The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-18
CHAPTER xlv-Continued.

L cSp lie WIS COOi tuOuSH. Lie ncHt
downstairs into the room where the
dog was"
But" Roche commenced.
BARLEY did not let him finish. Eyes,
know. The dog should have barked.
The reason he did not was because
the man was no stranger to him."
The doctor spoke once more, But
you have not proved any Of these
things are so; you are just suppos-
ing"
NO" came the answer, Il have not,
but let US consider some of the points
that have been proved. Slyke tried
to telephone several times during the
evening and failed to get his party
each time"
Roche and Black were astonished.
This was the first time they had
heard anything about the telephone
calls.
''When he failed again and again to
get the person he wanted" Barley
continued, "he asked central to try
and locate him for him. All calls
from here go through the Saratoga
exchange, and II was very easy to find
out whom he wanted. But that Is not
all. On a magazine found on the
table beside the whisky glasses were
q number of little circles drawn with
q pencil, circles that ran into each
other" ,-~>-
what has that to do with itY
asked Black. voicing his wonder.
"a great deal. Those same circles
were on the handle of the knife with
which Briffeur was killed. / have also
q little piece of paper with similar
circles drawn on It, and 1 know the
person who drew them. It has been
proved scientifically that If person
is playing with a pencil and begins to
make figures unthinkingly on any
thing, his subconscious mind will trick
him into always drawing the same de-
sign. l found the circles on the maya
kline In Sykes room, on the knife
that killed Briffeur, and again on the
piece of paper. 1 know to whom
Slyke telephoned, and 1 know also
person who saw the murderer enter
the house to call on Slyke the night
he was killed"
We leaned forward breathlessly to
catch his words. which came with a
cold, cutting edge, as he added crisp
ly. "Now, knowing all this, don't you
think the person that drew the
circles, that was telephoned to, that
was seen going into Sykes, has some
thing to explain? Don't you think so.
Doctor KingY
There was no answer, and BARLEY
demanded sternly, Doctor King, you
are not going to deny. are you. that
you killed those two men?"
The question was so unexpected
that l sat stunned. He was the last
man l should have suspected Currie |
cried. my Cd, John" and fell silent |
The doctors face had gone a dead |
white, and he sank Imply back in
his chair Without raising his eyes, !
he stammered, scarcely above a whis |
per, the words drawn from him |
against his will. "No-o-no-I killed
them both"
The next instant he realized what
he had said and half rose from his
chair, then fell back, clasping his
head in his hands. l could not be-
lieve my ears. That BARLEY should
suspect the doctor of the murders
seemed incredible enough; but that
the doctor himself should admit that
It was true was beyond belief. Roche
looked first at the doctor. then at
BARLEY, his eyes bullying with aston
ishment. Black alone seemed to real
fze all that the doctors admission en-
tailed. Currie was still too dazed to
for King had been a good
friend of his.
BARLEY broke the silence with, I'VE |
have proved that the doctor Is the
guilty party. He himself has admit
ted 1t. have suspected him for
some time, but when he gave that cry
as Sykes figure appeared. / knew
that l was right"
The doctor was still sitting with {
his head in his hands. and BARLEY {
glanced down at him pityingly before |
he continued to the rest of us, From
the first l suspected that whoever had J
killed Slyke TAu Soine knoWleuRe OF |
Medicine Tbe average layman would {
lot have known how to piece the re-
Tolver in Sykes hand in such a way S
hat 1t would appear to be suicide. S
The point that puzzled me was that d
he eyes were almost closed. If the c
uilty person knew enough to place r
he revolver in Sykes hand before 1t f
-
he eyes ought to be open. Miss Pot o
er explained this discrepancy by say b
ng that she had closed the eyes her
elf. frightened by their stare. Then W
was bafffed True. there were the h
ircles on the magazine. but l did not d.
now who made them and there L
eamsd no way Of finding out. Then ] IL