Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-04
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and been ushered into Mark
Office, a shot was heard.
ANTONY GILLINGHAM, a frien'
BILL BEVERLEY, one of Mark
guests, arrived at that moment T.
find Marks companion.
MATT CAYLEY, pounding on tn
locked door of the Office and de
handing admittance. The TIVE
men entered the Office by a win
dow and on the floor found thu
body of Robert with a bulle
through the head. Mark was no
where to be found. Investigation
by Inspector Birch showed tina
Mark had learned with consider
able disgust and annoyance of the
! coming of Robert. Cayley re,
fused to believe that Mark had
deliberately murdered Robert.
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CHAPTER V
The housekeeper's room had
| heard something of the news by this
time, and Audrey had had a bus
| time explaining to other members OF
| the staff exactly what he had said
| and what she had said. The details
were not quite established yet, but
| this much at least was certain: that
| Mr.. Marks brother had shot him.
| self and spirited Mr.. Mark away, and
that Audrey had seen at once that
he was that sort of man when she
opened the door to him. Elsie had
a contribution of her to make.
She had actually heard Mr.. Mark in
the office, threatening his brother.
HE said, 1 heard him say 1t with
my own ears, It's my turn now he
said, triumphant-like."
well, if you think that's a threat,
dear. you're very particular. l must
say"
But Audrey remembered Elsie's
words when she was in front of In
spector Birch. She gave her own
who had already repeated it several
times.
'.Then you didn't see Mr.. Mark at
all?"
mo. sir; he must have come in
before and gone UP to his ROOM
well, I think that's all that 1
want to know. Now what about the
other servants"
"Elsie heard the master and Mr..
Robert talking together" said Au-
Trey eagerly. He vas saying-Mr.
Mark, / mean
"Ahi Who is Elsie, by the way"
zone of the housemaids. Shall l
send her to you, sir
please"
All that interested Inspector Birch
was that Elsie was passing through
the hall, and heard voices in the
Office.
"And stopped to listen?"
aC1x4;.l,, oatp cold E1cia with
dignity. II was just passing through
the hall, Just as you might nave been
yourself, and not supposing they
was talking secrets, didn't think to
stop my ears, as mo doubt I = ought to
have done" And she shifted slightly.
Come, come,' said the inspector
soothingly. "Now, then, what vas 1t
you heard? Try to remember the
exact words"
Something about working in a
passage, thought Elsie.
"H'm. Working a passage over
could that have been it?"
That's right, sir" said Elsie
eagerly. He'd worked his passage
over"
"Well?"
"And then Mr.. Mark said loudly
sort of triumphant-like-It's my
TURN now. lOu wall.
"Triumphantly?"
"As much as to say his chance
had come"
"And that's all you heard?"
That's all, %sir--not standing
there listening, but just passing
through the hall, as it might be any
time"
Eyes. Well, that's really very i'm
portant, Elsie. Thank you"
Elsie gave him a smile, and re-
turned eagerly to the kitchen.
Meanwhile Antony had been ex-
ploring a little on his own. There
was a point which was puzzling him
He went through the hall to the
front of the house and TODD at the
open door. He and Cayley had run
round the house to the left. Surely
it would have been quicker to have
run round to the right? Undoubtedly
they went the longest way round.
"Why 2" he asked himself. WAS
1t to give Mark more time in which
| to escape? Only, in that case-why
run? Also, how did Cayley know
| then that it was Mark who was try
ing to escape? If he had guessed
| that one had shot the other, it was
much more likely that Robert had
shot Mark. Indeed, he had admitted
| that this was what he thought. The
first thing he had said when he
turned the body over wAs. THANK
God! 1 was afraid II was Mark But
why should he want to give Rober;
time in which to get away? And
again-why run, IL he did want to
| give him timer"
Antony went out of the house
again to the lawns at the back, and
| sat down on a bench in view of the
office windows.
Now then" he said. 'let's go
through Cayley's mind carefully. and
see what We get"
Cayley had been in the hall when
Robert was shown into the Office.
The servant goes off to look for
Mark, and Cayley goes on with his
book. Mark comes down the stairs.
warns Cayiey to stand by in case he
IS wanted. and goes to meet his
brother. What does Cayley expect?
Possibly that he won't be wanted
after all; possibly that his advice
may be wanted in the matter, say,
of paying Roberts debts, or getting
him a passage back to Australia;
possibly that his physical assistance
may be wanted to get an obstreper-
Gus Robert out of the house. Well,
he sits there for a moment, and then
goes into the library. Suddenly he
hears a pistol-shot. For the moment
he would hardly realize what it was.
He listens. Perhaps it wasn't a
pistol-shot after all. After a mo-
ment or two he goes to the library
door again. The profound silence
makes him uneasy now. No harm
In going into the office just to re-
assure himself. So he tries the door
and finds 1t locked!