The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-10

took the remaining clothes from the
Bag and spread them out.
They're all here said Bill. "Shirt,
tie, socks. underclothes, shoes-yes. all
of them"
IAN that he was wearing yester-
day."
Yes"
What do you make OF it,"
Bill shook his head, and asked an
other question.
is it what you expected?'
Antony laughed suddenly.
ITS too absurd" he said. 81 ex-
pected-well. you know what 1 expect
ed n body A body in "a suit OF
clothes. Wen. perhaps II would be
safer to hide them separately. The
body here, and the clothes in the pas
sage, where they would never betray
deal of trouble to hide the clothes here,
and doesn't bother about the body at
ALL" He shook his head. I'm bit
/ lost for the moment. BIZ, and that's
| the fact"
Anything else thcre?'
Antony felt In the bag.
"Stones and-ycs. there's something
else" He took 1t out and held 1t up
There we are. Bill"
II was the office key.
Antony turned the bag gently up
side down on the grass. a dozen large
stones fell out-and something else. He
flashed down his torch.
Another key" he said.
He put the two keys In his pocket
end sat there for long time In silence
thinking. Bill was silent. too, not ls
ing TO interrupt his thoughts. but al
last he said:
Shall put these things back?'
Antony looked up with start.
what? Oh. yes No. I'll put then
back. You give me a light. will your
Very slowly and carefully he pu
the clothes back In the bag. pausinl
az he took up each government. in III
certainty. as II seemed 10 Bill. tina
II had sopething to tell him II onl!
he could read t. When the last o
them was inside. he s,ill waited thcr
on his knees. thinking.
That's the lot" said Bill.
Antony nodded at him.
Yes. that's the lo,." he said. IAN,
that's the funny thing about 1t. Your
sure II is the LOTT"
"What do you mcan7"
give me the torch a moment" II
took Il and flashed Il over the groun
between them. "Ycs. that's the lo'
. It's funny" lie stood up. the bag 4
his hands. "Now let's find hldinr
place for these. and then" lie sal
no more. hut stepped off through IN
. trees. Bill following him meekly.
As soon as they had got the ba
/. of their hands and were clear OF III
copse. Antony became more commun
/ cativc. lie took the two KEYS out q
> his pocket.
"Osc Of them Is the office key.
suppose. and the other IL the key 4
the passage cupboard. So I though
: that perhaps we might have loo
! at the cupboard"
say wv NNN NfbNN ANiHh " "
4 well. ! don't see wha, else It ca
r be"
a But why should he want to thro
{ Il away9"
because Il has now done its worl
4 whatever Il was, and he wants to was
o his hands of the passage. He'd thro
the passage away II he could don
. think It matters much one way or al
n other, aud don't suppose there's an
9 thing to find In the cupboard. but
n feel that We must look"
"Do you still think Marks bod
Q might be there7''
a mo. And yet where else can Il b
Unless I'm hopelessly wrong. and Ca
). ley never killed him at all"
r But the cupboard had not much
tell them that night II was emp'
|. save for few old bottles.
"well. that's that" said Bill
n hut Antony. on his knees with n
c torch in his hand. continued to seatC
= for something.
k what are you looking for" asks
nill at last.
r Something that isn't there" sa
4 Antony. getting M and dustins
trousers And he lockei the Do
aE3in
J, CONTINUED in our neat issue)