Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
Continued from Our Last Issue)

The Plough and Jlo- se'-just al
the corner where the road goes up
to the stations that the one you
mean?"
THAT would b. the one. sup
o you could do with d drink,
couldn't you?"
Rather" said Bill. with a grin.
Good. Then have one at the
Plough and Horses. lave two. if
you like. and talk to the landlord. or
landlady. OF whoever serves you. |
want to find out if anybody stayed
there on Monday night"
Robert" said Bill eagerly.
II didn't say Robert" said An
tony, smiling. Il just want you to
find out If they had n visitor who
slept there on Monday night. a
stranger. If so, then any particu-
lars you can get of him, without let
ting the landlord know that you are
interested"
Leave it to me-" broke in Bill.
81 know just what you want"
Don't assume that 1t was Robert
or anybody else. Let them de-
scribe the man to you. Don't in
fiuence them unconsciously by sug-
gesting that he was short or tall, or
anything of that sort. Just ct them
talking. If it's the landlord, you'd
better stand him a drink or two"
Fright you are" said Bill conf
IDENTIFY. where do / meet you
AGAIN."
Probably at the George If you
get there before me, you can order
dinner for eight O'Clock. Anyhow.
we'll meet at eight, r. not before"
Good" He nodded to Antony
and strobe off back to Stanton again.
Antony stood watching him with
a little smile at his enthusiasm.
Then he looked round slowly, as If
In search of something. Suddenly
he saw what he wanted. Twenty
yards farther on a lane wandered
off to the left, and there was a gate
a little way up on the right hand
side of it. Antony walked to the
gate. filling his pipe as he went.
Then he lit his pipe, sat on the gate,
and took his head in his hands.
Now. then" he said to himself,
'let's begin at the beginning"
49,
1t was nearly eight o'clock when
William Beverly, the famous sleuth-
hound, arrived, tired and dusty, at
the George" to find Anthony, COO
and clean, standing bare-headed at
the door. waiting for him.
rs dinner ready?" were Bills
first words.
YES"
Then I'll just have a wash. Lord.
I'm tired"
II never ought to have asked YOU"
said Antony %penitentiy.
That's all right. / shan't be a
moment" Halfway up The stairs he
turned round and asked, Am l in
your room?"
Eyes. Do you know the way?"
appeared round the top of the stair
Eyes. Start carving, Will you?
And order lots of beer He dis
case. Antony went slowly in.
When the first edge of his APP
petite had worn off, and &c was able
.&-nqauthfuls, Bill gave an account of
his adventures. The landlord of the
Plough and Horses" had been
sticky, decidedly sticky-Bill had
been unable at first to get anything
out of him. But Bill had been tact
full; lorblessyou, how tactful he had
been.
HE kept on about the inquest,
and what a queer affair it had been,
and so on. Then l said carelessly
that 1t must be very hard 10 remem
Der anybody whom you had just
seen once, so as to identify him
afterward, and he agreed that 1t
would be 'middlin' hard, and
then"
Give me three guesses," inter-
rupted Antony. You asked him IL
he remembered everybody who
came to his inn?
That's it. Bright, wasn't it,"
sIlrtIIfont And nyhef ~ tho ra-
sult?"
The result was a woman"
"A woman?" said Antony eager
"A woman" said Bill impressive
ly. "Of course l thought it vas
going to be Robert - so did you,
didn't you?-but it wasn't. 1t was
a oma Came quite lat /. Mon
day night in a c~ar-driving herself
went off early next morning
Did he describe her?"
Yes. She was middl:n.' Middlin'
tall, middlin' age, middlin' color, and
so on. Doesn't help much, does it?
But still-a oma Does that upset
your theory"
Anthony shook his head.
mo, Bill, not at all" he said.
you knew all the time? At least,
you guessed?"
wait till tomorrow. III tell you
everything tomorrow
Tomorrow" said Bill In great dis
appointment.
well, I'll tell you n thing to-
night. if you'll promise not to ask
any more questions. But you prob
ably know it already"
What Is it?" .
only that Mark Albeit did not
kill his brother"
And Cayley did,"
That's another question, Bill.
However, the answer is that Cayley
didn't, either"
Then who on earth
Have some more neer," said An
tony with a smile. Ana Bill had to
be content with that.
They were early to bed that eve
ming, for both of them were tired.
Bill slept loudly and deiantly, but
Antony lay awake. wondering. What
was happening at the Red House
now? Perhaps he would hear in the
morning: perhaps he would get a
letter. He wen over the whole
story again from the beginning
was there n possibility of a mis-
take? What would the police do?
Would they ever find out? Ought he
to have told them? Well. let them
find out; it their job. Surely
he couldn't have made a mistake
this time. No good wondering now:
he would know definitely in thu
morning.
In the morning there was a letter
for him.
CHAPTER Xxx
sslFy no1r Mr. CiI1ipobam