The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-23

men. lie NtSlNdleui anu SiNV <NA'"''
a timid little smile, pathetic in go big
q self-reliant man Just your moral
support, you know
"Of course Antony smiled back al
him. and said cheerfully. well, then
III begin by suggesting that you should
ring up the police"
THE police? Yves He looked
doubtfully at the other. 81 suppose
Antony spoke frankly.
Now look here, Mr-er-"
"Cayley. I'm Mark Ablett's cousin.
live with him
my names Gillingham. I'm sorry,
| ought to have told you before. Well
row, Mr.. Cayley. we shant do any good
by pretending. Here's q man been shot
well, somebody shot him.
Cayley shrugged his shoulders and
went to the telephone.
"Oh. do Yes" lie sat down and
drew the telephone toward him. You
must make allowances for me, Mr.. Gil
lingham OF course you're quite right
end I'm merely being stupid He took
of the receivel.
Let us suppose that for the purpose
of making a first acquaintance with
this office we are coming into II
from the hall. through the door which
is now locked AS we stand just in
side the door, the length of the room
runs right and left. Across the breadth
of the room (some fifteen feeD is that
other door, by which Cayley went out
and returned a few minutes ago. In
the right.hand wall. thirty feet away
from us. are the French windows
Crossing the room and going out by
the opposite door, we come into pas
sage from which two rooms lead.
The one on the right, into which
Cayley went. is less than half the
length Of the office, a small, square
room. which has evidently been used
some time or other as a bedroom. The
window faces the same way as the
French windows in the next room.
The room on the other side of the
bedroom is bathroom. The three
rooms together, in fact form a sort
of private suite.
Antony wandered into the bedroom
The window was open, and he looked
out at the peaceful stretch OF park.
"Cayley thinks he did it," said An
tony to himself That's obvious Ii
explains why he wasted so much time
banging on the door. Why should he
try to break a lock when it's so much
easier TO mreak q window? OF course,
he might just have lost his head, on the
other hand, he might have wanted to
give his cousin n chance OF getting
away. Why did we run all the way
round the house in order TO get 10 the
windows"
There was a step in the passage out
side, and he turned round, to see Cayiey
in the doorway. lie remained looking
at him for a moment asking himself
question II was rather a curious
question. He was asking himself why
the door was open.
Well. not exactly why the door was
open: that could be explained easily
enough. But why had he expected the
| door to be shut He did not remember
shutting It, but somehow he was sur
prised to see It open now, TO see Cayley
through the doorway, just coming into
the room. Something working sub-con-
scously in his brain had told him that
& was surprising. Why?
Cayley Joined him at the window.
i've telephoned." he said. They're
sending an inspector or some one from
Middleston. and the local police and
doctor from Stanton"
Antony felt quite sure, from what
/ Cayley had said and had hesitated 10
say, that Mark had been the last to
| see his brother alive. 1t didn't fol
| low that Mark Albeit was murderer
Revolvers go off accidentally; and when
they have gone off, people lose their
heads and run away fearing that their
story will not be believed. Neverthe
less. when people run away whether in
nocently or guilty, one can't helr
wondering which way they went.
Il suppose this way" said Antony
aloud. looklnrg out Of the window.
Il wonder"
well. he didn't 20 by the windows
in the next room, because they wer'
shut"
Isn't that rather odd?"
We'll. thought so AT first, but
de pointed TO the wall iutting out or
the right You see. you're protect
ed from the rest OF the house II yol
get out here. II you 30 out at th'
French windows. imagine your,
much more visible"
Cayloy looked at him thoughfully.
1T seems 70 me. Mr.. Gillingham
that you know the house pretty we'll
considering that this is the first tim
you've been TO It."
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