The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-09

know that game where you look at
tray full of small objects for three
minutes, and then turn away and try
to make a list of them. 1t means a
devil of lot of concentration for the
ordinary person, If he wants to get his
list complete. but in some odd way
I manage to do it without concentra-
ton at ALL
"I should think that's rather a use
full gift forSan amateur detective. You
ought to have gone into the profes.
sion before"
"Wen, it is rather useful. It's
rather surprising, you know. to a
stranger. Let's surprise Cayley with
it. shall WEI"
"How?"
"Well, let's ask him" Antony
stopped and looked at Bill comically
Tets ask him what he's going to
do with the key of the office"
For a moment Biz did not under.
stand.
key Of the Officer" he said vague
ly. You don't mean-Tony! What
do you mean? Good God! do you
mean that Cayley-But what about
Wark?"
81 don't know where Mark is
that's another thing I want to know
but I'm quite certain that ne hasn't
got the key Of the Office with him.
Because Cayley's got it."
'Are you sure?"
"Of course, don't really know that
he's got it, but do know that he
had it. I know that when 1 came
on him this afternoon, he had just
locked the door and put the key in
his pocket"
You mean you saw him at the
time, but that you've only Just re-
membered it-reconstructed tin the
way you were explaining just now7"
mo. I didn't see him. But 7 did
see something. I saw the key of the
billiard room.
"Where?'
Outside the billiard room door,
Outside? But it was inside when
we looked just now"
Exactly"
who put it there?"
obviously Cayley."
But"
Lets go back to this afternoon I
don't remember noticing the billiard
room key at the time; 1 must have
done so without knowing. Probably
when 7 saw Cayley banging at the
door I may have wondered sub-con-
sciously whether the key of the room
next to 1t would fit Wen, when I
was sitting out by myself on that
seat just before you came along, l
went over the whole scene in my
mind. and l suddenly saw the billiard
room key there--outside. And 1 be-
gan TO wonder II the office key had
been outside too. When Cayley
came UP. I told you my idea and you
were both interested. But Cayley
was Just a shade too interested. 1
daresay you didn't notice Il. but he
was"
by Jovei~
well, of course that proved moth
ing; and the key business didn't re
ally prove anything. because what
ever side Of the door the other keys
were, Mark .might have locked his
own private room from tho inside
sometimes. But ! piled It on, and
pretended that II was enormously i'm
portant. and quite altered the case
altogether, and having got Cayley
thoroughly anxious about it, as l ex-
pected, he couldn't resist He altered
the keys and gave himself away en-
tirely."
But the library key was still out
side. Why didn't he alter that?'
Because he's a clever devil. For
one thing. the inspector had been in
the library. and might possibly have
noticed it already And for an
other" Antony hesitated.
WHAT" said Hill, after waiting for
him to go on.
It's only guesswork. But I fancy
that Cayley was thoroughly upset
about the key business. He didn't
want to commit himself definitely to
the statement that the key was either
outside or inside. He wanted to leave
It vague. 1t was safest that way.
Il see," said Bill, slowly.
But his mind was elsewhere. He
was wondering suddenly about Cayley.
Now then, Watson" said Antony
suddenly. IT'S time you said some
thing"
Il say. Tony. do you really mean
it?"
ct mean what 1 said. Bill No
more"
well. what does it amount tor
Simply that Robert Albeit died in
the Office this afternoon. and that Cay
ley knows exactly how he died. That's
all It doesn't follow that Cayley