Evening journal., 1922-08-17

little girl You never knew him ?"
Antony said again that he had not
seen Mr.. Albeit
such a gentleman. So nice-look-
ing, in his artistic way. A regular
Velasquez-I should say Van Dyck.
Angela would have II that she could
never marry man with beard. As
II that mattered. when" She broke
on, and Antony finished her sentence
for her.
THE Red House is certainly
charming" he said.
Charming. Quite charming
She gave deep sigh. Antony
was about to snatch the opportunity
Of leaving, when Mrs. Norbury be-
gan again.
And then there's this scapegrace
brother OF HIS. He was perfectly
frank with me, Mr.. Gillingham. He
told me OF this brother, and l told
him that was quite certain II would
make no difference TO my daughters
feelings for him. 49,. After ell, the
brother was In Australia"
when was this? Yesterday" An
AnhA Atll luat- II hdih Hdu uul9
mention Il after his brothers an
nouncement OF a personal call at the
Red House. this perfect frankness
had a good deal OF wisdom behind
IT,
1T coudn't have been yesterday.
Mr.. Gillingham. Yesterday" she
shuddered. and shook her head.
Il thought perhaps ne had been
down here in the morning"
"Oh. no. There is such a thing. Mr..
GillIngham, as being too devoted
lover. Not in the morning. no. We
both agreed that dear Angela oh.
no. No; the day before yesterday.
when he happened TO drop in about
tea-time."
Norbury had come a long way from
her opening statement that Mark
and Miss Norbury were practically
engaged. She was now admitting
that dear Angela wae not to be rush
I'd, that dear Angela had. indeed, no
heart for the match at all.
The day before yesterday. As Il /
happened. dear Angela was out. Not
hat II mattered. He was driving TO
He hardly had time for |
, cup OF tea. so that even IL she had |
been in"
Antony nodded absently This was
new. why did Mark go
TO Middleston the day before yester- j
day? But. after all. why shouldn't [.
he? A hundred reS=ons unconnected I
with the death OF Robert might have (
taken him there
lie got IN 10 go. He wanted 20 he
al least. with Bill. Mrs. ,
Norbury had given him many things I
to think over, but the great outstsnd- /
ing fact which had emerged was
this that Csyley had reason TO hate
Mark. Mrs. Norbury had given him
that reason. To hate? We'll to he
Jealous. anyhow. But that was
enough.
You see" he said to Bill. az they
walked back. I'VE know that Cayley
Is purjuring himself and riskiug him
self over this business, and that must
be for one Of two reasons. Either
to save Mark or to endanger him.
That Is to say, he is either whole
heartedly for him or -heartedly
against him Wei. now we know that
he is against him, definitely against
him"
They had come 10 the gate into
the last field which divided them
from the road.
Jolly little place, isn't it," said
Bill
VERY. But rather mysterious
-sn't there a drive, or a road or any
hing?"
"Oh. there's a csrt-track. but mo-
or-csrs can't come any nearer than
he road"-he turned round and
ointed-"up there. SO the week end /
Millionaire people don't take II. At
,ast, they'd have TO build a road |
nd a garage and all the rest OF it,
they did"
II see." said Antony careiessly.
nd they turned round and con-
nued their walk up TO the road. But
tier on he remembered this casual
conversation at the gate, and eaw
he Importance OF It.
CHAPTER XVI.
What was II which Cayley was
'oing to hide in that pond that
hght? Antony thought that he
'hew now. II was Marks body.
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