seem quite fair
OF. Cayley, somehow; he was taking
rather a mean advantage OF his
fr.ends. Lot of funny people there
were in the world-funny people
With secrets. Look at Tony, that
FIRST time he had met him in a to-
bacconist's shop.
But what on earth had MISS NOT
rls' got to do with it?
Miss Norris. who had proposed 10
catch an after dinner train at the
junction, in the obvious hope that
she might have in this way a dra-
matte cross-examination at the
lands of some keen-eyed detective |
was encouraged tactfully, but quite |
ar1nly. TO travel by the earlier train |
with the others.
Why?
We'll, that question was not to be
answered off-hand. But the fact
that it was so had made Antony in
terested in her. By sheer luck, as II
seemed to him, he had stumbled on
the answer TO his question.
Miss Norris was hurried away be-
cause she knew about the secret
passage.
The passage, then, had something
toydo with the mystery OF Robert's
death. Miss Norris had used it in
order to bring off her dramatic an
pearance as the ghost. Possibly she
had discovered IL for herself: NOS
sipiy Mark had revealed II TO her
secretly one day, never guessing that
shR would make so unkind a use Of
It later on; possibly Cayley having
been let into the joke of the dress
ing-up, had shown her how she
could make her appearance on the
bowling-green even more mysterious !
and supernatural. One way or an
other. she knew about the secret
paxsage. SO she must be hurried
away.
Hhy2 Because If she stayed and
talked. she might make some inno-
ceftt mention of it. And Cayley did
uotswant any mention of it.