The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-03-23
CHAPTER x,v-continued.

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tie was pretty cool hand" Black
Interrupted.
Yes. he was cool enough. He wenI
downstairs into the room where the
dog was"
"But--" Roche commenced.
Barley did not lei him finish. "Yes
know. The dog should have barkel
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"
mo-" came the answer. II 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 Biuck were nstonIshed
This WINS the first time they had
heard anything about the teleph -
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 20 through the Saratoga
exchange. and II was very easy to find
out whom he wanted. But that Is not
all. On magazine found on the
table beside the whisky glasses wer"
number of little circles drawn with
pencil, circles that ran into each
other"
"What has that to do with itT
asked Black. voiciny his wonder.
"A great deal. Those same circles
were on the handle of the knife witt
which Briffeur was killed. have also
a little piece of paper with similar
circles drawn on II. and know the
person who drew them. II has been
proved scientifically that II n person
Is playing with q pencil and begins to
make figures unthinkinSly on any
thing. his subcOnscious mind will trict
him into always drawing the same de
sign. found the circles on the maya
zine In Sykes room. on the knife
that killed Briffeur, and again on the
Slyke telephOned. and | know also y
person who saw the murderer enter
the house TO call on Slyke the night
he was killed."
We leaned forward breathlessly t.
catch his words. which came with II
cold, cutting edge, as he added crisp
ly. Now, knowing all this, don't you
think the person that drew the
circles, that was teiephOned to. thai
was seen going into Sykes. has some
thing to explain? Don't you think SO
Doctor Hing?"
There was no answer. and BARLEY
demanded sfer1ly. doctor King, yol
are not going to deny. nre you, that
you killed those two men?"
The question was so unexpected
that | sat stunned. He was the las;
man should have suspected Curri
cried. "My Cd. John" and fell silent
The DOCTORS face had gone a deaG
white. and he sank Imply back In |
his chair. Without raising his eyes |
he stanmereti. scarcely above wills
per. the words drawn from him |
against his will. "No-o-no-I killed
them both"
The next instant he realized wha' |
he had said and half rose from hls
chair, then fell back, claspng hi.
head in his hands. ! could not be
lieve my ears. That BARLEY should
suspect the doctor of the murders
seemed Incredible enough: but tina
the doctor himself should admit thai
II WIS true was beyond belief Roch,
looked first AT the doctor. then al
BARLEY, his eyes bulgng with aston
fshmenI. Black alone seemed to real
lie all that the doctors admission en-
tailed. Currie was still TOO duzed t.
understand. for King had been u good
friend Of his.
Barley broke the silence with, wv,
have proved that the doctor is IN,
guilty party. He himself has admit
ted II. | have suspected him foi
some time. but when he gave that or,
as Sykes figure appeared. knew
that was right"
The doctor was still sitting witt
his head In his hands. and Barrie,
glnnced down at him ptyIngly befors
he continued to the rest Of us. "Fron
the first. suspected that whoever had
killed Siyke had some knowledge OF
medicine. The average layman woud
not have known how to place the re
volver In Sykes hand in zach wa, s
hat II would appear to be suicide
The point that puzzled me was thai E
he eyes were almost closed. If tht =
guilty person knew enough to plac, =
he revolver in Sykes hand before II
;tiffened he should have known tia q
he eyes ought to he open. Miss Po'
er explained this discrepancy by say
NJ that she had closed the eyes her
elf frightened by their stare. Their
was baflied. True. there were fhe
ircles on the magazine. hut I did NOT
now who uiade them and ther,
eemed no way of finding out. Then q