Evening journal., 1922-08-18
(Cont,nued From Our Last Issue)

had been killed. 1t seemed such
'-cold- blooded killing. Was Gayle,
- equal to it?
Bill would have said mo" be
cause Bill wouldn't have killed any
sabody in cold blood himself. and be-
-scause he took It for granted that
other people behaved pretty much
as he did. But Antony had no such
Illusions. Murders were done; MUIR
der had actually been done here,
for there was Roberts dead body.
hnWhy not another murder?
Had Mark been in the office at all
.,vthat afternoon? The only evidence
(other than Cayley's. which OBJ
axiously did not COUNTY was Elsie 9.
Elsie was quite certain that she had
~heard his voice. But then BIZ had
said thet It was a very character
istic voice-an easy voice, therefore,
10 initiate. II Bill could Initiate It
ESQ successfully. why not Cayley?
But perhaps it had not been such
"a cold -blooded killing, after all. Sup
pose Cayley had had a quarrel with
his cousin that afternoon over the
girl whom they were both woong.
Suppose Cayley had killed Mark,
either purposely, in sudden passion.
or accidentally. meaning only to
knock him down. Suppose that this
had happened in the passage, say
about two o'clock. Suppose Cayley
there, with the body at his feet, feel
Ing already the rope round his neck;
his mind dsrting this way and that
in frantic search for way OF es-
cape; and suppose that suddenly and
irrelevantly he remembers that
Robert is coming to the house at
three o'clock that afternoon-auto-
matically he looks at his wstch-in
half an hours time. 80.
Antony pictured TO himself Cay
ley in the passage. standing over the
dead body Of his cousin. and work
ing 1t out. How could Robert be
made TO seem the murderer, II
Robert were alive 10 deny It? But
suppose Robert were dead, too?
He looks at his watch again. (Only
twenty-five minutes now) Suppose
Robert were dead, too? Robert
dead in the office. and Mark dead in
the passage-how does that help2
Madnessl But II the bodies we're
brought together somehow. 49,.
And Roberts death looked like sui
eide? -. Was II possible7
Madness again. Too difficult.
(oniy twenty minutes nowO Too
difficult TO arrange in twenty min
utes. Can't arrange a suicide. Too
difficult only nineteen min
ntes.
And then the sudden inspirationl
Robert dead in the ONCE, Marks
body hidden in the passage-impos-
sible to make Robert seem the muir
derer. but how easy TO make Mark
Robert dead and Mark missing; why.
It jumped to the eye at once. Mark
had killed Robert accidentally; yes,
that would be more likely-and then
had run away. Sudden panic.
The looks at his watch again. FIJI
teen minutes. but plenty OF time
now. The thing arranges itself)
Was that the solution. Antony
wondered. II seemed to 1T in with
the facts as they knew them; but |
then, so did that other theory which |
he had suggested 10 Bill in the |
morning.
: Which one?- said Bill.
above the pond, from which the In
spector and his fishermen had now
withdrawn. Bill had listened with
open mouth to Antony's theory. and
save for an occasional by Jovel"
had listened in silence. Smart man.
cayley." had been his only COM
nment at the end.
1 which other theory7"
E That Mark had killed Robert ac-
cidentally and had gone to Cayley
! for help. and that Cayley, having
hidden him in the passage. locked |
. the ofrice door from the outside and |
? hammered on It,"
Yes, but you were so dashed |
. mysterious about that. / asked you |
what the point OF II was, and you
wouldn't say anything" He thought
for a little. and then went on. Il
suppose you meant that Cayley de-
liberately betrayed Mark. and tried
to make him look like a murderer"
Il wanted 10 warn you that we
should probably find Mark in the
passage, alive or dead"
And now you don't think so7"
NOW l think that his dead body
is there
Meaning that Cayley went down
and killed him afterward-after you
had come. after the police had |
come?"
Well, that's what I shrink from.
Bill It's so horribly cold-blooded.
rayley may be capable of it. but /
hate to think OF IT,"
But dash IL all. your other way
Is cold-bloded enough. According
to you, he goes up to the office and
deliberately shoots man with
whom he has no quarrel. whom he
nasn't seen for fifteen years."
Yes, but to save his own neck.
That makes a difference. And 1 7
mink that Marks dead body is in I
me passage now. and has been there
slnce' say, half-past two yesterday
alsernoon. -.on. And tonight Cayiey is Z
so.ne 10 hide II in the pond" hi
bii pulled at the moss on the 8
. srouno beside him. threw awav a n
nanotul or two, and said sloyvl,, !,
hou may be right, but it's All !,
guess-work you know"
Antony laughed.
Good Lord, OF course 4, ,s
said. And tonight We sbsu 80,
II It's good guess or a had one ~" y !
BIZ frightened up suddenly.
Ionight' he said. II say. to- y
nights going to be rather fun. How
do we work it?r
Antony was silent for a little.
Lets put ourselves in Caylev's
place" said Antony, pulling slowly