The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-14

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srentinusdSFro rom Our Last Issue,
antony looked UP at BIN in sur
ssDidn,t You hear what he said 2"
Wnat.Sparticularly?"" 5
HAT was Cayely's idea to
pond Y
Il 49, Oh! q Oh;EIE say!" Bill was rather
Sexcffeds again You mean thai he's
something there2< Some
false clue which he wants the po-
ss4ics@ to find ?s.
shops so.,' said Antony earn
testify afraid He stop
sped short 4:
ssVhat,s the safest place in
to hide anything very i'm
somewhere where nobody will
Ihere's a better place than
X what
sss1Somewhere where everybody
has already looked"
ssBya joye! You mean that as
hide something there?"
Eyes. I'm afarid.s
ss ssssBut why afraid 2"
Because think that 1t must pc
very important, some
sthing (which ouldnt easily be hid
den anywhere else. !"
Ssss5ssVVhat?l,Sas asked Bill eagerly.
Antony shook his head.
sgs szssNos lin not going to talk
1T yet. We can wait and see
the Inspector finds He may
%sthereEf orShtm to find But II he
SS doesn't. then 1t will be because
ssgoing to hide something
stherest tonight
I; s?s..W What ?''sasked Bill again.
lassstsY gu mi see what, BILL" said
Ian ony; because we shall be
re NE going to watch him?"
Yes. fsS5e q inspector hndS
that's good, said Bill.
& e It were question OF Cayiey
law, he was quite decided
to the tragedy g yester.
day he had got on we'll enough
ss$sssYvi HI bothsof the cousins, with out
M being inSthe least intimate with
ither. s 5s
Yet though he had hesitated to
Lifeline Nhis9.posi tion that morning
In regard I to Mark. he did not
IsShesit tate; to place himself on the
8 side of the law against CayleS.
sssMark after all. had done him no
II harm, but Cay1ey had committed
S anssunforgivable offence Cayley
Az had listened secretly to a private
N
BsSTony Let Cay1ey hang, II the law
sSsssAntcnysiooked >at his watch and
Come along. he said. Its
lime for that Job I spoke about.
passage?" said Bill
s4eagerly.
mo; the thing which I said
MthatsIS had to do this afternoon"
Without saying ANYTHING, An
tony led the sway indoors to the
@offtces
IN SsssSsI { s$wass three o'clock, and at
three O'Clock yesterday Antony
and Cayley had found the body.
tafewsminutes after three, ne
had been looking quito the win,
y dow of the ad joining room, and
&Iad been surprised suddenly to
sfind9 the :door@1open and Cay.ey
&6ehind him. He had vaguely Won
sdered at the time why he had ex-
%pected the door to be shut, put
no time then to worry the
n thing out, and he had promised
II himself to hook into it at his leis-
%ure afterward. He had decided
Ethat three O'Clock that afternoon
should find him once more in the
onice.
he went into the room, fol-
lowed by Bill, he felt 1T almost
/ shock that htere was now no
Ssbody of&Robert lying there be-
the two doors. But there
was a clark stain which showed
where therdead mans head had
SSbeen, and Antony knelt down over
ssi Z, assS he had kelt twenty-four
aSShours before. 8
49, Iswant5to go through It again."
sshe said gu must be Cayley.
lSCayley said he would get some
Now then, Bill, just pre-
sStend you're Cayley. You've just
said something about water, and
yeuE Get up
Feeling that it was all a little
ssuncanny Bill, who had been
kneeling beside his friend, got up
ss and walked out. Antony. as he
chad lone on the previous day.
9sIooked UP after him as he vent.
sssBill turned into the room on the
night. and came back.
Il Well r. he said wond
ssssfAntony8 shook his head
It's all different" he said.
thing, you made a devil
noise in there and Cayley
Edidnst.
g Perhaps you weren't listening
Cayley went in?''
wasn't. But should have
heard him If I could have heard