Evening journal., 1922-08-14


Didn't you hear what he said 2
What, PARTICULARLY"
s-That It was Cayley's idea TO dral
the pond"
"Ohl Oh. I sayi- BIZ was rathei
excited again. you mean that hei
hidden something there7 Some falss
clue which he wants the police tc
t1nd?"
IT hope So" said Antony earnest
ly, 'eut I'm afraid" He stopped
short.
"Wen7"
Whats the safest place in which
to hide anything very Important
Somewhere where nobody will
look"
There's better place than that"
'What7"
Somewhere where everybody has
already looked"
"By Jovel You mean that as soon
as the pond has been dragged, Cay
ley will hide something there?"
Eyes. I'm afraid So"
"But why afraid?"
because 1 think that It must be
something very important, some
thing which couldn't easily be hid
den anywhere else
"What?" asked Bill eagerly.
Antony shook his head.
mo. I'm not going TO talk about
It yet. We can wait and see what
the inspector finds. He may find
something that Cayley has put there
for him TO find. But II he doesn't,
then It will be because Cayley IS
going to hide something there to-
night"
'.What7" asked Bill again.
''You will see what, Bill" said
Antony; because we shall be there
Are we going TO watch him?"
"Yes, II the inspector finds moth
ing
That's good" said Bill
II II were a question OF Cayley or
the law, he was quite decided as 10
which side he was taking. Previous
10 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 ne had hesitated TO
define his position that morning in
regard TO Mark. he did not hesitate
to place himself on the side OF the
law against Cayley. Mark after all,
had done him no harm, but Cayley h,
had committed an unforgivable Of
fence. Cayiey had listened secretly
to private conversation between
himself and Tony Let Cayiey hang,
Il the law demanded It.
Antony looked at his watch and
stood up.
"Come along" he said. It's time
for that Job I spoke about"
THE passage7'" said Bill esgsrly.
''No; 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 Cay
ley had found the body. At a few
after three, he had been /
ooking out OF the window OF the I
idjoining room. and had been sur !
irised suddenly 10 find the door
pen and Cayiey behind him. He =
ad vaguely wondered at the time
Thy he had expected the door 10 a
e shut. but he had no time then r
o worry the thing out. and he had
romissd himself 10 look into Il at =
is leisure afterward. He had de- 7,
ided that three o'clock that after !,
loon should find him once more in
ne office. =,
AS he went into the room, fol- a
lowed by Bill he felt II almost as a =
shock that there was now no body y
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 It, as he had knelt
twenty-four hours before.
4 want to go through II again"
he said. You must be Cayley. Cay :
ley said he would get some water :
Now then, Bill. Just pretend you're
cayley. You've Just said something
about water. and you get up"
Feeling that It was all little un-
,anny. Bill, who had been kneeling
'eside his friend, got up and walk
d out. Antony as he had done on
he previous day looked up after
i'm as he went. Bill turned into the
Dom on the right. and came back.
well ?' he said wonderingly.
Antony shook his head.
TITS all different" he said. For
ne thing. you made a devil Of
oise in there and Cayley didn't"
Perhaps you weren't listening
hen Cayley went in?'
II wasn't. But 1 should have
sard him II I could have heard !.
m. and I should have rem EN- bered
terward."
Perhaps cayley shut tho door af- :,
r him." =
Waltz"
He pressed his hand over his
yes and thought. 1t wasn't any ~ ~
ing which he had heard. but some =
ning which he had seen. He tried ~
,ssperately hard TO see II again al
10 saw Cayley getting up, opening So
ne ooor from the Office. leaving II IA
pen and walking into the massage
turning 10 the door on The r,.b, &C
49,, !. r.-,-."s H. going in, and then SO
r, - uiu nus eyes see after that? VI
Mouid only tell him againi as
,,s suooenly ne Jumped up, his face
'"sr .rI, ~. b1l' I've got IT." he cried.
The shadow on the wanl WAS
looking at the shadow on the wall ex
On, ass. and ten times asst II
BIZ looked uncomprehendine,v a, 10
him. Antony took his arm and
pointed to the wall OF the passage CT
Look at the sunlight on IL" ha
aid That's because you've lef,
he door of that room open. The a.
un comes straight in through the c,